Instead of measuring acceleration, etc They should write an app to determine if you play with your phone while you drive. That would most likely be a much better predictor of how likely you are to be in an accident.

I asked to be listed as "Robert'); DROP TABLE"

>In fact, it's a derailed ship which has been driven into a ditch, is now stuck in a nosedive, and is about to go over a cliff. With Grandma on board.

The SEC usually gives them a mulligan when a software boo-boo costs a big institution a lot of money. I never get a do-over when I make a bad trade though...

There is the potential for some good to come from this. Perhaps when the remote presence devices get cheap enough, the "doctor" can come to you in the comfort of your own home like in ye goode olde days. Maybe they can even become cheap enough for many people to buy their own "doctor". We'll have to bust up the FDA/insurance/DME cartel first though, otherwise the robot will sell for 1000% what it would if it was a free market.

If they are not opt-in they are bad.

Next year, they should use big potato cannons to fire live pigeons at the drone. Imagine the video of a flaming pigeon going through the rotor!

I won't even bother driving to a store unless I can check inventory status online. It is not worth the time and fuel cost just to wander around the store for 30 mins and not find what I need.

That pub run story is nothing compared to what happened in Denmark, SC. The mayor hired a witch doctor to protect City Hall from evil. The witch doctor walked around city hall sprinkling salt and muttering incantations. Later, someone noticed the salt and called the police to report some scary white powder around City Hall. The typical police/public safety overreaction ensued until someone decided enough was enough and tasted the "suspicious white powder" confirming that it was salt.