Saturday, February 25, 2012

In response to Aislynn Sherry's Post

How do you feel about a driverless vehicle? Would you be an advocate for this type of technology?

I think that these cars are going to be awesome. It is going to be like in the movie I-Robot and it is actually considered dangerous to drive the car yourself. I think that advances in technology like this are going to revolutionize transportation. I would feel a little uncomfortable at first but I think it could eventually be safer and much more relaxing. It would solve drunk and intoxicated driving problems and would be very usefully in emergencies. also this could change the lives of some people who a paralyzed or disabled by allowing them to drive. I think it is going to be a few more years until we see this technology fully integrated in future car. I read a similar article about Google's radar based diver less cars and they have been talking to all the major car companies and their cars have already been spotted on the road driving along side with traffic. Does anyone else think these are going to be awesome or do you think they are going to cause a huge problem?

Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Staircase Advertisment

I came across this article and picture on Businessinsider.com and i thought it was a genius and cool idea. I have a feeling we are going to start seeing a lot of these soon. The company that does this is called UpStairs Media and they have been doing this since 2004. They have a machine that prints on to the side of the stair so you can only see the picture form a little bit of a distance and the stairs look normal as you are going up. They are starting to pop up in Boston, Philadelphia, Wahsinton DC, and Las Vegas.
Nationwide Insurance Comapny has one of these ad's in Las Vegas of a car on a road going out of control with the tagline "life comes at you fast." I think these are going to be huge for large museums because from a distance these stairs really grab your attention and would definitely draw people in. Does anyone else think these are cool? Would you advertise you company with one of these?