Really, with all the talk about technology become sentient or gaining awareness, today's automated systems actually still have a long way to go. Even when gadgets seem to take on a life of their own, hilarity (not violence or horrific cloning) ensues. When a
traffic light gets stuck on green for 29 years, we tend to chuckle (mostly because nobody got hurt). Or the
Wienermobile truck 'violating' a woman's house is more humorous than dangerous (the picture is really something else). Even
Facebook has a personality quirk, giving us attitude for trying to delete ourselves. So while there is always cause for concern over robotic insurrection, in reality, the world of electronics is just
sticking to dancing brooms. Here is some other great tech news you may have missed this week.
- Smart phone dependencies hit everyone, but these celebrities seem to have it bad. Check our second installment of celebrity BlackBerry addictions.
- The future is now, or at least for soft drinks, with a high-tech soda dispenser that makes that old vending machine look like a jerk. A soda jerk, that is.
- A missing iPhone prototype, a sketchy investigation, and the suicide of a Chinese employee have taken center stage in a mysterious saga unfolding at Foxconn, Apple's contracted Chinese manufacturer.
- In another mass-network solution, Germany has decided to program its nation's cars with eCall, which simultaneously honks all car horns in the area of disaster, alerting Deutschland of an impending disaster.
- Need a pick-me-up? Youth of today getting you down? We've compiled 10 tech whizzes under 20 that will make you wish you paid more attention to math when you were a kid.
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