Data That Matters June 2021

With a market cap of $680B, Bitcoin was accepted as a legal currency by a government, El Salvador. Several large Continue reading →

Opioids Worse Than Car Crashes

Both car crashes and opioid overdoses killed over 40,000 Americans in 2017 (40,231 from opioids and 43,036 from cars). (Note: Continue reading →

Assassin Drones Arrive

It didn’t succeed, but it demonstrated the possibility, a quadcopter like the ones used for fun and photos was used Continue reading →

Parking Costs

Go ahead and make fun of “Park your car in Harvard Yard”, but finding places to park everyone’s car in Continue reading →

Autonomous Auto Kills Pedestrian

This is the inevitable milestone. An autonomous vehicle hit and killed a pedestrian. The car had a safety driver (Uber), Continue reading →

Autonomous Taxis Arrive

Driveless taxis are leaving the experimental stage and starting regular service, with some restrictions. Driverless taxis are not a mature Continue reading →

Computers Invent Their Own Language

Artificial intelligence programs have developed their own language for talking with each other. Facebook wanted to see if their chatbots Continue reading →

Data That Matters March 2017

About 827,000 people in the US have jobs as delivery drivers. Ford is planning to launch a fleet of driverless Continue reading →