Author: Fazz

Professionally, I am passionate about driving management and leadership excellence. I relish challenges in enhancing business performance and organisational adaptability in line with the dynamic and connected 21st century. Personally, I am a bit of a Car and Tech geek. I like cars and I am a true BMW fan. I love racing, particularly Formula One and do a bit of karting myself. I am a technology, Internet and science fiction geek. But I have taste too - I love great design, beautiful people and things. :)
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P2P coming to YouTube – content delivery by P2P

source site: P2P is coming to YouTube

It looks like the idea of a P2P-powered YouTube is finally becoming reality, albeit without any contribution from Google. Singapore Shanghai-based P2P start-up PPLive, which we previously covered for its hugely successful P2P video platform, is experimenting with a P2P accelerator for Flash video streams. The application, which is dubbed PPVA, essentially distributes the stream of any popular Flash video from sites like YouTube via P2P without any involvement of the hosting server.

It would seem that the future of online content distribution could be via P2P. Online content business such as PPLive in china is already doing massive amounts of content distribution through P2P – and very profitably. I’ll let the article explain the success of PPLive.

source site: PPLive: Huge, Profitable, and Barely Known

PPLive has so many seriously stunning numbers, it’s hard to choose which one to lead with. But I think 5 million concurrent live streamers might be it.

Let me back up. PPLive is sort of the Joost of China, in that its product is a peer-to-peer software client that delivers Internet television (both live and on-demand). But in part because few Chinese people have cable subscriptions, it already has 100 million installations and 20 million active users, who spend an average of 11 hours per week.

A good investment proposition!

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The Most Accurate (and Inaccurate) Predictions About Homes of the Future

source site – Chart Porn: The Most Accurate (and Inaccurate) Predictions About Homes of the Future

For decades, scifi movies and futurist documentaries have promised us domestic bliss via flying cars and housecleaning droids. We may not have home heliports yet, but several old movies actually got it right when it came to predicting the crazy gadgets that would be in our homes today. We’ve whipped up an infographic for you (just click it to expand) that shows what nine movies predicted, and how accurate they were.

We all were told that the 21st century will herald the flying car…. we are still waiting.

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Cal Scientists: One Step Closer To Spiderman-Like Substance

source site – Cal Scientists: One Step Closer To Spiderman-Like Substance – News Story – KNTV | San Francisco

According to UC Berkeley researchers, that day may come for the rest of us. The scientists announced Wednesday they have made progress in creating a synthetic, gecko-like adhesive that shakes off dirt.

“It brings us closer to being able to build truly all-terrain robots, which will in the future be able to scamper up walls and across ceilings in everyday environments rather than only on clean glass,” said Ron Fearing, UC Berkeley professor of electrical engineering and computer science.

interesting that this material will allow machines to climb almost vertical surfaces. there are a number of applications with the increasing number of skyscrapers being built today.

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BMW Ranked Most Sustainable Automaker

source site – BMW Ranked Most Sustainable Automaker | Green Blog & Discussion at Automobile Magazine and BMW Group is once again most sustainable automotive company

The BMW Group is the only company in its industry to have been listed in this important collection of corporate sustainability indexes every year since they were established in 1999. The BMW Group’s Board of Management defined sustainability as a key corporate principle back in 2000. Sustainability throughout the value chain, comprehensive product responsibility and consistent conservation of resources are firmly anchored in the company’s processes. The BMW Group is using its strategy for sustainable mobility – which encompasses efficiency increases and further electrification of the power train through to the long-term use of hydrogen – to reduce the CO2 emissions of its entire vehicle fleet. Production sites are minimising their environmental impact and conserving resources. High social standards for the employees of the BMW Group have also been implemented at all locations for decades. More detailed information is available at www.bmwgroup.com/responsibility.

well done to BMW for their work in sustainable development.

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9 Over-the-Top Luxury Swimming Pools

source site – 9 Over-the-Top Luxury Swimming Pools | WebUrbanist

Design takes on a whole new meaning when it involves the gigantic piles of cash the rich and powerful are willing to invest in their luxuries. From the Playboy bunny pond to gigantic shark tanks, here are some of the most extraordinary architectural creations that come from well-paid imaginations – and deliver marvelous mind-blowing pools that most of us would happily belly-flop for.

a lot of money can allow you to do many things.

and amongst the many things (aside from a private jet, an RR Phantom, an island) is building a completely outrageous swimming pool. the hedonists will probably like this as what is life with a lot of money, if there is no hanging around the swimming pool all day long getting a tan, with many beautiful people?

having said that, some of the swimming pools here look pretty nice. i like the largest pool where you can even sail in it….. the bali one looks good too.

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