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Only my preternaturally quick reflexes prevented a young driver from harming us both this morning … all because she needed to stop at Dunkin’ Donuts.
My daily commute includes a left-hand turn that traffic engineers were smart enough to equip with a very long left-hand turn lane because it funnels into a busy intersection. Today I entered that lane with nothing but empty pavement between my car and the light; Dunkin’ Donuts and a few other businesses to my left. Being a careful driver, I was watching for cars exiting those establishments on my left, as that happens regularly.
Suddenly, like a car out of hell, our young driver passes my moving vehicle on the right and swerves directly in front of it, not to join me in the left-hand turn lane, which would have been reckless enough, but to reach the Dunkin’ Donuts and order some ridiculous cup of froth and maybe a box of Munchkins, given her general maturity level.
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U.S. businesses that collect personal data would be required to describe their privacy and security practices and give consumers control over their personal information under a proposed privacy bill of rights released Friday by President Barack Obama’s administration.
The proposal would also require companies and nonprofit groups to collect and retain only the personal data they need to operate.
However, the proposal allows industry groups to submit their own codes of conduct to the Federal Trade Commission and shields companies that follow those codes from FTC enforcement actions.
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This week, a startup named Tactus Technology got a lot of attention for its Phorm iPad Mini case, which includes a transparent screen cover that creates bubbles over each letter in the iOS keyboard. It’s basically a tactile keyboard that appears on a touchscreen only when the user needs it.
Tactus has been working on its on-demand keyboard technology for more than five years, according to Wired. The screen cover is based on microfluidic technology, which has its roots in ink jet printers, and it has small grooves carved into the spot where each letter appears on the iPad screen. When the user slides a switch on the back of the case – which appears to be almost a third of the size of the rear of the case, so it won’t require you to flip your iPad around and hunt for a button – the case applies a small amount of pressure that forces a tiny amount fluid to rush across the screen. That fluid gets caught fills up each of the grooves, creating bubbles that act as tactile buttons on the touchscreen keyboard. Here’s a video showing the technology in use.
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