V2V Technology!

I love sharing this kind of stuff with my viewers because technology is really amazing and has great potential to benefit our lives.  Recently, I saw a video on YouTube the briefly talked about V2V Technology or Vehicle to Vehicle.  It is estimated that V2V could possibly prevent up to 80% of vehicle collisions.

So, what exactly can this do for me?  Well, there's a long list of features in the works and some of which are already being used in newer model cars such as; Acura TL, Cadillac DTS, Hyundai Sonata, Infiniti M37, Ford Taurus SHO, Mercedes-Benz C300, Toyota Venza, and Volkswagen GTI.

• Emergency electronic brake lights:  Alerts you if a car in front of you has applied it's breaks suddenly.  Helps when the vehicle is one or two cars ahead of you and you can't see it.

• Forward-collision warning:  Capable of applying your cars breaks when a collision is detected; same works for the rear when back up in reverse.

• Blind spot/Lane-Change Warning:  Monitors vehicles in your blind spot and illuminates a small light to show you of the possible danger.  If attempt to use your turn signal and sound will beep to alert you it is unsafe. 

Just a quick look at some features already in use.  Essentially, V2V cars and devices could act as independent transmitters and receivers which could communicate with each other in a certain radius.  A car several miles a head of you could send information to your car alerting you of traffic, weather, or accidents.  Maybe there's something in the road or you got into an accident.. V2V can alert someone near by, not to mention activate emergency medical care.

With the good, can come the bad.  Could users be at risk in terms of criminal activity allowing people access to your car?  Would police be able to tell when you're speeding or disobeying traffic signs?  I think the technology in itself is a great idea, but issues like these should not play a factor in the technologies use.

What do you guys think about this?  Do you like it or do you hate it?  Leave your responses below and thanks for reading!

NASA's Biocapsule

So, apparently NASA has a new invention called the Biocapsule and I thought this thing was absolutely amazing because it stands to change medicine in such a profound way.  The original idea behind this capsule was to be an implantable device that would diagnose astronauts who were on long spaceflights and automatically dispense medication in relation to what ails you.  The implant itself is barely the size of a standard pencil tip and would be injected somewhere in your body, say your leg or arm.  It is made of carbon nano tubes which can't be broken down in your body, but are porous enough to release a dose of medication.

Immediate ideas behind the capsule's use are to detect and treat radiation that astronauts might be introduced to while on a mission in space.  Other uses are viable as well and I think the applications are limitless.  Insulin for diabetics without constant injections or finger pricks.  Chemotherapy for cancer patients injected directly into a tumor.  People with allergies no longer need to carry an EpiPen.  Even people with chronic allergies all the way down to heartburn or the common cold.

The Biocapsule is truly amazing in my eyes and I really hope this makes it out to the public in the years to come.  What do you guys think?  Let me know below.

Thanks for reading!

Facebook goes public!

Facebook has become quite a colossal giant in it's 8 years and will probably only continue to grow.  This social network service was co-created by Mark Zuckerberg which was founded in his Harvard dorm.  The service is home to over 800 million active users as of January 2012 and has high hopes of further growth by expanding into other countries.  Facebook is easily the most used social networking site in the world and it shouldn't come as a surprise when they have a like button on almost every web page on the internet.

On February 1, 2012 Facebook filed their documents to become a publicly traded company by way of a $5 billion initial public offering.  An IPO of that size makes it one of the biggest in tech history and definitely the biggest in internet history.  Experts believe their value will yield between $75 and $100 billion.  So, be on the look out for Facebook to be pricing their shares in the next three to six months!  Maybe if you're lucky, you'll be able to grab some up.. or not.  Either way, good luck.

While reading a few articles relating to this story, I stumbled upon a couple other interesting facts about the company.

• 845 million Active users as of Dec 31, 2011.
    ° 425 million use mobile devices.
    ° 483 million login daily.
• 250 million photos are uploaded every 24 hours.
• Over 100 billion friendships have been created online.
• $3.71 billion in revenue and $1 billion in profits.

Just a few random facts I found that were very interesting to me.  Thanks for reading!  And feel free to leave your comments or opinions below.  Below I'll link a map of social network site usage around the world and if anyone is interested in a movie about Facebook - check out The Social Network.