Yes, its hotly debated. But, I'm gonna stick with the inventor of the device. A Doctor. Gonna skip all the media talking heads that think they "Know better" than he does. Thanks ;-)

Direct quote from the inventor of the device says otherwise. "Dr. Jim Downing, the inventor of the HANS device, believes there's a 95% chance Earnhardt would have survived the crash had he been wearing the device."

Go get a neuralink and an ocular implant and hook it up to some assistive AI, declare yourself a cyborg, and Sue Universal for Discrimination. ;-D

The "Why" they would do such a thing, and the other possible uses for the data, that we know it collects (Even if they say it doesn't), are the only things that really matter. Whatever they are telling you is the reason for a profit-negative situation they just willingly engaged in, vs the real reasons behind the scenes, are almost always two different things these days.

Now essentially means you are speaking directly to the FBI/CIA. (Not that it didn't before, now it almost explicitly declared) Good to know. I'll use it as their new customer service hotline ;-D

I can honestly say, Rush had a large set. No doubt. Unfortunately, to the tune of His and Others detriment. Takes a brave sort to go under that much pressure. Hats off to all who have the courage to. I can only imagine the sounds and unsettling nature of being that far underwater. Not for me.

That Documentary on this. Listening to the cracking and popping they recorded, would have been all I needed to stop and go back to the Drawing board. Rush had more balls than brains. And what happened left ZERO question about that. HOWEVER... With that said. The audible detection system they worked out, has real merit, and may actually end up being a real contribution to deep dive craft in the future. So, for all the Ego Monster he was, there may yet be something good that comes from this. Like widespread adoption of the HANS device in Nascar after Earnhardt's death.

That left Gmail in Beta for half a decade? ;-D

Look at the news at what's been scrubbed from the wayback and others like it in just the last few months. Any crawler that can crawl, can mirror... In total secret, the progression of this, especially AI driven, has deeper implications. Not everyone would use that information for honorable things. Extortion a plenty can be made from such things.

That you would have in your possession indexing the web secretly. Immune from takedowns and scrub requests... The blackmail material alone that one would come into possession of, should make this beyond illegal.

That Mercedes just started testing looks wild. https://electrek.co/2025/07/24... With that range level, I can imagine that tech licensed across the board easily eliminating range anxiety for most and leading to wide adoption. Not that I am that big a Mercedes fan. But that solid state tech they have worked out is mighty impressive.

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Who doesn't know this guy is a kidf__ker by now, just isn't paying attention. You do NOT go on a distraction rampage in the media for two weeks straight, if you WEREN'T on that list. You'd simply release it. People... We pay taxes to pedophiles. Fact. Left/Right/Center. Period.

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