Monthly Archives: October 2016

Oct 20

The headline is misleading – Tesla says that, with the hardware they’re about to roll out plus software yet to be…

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The headline is misleading – Tesla says that, with the hardware they’re about to roll out plus software yet to be developed, their cars will eventually be fully self-driving. The article goes into some detail about how that would look to the user, which is useful if you’re writing near-future SF.

Originally shared by ExtremeTech

Tesla makes a very bold move.

http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/237946-tesla-declares-victory-on-self-driving-car-hardware-announces-full-autonomous-capability

Oct 20

I’m sure there are mentally ill female characters in SFF, though offhand I’m struggling to think of any really…

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I’m sure there are mentally ill female characters in SFF, though offhand I’m struggling to think of any really obvious examples. Even in my own Hope and the Patient Man, Hope’s issues are framed as a magical curse, though it has definite psychological aspects to it.

Can anyone think of examples?

Originally shared by Cody Sisco

I appreciate this discussion of how female mentally ill characters are portrayed, and I understand and respect the writer’s decision to focus on female characters. But I don’t think mentally ill characters of any gender identity are often or well represented in fiction. What do you all think?

http://www.tor.com/2016/10/17/mentally-ill-women-belong-in-your-stories-too/?utm_source=exacttarget&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_term=tordotcom-tordotcomnewsletter&utm_content=na-readblog-blogpost&utm_campaign=tor
Oct 19

One Day This Wearable Tech May Help You Sense #WearableWednesday Bartlett School of Architecture

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One Day This Wearable Tech May Help You Sense #WearableWednesday Bartlett School of Architecture

https://blog.adafruit.com/2016/10/19/one-day-this-wearable-tech-may-help-you-sense-wearablewednesday/

Usually when we think of our neck, we think of sensing temperature like a chilly breeze or sweat. We might also think of sensing for health reasons like gulping during colds or the restricted feeling of asthma. This neck collar, brought to my attention by TheArchitectsNewspaper, acts as a haptic device and has the potential to extend that sensing ability. It’s called Sarotis and it’s a vision from researchers Maria Paneta and Ava Aghakouchak at the Interactive Architecture Lab at the Bartlett School of Architecture in London. Their research started with the knowledge that most people will be using 3D vision tech in the future. In their words:

The Sarotis Project looks beyond mobile phones and tablets, towards more intimate wearable technology futures. Where advanced vision systems and other sensor technologies are connected directly to the body through softer interfaces.

Using the Google Project Tango Dev Kit they conducted experiments, specifically targeting its 3D scanning capabilities for an Android device in combination with soft robotic wearable devices.

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https://blog.adafruit.com/2016/10/19/one-day-this-wearable-tech-may-help-you-sense-wearablewednesday/

#wearabletech #wearables #VR #tech #navigation #science #robotics #art

Oct 19

Rationality is important, weakly correlated with intelligence – and trainable.

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Rationality is important, weakly correlated with intelligence – and trainable.

Originally shared by Tom Nugent

” As the psychologist Keith Stanovich and others observed, even the Kahneman and Tversky data show that some people are highly rational. In other words, there are individual differences in rationality, even if we all face cognitive challenges in being rational. So who are these more rational people? Presumably, the more intelligent people, right?

Wrong.”

Development of a Rationality Quotient (RQ) would be extremely useful, just as Emotional Quotient (EQ) has helped broaden our perspective on intelligence.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/18/opinion/sunday/the-difference-between-rationality-and-intelligence.html?smid=go-share
Oct 18

(To me) obvious problem with this: if you then burn the ethanol, aren’t you back where you started as far as…

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(To me) obvious problem with this: if you then burn the ethanol, aren’t you back where you started as far as atmospheric CO2 is concerned?

Of course, you’re not adding new CO2, which is something, but you’re not really “capturing” carbon either if you plan to release it again.

Still, great discovery, if true.

Originally shared by Fred Hicks

please don’t be too good to be true, please don’t be too good to be true, please don’t be too good to be true, please don’t be too good to be true, please don’t be too good to be true, please don’t be too good to be true, please don’t be too good to be true, please don’t be too good to be true

http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/green-tech/a23417/convert-co2-into-ethanol/