http://www.fastcompany.com/tag/bugs The taxonomy view with a depth of 0. en http://www.fastcompany.com/blog/ariel-schwartz/sustainability/autonomous-robot-cleans-ocean-navy-ships <!--paging_filter--><p><img class="float-left" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3485/3856353806_6886ff652d_m.jpg" alt="bug bot" width="240" height="180" />Complaints abound about unnecessary military spending in the United States, but at least the Navy is doing its part to cut down on the <em>really</em> ridiculous things, like spending $500 million each year on maintenance to make sure that barnacles, oysters, and algae don't end up on ship hulls. It's a serious problem--so-called "biofouling" reduces ship speed by up to 10% and adds up to 40% in fuel costs.<p><a href="http://www.fastcompany.com/blog/ariel-schwartz/sustainability/autonomous-robot-cleans-ocean-navy-ships">read more</a></p> navy bugs robot biofouling Shipping Army co2 fuel efficiency Innovation Technology Ethonomics Tue, 25 Aug 2009 10:40:27 -0400 Ariel Schwartz 1338791 at http://www.fastcompany.com http://www.fastcompany.com/blog/kit-eaton/technomix/microsoft-zune-outage-caused-leap-year-glitch <!--paging_filter--><p>February 29th is a cool date. Whenever it rolls around, it's kinda satisfying to be experiencing a day that you only get every four years (except on millenia.) But for Zune owners earlier this week, Feb 29th 2008 was a big problem.</p><p><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3079/3159638500_95787b68c3.jpg?v=0" width="300" height="283" class="float-right"></p><p><a href="http://www.fastcompany.com/blog/kit-eaton/technomix/microsoft-zune-outage-caused-leap-year-glitch">read more</a></p> software bug microsoft mp3 player bugs zune crash glitch zune errors 29th february leap year PMPs Technology Fri, 02 Jan 2009 06:20:38 -0500 Kit Eaton 1122532 at http://www.fastcompany.com