And yet no mention of it? This is the stuff that conspiracy theories are made of.

But why just Android devices?

The biggest problem with stopping asteroids from impacting the Earth is FINDING the asteroids that will impact the Earth.

The real mind bender will be if sound and EM effects are identical for every aspect.

Even the trading and hunting mechanism of the original version could be exploited by a savvy player.

Soooo ... the monument should be a demolition derby track. TWO roundabouts connected in a figure eight.

When that first inevitable story comes out (about how this new technology could have possibly missed whatever the new Thalidomide will be) remember that live animal drug trials are just as easily faked as virtual drug trials.

“It’s all fun and games until someone loses an eye. That one person/entity goes and ruins it for everyone.”

Hondo is prime gif material: he is made of 100% top quality scoundrely one-liners.

Finally all those “poor innocent” pedophiles will have someone lower than them on the prison totem pole that they can torment.

The more useful and precise version of this question is “what is the current accident rate per vehicle-mile-traveled for human-driven versus driverless vehicles?“ This sort of information is collected by the FHWA and almost certainly by CalDOT; hopefully CalDOT is collecting similar information on driverless vehicles.

Well, that’s kinda what I was going after but actually figuring out what exactly would be required to send a needle all the way through the glass regardless of whether flying glass shrapnel on the opposite side could potentially pop a balloon.

The tower is basically concrete. It has so much thermal mass that even if was painted matte black and placed at the equator it would not be able to heat up quickly enough to create any air flow.

In case of emergency have pre-installed nozzles spray this all over every floor surface. Luckily it comes in 55 gallon drums.

Ralph needs to be blamed for all of the internet’s memes.

For rotation issues: Ultimate Rotation Control.

This needs to be replicated Mythbusters style with a box full of large-ish needles (all with freshly sharp tips), many fresh identical sheets of glass, and an air gun. Basically a super-micro gauge “potato” cannon.

One high pressure bidet coming up. It might not be enough; they are incredibly full of shit.