WEBVTT 00:00:09.800 --> 00:00:12.000 Hi, everybody. Welcome to this episode of 00:00:12.200 --> 00:00:13.300 Ping, episode number 238. 00:00:14.120 --> 00:00:19.170 >> You say it without style. Hey, everybody, welcome back to Ping. 00:00:19.220 --> 00:00:24.300 This is episode 238. That is 238 episodes of us bringing you 00:00:24.350 --> 00:00:27.700 the news that Microsoftees are pinging each other about. 00:00:28.820 --> 00:00:32.270 Wore back with a very good episode. Before we get into the content 00:00:32.320 --> 00:00:35.050 for today, we had some great comments about what we talked about 00:00:35.100 --> 00:00:36.030 last week. 00:00:37.020 --> 00:00:41.920 >> Everyone seems to like battling robots and the concept of battling robots. 00:00:41.970 --> 00:00:44.660 >> I think it's a universal concept. 00:00:44.710 --> 00:00:46.270 >> It is. 00:00:47.260 --> 00:00:50.770 Until they become completely autonomous with AI and start to 00:00:50.820 --> 00:00:53.210 take over the world. Then we've got to worry about it. 00:00:53.260 --> 00:00:57.790 >> You know, there's been an increasing number of articles about 00:00:57.840 --> 00:01:00.040 that recently, about people being worried about it. 00:01:00.090 --> 00:01:00.840 >> Totally. 00:01:01.610 --> 00:01:06.200 >> Having worked in software for a very long time, I'm not worried 00:01:06.250 --> 00:01:07.450 about software taking over. 00:01:07.500 --> 00:01:07.930 >> Hey, man, 00:01:09.280 --> 00:01:12.980 Stephen Hawking is concerned about it. When it hits his level 00:01:13.030 --> 00:01:16.340 of mentality and brain power, I get concerned. 00:01:16.390 --> 00:01:19.910 >> My theory is that he's thinking so far ahead of us already 00:01:19.960 --> 00:01:21.870 that he's, like, the canary. 00:01:22.340 --> 00:01:26.270 >> In the coal mine? If he starts going down, we should pay attention. 00:01:26.780 --> 00:01:30.170 >> Not like that, but he's thinking so far ahead that maybe we 00:01:30.220 --> 00:01:35.720 have some time before all that fun stuff. But let's talk about bots. 00:01:35.770 --> 00:01:40.810 TGRT says EMP is not allowed, then radio arm saw-like setup. 00:01:40.860 --> 00:01:42.560 There are a lot of this is. I think they're fairly successful. 00:01:42.610 --> 00:01:44.920 >> I love them. Those ones there are some of my favorites because 00:01:44.970 --> 00:01:49.170 of the attachment to woodworking and power tools. It works out well. 00:01:49.220 --> 00:01:52.040 Although I don't know how successful they were because of the 00:01:52.090 --> 00:01:57.330 sheer fact that it's going into metal, right? Gets stuck. 00:01:57.380 --> 00:01:59.450 >> I think there was a lot of... 00:01:59.500 --> 00:02:00.720 >> Or just bounce off. 00:02:00.770 --> 00:02:03.580 >> Like I said last week, it's kind of like a rock, paper, scissors. 00:02:03.630 --> 00:02:07.050 Some of them were made to be honored. Some of them were vulnerable 00:02:07.100 --> 00:02:09.540 at top because they were hydraulic or whatever. So it definitely 00:02:09.590 --> 00:02:10.640 depended on the match. 00:02:12.390 --> 00:02:14.030 >> Good friend Clint. 00:02:14.080 --> 00:02:14.790 >> Friend of the show. 00:02:14.840 --> 00:02:16.070 >> Yes, friend of the show. 00:02:16.640 --> 00:02:18.630 He did an episode, didn't he, or two or three? 00:02:19.470 --> 00:02:20.110 Or was he too scared? 00:02:20.160 --> 00:02:22.330 >> I'm almost certain he's been on the show. I think he did it 00:02:22.380 --> 00:02:24.620 actually before we were on the show. 00:02:26.170 --> 00:02:27.420 So he... 00:02:27.470 --> 00:02:30.970 >> The creator of battle bots, basically. The creator of battle 00:02:31.020 --> 00:02:32.690 bots or one of the creators. 00:02:33.260 --> 00:02:36.770 He's into going ahead with flippers and spinners. 00:02:36.820 --> 00:02:38.980 >> Yeah. So the flippers I thought were really interesting. 00:02:39.030 --> 00:02:41.650 Again, Thor the ones that like they came out, and if you're not 00:02:41.700 --> 00:02:45.820 aware, they had like a spatula on the front and it would ram 00:02:45.870 --> 00:02:50.060 into the other robot and then flip it over and kind of just that's it. 00:02:50.110 --> 00:02:52.930 Those machines wouldn't work. Then there was ones that came out 00:02:52.980 --> 00:02:55.990 that would work up side down. They were ones that had, like, 00:02:56.040 --> 00:02:59.200 a train bevel. I don't think that's what it's called. But like 00:02:59.250 --> 00:03:02.600 the front of the train has a wedge on front. Some of them had like. 00:03:02.650 --> 00:03:04.010 >> A cow scoop. 00:03:04.060 --> 00:03:05.020 >> Is that what they're called? 00:03:05.070 --> 00:03:06.850 >> Yeah. Get the cows off the tracks. 00:03:07.170 --> 00:03:08.270 >> Oh, that's so morbid. 00:03:09.170 --> 00:03:12.570 So some of them had those and kind of worked against it. 00:03:12.620 --> 00:03:18.000 But those really worked. And he said he had a good design long ago. 00:03:18.050 --> 00:03:19.490 Now it's time to bring it back. 00:03:20.050 --> 00:03:22.330 >> Definitely. JT Zebecky. 00:03:22.380 --> 00:03:22.910 >> I like 00:03:24.290 --> 00:03:27.910 that it has a name. 00:03:27.960 --> 00:03:29.880 >> It's a good handle. 00:03:30.710 --> 00:03:31.680 >> The robots. 00:03:31.970 --> 00:03:34.350 >> Flame thrower, although I don't know that that's allowed. 00:03:35.920 --> 00:03:37.810 It's dangerous. 00:03:38.690 --> 00:03:41.300 And hydraulic pinchers. Spinning saws. 00:03:42.740 --> 00:03:43.930 Could work. 00:03:43.980 --> 00:03:47.050 >> Make it look like a modified Klingon bird of prey. 00:03:47.990 --> 00:03:50.850 That's awesome. Have to have cloaking. 00:03:50.900 --> 00:03:54.540 >> My son saw the last episode. He's actually excited to be able 00:03:54.590 --> 00:03:59.350 to look at the battle bots. Edward W. would like to see a flying 00:03:59.400 --> 00:04:02.650 robot class. We were getting a little geeked out right before 00:04:02.700 --> 00:04:04.320 I read that. We were like yes, yes, yes. 00:04:04.370 --> 00:04:09.270 >> Absolutely. He says to go on about the populator of drones 00:04:09.320 --> 00:04:13.450 and everything and drones is such a misused term. Drones, for 00:04:13.500 --> 00:04:14.830 me, are always autonomous. 00:04:15.690 --> 00:04:18.880 Quad cuffers is what's going on out there, radio controlled ones. 00:04:18.930 --> 00:04:21.330 I had one given to me as a gift and I haven't used it to too 00:04:21.380 --> 00:04:24.620 much, but it is fun. I'd love to battle. 00:04:24.670 --> 00:04:28.950 >> We did a spot about them doing races, did we not? I don't think 00:04:29.000 --> 00:04:34.770 we did. There's the heads-up VR gear to be able to view first 00:04:34.820 --> 00:04:39.220 person from a drone and they race them in France. Inside the woods. 00:04:39.270 --> 00:04:40.260 It looks like the 00:04:42.880 --> 00:04:47.070 star wars speedster guys going around side like that. They fight. 00:04:47.120 --> 00:04:49.640 They basically have this loop track that they go around inside 00:04:49.690 --> 00:04:51.630 the woods, avoiding the trees, and they'll actually come and 00:04:51.680 --> 00:04:53.360 dive bomb, try to take the guy out. 00:04:53.410 --> 00:05:00.850 >> I had read that some people have a first person view of them. 00:05:00.900 --> 00:05:06.080 Put on visors to watch. If you fly them behind you and walk around, 00:05:06.130 --> 00:05:10.270 it's like being on a third person game of yourself and that's 00:05:10.320 --> 00:05:12.630 something I'd like to try. It would be a little weird, but... 00:05:12.680 --> 00:05:16.670 >> Speaking of fly behind you. Develop CK talks about the autonomous 00:05:16.720 --> 00:05:20.350 category and how that would be a very interesting category to 00:05:20.400 --> 00:05:26.180 have based on where things are with computing power and flavor 00:05:26.230 --> 00:05:26.850 of the month. 00:05:27.880 --> 00:05:31.150 >> There are software games like this where they're AI boxed up 00:05:31.200 --> 00:05:34.020 by each other and you can program them and stuff. It would make 00:05:34.070 --> 00:05:38.930 sense to have qualifiers on that level and then like build up 00:05:38.980 --> 00:05:41.330 to getting the ones with the actual physical space. 00:05:41.380 --> 00:05:42.460 >> Be very cool. 00:05:42.510 --> 00:05:46.190 >> Finally be able to use high artificial intelligence to create. 00:05:46.730 --> 00:05:47.490 >> That could work. 00:05:49.300 --> 00:05:52.020 >> One of my favorite things about Microsoft devices is after 00:05:52.070 --> 00:05:55.350 you get them, they continuously update and get new features. 00:05:55.400 --> 00:05:56.490 The magic of software. 00:05:56.540 --> 00:05:59.670 >> The magic of software, yes. It's actually one of my favorite 00:05:59.720 --> 00:06:02.950 parts about the Xbox is the 360 00:06:04.980 --> 00:06:07.680 evolved from the blade. Remember the blade UI? 00:06:08.780 --> 00:06:13.550 So our new device, the Microsoft band, just got its first major 00:06:13.600 --> 00:06:16.360 update and it includes some really cool features, including something 00:06:16.410 --> 00:06:20.230 I had no clue how this would work, but a keyboard that's... 00:06:20.280 --> 00:06:21.270 what was the size you were saying? 00:06:21.320 --> 00:06:23.060 >> I was reading a tweet that came out. 00:06:23.830 --> 00:06:26.740 The keyboard technology is called word flow. It's predictive 00:06:26.790 --> 00:06:31.000 and it's using pixel... again, the size of the screen, I think 00:06:31.050 --> 00:06:35.260 it's like 33 by 11 to be able stow sit there with your band and 00:06:35.310 --> 00:06:39.180 be able to text with your band as a keyboard, as an input device. 00:06:39.230 --> 00:06:41.260 Mind blowing from Microsoft Research. 00:06:41.310 --> 00:06:44.010 >> A full keyboard is something like 100 something keys. 00:06:44.060 --> 00:06:46.510 You're talking about a pixel a key. 00:06:46.560 --> 00:06:49.320 >> Basically designed to go through and respond to messages you 00:06:49.370 --> 00:06:53.140 don't have access to besides doing the simple quick mode kind 00:06:53.190 --> 00:06:56.860 of stuff. This is also in partnership with the release of the 00:06:56.910 --> 00:07:00.920 Microsoft band SDK to allow developers to go through and do more stuff. 00:07:00.970 --> 00:07:04.610 >> So these are just showcases of what is possible. You can go 00:07:04.660 --> 00:07:07.690 out there and create all brand new stuff and, again, this is 00:07:07.740 --> 00:07:09.800 working on Microsoft technology. So the same stack that you're 00:07:09.850 --> 00:07:10.420 used to. 00:07:10.470 --> 00:07:15.090 >> The web-based Microsoft health dashboard basically now is able 00:07:15.140 --> 00:07:18.730 to go through and add more information, different reports, different things. 00:07:18.780 --> 00:07:22.270 They get a new dedicated cycling mode for both indoor and outdoor 00:07:22.320 --> 00:07:25.250 versions of cycling. New workouts have been add and included 00:07:25.300 --> 00:07:28.480 as well. And this is actually coming from two guys that actually 00:07:28.530 --> 00:07:30.400 don't have a band yet. 00:07:30.450 --> 00:07:31.070 >> I don't. 00:07:31.660 --> 00:07:32.650 >> I still haven't gotten mine. 00:07:32.700 --> 00:07:36.590 >> I was an early adopter on the witness band thing. I had a 00:07:36.640 --> 00:07:38.360 fuel band. I had a Fitbit. 00:07:38.910 --> 00:07:44.730 The new apps and the SDK if you want to get one, I fell off of 00:07:44.780 --> 00:07:47.590 the wagon, I guess, because I... 00:07:48.630 --> 00:07:52.150 like the numbers weren't changing my behavior. Ike lime already, 00:07:52.200 --> 00:07:54.720 like, active and do sports and stuff. So seeing the number didn't 00:07:54.770 --> 00:07:57.360 do much for me. But now if I can do other stuff or I program 00:07:57.410 --> 00:08:00.220 my own or respond, that stuff's really cool. I may look into 00:08:00.270 --> 00:08:00.900 them again. 00:08:02.120 --> 00:08:03.690 You wear an actual watch. 00:08:03.740 --> 00:08:06.960 >> I wear an actual analog watch, yes. 00:08:07.010 --> 00:08:10.430 >> I need to get like the Microsoft band with the leather band 00:08:10.480 --> 00:08:13.480 on it and combine all of these things. Otherwise I'm going to 00:08:13.530 --> 00:08:15.900 have like a sleeve of devices eventually. 00:08:16.240 --> 00:08:18.990 >> Very cool syncing of data, stuff like that as well. 00:08:19.040 --> 00:08:22.710 Basically looking at trying to do a monthly update with the band 00:08:22.760 --> 00:08:26.520 is the challenge laid out by the Microsoft team. We'll see how 00:08:26.570 --> 00:08:27.400 it progresses. 00:08:29.460 --> 00:08:31.820 I don't know about you, but if I'm going to be buying a premium 00:08:31.870 --> 00:08:35.590 distilled licker of some kind, I'd like to have some ability 00:08:35.640 --> 00:08:38.660 to go through, interact with it more, besides just scanning the 00:08:38.710 --> 00:08:42.410 bar code or tapping... or snapping a picture of the QR code or 00:08:42.460 --> 00:08:43.690 something like that. 00:08:43.740 --> 00:08:45.050 >> Not something I ever thought I would need. 00:08:45.100 --> 00:08:47.970 >> No, but there's this new thing that's actually being debuted 00:08:48.020 --> 00:08:52.100 and talked about over at the Mobile World of Congress, which 00:08:52.150 --> 00:08:57.280 is actually a flexible electronic NFC tag that is going to be 00:08:57.330 --> 00:09:01.030 sitting as part of or behind a label of premium whiskey. In this 00:09:01.080 --> 00:09:03.790 case, happens to be Johnny Walker that they have a bottle of. 00:09:03.840 --> 00:09:08.200 As a collaboration between... how do you pronounce that word anyway? 00:09:10.260 --> 00:09:13.440 Diago and also thin film. 00:09:13.490 --> 00:09:15.110 >> I can pronounce that one. 00:09:15.160 --> 00:09:20.060 >> You can think of it almost as being used as anti-counterfeiting 00:09:20.120 --> 00:09:23.410 or proof that it's real. Another way of ensuring you're getting 00:09:23.460 --> 00:09:25.170 the same kind of products you're using with, because obviously 00:09:25.220 --> 00:09:28.990 it's going to be a premium price alcohol. One of the top shelf ones. 00:09:29.040 --> 00:09:31.050 They're looking at this from another option as well from being 00:09:31.100 --> 00:09:34.010 able to... NFC to be able to do cool things with it. 00:09:34.060 --> 00:09:36.880 Potentially, it can go through and, you know, tap it with your 00:09:36.930 --> 00:09:40.310 phone and be able to find out, you get some marketing promotional 00:09:40.360 --> 00:09:42.660 discounts or coupons, something like that to be able to use on 00:09:42.710 --> 00:09:43.350 the spot. 00:09:43.400 --> 00:09:45.460 >> They're saying this could be contextual based on like where 00:09:45.510 --> 00:09:48.010 you are. So if you're in the store, you get marketing and promotional, 00:09:48.060 --> 00:09:50.240 maybe a discount on it. Maybe it will talk to you and tell you 00:09:50.290 --> 00:09:54.270 why you should buy it. If you're at home, maybe it will... 00:09:54.320 --> 00:09:56.550 you can tap it and it will provide you with a list of mixers 00:09:56.600 --> 00:10:00.500 you can enjoy along with it. My favorite mixer, of course, is ice. 00:10:01.350 --> 00:10:03.590 >> We don't know if we want to mix too much with Johnny Walker Blue. 00:10:03.640 --> 00:10:08.770 I'll take Johnny Walker Blue with a Coke, please, on the side. 00:10:09.530 --> 00:10:15.430 But the idea is it's being shown off at the Mobile World of Congress. 00:10:15.480 --> 00:10:19.910 It's the foray down into a more interactive experience with your 00:10:19.960 --> 00:10:22.770 beverages and other things. But think about it. I mean, they 00:10:22.820 --> 00:10:25.140 allude to the fact here that in the coming years when things 00:10:25.190 --> 00:10:27.740 get cheaper, you can see these things start to be integrated 00:10:27.790 --> 00:10:31.640 with everyday products like produce and fruit and milk and vegetables, 00:10:31.690 --> 00:10:32.290 stuff like that. 00:10:32.340 --> 00:10:35.050 >> That's what I thought of as well. They're saying about being 00:10:35.100 --> 00:10:37.540 able to give you more information, maybe about where it came from. 00:10:37.590 --> 00:10:41.810 Maybe it's, if it's like an organic thing. 00:10:41.860 --> 00:10:45.250 >> Or is it within 100 miles of where you happen to purchase it from. 00:10:45.300 --> 00:10:48.680 Some people are into that from doing local sustainable stuff. 00:10:48.730 --> 00:10:52.600 Or letting you know when it's going to go bad or having something... 00:10:53.070 --> 00:10:55.730 you ever really look at the bottom of something to try to figure 00:10:55.780 --> 00:10:59.890 out the sell by or best by date? You're not sure if that's last 00:10:59.940 --> 00:11:00.800 week or two weeks. 00:11:00.850 --> 00:11:03.280 >> Or even trying to find the stamp because you never know where 00:11:03.330 --> 00:11:04.040 it is. 00:11:04.090 --> 00:11:07.790 >> You can code it. Like I swear the last one was 0106. It was 00:11:07.840 --> 00:11:11.690 like I didn't buy this eight years, nine years ago, I think. 00:11:11.740 --> 00:11:12.620 I may have. 00:11:13.210 --> 00:11:15.330 I've had a couple fridges since then. 00:11:15.950 --> 00:11:18.430 But it would be cool to gather information. Again, as it gets 00:11:18.480 --> 00:11:21.850 cheaper, you can find... imagine finding it in more, everyday 00:11:21.900 --> 00:11:22.630 kind of items. 00:11:23.160 --> 00:11:25.470 Very cool kind of technology stuff going to integrate with our 00:11:25.520 --> 00:11:26.710 everyday life. 00:11:26.760 --> 00:11:27.290 >> We'll see. 00:11:28.820 --> 00:11:31.670 From the update desk, I don't know if you remember, but back 00:11:31.720 --> 00:11:34.350 in September, I believe we brought you the story around how Office 00:11:34.400 --> 00:11:37.260 365 would be available for free for students. 00:11:37.870 --> 00:11:38.430 >> But wait. 00:11:38.480 --> 00:11:40.100 >> Wait, that was U.S. 00:11:40.150 --> 00:11:45.000 only. And we mentioned that, I do believe, for the caveat that's there. 00:11:45.050 --> 00:11:47.140 We're now expanding the program. They announced today in the 00:11:47.190 --> 00:11:51.210 Office environment that it's being expanded to a very large list 00:11:51.260 --> 00:11:53.840 of countries around the world from Afghanistan 00:11:55.230 --> 00:11:58.700 to Zimbabwe. I don't think it's every country in between. 00:11:58.750 --> 00:12:01.400 >> No, they're saying dozens of countries around the world. 00:12:01.980 --> 00:12:06.180 But, as before, the IT Department or the school has to basically 00:12:06.230 --> 00:12:13.150 purchase Office 365 subscriptions for the faculty/students 00:12:15.370 --> 00:12:18.150 to be able to use and support a delivery of their environment. 00:12:18.200 --> 00:12:21.770 >> So basically, you subscribe for the school and then the students 00:12:21.820 --> 00:12:25.100 can log in with their .edu address. That school is already in 00:12:25.150 --> 00:12:28.120 the database. They match that up and their students are able 00:12:28.170 --> 00:12:31.450 to download their subscription. Now, if that's an Office 365 00:12:31.500 --> 00:12:34.580 subscription, does that also come with all of its benefits, like 00:12:34.630 --> 00:12:35.580 storage and all that stuff? 00:12:35.630 --> 00:12:38.640 >> It comes with one terabyte of storage, comes with software updates. 00:12:38.690 --> 00:12:39.380 >> Soon to be unlimited. 00:12:39.430 --> 00:12:42.460 >> Soon to be unlimited. Comes with the automatically updated 00:12:42.510 --> 00:12:43.750 software because it's streamed down. 00:12:43.800 --> 00:12:45.370 >> The one version kind of deal. 00:12:45.420 --> 00:12:47.860 >> The one version, always up to date, very cool. 00:12:49.450 --> 00:12:53.900 Obviously accessed for both PCs and also Macs. Supposedly, it's 00:12:53.950 --> 00:12:56.360 going to be available for up to five PCs or Macs. 00:12:56.410 --> 00:13:00.670 >> Which is the general thing. I found that to be extremely useful. 00:13:01.010 --> 00:13:04.090 As in the United States, they'll get access to Word, Excel, PowerPoint, 00:13:04.140 --> 00:13:06.140 OneNote access, and Publisher. 00:13:06.680 --> 00:13:09.350 PCs and Macs. I think you said Macs as well. 00:13:09.400 --> 00:13:13.290 >> That also gives them access to it on iPad and Android for the 00:13:13.340 --> 00:13:15.390 full versions, not just the premium versions as well. 00:13:15.440 --> 00:13:16.470 >> This is true. 00:13:16.520 --> 00:13:20.270 >> So check in to find out if your school's actually doing this, 00:13:20.320 --> 00:13:23.440 because there is caveats to Mac sure that it's all legit, and 00:13:23.490 --> 00:13:25.560 then, like you said, sign into the appropriate site with the 00:13:25.610 --> 00:13:27.720 appropriate ID that's already been activated and, boom, you're 00:13:27.770 --> 00:13:28.360 good to go. 00:13:29.610 --> 00:13:33.270 >> Kind of like battle bots but without the battle and more of driving. 00:13:33.320 --> 00:13:34.060 >> And more speed. 00:13:35.310 --> 00:13:40.950 >> Formula E is the Formula One electric version of racing. 00:13:41.000 --> 00:13:44.100 Kicked off this past September with their inaugural season. 00:13:44.500 --> 00:13:47.550 And has been successful so far. I think people were really worried 00:13:47.600 --> 00:13:50.930 about change to something different. Worried that electric cars 00:13:50.980 --> 00:13:53.730 wouldn't be as exciting. But so far, it's been going pretty well. 00:13:54.710 --> 00:13:57.970 News is coming that it has been successful enough that they'll 00:13:58.020 --> 00:14:00.560 be expanding it for the next season. They're already planning 00:14:00.610 --> 00:14:01.060 it out. 00:14:01.870 --> 00:14:04.900 >> Currently, all ten teams use the same car and have the same 00:14:04.950 --> 00:14:06.800 spec and they aren't allowed to change it at all. 00:14:08.820 --> 00:14:11.830 The season is wrapping up. And they're going to be allowed to 00:14:11.880 --> 00:14:13.460 tinker with it for the very first time. 00:14:13.510 --> 00:14:16.710 >> And they're going to limit it in a couple of ways that I think 00:14:16.760 --> 00:14:19.920 are really interesting. One is they're going to limit exactly 00:14:19.970 --> 00:14:22.670 what kinds of things can be changed. So they're not going to 00:14:22.720 --> 00:14:25.410 be able loud to change like the area dynamics of the cars. 00:14:25.460 --> 00:14:28.670 >> They're focusing on changes around the power train which includes 00:14:28.720 --> 00:14:31.590 the motor, the inverter, the gear box and the cooling system. 00:14:32.170 --> 00:14:34.980 >> Not the battery yet. They've said there's probably going to 00:14:35.030 --> 00:14:36.100 be like season three. 00:14:36.910 --> 00:14:42.890 But the idea is that the work being done there will benefit all 00:14:42.940 --> 00:14:46.170 of the electric vehicle kind of industry. They actually have 00:14:46.800 --> 00:14:50.960 limits on cost and a couple of other things. So that, again, 00:14:51.010 --> 00:14:55.010 it could be useful, could enhance the technology for the entire field. 00:14:55.060 --> 00:14:58.530 They're allowing people to sell the technology to rival manufacturers. 00:14:58.820 --> 00:15:00.470 There's actually some really cool stuff. 00:15:02.310 --> 00:15:06.530 So looking forward to seeing if now that they've done just the 00:15:06.580 --> 00:15:09.000 drivers and the unique cars, what kind of technology is going 00:15:09.050 --> 00:15:09.830 to improve for next year. 00:15:09.880 --> 00:15:13.960 >> I will admit, I've never actually seen one of these races yet. 00:15:14.010 --> 00:15:14.520 >> I haven't seen one. 00:15:14.570 --> 00:15:18.010 >> I'm just wondering, what does it sound like? 00:15:18.520 --> 00:15:22.800 Because the distinctive sound of the Formula One whining engine 00:15:22.850 --> 00:15:23.790 going down the road. 00:15:23.840 --> 00:15:24.690 >> I didn't think about that. 00:15:24.740 --> 00:15:26.540 >> What do you think it sounds like? 00:15:26.590 --> 00:15:29.400 >> I don't know. Now I've got to watch the videos. 00:15:29.450 --> 00:15:31.890 >> I've got to do some research on that. Just thinking about 00:15:31.940 --> 00:15:34.140 how they actually have to... they're thinking about here in the U.S. 00:15:34.190 --> 00:15:38.280 about putting fake engine sounds into a bunch of cars so people 00:15:38.330 --> 00:15:40.280 don't get run over in parking lots. 00:15:40.330 --> 00:15:43.580 >> It's part of everyone being, like, stuck in their phone or 00:15:43.630 --> 00:15:47.490 whatever nowadays. But I've done it before where like I look 00:15:47.540 --> 00:15:50.910 and I take a step on the street and all of a sudden, a Prius 00:15:50.960 --> 00:15:54.840 or Tesla or something goes by. I did not see that coming. 00:15:54.890 --> 00:15:57.640 >> Very, very cool. Now we'll have to get a little bit of ping 00:15:57.690 --> 00:16:01.750 homework to find out about this and see how they go. 00:16:01.800 --> 00:16:04.900 >> Very philosophical question. What is the sound of an electric 00:16:05.160 --> 00:16:05.770 F-1 car. 00:16:05.820 --> 00:16:07.220 >> Racing down the street. 00:16:08.390 --> 00:16:12.330 Back in 2009, the Office Lab started up and we're an interesting 00:16:12.380 --> 00:16:17.680 place to people to kind of do side projects and kind of experimental things. 00:16:17.940 --> 00:16:21.590 It has since been rebranded as the Microsoft garage. I think 00:16:21.640 --> 00:16:22.240 we've talked about that. 00:16:22.290 --> 00:16:23.800 >> We've talked that. 00:16:23.850 --> 00:16:27.360 >> We're now announcing a bunch of apps coming out. It's become 00:16:27.410 --> 00:16:31.080 more of an incubator for consumer focused apps across all mobile platforms. 00:16:31.130 --> 00:16:32.640 >> Android, iOS, doesn't matter. 00:16:32.690 --> 00:16:34.990 >> Doesn't matter if you are a robot or a... 00:16:35.040 --> 00:16:39.630 >> They have a bunch of available ones for testers to download, 00:16:39.680 --> 00:16:41.790 I guess you would say, because they're not officially released. 00:16:42.700 --> 00:16:45.620 >> They label them as experimental phase. So they're interesting, 00:16:45.670 --> 00:16:48.310 they're stuff to go and try out, but they may not be ready for 00:16:48.360 --> 00:16:49.940 purchase or things like that. 00:16:50.540 --> 00:16:55.660 There's a pretty wide range from something called dev space, 00:16:55.710 --> 00:16:58.630 which if you were like me, I have many projects up on Visual 00:16:58.680 --> 00:17:00.000 Studio Online. 00:17:00.780 --> 00:17:03.880 Then it's an easy way to manage your projects and see things 00:17:03.930 --> 00:17:05.220 going through there through an app. 00:17:05.890 --> 00:17:09.830 >> I want to go off and try to get Squad Watch, which is for Windows 00:17:09.880 --> 00:17:13.160 Phone, allows you to see where people that I care most about, 00:17:13.210 --> 00:17:14.770 where they are and what they're doing. 00:17:15.270 --> 00:17:15.820 >> Kind of cool. 00:17:15.870 --> 00:17:18.790 >> In real-time. Tracking of the family, I guess. 00:17:18.840 --> 00:17:23.660 >> There's torque, which is an app that extends the Bing search 00:17:23.710 --> 00:17:29.480 assistant for Android and now on to Android Ware. So your watch 00:17:29.530 --> 00:17:33.460 as well. So that's kind of a way to bridge into technology from 00:17:33.510 --> 00:17:34.020 our software. 00:17:34.070 --> 00:17:37.010 >> An interesting one is actually keyboard for Excel. 00:17:37.670 --> 00:17:38.530 Whoda thunk? 00:17:39.650 --> 00:17:42.520 It's for Android where it basically goes through and replaces 00:17:42.570 --> 00:17:45.830 the standard keyboard, which is obviously QWERTY focused, to 00:17:45.880 --> 00:17:50.570 be numbers and the things you would normally do that would make 00:17:50.620 --> 00:17:53.860 it more task-based type solution to be able to go off and do 00:17:53.910 --> 00:17:58.490 stuff from Excel keyboards. So specific to Android for that one. 00:17:58.540 --> 00:18:01.550 >> Check out the list of apps there. You can go to microsoft.com/garage 00:18:02.490 --> 00:18:05.370 and check out the portal. There's a few number, but they've been 00:18:05.420 --> 00:18:09.410 growing over time and it's interesting if you do run devices 00:18:09.460 --> 00:18:15.930 of all different flavors. Thanks for watching episode 238 of Ping. 00:18:15.980 --> 00:18:18.950 That is 238 episodes in the can. 00:18:19.720 --> 00:18:21.440 I didn't realize you did the... 00:18:21.490 --> 00:18:23.850 >> I have no idea what's going to happen. 00:18:23.900 --> 00:18:26.680 >> Last time it was fantastic. It was great. 00:18:27.940 --> 00:18:32.400 If you didn't see, you should go back and watch 237. 00:18:33.270 --> 00:18:35.950 Make sure to continue the conversation with us at all times. 00:18:36.000 --> 00:18:38.980 You can follow us on Twitter with 00:18:40.530 --> 00:18:46.410 our hashtag, which happens to be #pingshow. Follow us 00:18:49.040 --> 00:18:50.880 individually @markdefalco. @rickstercdn. 00:18:51.160 --> 00:18:53.480 >> Like us on Facebook, Facebook.com/thepingshow. 00:18:53.760 --> 00:18:56.970 >> I was going to say the Facebook. That's not right. 00:18:57.020 --> 00:19:02.660 >> And don't forget the lovely snail mails if you want to do it 00:19:02.710 --> 00:19:07.070 At the Ping Show, care of Channel 9, building 20, One Microsoft 00:19:07.120 --> 00:19:09.410 Way, Redmond Washington, 98052. 00:19:10.740 --> 00:19:13.150 >> Once again, you can always comment right below. We'll give 00:19:13.200 --> 00:19:13.730 you a question. 00:19:13.780 --> 00:19:15.870 >> Imagine that, be part of the show, help us out. 00:19:15.920 --> 00:19:21.210 >> We talked about Microsoft band SDK preview becoming available 00:19:21.260 --> 00:19:25.060 and the new keyboard and cycling apps. What else do you want 00:19:25.110 --> 00:19:28.840 over there now? Now that you have a band that's... or a wrist 00:19:29.800 --> 00:19:31.910 computer that is available. 00:19:31.960 --> 00:19:34.220 >> Complete with keyboard to be able to swipe and talk on it. 00:19:34.270 --> 00:19:35.400 >> Still insane. 00:19:36.460 --> 00:19:39.490 >> What would you want to have as an add-on app or what would 00:19:39.540 --> 00:19:40.360 you make as an add-on app? 00:19:40.410 --> 00:19:43.500 >> Yeah, what would you like, what would you make, if you can't 00:19:43.550 --> 00:19:46.300 develop, then what would you want someone else to develop? 00:19:46.350 --> 00:19:48.370 >> I would want someone to develop a... 00:19:49.310 --> 00:19:50.090 call me geeky. 00:19:52.070 --> 00:19:56.010 Some kind of alerting service or status updates for my cloud services. 00:19:56.060 --> 00:19:56.370 >> Sure. 00:19:56.420 --> 00:19:58.560 >> So operational insight tie-in. 00:20:00.480 --> 00:20:03.600 >> Yeah, op insights or just... 00:20:04.170 --> 00:20:05.270 >> Service availability. 00:20:05.730 --> 00:20:09.080 >> Or I hit your auto scaling because I've got a bunch of traffic. 00:20:09.130 --> 00:20:12.380 Like ooh, I want to know, because I do a bunch of the web stuff 00:20:12.430 --> 00:20:14.630 so I want to know if I've got a bunch of traffic. 00:20:15.210 --> 00:20:17.330 >> Is that your suggestion? Do you have a different one. 00:20:17.380 --> 00:20:19.760 >> I don't know. That's a good idea. I'd have to think a bit more. 00:20:19.810 --> 00:20:26.360 I haven't played with one. My thing is I like food tracking, 00:20:26.410 --> 00:20:29.170 but it's always very difficult. If there was a quick way to do 00:20:29.220 --> 00:20:30.440 stuff like that. 00:20:30.490 --> 00:20:32.060 >> Peanut butter bar. 00:20:32.110 --> 00:20:36.770 >> Peanut butter jelly time. Let us know in the comments. We will 00:20:36.820 --> 00:20:40.520 read them. We will follow up all next week with you. Next week, 00:20:40.570 --> 00:20:42.400 we're still here. Think so? 00:20:42.450 --> 00:20:46.440 >> I think so. Yeah. We're working on the schedule. 00:20:46.920 --> 00:20:48.000 >> We've been consistent. 00:20:48.270 --> 00:20:50.750 >> We might have highlights from Mobile World Congress. 00:20:51.290 --> 00:20:54.300 >> Perhaps that's true. It's March when that comes out. 00:20:54.350 --> 00:20:55.580 >> Is that March madness? 00:20:56.030 --> 00:20:57.460 >> That will come out too. 00:20:57.510 --> 00:20:58.850 >> That's the football thing. 00:21:01.430 --> 00:21:04.610 >> Handball. It's basketball. 00:21:04.900 --> 00:21:05.570 >> Oh, Okay. 00:21:05.620 --> 00:21:07.470 >> Football is in the fall. 00:21:07.520 --> 00:21:10.840 >> I don't even know if we play football or basketball in college 00:21:11.490 --> 00:21:13.670 up in Canada. That's how much 00:21:13.890 --> 00:21:15.130 of a sports guy I am. 00:21:15.570 --> 00:21:17.030 >> We'll see you next week..