This is an interesting experience considering the article I recently blogged about: Toyota Computer Makes You Watch the Road "TOKYO - Japanese automaker Toyota has developed a safety technology that it says will keep the driver's eyes on the road. An image-processing computer system developed by Toyota Motor Corp. and a Toyota affiliate uses a camera near the steering wheel to detect when the driver stops looking straight ahead." http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050906/ap_on_hi_te/japan_crash_safety They also say "Research shows that most accidents happen because the driver isn't paying attention, according to Toyota." Now we know what they are doing while they are driving.... ******************************************** Tracy L. M. Kennedy PhD Candidate - Department of Sociology Graduate Fellow - Knowledge Media & Design Institute Research Associate - NetLab - Centre for Urban & Community Studies University of Toronto 725 Spadina Ave. Toronto, ON M5S 2J4 tkennedy@netwomen.ca www.netwomen.ca www.kmdi.utoronto.ca/collaborative ******************************************** -----Original Message----- From: Barry Wellman [mailto:wellman@chass.utoronto.ca] Re the AoIR discussion on mobile tv: I experienced an app of mobile tv that scared the heck out of me. In Kyoto, Japan, the taxi driver's GPS system became a TV for him, and he watched soap operas during the entire trip.