Unintended Consequences
January 27th, 2008
From the NY Daily News via the Gothamist. Claims there’s a car dead zone around the Empire State Building.
…people suspect that it’s the presence of the multitude of radio and tv transmitters on the building’s 203-foot spire …jamming key-less locking systems and automotive disabling security systems.
Interactions among hard and soft technologies having an unintended effect on people — or bullshit.
Urban Legend In The Making: The ESB Dead Zone
Tag(s): automotive disabling security systems, car dead zone, Empire State Building, ESB, ethics, hard and soft technologies, key-less locking systems
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