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Compared to the P.U.M.A., a golf cart looks cool

How can you take the P.U.M.A. device seriously?  P.U.M.A. which stands for “Personal Urban Mobility and Accessibility” could stand for any of the following:

• “People Using Machines Asininely”
• “People Used to Mocking Always”
• “People Undergoing Muscle Atrophy”
• “Popemobile Undergone Much Alteration”

It’s almost a cool idea.  Then again, the original Segway was a cool idea, but was just incredibly dorky.  This time, the GM/Segway project has a cool name, but I’m not sure it will save GM. 

Google van and a low bridge

Google may be run by a bunch of super-smart people, but sometimes dumb things happen.  Take a look at this area on Google Maps.  We’ve got a Google Van driving into an area with a low bridge.  If you’ve ever seen one of these cars photographing streets, you know that it’s a car with a pole on the roof with a number of cameras on the top.  You can click through to see the incredibly obvious result.  [Source]

Google Fight: Google Street View vs. Photographer

A guy saw the Google Street View car and wanted to take a picture of it.  The car normally takes the nice street view pictures you can find on Google Maps.  The only issue?  The driver of the car didn’t want his picture taken. 

How could the observer know the driver’s position on the matter?  Easy, the driver said “Don’t you take pictures of me, mate.”

The driver and the car were out in public.  I don’t know the laws of the UK (where the incident happened), but in the U.S., you really don’t have many privacy rights if you are out in public. 

Next, the person in the mirror will scream, “Stop staring at me!”  [Source]