HN user
https://developers.google.com/events/io/help#reg_ions "I/ONs have attended at least five of the following as a paid attendee: Google I/O 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and the 2007 Google Developer Day in Mountain View. I/ONs receive a limited time opportunity to purchase a ticket during pre-sale registration. Eligibility as an I/ON is at Google's discretion."
I had an LG with really bad retention - I took it to an Apple store where the rep saw the issue. Two days later I picked it up and haven't had a problem since. It was very easy to get it replaced and is great for coding for me.
OpenXC had a really easy to way to get odometer readings, otherwise according to [1] "For a Ford vehicle, the odometer can be read via a mode $22 PID of $6180 for km clusters, and $6182 for mph clusters.". [2] Also talks a bit about reading Odometer. Shame there isn't a standard for reading it.
[1] http://www.mp3car.com/engine-management-obd-ii-engine-diagno...
[2] http://www.canbushack.com/blog/index.php?title=oh-no-odomete...
All cars will soon require blackboxes [1]. I agree it's a big deal and it will be interesting to see how good security / how accessible these are.
[1] http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/12/black-boxes-privacy...
I was actually working on a project based on OpenXC but the license[1] is pretty restrictive. License aside, it's really easy to use and implement.
Musk said previously in a tweet that logging is always on for media but only on for customers with their written permission.
I remember reading the zoom lenses weren't possible because of having to keep a lubricating fluid wet. This posed challenges (heating from mar's extreme cold, etc) so it was scrapped for the time.
Isn't the Samsung Slate 7 around 1k and uses a Wacom digitizer?