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Tell us what you think is causing the unintended acceleration in Toyotas. Given that no one seems to know or is to be believed, no theory can be too bizarre or unusual.
The Intendix device is pricey, about $12,000, it's limited to basic text input, and it's designed for people who can't communicate any other way. But with training a user can input a letter per second, enough to carry on a conversation and even write a blog.
Is the unintended acceleration in Toyotas caused by faulty software? It doesn't matter when it comes to the question of software complexity. How massive can software systems become and still be safe?
Despite its best efforts, Google is coming to be seen as evil.
Toyota's is taking on its critics, but that doesn't really help the American public understand the truth behind the unintended acceleration problem and how to fix it.
The remarkably simple Peepoo bag solves a huge problem in the developing world - sanitizing human excrement, which is responsible for a host of lethal diseases, and turning it into fertilizer.
If you can turn wind power or solar energy into hydrogen or less-volatile ammonia, you can transport it and have it ready for use in fuel cells when demand develops far away. Both hydrogen and ammonia can go through pipelines. But that will take money. A lot of money.
The perception in the U.S. are that cell phones held close to the head are perfectly safe. Europe thinks differently and the U.S. National Cancer Institute says we need another decade of studies before we can rule anything out.
Instead of doing what the carriers want, turning old TV stations and unused government spectrum into a private good sold through a Government Spectrum Ownership Corp., why not release more for use by services like WiFi?
Enjoy this video of a 747 taking off and landing with a HD helmet cam affixed to the nose landing gear taking it all in. Pretty cool.
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