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Pay by the Mile Car Insurance

Pay by the Mile Car Insurance

Hey there, thanks for coming back to OneEyedView! If you find our site enjoyable, please share with your friends, or give us some social bookmarking love;)Today I learned of an innovative solution to high insurance prices and the environmental impact of vehicle emissions. It’s MileMeter.com and it just may revolutionize the insurance industry.

From their website:
MileMeter is auto [...]

Dragonfly or Insect Spy?

Some time ago I watched a program about insect robots and how eventually these machines would become the new spies for the 21st century. While watching this program I remember saying to a friend
Vanessa Alarcon saw them while working at an antiwar rally in Lafayette Square last month.
“I heard someone say, ‘Oh my god, look at those,’ [...]

Warning of data ticking time bomb

Microsoft UK Managing Director Gordon Frazer running Windows 3.1 on a Vista PC

The growing problem of accessing old digital file formats is a “ticking time bomb”, the chief executive of the UK National Archives has warned.
Natalie Ceeney said society faced the possibility of “losing years of critical knowledge” because modern PCs could not always open old file formats.
She [...]

Paper Thin Batteries Are Here!

I came across this article today and found it exciting to think of the possibilities of batteries this thin and malleable.

CHICAGO (AFP) – US researchers said Monday they have invented a lightweight paper battery that could serve as an enhanced power storage device for the next generation of consumer electronic devices.
The battery produces electricity in the same way [...]

Robot Code of Ethics – Not Science Fiction Folks

Maybe it’s time to re-watch the Terminator or Matrix trilogys and take some tips on how best to proceed. This article just in by by Lim Chang-Won on the Associated Press wire…
South Korea at the forefront of the drive to develop robots which can do anything from guarding the border to caring for the elderly, [...]