That’s what I wondered…
It was for military defense reasons?
Why were they forbidden?
I saw the Wired thing. I don’t want to go over all the same ground, but still, it’s …very interesting. Is that one of the biggest debates you’ve had using this approach?
He wrote a book?
I read it.
You did talk to someone from the BBC about this, didn’t you?
Was it difficult in the beginning? Was there a lot of mutual hostility?
Did some of the current drivers take part?
The 65-year-olds were what? They were older taxi drivers or retired drivers?
Either they’re retired or they’re…
[laughs] Really?
All of this sounds fantastic, but how easy is it to get older people to join in?
The reason I was asking about who takes part is because I was just wondering. When you’re dealing with taxi drivers, often you’re dealing with older people.
I didn’t know that they didn’t have to be yellow anymore.
Is that the term?
Pol.is is from where? Pol.is is American?
Apart from, for example, this question about insurance, what were the other issues or a few examples?
Did you have to go out and find the people to take part?
Were the taxi drivers consulted?
You did the research on Uber, but you then spread…
Is the idea then that that helps to prevent it becoming a monopoly by Uber?
Ah, we’re starting to do that in the UK where it’s constantly being banned and unbanned, as you may have heard.
Do they get a sticker on the door or something?
They still look like normal Uber cars?
Can I take a picture?
Is UberX now legal in Taiwan?
Am I right? Someone was talking to me about it the other day. It hasn’t yet been utilized?
That’s great.
Was it just about Uber, that one company, or about the whole idea?
This was the debate about whether to legalize…
When you say it was a map, it’s a map of people’s…
I read about that.
It’s like an incubator is it?
That’s separate?
There’s also what is called, vTaiwan?
That’s very interesting. That sounds like it could already take up a lot of your time.
The Taiwanese people who developed this WaterBox went to New Zealand?
Should the project be related to Taiwan?
Anyone in the world can enter?
This started last year, but it’s going to be annual?
Wow. When they’re trying to decide on the way ahead, are you involved?
It’s not like the government takes it over.
Basically, they’ve done it themselves with some mentoring?
This started last year. What’s happened to some of the people who were involved last year?
How many ideas in total?
For example, last year in the Hackathon, how many members of the public voted in that?
Your idea is to push people to look at more different things.
Can I take a picture with your screen?
You have to use them up?
