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Hiding SIM cards

28 June, 2011 (08:20)

A few weeks back, there was a story about a shooting in Miami.  A man recorded what happened and, due to police involvement, hid the SIM card (or micro SD card) in his mouth. Benoit said the officers eventually uncuffed him after gunshots rang out elsewhere and he discreetly removed the SIM card and placed [...]

Volkswagen testing automatic driving

26 June, 2011 (08:15)

Volkswagen is testing their own self-driving cars. The Volkswagon self-driving car can go up to 80 MPH on the highway. It combines such automatic systems as ACC adaptive cruise control, the Lane Assist lane-keeping system and Side Assist lane-changing monitoring into one comprehensive function. “Nonetheless, the driver always retains driving responsibility and is always in [...]

Read an interview with me

24 June, 2011 (08:12)

I’ve done an interview with Morgen Bailey. Although it covers The Gaven, there is a bit more about me and the other writings and blog that I write. Hopefully, you’ll find it interesting.

Autonomous cars

15 May, 2011 (11:41)

Techdirt has a story about Nevada pushing the idea of autonomous cars. some politicians in Nevada are working hard to court autonomous vehicle manufacturers to its state. They’ve put together a bill that would make it easier to get autonomous vehicles on the road in the state, by setting up a process to “authorize” such [...]

Sneakernets are alive and well

14 May, 2011 (11:41)

In The Gaven, Pelgrem uses a station wagon to deliver items. It’s a modified version of the sneakernet. Apparently, Osama bin Laden utilized a sneakernet as well. Although bin Laden’s hideout in Pakistan lacked phone and Internet connectivity, the al Qaeda leader used his computers to prepare messages and save them on flash drives, which [...]

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