Technology does not drive change. It is our collective response to the options and opportunities presented by technology that drives change.

The power technology in lamps and windshield wipers today are really quite sophisticated. It is under the control of the microcontroller, which tells it how much power to allow. Rather than just turn on, it says 'I know this load on this lamp to be 4A,' and if the load exceeds that value, the lamp will turn off immediately. A traditional relay control would just turn it on, despite the short, and would burn up. Then you would have to buy all kinds of expensive pieces instead of replacing a bulb or a small wire.

Old robots are becoming more human and young humans are becoming more like robots.

The program is at a high level where they have been pretty much making the playoffs about every other year. Our ultimate goal is to make the playoffs. But I don't want to emphasize the playoffs too much. Hopefully we should be able to compete for the playoffs every year.

My offensive philosophy is a little different. I run a lot of I?back and single?back sets. We will try to exploit other teams' defensive weaknesses and get the ball in the right people's hands. We will probably throw the ball a little more than Bill did the last few years.

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