Imagine having to use 2 inch tablet to send out emails. That how using a regular-sized tablet would feel like to a legally blind person. I have one in the extended family, and while they could see the tablet, reading from it is out of the question.

It is one thing to be supportive, it is another thing to set them up for failure. There are limitations imposed by their condition, and it is unwise to ignore these.

Connect laptop or desktop to a large TV and put a high-contrast scheme.

I love the idea of electric cars, and Tesla is on my "lottery win" shopping list. With that said, if you apply hard numbers these cars do not make any sense at the current gas prices. Tesla's battery mega factory may change these numbers, but as of right now electric car premium substantially overshadows any and all gas savings. This is even before we start talking about hidden costs of scaling electric car ownership up.

As to mass-producing these cars, I have doubts that infrastructure could handle mass-adoption. The key issue is time it takes to charge, with gasoline one fuel pump can get driver in and out under 5 minutes. With charging stations you need 30 minutes or so. So Tesla has to build lots and lots concurrent "charging slots" and then develop congestion-mitigating techniques at the popular sites. Then they will have to invest into electric grid to support massive loads incurred by charging stations (ironically, the cost effective way to do this is by building 'load balancing' natural gas generators). Then they will have to mitigate inevitable increase in electricity costs due to supply&demand curves. Imagine what will happen to electricity costs during peak usage when everyone runs AC AND charges electric cars at the same time!

So we have following major roadblocks: a) cost of batteries b) cost of expanding charging stations network c) cost of electric grid infrastructure upgrades d) cost of accommodating increased load during peak times . Could all of these challenges be met? Sure, but it is unlikely achievable without public funds.

A device that broadcast over sufficiently large range random flood of mouse clicks would be a very effective DoS tool in a corporate settings.

Well, I advocate and practice usage separation. Have a secure device dedicated for "important" tasks like banking. This way you can have usability in most cases, and security in cases that requires it.

As to how do you educate users that their keyboard, smart TV, smart thermostat, router, in-car infotainment system, child monitoring system, fitness band, implanted defibrillator all require security patches? You can't. Unless they are Dick Cheney, who has a very well deserved reason to be paranoid.

Please listen to the above poster.

I work in InfoSec, and insecure implementation is widespread and the norm. This is unlikely to change, not until consumers start demand product certification.

In my experience, common implementation flaws are 1) hard coded keys, 2) leaking of secrets 3) weak randomization leading to predictable keys, 4) use of weak cryptography.

You are suffering from depression. Go see your doctor.

Sorry, but no. There is no need for a fallback for infotainment. Inability to browse cat pictures or watch youtube is not an emergency that has to be planned for, with redundancy acquired at a great overall expense. These infotainment systems increase car costs, you end up paying for them regardless of usage.
 
Also, if you don't already own a smart device, yet can afford a car equipped with infotainment system, it is clearly a matter of choice.

Car are for driving, why would anyone want to pay for bolted-on infotainment system that will sit most of its time in the garage or in the parking lot outside your office? The same infotainment system that would be obsolete in 4 years, when most consumers still consider 4 year old car "recent"?

Most people already have tablets, smartphones, laptops and other multipurpose infotainment devices. We can bring them in and out of the car, and (ideally only when riding as passengers) use them in the car. These devices are generally supported by manufacturers and developers that specialize in electronics and software. They get frequent security updates and adequate security measures built-in. When in a couple of years these electronic devices become obsolete, it is relatively inexpensive (you don't have to take out 8 year financing to get one) to replace.

Meanwhile, in-car infotainment systems are serious security and safety concern. There are known and demonstrated issues (look up work by Dr. Charlie Miller & Chris Valasek) that allow remote and local attackers to hijack car functionality and potentially cause a car crash via exploiting infotainment systems.

In closing:
Dear Car Manufacturers,
Please limit yourself to designing cars. Your infotainment systems are not desirable, and are not competitive with better and cheaper systems offered by Apple/Samsung/Microsoft. Bundling infotainment into unwanted "technology" packages makes your automobiles too expensive compared to competition. Don't confuse consumer demand for backup camera or in-dash GPS for demand for infotainment system.
-Consumers

Is this a way to generate... gravity? I am not a theoretical physicist, but aren't pions once-removed from gravitons? I remember reading and failing to understand something about pion-graviton scattering.

I really hope you are wrong, but I know that unless government regulators step in with massive fines your prediction will likely be true.

The only reason we see so many recalls recently is because Toyota was massively fined for gross negligence with uncontrolled acceleration issue.

Car manufacturers will have to learn that they will have to a) patch cars b) support them out of warranty with security patches c)educate users and independent mechanics to apply security patches. Soon, it will be "Quick Lube and Patch" service stations.

Personally, I prefer my cars air-gaped. I place negative value into infotainment systems and any car functionality that is no directly related to driving. Unfortunately, I am in the minority.

My magic 8 ball tells me that in 2015 we will learn that proprietary and embedded software is even more vulnerable. My Tarot Card deck tell me that we will see a lot of hacked car wrecks in 2015, now that Volvo released the demon by putting a web browser into in-dash system. Rest of the lemmings are sure to follow. Not that you really need a browser to pwn a car, with Bluetooth-to-CAN-BUS exploits shutting down cars demonstrated as early as 2012.

I am frequent movie-goer, and I am not happy with a quality of service your typical movie theater offers. First, there are endless commercials - easily 15 minutes of my time wasted by pure advertising and pointless splash screens. If you add previews, this can easily end up with 40 minutes wasted. Second, food is hugely expensive and massively unhealthy. On top of that, alcohol is generally not available. Third, seats seems to be suffering from the airlines syndrome - uncomfortable and cramped.

About the only exception to this is Alamo Drafthouse Cinema. Sadly, they are not available outside of Texas.