Technogaze

19 Jul 2014

Internet of Things, Finger Reader and China v Apple

Technology

On Technogaze this week Mark, Raena, Dave and Michael looked at China accusing Apple of threatening its National Security with the location tracking capabilities of iOS devices. Meanwhile the US has been trying to get access to emails stored on mail servers located in Dublin that contain information on the criminal activities of a US citizen.

The FBI have looked at the future of self driving cars.  Noting how this could help them in their surveillance activities but realising that self-driving bombs were now a possibility.  They did acknowledge that there would be a significant reduction in road traffic accidents.

Dave spoke about the Internet of Things – a topic close to his heart.  We looked at aspects of home automation, health & fitness, enthusiast access and questions about data ownership.

Amazon released more information about it’s plans to deliver goods via drones and they also came up with a novel approach to new French laws barring online retailers from offering free delivery on books.

The Finnish city of Helsinki is launching a pilot program to encourage its citizens to use private cars less and instead to use public transport, taxis and car sharing.  A new prototype finger reader is allowing vision impaired to listen to printed words.

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