Mechanical Computers

I watched these fascinating old videos on the mechanical computers of US Navy over the weekend and thought others might like watching them too.

 https://youtu.be/lr1uK24SND8

 https://youtu.be/5GZa63x3k60

 By watching something like this can one truly understand just how revolutionary digital computing was; which was invented by Professor of Physics John Atanasoff at Iowa State University – please see below:

 https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0385527136/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?ie=UTF8&qid=1682279661&sr=8-1#aw-udpv3-customer-reviews_feature_div

Tesla & Privacy

 From Grauniad of the UK

The spy in the cab is Elon Musk 

Cars are computers on wheels nowadays, and Tesla cars more than any others. Tesla workers have been sharing 'intimate' car camera images for a laugh, according to the article. 

It is hard not to imagine that video/audio systems such as the Ring doorbell (which integrates a camera and microphone) or devices in the home such as Alexa are inevitably being used to harvest user data for all sorts of reasons, legally or not. 

Advanced technology has made a mockery of privacy and users have accepted it, given the perceived benefits, without governments and regulators doing much about it. And yet, there is sharing and sharing... 

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/apr/07/tesla-intimate-car-camera-images-shared