¡°When we started Google 15 years ago,¡± Brin says, ¡°my vision was that information would come to you as you need it. You wouldn¡¯t have to search query at all.¡± But for now, we get information by disconnecting from other people, looking down into our smartphone. Brin asks: ¡°Is this the way you¡¯re meant to interact with other people?¡± Is the future of connection just people walking around hunched up, looking down, rubbing a featureless piece of glass? In an intimate moment, he says, ¡°It¡¯s kind of emasculating. Is this what you¡¯re meant to do with your body?¡± ¨C Taken from the TED Blog post quoting Google¡¯s Sergey Brin on why Google Glass is totes better than a smartphone. Either that word does not mean what Brin thinks it means or he has a really bizarre outlook on technology. Dear Brin, if you truly believe your masculinity is threatened by swiping a cell phone screen, we have a few GIFs we think you should see.
Once a week or so we come across yet another sign that Millennials care much less about car ownership than previous generations. They’re less likely to drive than their parents. They’ve got less debt tied up in cars. They’d rather hang out with their friends on Twitter than get in a car to go see them.
And here’s yet another: Ask Millennials which piece of technology they could least live without, and it turns out they’d more happily part with their cars than their computers or cell phones. That question, graphed below, comes from the third installment of Zipcar’s annual Millennial survey.
According to those results, which are based on a national online survey of 1,015 adults, cars are the most prized piece of technology (at least among those offered here) among every age group but the under-35s. Our other big takeaway from this report: No one cares about the lonely TV any more.
SPRINGFIELD (WREX) –
A measure banning the use of cell phones while driving has passed the Illinois House.
Representatives voted 64 to 46 in favor of the measure, which would require drivers to use hands-free devices or speakerphone while behind the wheel. Drivers holding cell phones could be ticketed unless it is an emergency situation.
The measure’s opponents say it is unfair to people who have hearing problems and those who cannot afford more expensive phones. Those in favor of the bill say it is a matter of public safety.
Texting while driving is illegal throughout Illinois and 76 communities in the state already ban talking on the phone behind the wheel.luoqiyin666
The measure now moves to the Senate for approval.