Historical hero or a liar?

This is what is supposed Dakoya happened to Meyer in September 2009 when he was marine in Afghanistan was his patrol car with two sections of Afghan troops heading to a town called Ganjgal when they were attacked. Four of the co-Meyer became caught fire several bursts with so many soldiers. Meyer could hear on the radio. He had been ordered to stand still, but ignored. Like a madman, rushed to the heavy gunfire and went to where his companions. In the end, that day would end up saving 37 people (about two dozen Afghans among them) on several trips. He broke five trucks that were so intense bursts of bullets. The last trip I made up and went to recover the bodies of their dead comrades.An incredible story. Both Meyer became the first soldier from the Vietnam War, receiving the highest honor you can give the U.S. a member of the army: the Medal of Honor.But there is another version.In that convoy was another person, a journalist named Jonathan Landay, who has submitted a report claiming that everything is quite exaggerated. Meyer could not save because at the U.S. 13 traveling alone were 12 and four others were killed Meyer. Of the survivors, no one saw a Meyer kill those eight Taliban killed are supposed to, but remember that some were saved by a helicopter that came later. The rest said they got in the truck all by themselves while Meyer sought refuge. Nor is it clear that Meyer was ordered to sit still.The Marines have rejected this report. Say it is easier than in a battlefield to see things differently, and has followed a rigorous research process to deliver the Medal of Honor, including witnesses, graphics, and two major investigations. What is not known is the version of Meyer himself. The army continues to refer to the version that is posted on their website to not make the sergeant now have to repeat what he considers "the worst day of his life."The curious thing is that this change of image, from hero to liar, is not the first big problem with Meyer since he received the Medal of Honor. It has also been sued by the company that hired him when he returned home, the arms manufacturer BAE Systems. It turns out that this company spent as much effort to put their weapons on both U.S. soldiers and Afghans. And Meyer that sounded wrong. So he explained to his boss by e-mail: "While my job is to create better weapons for my countrymen, I am doing. But arming those killing our people ...". BAE sued him for libel, and dismissed him. Since then, no private company related to the military-even those who directed his friends-he wanted to hire. All cite the demand. Meyer, the only veteran of Afghanistan, which Obama has personally decorated, the Maxim magazine that wanted to be his military technician, who starred in an article in the prestigious entire 60 minutes, is now working as a mason.

Mitsubishi presents its interface EMIRAI vehicular

In the '50s, humanity imagined that in 2000 the cars were to be true rockets that defy gravity and allow us to cover large distances in a few minutes. You have a few days into 2011, and although we have these "rocket cars" that our forefathers dreamed of, at least we can say that their control interfaces are pretty close to becoming reality. The concept is called EMIRAI, and was presented by the people of Mitsubishi in the 2011 edition of the Tokyo Motor Show, which ended last Sunday.

 On Sunday December 11 ended the 42nd edition of the famous Tokyo Motor Show, with the presence of more than 840 000 people in its eight-day for the general public. We had seen some of the new Nissan Pivo through 3, but this time, our attention is accusing people of Mitsubishi. No doubt we could have hoped for a complete vehicle from them, but what they offered in the exhibition was a concept that has the potential to become the default vehicle interface a lot of electric cars ... between now and ten years if all goes well. His name is EMIRAI, and if for some reason you thought that high-definition projection and tactile interfaces have no place in a car, better take a closer look.

The highlight of the system is undoubtedly EMIRAI your dashboard. Instead of using multiple LCD displays to present information, chose Mitsubishi rear projection, a detail that allows them to create a panel with different levels of curvature, adapting the original design of the car. At the same time, these have support projection surfaces touch, through which a user can enter text quickly with one hand. Another very important point of the interface is on the steering wheel buttons eighteen integrated and associated with different functions. Eighteen buttons may seem much on a wheel, but Mitsubishi has made the buttons change their profile according to the functions available at the time.

As if that were not enough, EMIRAI can also serve as personal information system for the driver, reporting useful data on the health of it, including heart rate. The information is not limited only to those leads, but the other passengers can also access such data through the screens mounted in the back seat. According to Mitsubishi, they can make suggestions on different types of technologies, but the key is to demonstrate to manufacturers how these technologies can be used and applied in different vehicles. While EMIRAI interface is approximately a decade away, imagine what is to come between EMIRAI and interfaces today.

Source: GizMag