Self-Driving · December 2025Gaffe level: Blunder
Waymo chalks up another four-legged casualty in SF
Two months after the Kit Kat the cat tragedy, a Waymo ran over a small unleashed dog in San Francisco, leaving the passenger's kids crying and partner screaming. Waymo promised to review the ride data and send a team to help find the owner, which is the corporate equivalent of flowers after the incident report.
Source: The Register
A Thought-Controlled Bionic Arm Moved Into Its First Home Trial
Avi Davidson, who lost his left arm 17 years ago, is the first person to take the University of Utah's thought-controlled LUKE Arm home for a full year. The direct nerve interface lets him move the arm with his thoughts and feel pressure and texture through it, so within days he was making a sandwich and holding his wife's hand.
Source: University of Utah