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Steering Wheel Sensors Won’t Save Us From Distracted Drivers
Driver monitoring systems that watch for distracted driving through steering wheel input are terrible at keeping drivers focused on the road, according to a study from the American Automobile Association. Carmakers are building driver monitoring into the ADAS in new cars, but as Reuters reports, the AAA study found that tracking steering wheel input is…
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New ‘Megaflash Lightning’ Records Are the Definition of Extreme
The World Meteorological Organisation is recognising two new world records having to do with lightning, one for the longest duration and the other for the longest single flash.
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Darn. The ACMA Isn’t Looking Into UFOs for Its Foreign Space Objects Review
Use ‘foreign space objects’ in a press release title and of course I’m going to think the Australian government has found something UFO-adjacent in outer space. Nope. It’s way more boring than that. The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) is reviewing the Radiocommunications Amendment Determination. These objects, in this context, actually means kit that’s…
