It wasn’t till President Bill Clinton determined in 2000 to totally open the network that it grew to become a massive commerical success. (He was filling a promise made by Ronald Reagan.) Shortly afterwards, corporations from TomTom to Garmin launched private GPS units for automotive navigation and different makes use of. Later, combining GPS technology with smartphones’ mobile broadband connections gave rise to multibillion dollar location-based companies like Uber.
Another very specific gadget from “Batman & Robin,” the Bat-Heater makes its appearance at the movie’s climax. Batman, Robin, and newcomer Batgirl don new ice-protective costumes to face Mr. Freeze and cease his large freeze ray from turning Gotham into an ice cube. Part of their arsenal are Bat-logo-shaped heaters that can melt ice within seconds. We see them in motion, liberating individuals whom Freeze has encased in ice. Though they’re solely deployed on this one instance, a small, transportable heater …