In a world where drivers act completely normally, one person decided to pull his car in front of mine and try to start a physical altercation with me. It was completely unwarranted and incredibly terrifying, but also weirdly exciting. After coming down from my adrenaline boost, I realized that this was not an isolated incident.
Road rage is very a real thing, but after I realized I was safe, the first thought that popped into my head was what had caused this man to be so angry that he would choose to threaten me physically?
To be fair, he claimed that I cut him off, but I was making a three-point-turn and he was coming at me at approximately 88.8 mph. You know what? Maybe he was trying time travel, but he wasn’t in a DeLorean so I think he was just an aggressive character.
I’m feeling quite well, and here’s what you missed in the news yesterday.
Mower, I Barely Know..
The ingenious minds responsible for some of the world’s most innovative tech companies have informed us, over the past few years, of their foray into projects related to self-driving vehicles, drone parcel delivery services, and, as it relates to today’s lesson, robotic lawnmowers. Back in 2016, Robin Autopilot was founded to take the pain out of maintaining a well-kept lawn, an issue that we can all get behind, right?
“We were trying to find lawn care companies that were reliable , having to pay with cash or checks under doormats. I mean, we’re all tech guys from the 21st century, and it was hard to believe that there’s this $70 billion business that still operates the same way it did 30 years ago…”
–Justin Crandall, co-Founder, Robin
Robin’s automated mowing bots use a magnetometer rather than wireless or IR
According to their website, one hour of mowing with a regular lawnmower emits “as much pollution as eleven hours in your car, and the mower spews 87 lbs. of greenhouse gases into the air each year.” Given that air pollution is one of the world’s most significant environmental health risks, Robin’s catering to consumers interested in living past their forties may serve them well as the Company continues to releases mowers.
Man, Those Were The Days
Days after Virginia’s governor was found to have proudly worn Ku Klux Klan attire, the state’s Attorney General Mark Herring admitted to the news media that he wore blackface during a college party in the late 1980s. I mean, to be fair, everything was weird in the 80s, so he’ll get off easily right?
Trying to remedy the situation, Attorney General Herring issued a statement which said:
“…In 1980, when I was a 19-year-old undergraduate in college, some friends suggested we attend a party dressed like rappers we listened to at the time, like Kurtis Blow, and perform a song, It sounds ridiculous even now writing it. But because of our ignorance and glib attitudes — and because we did not have an appreciation for the experiences and perspectives of others — we dressed up and put on wigs and brown makeup…”
-Attorney General Mark Herring (VA)
