First of all, the stewards alert the team manager - in McLaren's case that would be Ryan - and he would then immediately go to find the driver.

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As a manager, I should have been more alert and sensitive to my own symptoms.

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The company showed off internet-enabled washing machines, refrigerators and ovens at CES. Some of the products will be out on the market later this year, but they will feature only limited versions of consumer-alert systems, said Steinkuhl, LG's product insight manager.

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The low-level manager decides whether to report the case, unless it is an urgent alert, in which case, no matter what he decides, his boss will be tipped off.

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"Unlike existing traffic alert solutions, we're helping take the guesswork out of commuting, " said Stefan Nusser, Functional Manager, Almaden Services Research, IBM.

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