Summary: We follow up on the Chevy Nova story. We debate Tim's iPhone 7 Plus and iPhone 8 Plus, phone back's friction coefficient throw down. We follow up on Apple's former GPU maker Imagination sale, the cost of building an iPhone 8 and Dyson is building electric cars. We discuss the FaceID Security Guide and Amazon's hardware event. Picks: Monster Truck AR, JSON to Swift, TypeScript, Go, C#, Java, and more :: quicktype. <strong>Episode 163 Show Links:</strong> <ul class="links"> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/joecab/status/911982469431382017" target="_blank">Joe Cabrera on Twitter: "@mtjc_podcast sorry, that whole Chevy Nova thing. Is indeed apocryphal https://t.co/GyGIXwqNqZ"</a></li> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/timmitra/status/912855861911064576" target="_blank">Tim Mitra on Twitter: "@JStheoriginal @mtjc_podcast @gregheo I'll prove it tomorrow. Side by Side - iPhone 7 Plus vs iPhone 8 Plus Throw Down! #askmtjc"</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdSVrI6jHXw" target="_blank">iPhone 8 Plus vs gravity. - YouTube</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKZx_lNYkOg" target="_blank">iPhone 8 Plus vs iPhone 7 Plus low angle friction test. - YouTube</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.engadget.com/2017/09/23/apple-power-vr-imagination-technologies-sold/" target="_blank">Apple's former GPU maker Imagination agrees to £550 million sale</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-09-25/iphone-8-build-costs-rise-on-faster-chip-cameras-ihs-says" target="_blank">It Just Got More Expensive to Build an iPhone - Bloomberg</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/friction-coefficients-d_778.html" target="_blank">Friction and Friction Coefficients</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-09-26/dyson-will-build-radically-different-electric-car-by-2020" target="_blank">Dyson to Spend £1 Billion Making ‘Radical’ Electric Car - Bloomberg</a></li> <li><a href="https://images.apple.com/business/docs/FaceID_Security_Guide.pdf" target="_blank">Face ID Security - September 2017</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.imore.com/how-set-and-use-emergency-sos-your-iphone-ios-11" target="_blank">How to set up and use Emergency SOS on your iPhone in iOS 11 | iMore</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution" target="_blank">Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution - Wikipedia</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.theverge.com/2017/9/27/16374254/amazon-event-2017-news-recap-echo-spot-fire-tv-hardware" target="_blank">The 5 biggest announcements from Amazon’s hardware event - The Verge</a></li> </ul> <strong>Episode 163 Picks:</strong> <ul class="links"> <li><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ar-monster-truck/id1286538953?ls=1&mt=8&uo=4&at=10I662" target="_blank">AR-Monster-Truck on the App Store</a></li> <li><a href="https://swift.quicktype.io/" target="_blank">JSON to Swift 4 Codable types and conversion methods – quicktype</a></li> </ul>
