The Cult of iPod

Looks like there will be some new Apple porn at the book stores around mid November. It’s just amazing at how there’s a culture growing up around the Apple line of equipment. I wonder what is would have been like if it had happened to IBM. Would we have had mlillions of people gleefuly going through life batch processing data and wearing black ties and button down white shirts? Oh wait, I guess it did. Anyway, the Cult of iPod book should be a good read for anyone that enjoys the ‘Mac Lifestyle’.

The Cult of iPod Book

Jaws of Life for Hybrid Vehicles

 

 With more and more hybrid cars on the streets these days the world of crash rescue is finding itself failing dangerously behind.  Hybrid cars  will often route high voltage (100-500 volts) cables around door frames in order to supply power to all parts of the car. Without special tools a rescuer conducting a regular extricating my become a fatality due to electrocution. With these new tools the operator is safely insulated from dangerous voltages.

 

[via BoingBoing]

First Rescue Tools Designed for Improved Safety in Hybrid Vehicle Rescues are Introduced by Hurst Centaur

Hurst Centaur webpage 

Speed Bumps for the Dead

Think of this as speed bumps for the dead. In locations where there has been a traffic fatality it’s pretty common for a small shrine for the dead to be erected by friends and loved ones. This idea has the location augmented with a small piezo powered transmitter that says the name of the dead and how many days it has been sense the accident. The traffic running over it powers the device. Radios in the local area would be able to pick up these transmissions.

Road fatalities memorials – a proposal