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CaseyM

What about socks for truck drivers to detect if they are dozing? Have them set off a phone alarm, etc. Better yet, can FitBit, etc. detect dozing and use the vibrating alarm to alert?

Data protection

We're working to release an online directory service for clubs/organizations. Seeing as how our application is all about managing personal data (photos, names, addresses, phone numbers, birthdays, etc.), I have two data protection questions for the HN community.1) How does the security of application hosting services (e.g., Pagoda Box, Heroku) compare to the security of virtual machine hosting...

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