This Motorcycle of the Future Will Also Power Your Home

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There is no thrum of a Ducati or familiar rumble that made Harley Davidson famous. Only a whine from the electric motor that increases linearly as you rush for the horizon.
This is the Johammer J1, a cruiser like no other. Designed and built in a small Austrian factory near the Czech border, the distinctive shape has been likened to a giant peanut, a prewar Junkers airplane or even a medieval jousting steed. The outrageous design seems more at home in the living room than the garage.

“This is a natural return to the concept of the horse, before there was noise and pollution from engines,” says Johann Hammerschmid, founder of Johammer e-mobility GmbH.

First released in late 2014, some 60 Johammers are storming across Europe. While it’s the first electric motorcycle to cover more than 300 kilometers (186 miles) on a single charge, what comes next might make it even more revolutionary. The next generation, now under development, while parked might also double as battery storage behind home solar-power panels. A prototype—think of a Tesla Powerwall on wheels—is already in use in Switzerland.

A crowdfunding campaign has just started to help fund expansion.

“The change of pace will be quicker than we currently imagine,” says Hammerschmid.

Fifty-six-year-old Hammerschmid first thought of an electric vehicle in 2007, and it took shape over the years as essentially a weekend project. His other company, Nordfels GmbH, solves complex engineering problems. With a team of fewer than 40 it makes factory lines for the food, drug and farm industries. Their latest machine, for example, toasts 5,000 sandwiches per hour.

Local design consultant Yellow.at gave the Johammer a conceptual vision with the name “Biiista”—a play on the German word for beast. It’s hard to decide what's more striking: the polypropylene body cladding or the unconventional center-hub steering, a system created a century ago but never widely embraced.


The bike’s top speed is limited to around 75 miles an hour to avoid energy-sapping wind resistance. Acceleration is fun, not fast, but you forgive its limits to sheer performance. It’s like ditching a motorboat for sailboat—both are pleasurable in their own ways.Jav HEYZO


There’s some clever engineering. The J1 has no dashboard, instead data are displayed on the rear-view mirrors. A reverse twist of the throttle turns the drive motor into a generator that acts as a brake and quickly scrubs speed. It’s so efficient the disk brakes are relegated to helping with slow-speed stopping. And it’s got a reverse gear for parking. Safety-certified items—wheels, tires and brake disks—were sought commercially, and most of the rest was built in house.

Two versions of the J1 are available. The top spec J1.200 costs 25,000 euros ($26,750), capable of traveling 125 miles on tough terrain, and 186 miles urban—more ground than a standard Harley-Davidson Sportster can cover. A full recharge takes 3.5 hours, but it can be blast-charged in 80 minutes.

“We’re at the stage cars were at 100 years ago. The infrastructure was limited but it grew quickly,” says Hammerschmid. “The same will happen with e-vehicles, and it won’t just be gas stations used for recharging.” Homes, workplaces, shopping malls, parking garages—all will become places to recharge.

The battery is assembled at the Johammer factory from more than 1,200 individual cells capable of holding 12 kilowatt hours, close to the Powerwall’s 14 kWh. There are plans for a sidecar model, which would allow a bigger battery and increased range.

Ultimately, the Johammer’s selling point is about pushing technology and design. Its uniqueness is what draws people willing to pay a premium for their passions, despite its price topping models offered by more mainstream rivals such as Victory and Zero.

With crowdfunding under way, Johammer says it’s riding the early wave of multi-function green transport. “This trend is irreversible, we are seeing it in all sectors and especially those connected with mobility,” says Hammerschmid. “A motorcycle like this is weather-dependent so no vehicle is better suited for a secondary role as storage.”Jav Uncensored

Hulu now streams 4K, starting with its originals and 20 Bond films

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Starting today, you can stream 4K content from Hulu on Xbox One S and the PlayStation 4 Pro. But the selection of shows and movies available at launch is pretty underwhelming compared to rivals Netflix and Amazon Video, who’ve both been offering 4K for some time now.

Hulu’s first batch of 4K includes the company’s lineup of original shows and 20 James Bond films. So while that’s pretty good news for 007 fanatics, well, it doesn’t do much for everyone else. Hulu Originals (11.22.63, The Path, Chance, etc.) aren’t exactly the same award-winning critical darlings we’ve seen from the service’s competitors. Hopefully the company will waste no time in widening its catalog of things to watch in 4K. It’s also lagging behind Amazon, Vudu, and now Netflix in enabling offline downloads.

Anyway, here’s the list of Bond flicks that you can now see in UHD on those two devices:
Spectre
Die Another Day
The World Is Not Enough
GoldenEye
Licence To Kill
The Living Daylights
A View To A Kill
Never Say Never Again
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For Your Eyes Only
Moonraker
The Spy Who Loved Me
The Man With The Golden Gun
Diamonds Are Forever
On Her Majesty’s Secret Service
You Only Live Twice
Thunderball
Goldfinger
From Russia With Love
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How to Check iPhone 6s for Battery Shutdown Problem

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Apple has introduced a new tool to help iPhone 6s owners find out if their phones are eligible for a program designed to address recent battery issues.

As we reported, a growing number of iPhone 6s owners have been complaining about phones that shut down unexpectedly, regardless of the power readings on the battery indicator. The affected phones were manufactured in September and October 2015.

Until now, iPhone 6s owners had needed to travel to an Apple store to find out whether their phones were eligible for the program.

To use the new tool, customers type the serial number of their phone into a dialog box. A link on the page provides step-by-step instructions on how to find the number in Settings. Before hitting Submit, just remember to select “United States” from the pull-down menu to the left of the box.

The tool may not resolve all of Apple's iPhone battery problems. Some iPhone 6s Plus owners, including one member of Consumer Reports’ technical staff, say they too are experiencing issues. In addition, iPhone owners have reported trouble after installing the newest version of iOS. They say their phones are unexpectedly shutting down or giving misleading battery readings.

The technician with the iPhone 6s Plus tried typing his phone's serial number into the online tool and got the following message:



The serial number you entered is not eligible under this program because either:

- It's not one of the serial numbers in the affected range

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- Our records show that your battery has already been replaced. If you paid for a battery replacement service, check with Apple to see if you are eligible for a refund.





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