Environment and User Friendly Traffic Lights Design
Most of us are used to doing things in the last minute and as a result everyone is always in a hurry, the best place to see this is in the traffic. Hurrying in traffic is a constant danger to us and potential danger to the environment, which is where Eko- the environment and user friendly traffic lights come in. This concept design by Relogik, is sort of a timer for traffic lights.
In traffic lights, the RED color makes us STOP and keeps us waiting with our foot on the gas paddle ready to rush off as soon as the GREEN color says GO! While that happens a slight miscalculation of a second can cause accidents, whereas rushing at any speed or keeping the engine running in traffic causes a lot of pollution. This concept design for traffic lights can be used on the existing lights and upgrades them to being environment and user friendly, by letting you relax, letting you know when exactly you have to move. It also puts pedestrians at ease so they do not have to rush through to cross roads.
If you are looking for more environment friendly light designs, then you should take a look at the Alterable Eco Cube Lamp and the Green Energy Lamp designs.
School used student laptop webcams to spy on them at school and home
According to the filings in Blake J Robbins v Lower Merion School District (PA) et al, the laptops issued to high-school students in the well-heeled Philly suburb have webcams that can be covertly activated by the schools' administrators, who have used this facility to spy on students and even their families. The issue came to light when the Robbins's child was disciplined for "improper behavior in his home" and the Vice Principal used a photo taken by the webcam as evidence. The suit is a class action, brought on behalf of all students issued with these machines.If true, these allegations are about as creepy as they come. I don't know about you, but I often have the laptop in the room while I'm getting dressed, having private discussions with my family, and so on. The idea that a school district would not only spy on its students' clickstreams and emails (bad enough), but also use these machines as AV bugs is purely horrifying.Schools are in an absolute panic about kids divulging too much online, worried about pedos and marketers and embarrassing photos that will haunt you when you run for office or apply for a job in 10 years. They tell kids to treat their personal details as though they were precious.But when schools take that personal information, indiscriminately invading privacy (and, of course, punishing students who use proxies and other privacy tools to avoid official surveillance), they send a much more powerful message: your privacy is worthless and you shouldn't try to protect it.
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