Another roadway distraction: At the gadgets-and-gizmos exposition in Las Vegas on Tuesday, Ford and BMW previewed technology that will let drivers control home appliances from behind the wheel.
The Buzz looks forward to the first traffic-snarling I-5 fender-bender caused by somebody who was setting the thermostat in the TV room when they should have been watching where they were going.
Unintended consequences: In other gadget news, a plastic figure called Silver Mother plays the sound of running water if the person it’s monitoring doesn’t drink enough water.
The thing is, for most folks that noise inspires water release rather than intake.
Don’t know much about history: On this day in 1963, “Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom” premiered on NBC.
Though it continued in syndication until 1988, NBC canceled the series in 1971. Host Marlin Perkins stayed in the studio while sidekick Jim Fowler attempted to tranquilize, tag and release the NBC executives responsible.
— Mark Carlson, Mary Downes and Jon Bauer, Herald staff
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