I love the idea that we can learn about ourselves at any time through our phones. With apps that allow you to monitor and analyze your own behaviors, we are in for a treat.
While technology like this is great, it can also be a big responsibility. You might be wondering, “What do I do when I’m lost in a Google Maps or other app while driving?” Well, you can use interlock technology to keep track of your driving while you’re on the road. The idea is that when you come to a fork in the road, you’ll know exactly where you are by your GPS and how far your car has traveled.
If you are on a road with no GPS (which is ok), you can also look at the data of your phone’s battery, the fact that you do not have any GPS data in your phone to watch when you park it. And if you are on a road with no GPS, you can also look up the time in your GPS.
The idea is that your phone will keep giving you the time when you stop at a road because your phone has no GPS data in it. It’s really like having a GPS tracker in your car, except that your phone keeps telling you where you are and how far you’ve driven. Like I said, if you don’t have a GPS, you should probably get a device that can do that for you.
We talked about interlocking technology in a previous episode, but you can also do some really cool things with it, including setting up a mobile phone hotspot. Just have a cell phone, and you can get a pretty good signal from anywhere in the world. It will work like a satellite internet, but you can have multiple hotspots. That will keep your phone alive, but you can also get internet just about anywhere in the world.
I’m not a fan of cell phone data roaming, but I guess it’s the price of having the internet.
The first time I heard about the interlock technology, I was hooked. I’m not sure if it’s the same approach that led me to the web-based interlock toolkit, but I’m pretty sure there’s a lot of potential for it. The first time I noticed it, I was instantly hooked. I’m sure I’ll share the story in a couple weeks, but it’s really quite dark and dark-lit.
But the technology is not without its downsides, of course. It’s a little scary to have technology that can interrupt you when you’re in the middle of writing, or it can interrupt you when you’re playing a video game. But I think the downsides are outweighed by the downsides of the technology itself. I find that I have to rewind a lot of my video game plays because I cant seem to find the right button or shortcut or button combo.
And the downside of interlock technology is that, when it is accidentally activated, it can cause your game to freeze. Sometimes it will even cause the controller to change to a different controller, which can cause your hands to go numb because youve been clutching the edges of the controller too tightly.
The thing that interlock technology does is cause your game to freeze, so instead of having to rewind, you have to be careful where you hold the controller and if you are not careful, you can damage yourself. On the plus side, you can now use the controller to scroll videos, which is nice.