Q-FOG Personal Mist System for Cyclists
If heat gets to you easily but you don’t want to stop taking long bike rides this summer, this may very well be what you need. To chill you out a bit during those rides in the sun, try this personal mister designed and developed by two Israeli cyclists.
The Q-FOG personal mist system is a compact water sprayer that attaches to the bicycle’s handlebars. The device was especially designed in order to keep bike riders cool and safe from heatstroke during hot, long summer rides.
The misting device’s inventors say the Q-+FOG is more comfortable than traditional spraying systems which are generally designed to be worn by the rider instead of being mounted on a bike. The devices are often cumbersome to wear and create discomfort.
The Q-FOG weighs only 2.8 ounces (about 80 grams) and is very easy to install and use. The device is mounted on the handlebars and stem of the bike along with a spray mechanism and a water reservoir of 100 ml. The spray mechanism made from ABS plastic can be mounted in four positions. And the head of the sprayer can rotate 360 degrees, so you really won’t have to worry that you didn’t attach the device correctly.
Then, whenever you get hot, you can just pump the system’s handle and the Q-FOG will spray a fine mist over your torso. As the water evaporates in the heat, you will feel a soothing cooling effect. With a 100 milliliter reservoir, the personal mist system offers more than 300 sprays, which is enough for a two to three hour bike ride.
While not many cyclists will actually be interested in using this device, it is nonetheless a useful thing to have in a dry environment with unbearably hot summers. So next time you set off on a three-hour ride through the desert, it might be useful to have this accessory on your bike.
Novice and diehard bike riders interested in the gadget should head over to Indiegogo and back the project. The crowdfunding campaign for the Q-FOG is moving at a snail’s pace so far, with less than $500 raised of the project’s $70,000 goal.
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Asking the U.S. government to allow Google to publish more national security request data
Dear Attorney General Holder and Director Mueller
Google has worked tremendously hard over the past fifteen years to earn our users’ trust. For example, we offer encryption across our services; we have hired some of the best security engineers in the world; and we have consistently pushed back on overly broad government requests for our users’ data.
We have always made clear that we comply with valid legal requests. And last week, the Director of National Intelligence acknowledged that service providers have received Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) requests.
Assertions in the press that our compliance with these requests gives the U.S. government unfettered access to our users’ data are simply untrue. However, government nondisclosure obligations regarding the number of FISA national security requests that Google receives, as well as the number of accounts covered by those requests, fuel that speculation.
We therefore ask you to help make it possible for Google to publish in our Transparency Report aggregate numbers of national security requests, including FISA disclosures—in terms of both the number we receive and their scope. Google’s numbers would clearly show that our compliance with these requests falls far short of the claims being made. Google has nothing to hide.
Google appreciates that you authorized the recent disclosure of general numbers for national security letters. There have been no adverse consequences arising from their publication, and in fact more companies are receiving your approval to do so as a result of Google’s initiative. Transparency here will likewise serve the public interest without harming national security.
We will be making this letter public and await your response.
David Drummond
Chief Legal Officer
via The Official Google Blog http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2013/06/asking-us-government-to-allow-google-to.html
Google Maps and Waze, outsmarting traffic together
To help you outsmart traffic, today we’re excited to announce we’ve closed the acquisition of Waze. This fast-growing community of traffic-obsessed drivers is working together to find the best routes from home to work, every day.
The Waze product development team will remain in Israel and operate separately for now. We’re excited about the prospect of enhancing Google Maps with some of the traffic update features provided by Waze and enhancing Waze with Google’s search capabilities.
We’ll also work closely with the vibrant Waze community, who are the DNA of this app, to ensure they have what’s needed to grow and prosper.
The Waze community and its dedicated team have created a great source of timely road corrections and updates. We welcome them to Google and look forward to working with them in our ongoing effort to make a comprehensive, accurate and useful map of the world.
via The Official Google Blog http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2013/06/google-maps-and-waze-outsmarting.html