Word: volvo
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...others are trying to make our machines a bit more like ourselves. Alex Zelinsky, CEO of tiny Seeing Machines, based in Canberra, Australia, has been keeping his eye on road wrecks, which kill 1.26 million people worldwide every year, according to the World Health Organization. Working with Swedish carmaker Volvo, Seeing Machines is pairing small, driver-facing dashboard-mounted cameras with pattern-recognition software that analyzes whether the driver's face shows signs of fatigue, a top cause of traffic fatalities. "Our philosophy is that you cannot drive while you're fatigued. It's like driving drunk," says Zelinsky...
...RIAA can do nothing. But the thrill is tempered by the feeling of having given in to The Man in the suit. Once you start paying for your music downloads, it’s all downhill—you might as well take out a mortgage and buy a Volvo...
...unique position to do so. Some might expect her to hit Trebek with questions such as “Who is Antigone?” or “What is the Maginot Line?” (as she should, given that money and a Volvo are at stake), but I wish she’d ask him some of life’s more important questions: why Britney sells more records than X-Tina, or why the Olsens have taken over the world while Uncle Jesse has contributed little more to the American popscape than Rebecca Romijn?...
Mary N. Naam ’05 battled for a spot in the semifinal round, where she would have a chance to compete for a $50,000 cash prize, a $50,000 scholarship, a custom-made trophy and a brand new $40,000 Volvo S60R...
...winner of the game will get at least $50,000 and a new Volvo...