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comment by Killerhurtz
Killerhurtz  ·  3398 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Is a Cambrian Explosion Coming for Robotics?

I have to agree with this - I just can't see a single thing that we use today that does not have a computer in it (or at LEAST a microchip controller).

Just today: I rode the bus (which has a computer in it to control AC and to help the driver schedule) to work. Spotted two bicycles (both of which had a computer to have a speedometer, one of them had an electric engine driven by the computer) and a Harley Davidson (which MAY not have had a computer in it - but the MP3 player that he had definitely was a computer). I then got into the subway (which is entirely computer-driven - the driver is only there for emergencies), wondering if the woman whose voice is used for the service announcements (which are controlled and synthetized by computer) is still alive. I then took out my phone (which is actually just a computer) to read a book until I got out of the subway. Coming up, I started fuming at how incompetent drivers were because they caused a gridlock (on streets with computer-controlled traffic lights). Once I managed to get past the cars, I got to work and took the elevator up (which is computer-controlled because of safety features) and got past three RFID-keyed doors (which are also computer-controlled) only to sit down for work... in front of a computer.

IT'S EVERYWHERE