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Inventing Postscript, the Tech That Took the Pain out of Printing

Cars That Think

It would have been quite different had Warnock and company not been in the right place at the right time to meet the right person. The time was right because of the imminence of three hardware developments: the first low-cost, bit-mapped personal computer, the first low-cost laser printer, and a decline in price of high-density memory chips.

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Driving Dystopia: Automakers Selling User Data for Pennies, Senators Ask FTC to Get Involved

The Truth About Cars

A letter to the Federal Trade Commission has revealed that these automakers are not only selling off your personal data, they’re doing it for a pathetically small sum of money. Automakers are effectively attempting to create novel revenue streams by copying what social media and tech companies have been doing for years. Penned by U.S.

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Your Life As A Digital Ghost

Cars That Think

And so I wanted to think that through because if now a datafied afterlife can exist and is possible, can we use some of the concepts that are very important to human rights, things like dignity, autonomy, equality, and the idea of human community? I mean, it’s possible to replicate that person when they’re living too, in a digital way.

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Ford announces Smart Mobility plan; 25 initial projects

Green Car Congress

The 25 experiments address four global megatrends—explosive population growth; an expanding middle class; air quality and public health concerns; and changing customer attitudes and priorities—challenging today’s transportation model and limiting personal mobility, especially in urban areas. Data Driven Insurance, London.

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Worldwide Campaign for Neurorights Notches Its First Win

Cars That Think

Concepts such as “brain data” need to be clarified, critics say, because a broad definition could include behavioral data that reflects what’s going on in a person’s mind, which many companies already collect. The right to personal identity. The 5 Neurorights. The right to mental privacy. The right to free will.

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Clean Tech - GigaOM - Salon.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

In February, China’s Chery Automobile unveiled an electric concept car at the Detroit Auto Show. Andrew Leonard War Room The true story of how John McCain picked his running mate The man in charge of the vetting process explains the appeal of Sarah Palin, and why Joe Lieberman wasnt a good choice for legal reasons.

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Wallke X3 Max: Shoving two motors in a full-suspension fat tire e-bike

Baua Electric

But the fact that it can easily surpass 28 mph (45 km/h), often hitting speeds in the 32 to 34 mph (51-54 km/h) range depending on battery level and terrain, means that it’s also too fast for legal e-bike regulations. Road safety and responsibility is thus a bit of a fuzzy notion in the US.