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The Car of
the Future

• Peugeot "Moovie"
  
  
• MTI Media Lab’s concept car
  
  
• The guru of impossible engineering creates a car

Do you like to stay up late?

If you do, drowsiness makes you at high-risk for an automobile accident! In the car of the future, a gradual drift between lanes or heading off the road accidentally will cause your car to give you a warning that will wake up any drowsy driver. The fully automated car of the future is closer than you think.

EMERGING TECHNOLOGY:
OFF-ROAD RACING

What brings together the desert terrain in both Africa and Mexico? Beyond the jackrabbits, donkeys and sand, both countries host intense off-road races. Micron Technology’s CMOS Imagers and Lexar’s NAND Flash have brought the adrenaline and intense competitive spirit of off-road racing to a worldwide audience. Real-time experience of the Baja 1000 and the Dakar Rally have been captured to relay the grueling sport, the wide range of racing skill required, and the connection between the sport and the cultures of the hosting countries.

QUIZ

Recently a car whose driver had fallen asleep veered off the highway, plowed through a gas pump (which burst into flames), and into a convenience store narrowly missing several people. In the future, how can you protect yourself and others from an accident like this?

Stay away from convenience stores
Drive a car that alerts drowsy drivers
Drink a lot of coffee
Get eight hours of sleep a day

ANSWER

JOKE

Weather Humor, gleaned from essays, exams, and classroom discussions.

• "You can listen to thunder after lightning and tell how close you came to getting hit. If you don't hear it, you got hit, so never mind."
  
  
• "Clouds are high flying fogs."
  
  
• "I am not sure how clouds get formed. But the clouds know how to do it, and that is the important thing."
  
  
• "Water vapor gets together in a cloud. When it is big enough to be called a drop, it does."
  
  
• "Humidity is the experience of looking for air and finding water."
  
  
• "We keep track of the humidity in the air so we won't drown when we breathe."
  
  
• "A monsoon is a French gentleman."
  
  
• "Thunder is a rich source of loudness."
  
  
• "Isotherms and isobars are even more important than their names sound."
  
  
• "The wind is like the air, only pushier."

Posted: October '08

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