article thumbnail

Texas AR Exhibit Explores Paleoanthropology

ARPost

Origins: Fossils from the Cradle of Humankind will be open at the Perot Museum of Natural History in Dallas Texas until March 22. And precious few can be hands-on in the way that Origins is hands-on.

Texas 270
article thumbnail

Texas Power Companies Are Remotely Raising Temperatures on Residents' Smart Thermostats

GizModo VR

Texas is one of several states suffering through a record-breaking heat wave that’s pushing electric grids to their limits. The Electric Reliability Council of Texas, or ERCOT, has urged residents to do their part by raising the temperature on their thermostats, but several smart thermostats owners say their devices… Read more.

Texas 143
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

The Texas Power Grid Is Hanging on by Its Fingernails

GizModo VR

On Tuesday, Reuters reported that The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) predicted this week that the system will see peak highs in energy use this week, topping out at a possible 74,034 megawatts on Wednesday. It’s not super likely that consumers will see problems—but given the state of the grid and the… Read more.

Texas 141
article thumbnail

Here's Why We Don't Need Another Texas Chainsaw Massacre Movie

GizModo VR

Tobe Hooper’s 1974 Texas Chain Saw Massacre is a horror masterpiece. His 1986 Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 is a horror comedy masterpiece. With another Texas Chainsaw Massacre reboot due next year, we decided it was time to sift through the bones and revisit the rest. The rest of the series ain’t so great. Are they… Read more.

Texas 128
article thumbnail

How Digital Transformation will Bend the Curve of the Linear Economy Toward the Circular

Speaker: Bruce Armstrong Taylor, Co-Founder & Managing Director of SmartNations Foundation, Jimmy Jia, Venture Partner at Pi Labs, Fabienne Durand, Senior Advisor to the SmartNations Foundation, & Roger Strukhoff, Executive Director of the Tau Institute

Weather catastrophes: Texas freezing over, the wildfires of California, the increasingly unpredictable violence and frequency of hurricanes, the rapid melting and disappearance of polar ice caps. The Climate 4.0 Climate change is here. We see it in many ways already. Much more evidence all around us.

article thumbnail

Texas Officials Temporarily Halt Private Energy Companies From Sending Customers Absurd Bills

GizModo VR

Folks across Texas are receiving outrageous energy bills in the wake of widespread utility shutoffs during last week’s cold snap. Thankfully, state officials issued some stopgap measures on Sunday to protect them from those ridiculous financial burdens. Read more.

Texas 145
article thumbnail

Texas Attorney General Sues Griddy for False Advertising in Wake of Winter Storm Price Hikes

GizModo VR

Griddy, the Texas power supplier that’s made headlines recently for customers’ sky-high energy bills in the wake of widespread winter storm outages , has racked up another lawsuit. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing the company for “false, misleading, and deceptive advertising and marketing practices” that he… Read more.

Texas 140