Bruse Schneier has a link to a new patent application that would enable one car to report another car to the authorities for a traffic violation. New Patent Application for Car-to-Car Surveillance – Schneier on Security
Stuck on updates!
I admit I write about updates a lot – but they are important, as illustrated by the chaos caused by CrowdStrike. You cannot live without them and sometimes you cannot live with them. I often use this slide, quoting Bruce Schneier, when I write about updates – you are guaranteed …
Because It’s Friday – Sorry no flying cars today…
They do not fly – but some of these micro-cars are so good and some of them are so bad… Small, cheap, and weird: A history of the microcar | Ars Technica However, this is the type of car I wanted when I was at school. Have a good weekend. …
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Because It’s Friday – Motorway Driving
I am in Scotland this week, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Ayr, for work so my life contains a lot of motorway driving. That reminded me of this BBC archive video, from Blue Peter in 1965, of what motorways were like when they were first built. How many of you used to …
Because It’s Friday – Cars, Cars, Cars…
Are you old enough to have been told, when you were at school, that everyone would have flying cars in the 21st Century? I am. So, articles on flying cars have been quite popular here on Smart Thinking and Octagon Technology. Swimming Cars When I saw this article about cars …
