Steven Sinofsky wrote a good (and long) essay about why and how computers crash less often than they used to. Sinofsky says in part: … In the early days of PCs before Windows, crashes froze the computer—nothing worked, not even banging on the keyboard. The only recourse was to turn the computer off and start over, […]
Vehicles could be fitted with what they call an ‘Ethical Knob’, under a proposal by Giuseppe Contissa, Francesca Lagioia, and Giovanni Sartor of CIRSFID, at the University of Bologna, Italy. The device might help clarify ethical/legal issues with Autonomous Vehicles (AVs). What for example, should a self-driving car do when it ‘realizes’ (in an impending […]
A new project, promoted by a beer company, offers a promotional video called “How drones are helping to plant trees“: If successful, this project will to some extent offset the damage caused when drones crash into trees. Numerous videos document the phenomenon of drones crashing into trees. Here’s a video that compiles a very few […]
“An executive of a company that develops jetpacks is in serious condition after crashing during a test flight of one of his products in Denver,” reports the Associated Press. Photos, post-crash, are on display in the SFGate version of that AP report. (Thanks to Adam K. Olson for bringing this to our attention.) A CBS News […]
