"Average human response time"

Human response times don't vary very much around the mean. Pro athletes have an advantage in that they are better at anticipating what is going to happen next.

For example a batsman in cricket will read cues from the bowler's body language to determine what the delivery is likely to be. This has been shown in testing of elite cricketers with shutter goggles that blind them at the moment of the ball's release; they are largely still able to defend the delivery based on the information they've acquired up until that point. Among the best bowlers are those able to mask these cues, confusing the batsman.

Anyway the idea that pro gamers and athletes enjoy one quarter of the reaction time of an average human is pretty much nonsense.

I could see ISPs setting these up, or perhaps partnering with cloud gaming providers, to deal with distance-related latency by connecting their customers directly.

New or not?

Sure, VA signals have been around for decades, and many of those systems count vehicle throughput. The back end of those systems however is a legacy of their age, so they don't pass around a lot of information and the network is often partitioned into small groups of sites with pre-determined coordination settings. My experience with signal control systems is limited though and I'd be surprised if there aren't more advanced systems outside my experience already in use.

I'm interested in the statement "For example, the system would detect that traffic on one section of road is slowing down or has stopped, and divert it to alternate routes to prevent the backfill causing gridlock." Are they suggesting that the system dynamically and forcibly changes drivers' route choices? How do you do that? The seppos aren't going to like that one.

Data Security?

How does it perform in RAID1?

Shiny plastic and chrome accents?

Yuck. What was wrong with what they did with the SII/Nexus?

It's reassuring to hear that it's more solid than that makes it look...

Google Drive Logo ≈ Recycling Symbol

Yesssss

I hesitate to ask...

...where's the evidence that any of these devices do what they claim to do?

You've done a fine job of repeating the marketing material, now how about some hard facts?

With that name...

I expected some kind of Mass Effect tie-in. Seemed plausible enough given the recent launch of the third game.

I'm kind of relieved to have been wrong about that, the reality seems like something actually worth reviewing.

Test results?

Were they subjected to any objective tests?

The Blue Danube?

That sounds like the perfect music for killing zombies to.

Also Yakkety Sax.

How do they justify the price?

At more than twice that of a consumer high end SATA SSD?

Ahh

It's always a good show when when religion encounters people communicating freely.

Faint speaker?

"Even in a quiet room it’s difficult to follow the dialogue in films."

At least inconsiderate jerks won't be able to annoy others quite as much.