I’ve talked on the show before about the problems with some of the newest smartphone technology we’ve been using. Apple was “caught” keeping data on the iPhone which provided detailed information about precisely where any of their cell phones had been over the past 12 months. Apple claims it wasn’t using the data for tracking [...]
Tags: Director of National Intelligence·James Clapper·James R. Clapper·Mark Udall·OnStar·Ron Wyden·United States·iphone
Maybe it’s better put as “Your Vehicle Snitches on You More.” The wonderful ODB-II port on our cars has gone beyond letting your car’s mechanic know which parts are bad or which pollution-control laws your car has been violating. There are cases in Canada and now Michigan where the police have been extracting information from [...]
Tags: Automobile·BlackBox·Canada·EDR·Event data recorder·Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers·Michigan·National Highway Traffic Safety Administration·United States
As if there wasn’t enough news about government waste at every level, here’s a new story just out: The National Endowment for the Arts has declared Video Games a Valid Form of Art! In case you haven’t been keeping track, the US Federal government has already spent more than $4,000,000,000 on what it calls “art.” [...]
Tags: Art·Federal government of the United States·Grants·National Endowment for the Arts·Organizations·US Federal government·United States·Video game
Can you believe we had to find out about this from a UK-based Newspaper? The Guardian is reporting that it obtained a “restricted” draft of an agreement between Washington and Brussels that would allow the US to retain all passenger information about anyone who flies between the UK and the US for 15 years. They [...]
Tags: Brussels·European Union·Identity-Theft·Passenger Name Record·United States·United States Department of Homeland Security·Washington·guardian
You know the Federal Government always thinks they know better than we what is best for us and they are ultimately responsible for the collapse of the American Auto Industry. In their infinite wisdom they told us that we WANTED small fuel efficient cars. They required the automakers to make these and they sat on [...]
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William O’Brien of Sabertec has used technology to develop a consumer product to reduce emissions for gasoline powered vehicles. Their product called Blade primarily acts as a filter to capture toxic particulate material (PM), but without creating an obstruction on your tailpipe. It also prevents back pressure due to the built in pressure release which [...]
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At the educational heart of the automotive industry comes Michigan Technological University and the Mechanical Engineering Department where associate professor Jeff Naber is working with his students on the design and development of flex-fuel hybrids. Although these cars have many advantages there are quite a few stumbling blocks that must be overcome before they can [...]
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It’s a very exciting time to be in the electric car business – especially when you’re the manufacturer with by far the most experience in the industry and by far the market leader. The Future of transportation IS HERE! With Global Electric Motorcars the right product at the right time. It’s changing HOW we drive [...]
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