How many ideas in total?
This started last year. What’s happened to some of the people who were involved last year?
Basically, they’ve done it themselves with some mentoring?
It’s not like the government takes it over.
Wow. When they’re trying to decide on the way ahead, are you involved?
This started last year, but it’s going to be annual?
Anyone in the world can enter?
Should the project be related to Taiwan?
The Taiwanese people who developed this WaterBox went to New Zealand?
That’s very interesting. That sounds like it could already take up a lot of your time.
There’s also what is called, vTaiwan?
That’s separate?
It’s like an incubator is it?
I read about that.
When you say it was a map, it’s a map of people’s…
This was the debate about whether to legalize…
Was it just about Uber, that one company, or about the whole idea?
That’s great.
Am I right? Someone was talking to me about it the other day. It hasn’t yet been utilized?
Is UberX now legal in Taiwan?
Can I take a picture?
They still look like normal Uber cars?
Do they get a sticker on the door or something?
Ah, we’re starting to do that in the UK where it’s constantly being banned and unbanned, as you may have heard.
Is the idea then that that helps to prevent it becoming a monopoly by Uber?
You did the research on Uber, but you then spread…
Were the taxi drivers consulted?
Did you have to go out and find the people to take part?
Apart from, for example, this question about insurance, what were the other issues or a few examples?
Pol.is is from where? Pol.is is American?
Is that the term?
I didn’t know that they didn’t have to be yellow anymore.
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.
All of this sounds fantastic, but how easy is it to get older people to join in?
[laughs] Really?
Either they’re retired or they’re…
The 65-year-olds were what? They were older taxi drivers or retired drivers?
Did some of the current drivers take part?
Was it difficult in the beginning? Was there a lot of mutual hostility?
You did talk to someone from the BBC about this, didn’t you?
I read it.
He wrote a book?
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?
Why were they forbidden?
It was for military defense reasons?
That’s what I wondered…
You’ve had a debate on this or you’re doing it now?
Just no signal?
That was done because of this debate, was it?
You go through…
