Long-time Street Techies should know that we got our name from the William Gibson quote: “The street finds its own uses for things.” Street Tech patron muse Kevin Kelly, former Whole Earth editor, co-creator of Wired, and recently of Cool Tools, has a new site that was also inspired by the Gibson quote. Street Uses looks at the way that technology trickles down, gets used, abused, and hacked to neccessity. The caption for this entry reads:
” It would be hard to find a better example of “street use” than these hardened street trucks outfitted for desert war. A guy named Defensor Fortis, who was stationed in Iraq, posted some photos on Flickr of truck modifications performed by contractors. These are desperate attempt to protect a factory-issue truck from roadside bombs or enemy fire. They also boast their own artillery posts to return fire. When asked about the effectiveness of the jury-rigged armor Defensor said, “I have seen no proof, but I imagine they’re fairly safe from small arms fire and more than like fitted with “run flat” tires.”
[Via Boing Boing]