Googles Floating Data Center Is Just A Party Barge

It look like the rumours about Google building floating data centres are false unfortunately - RW reports they are being built for marketing events - Googles Floating Data Center May Just Be A Party Barge (since confirmed by Google).

According to the San Francisco CBS affiliate KPIX, Google will actually use the barge as a party space and an upscale showroom for the companys Google X projects. Google has yet to comment on the mysterious barge, but KPIX cites "multiple sources" familiar with the matter.

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Turn your bike electric just by changing the wheel

Grist has a post on a new type of electric bike wheel - Turn your bike electric just by changing the wheel.

FlyKly Smart Wheel “looks like any other rear wheel, except that it has a monster-sized hub stuffed full of electronics,” Gizmodo says. It’s like the Prius of bike wheels — it stores energy as you pedal and while you’re going downhill. And then it uses that energy to speed you along, if you want, at up to 20 mph for 30 miles. It also can track your routes, speeds, and times, and suggest better routes.

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