iOS 7 已經正式開放下載了

和承諾的一樣，就在剛才，iOS 7 的升級提示已經如約出現在 iPhone 5 / 4S / 4、iPad 4 / 3 / 2、iPad Mini 以及第五代 iPod touch 的設定選單中了。如果你早已迫不及待想要體驗 Jonathan Ive 爵士首次跨界所帶來的 UI 革命的話，那不要猶豫，趕快按下更新鍵吧。當然，要是你對這一代新系統仍心有顧慮，那也不妨等兩天看看嘗鮮者的反應後再做決定啊。

Google 無人駕駛汽車貴過法拉利

上月報導過，Google 無人駕駛汽車已經安然無恙地完成 48 公里路程，工作人員也可乘坐往返工作場地，相信不少人都想體驗一下。但原來我們一直忽視了安全以外的另一個重要問題… 就是價錢！到底一架無人駕駛汽車要幾錢呢？其實 Google 也沒透露過，不過就有從事相關科研的公司老闆爆料，要整一個無人駕駛汽車，至少要 30 萬美元，分分鐘貴過法拉利。





Google 早前換上 Lexus RX450h SUV 做最新的測試車，「普通版」售價只是 45,000 美元，但如果加上各種感應器變身成無人駕駛汽車，成本便起碼加多 25 萬美元，配件比原車貴了足足 5 倍。Google 要把它量產，首要是把無人駕駛的感測元件成本大幅降低，不然法拉利的價錢就很難打入主流市場。對無人駕駛汽車來說，還有一段很漫長的路要走，對 Google 來說也是一項非常長遠的投資，對比下 Project Glass 好像變得很渺小呢！

Google testing heads-up display glasses in public, won't make you look like Robocop

The good news: Google has started testing those augmented reality glasses we heard about earlier in the year. The bad news: if the artsy shots of the test units are to be believed, they won't make you look like some '80s cinematic anti-hero. In fact, the things wouldn't look too out of place in a New York Timesstyle story. The software giant let it be known that, while it hasn't quite got a sale date on the wearables, it's ready to test ProjectGlass amongst the non-augmented public. The company is also looking for feedback on the project, writing in a post today, "we want to start a conversation and learn from your valuable input." Want some idea of what ProjectGlass might offer the public? Sure, it's not quite as good as strapping a pair on your own eyes, but interested parties can check out a video of Google's vision after the break.

The New York Times

Project Glass