Why don't modern cars have more external sensors?

Sure, some minvans have backup sensors so it beeps if you're about to run over little Timmy, but it seems like sensor technology hasn't gone anywhere in a long time.


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I went to the RMV yesterday, but their computers were down, so I had to leave empty-handed ( Read more... )

There was an alternative fuel fleet vehicles exhibit at Staples today.
I took some pictures (only had my iPhone, so they aren't the best quality).

Yesterday I drove to Sumerville (on the outskirts of Boston) and met Snooj at Good Time Emporium, an arcade/bowling alley/bar. I met Snooj and Kyle there ( Read more... )

It started snowing today around noon or 12:30 ( Read more... )

I'm getting tired of my neck hurting all the time. For a while it was kind of cute, but now the novelty has worn off, and I think I'm ready to stop experiencing it ( Read more... )

The 4th at Snooj's was fun. I got there a bit early and played with Parker on the trampoline. I tried to use the surface of the trampoline to explain how gravity is actually a distortion in the fabric of space, but Parker was insistant that we play his game instead, where he does some acrobatic feat on the trampoline, and then I land on my head ( Read more... )

Driving home last night, I hit a deer ( Read more... )

Today was "bike to work" day at Staples. I didn't bike all the way from home, which would be around 25 miles, but instead drove to the Staples Data Center in Marlboro, where I met up with some friends to bike the more manageable 6 or so miles from there ( Read more... )