Chinese Vehicles are Coming - Observations from an Expert

As posted to the Now You Know YouTube Channel on 11/5/2021 (Run Time 29 min, 54 sec, when starting at time code 3:22) Now You Know sits down with legendary automotive engineer Sandy Munro in November 2021 to compare and contrast today's unfolding Chinese EV rollout with the Japanese vehicle invasion of the 1970s and 1980s.  On the Chinese EV business model, Sandy comments, "We're playing checkers . . . one move at a time.  They're playing chess.  If you're business plan is geared toward the book 'The Art of War', you'll win." (This is Blog Post #1130) Sandy Munro is an automotive engineer who specializes in machine tools and manufacturing. He joined the Ford Motor Company in 1978 and then started his own consulting company, Munro & Associates,...

Which are the Most Private E-mail Services?

As posted to the Naomi Brockwell YouTube Channel on 6/21/21 (Run Time: 12 min, 48 sec) In this informative video from her Privacy Series, Naomi Brockwell compares the most popular e-mail options available to help you make an informed decision as to which will work best for your personal situation. The author's outline of the clip on YouTube is as follows: E-mail remains an essential backbone of internet communication, with over 4 billion users worldwide. But is it private? Actually it's inherently insecure. Furthermore, the vast majority of users rely on free online email services. Did you know that they use AI algorithms to scan your emails in order to learn more about you? Or that emails are stored in the clear, meaning in the event of a hack,...

Which are the Most Private Browsers?

As posted to the Naomi Brockwell YouTube Channel on 4/30/21 (Run Time: 8 min, 13 sec) In this informative video from her Privacy Series, Naomi Brockwell compares the most popular browser options available to help you make an informed decision as to which will work best for your personal situation. With web browsers being your interface to the Internet, it is not surprising that they become the target of companies or hackers who want to collect information about you. In addition to websites being able to track you, browsers themselves can also send back information about you to the browser’s parent company for them to monetize. The major browsers discussed in this clip are Chrome, Safari, Mozilla Firefox, Tor Browser, Microsoft Edge, and Brave. (This is Blog Post #1096) Naomi...

Tesla AI Day Highlights

As posted to the Lex Fridman YouTube Channel on 8/20/21 (Run Time: 11 min, 29 sec) "Tesla AI Day presented the most amazing real-world AI and Engineering effort I have ever seen in my life" -- Lex Fridman On 8/19/21, Elon Musk convened Tesla AI Day, an event to share progress in the automaker’s software and hardware development related to artificial intelligence.  The sole purpose of the even was a recruiting platform for Tesla’s AI team. Lex Fridman, presents here a quick video on the main innovations presented at Tesla AI day. (This is Blog Post #1075) Lex Fridman is an AI researcher working on autonomous vehicles, human-robot interaction, and machine learning at MIT and beyond. You can find his MIT Deep Learning and Artificial Intelligence Lectures at deeplearning.mit.edu, and the...

How Technology Disruption will Affect the Automotive Industry

As posted to the Tony Seba YouTube Channel on 10/30/2019 (Run Time 31 min, 17 sec) Based on Tony Seba's #1 Amazon bestselling book "Clean Disruption of Energy and Transportation" and "Rethinking Transportation 2020-2030", this presentation lays out the key technologies (batteries, electric vehicles, autonomous vehicles), business model innovations (ride-hailing, transportation-as-a-service), how the technology disruption will affect existing companies and sectors (market trauma) and how it will unfold over the next decade, as well as key implications for society, finance, industry, cities, and infrastructure. (This is Blog Post #907) Tony Seba is the author of "Clean Disruption of Energy and Transportation - How Silicon Valley Will Make Oil, Nuclear, Natural Gas, Coal, Electric Utilities and Conventional Cars Obsolete by 2030" and "Rethinking Transportation 2020-2030". He is the creator of...

The Past, Present, and Future of EVs

As posted to the Munro Live YouTube Channel on 10/9/2020 (Run Time 22 min, 38 sec) This video is an "abridged" version of a presentation given by legendary automotive engineer Sandy Munro in September, 2020.  On Testa's growing lead in technology, Sandy comments, "It is not the big that eat the small, but rather the fast that eat the slow". (This is Blog Post #905) Sandy Munro is an automotive engineer who specializes in machine tools and manufacturing. He joined the Ford Motor Company in 1978 and then started his own consulting company, Munro & Associates, which specializes in lean design, tearing down automotive products to study and suggest improvements and innovations....

Wjat is the Best Fuel to Use in Your Vehicle?

As posted to the Chris Fix YouTube Channel on 10/15/19 (Run Time: 16 min, 10 sec) What is the best fuel to use in your vehicle?  Chris Fix explains the octane rating system and other related matters in this informative clip. (This is Blog Post #635) Chris Fix creates and posts easy-to-follow, step-by-step how-to style videos for both beginners and experts that want to save money by fixing their own car.  With new content every 10 days or so, Chris takes pride in helping others at the Chris Fix YouTube Channel. ...

Smartphones Impair Our Brains Ability to Focus

As posted to the Wall Street Journal YouTube Channel on 5/20/19 (Run time: 5 min, 17 sec) Our phones give us instant gratification.  But there's a cost: loss of attention and productivity.  Attention is a limited resource.  At any particulary moment you can only have that much of it.  We live in an age of constant distractions.  9-5 is out, and 24/7 is in.  With our smartphone in hand, we now bring our work with us everywhere.  But do our devices make us less attentive? Wall Street Journal's (WSJ's) Daniela Hernandez goes on a quest to understand the science of distractions and what you can do to stay focused and productive. (This is Blog Post #616) Wall Street Journal is a U.S. business-focused, English-language internationaly daily newspaper based in New...

Digital License Plate Now Available

As posted to the Reviver Auto YouTube Channel on 5/7/18 Currently available in CA and AZ, there is a fully functional digital license plate now available.  Introducing the"RPlate". Offered in two primary versions. Rplate offers a variety of benefits and features which may include: Plate Customization Customize the theme of your Rplate anytime with the Rplate app Front-lit HD Display The crisp, bright, reflective screen is easily discernible in all weather conditions LTE Connected Built-in LTD connection keeps you connected with your car Smart Registration Rnewal DMV registration renewal can be done on-online Personalized Messages Customize with running messages including sports teams, universities and organizations Trip & Mileage Tracking GPS tracking and journey mapping Location Alerts Know where your cars is at all times For more information, visit www.reviver.com (This is Blog Post #600)...

Facebook's New Crypto "Libra"

As posted to the Ben Swann YouTube Channel on 6/18/19 Facebook's New Crypto "Libra" Explained Investigative journalist Ben Swann gives his take on how Facebook's new crypto "Libra" is not actually decentralized. Plus, it's been established with a "pay to play" scheme for governence of the coin.  The players are Facebook, Uber, Lyft, Spotify Visa, Mastercard. and other multinationals who paid a $10 million entry fee. Decentralization Ben goes on to explain "the concept of decentralization.  Cryptocurriency's power, is to break the current financial systems that are in effect, and returning that power to the people.  Libra does not do that, it has no interest in doing that.  It only continues to reinforce the power structures that are already in place." Why Facebook Won't Know What You're Spending Your Libra...