2A — Monday, January 22, 2018
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Reading in a moving car can
be an issue for a lot of passengers
who suffer from motion sickness,
but
University
of
Michigan
researchers announced Friday
they may have a solution. Not
only are the researchers looking
for innovations to help with
motion sickness itself, but they
are looking at how these systems
can be useful in self-driving cars.
According to the Michigan
Medicine, motion sickness occurs
when the body sends conflicting
signals to the brain, which often
happens when a passenger is not
watching the road when inside
a moving vehicle. Researchers
predict that more adults will
experience motion sickness in
self-driving cars.
In 2015, researchers from
the
University
of
Michigan
Transportation
Research
Institute asked approximately
3,200 adults from six countries
what activities they would do in a
self-driving car. The study found
a third of Americans would
partake in behavior –– reading,
watching TV, working –– that
would increase the possibility of
motion sickness.
In a 2016 UMTRI report,
researchers asserted potential
gains in productivity that self-
driving cars encourage could be
hindered by increased cases of
motion sickness.
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Daily Staff Reporter
Rackham students organize
conference, “The Other America”
A multi-panel event, titled
“The
Other
America:
Still
Separate. Still Unequal.,” was held
Friday at the Michigan Union
to highlight continuing racial
injustices from economic, social
and political standpoints, while
commemorating Martin Luther
King Jr.’s legacy. The conference
presented three panels throughout
the day on discrimination African
Americans face in today’s society.
The conference was organized
by Rackham students Hakeem
J.
Jefferson
and
Steven
Moore. Each panel examined
a different realm of racial
injustice
and
inequality,
ranging
from
mass
incarceration
and
police
violence to socioeconomic and
educational inequalities. This
event followed Martin Luther
King Jr. Day celebrations on
Jan. 15, and gave the audience a
deeper insight into the realities
African American life in the
U.S in a way that indicated
much of the fight against
racism is far from over.
The conference’s first panel,
“Criminal Justice and State
Violence against Blacks in the
United States,” was held in the
morning and featured three
panelists from distinguished
universities and backgrounds.
The
discussion,
moderated
by Political Science professor
Christian Davenport, focused
on the history of the African-
American
struggle
within
the United States, as well as
the continued discrimination
faced by African Americans
today.
Megan
Ming
Francis,
associate professor of Political
Science at the University of
Washington, spoke to the audience
on “The Strange Fruit of American
Politics,” which included allusions
to both past and current racial
issues, such as the August incidents
in Charlottesville. Additionally,
Francis stressed top universities
don’t typically host events with
such
directness
surrounding
racial injustice, emphasizing the
importance of the conference.
“These types of conferences
don’t happen at institutions,”
Francis said. “In so many ways,
I think this conference is history
making.”
The
panel
also
featured
Frank Baumgartner, professor of
Political Science at the University
of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
Baumgartner touched on issues
of criminal justice and the gap
between
Blacks
and
whites
being questioned or searched at
a traffic stop. In his presentation,
Baumgartner cited the greater
likelihood of being searched as
an African American and the
consequences of racial profiling on
the roads. Baumgartner also noted
age and gender, in addition to race,
play a role in the probability of
being pulled over.
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