An iPhone is being credited with alerting rescuers to a crash involving a car that plunged 400 feet off a cliff on Mount Wilson.
According to a tweet by rescue crew member Mike Leum, the man’s phone’s crash detection technology notified authorities of the crash at 10:51 p.m. Friday night on Mount Wilson Road.
This reminds me of Douglas Adams' "peril-sensitive sunglasses' which go completely opaque when they sense that the wearer is in some danger he might not wish to see (Hitchhiker's Guide reference). Or that Python skit where the tomatoes some bloke bought self-jettison out the car window when they sense an impending crash.
Yes, our "things" are often much smarter than we are.
I'm waiting for the story of "Dumbphone Saves Smartass".....
ReplyDeleteSo what happens if you drop the overpriced spy in your pocket,does it " dispatch " a drop elert as well ???
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This reminds me of Douglas Adams' "peril-sensitive sunglasses' which go completely opaque when they sense that the wearer is in some danger he might not wish to see (Hitchhiker's Guide reference). Or that Python skit where the tomatoes some bloke bought self-jettison out the car window when they sense an impending crash.
ReplyDeleteYes, our "things" are often much smarter than we are.
Car driver not identified.
ReplyDeleteMy submission: three name oriental (not Japanese)