The answer to the headline question appears to be “Yes”.
Originally shared by Singularity Hub
Would Freely-Flowing Data Be A Threat to Freedom or a Scientific Revolution? https://suhub.co/2NbiGtd
News, everybody!
Not just good news, and not just bad news. Just news.
https://www.wired.com/story/inside-secret-conference-plotting-flying-cars/
This is exciting; it might even enable the fix to social media I proposed a while back (http://csidemedia.com/gryphonclerks/2018/01/09/fixing-social-media-part-1-the-big-fix/), in which you’re in control of your content, where it’s posted, and how you consume others’ content.
Originally shared by John Ward
This is promising. Tim Berners-Lee is trying to create an infrastructure that would allow people to own and control their data instead of trusting it to the many companies who buy and sell every bit of your personal information they can get. From the article:
When asked about this, Berners-Lee says flatly: “We are not talking to Facebook and Google about whether or not to introduce a complete change where all their business models are completely upended overnight. We are not asking their permission.”
I’m equally divided between “It’s been 10 years?” and “It’s only been 10 years?”
Originally shared by Singularity Hub
A Decade of Commercial Space Travel—What’s Next?
I can see my Auckland Allies character Sparx making something like this. Only his would probably be magical as well.
Originally shared by HACKADAY
What would it be like to see magnetic fields? Stephin Merritt is great, but you can also do it with an Arduino!!!
If you carry a smartphone around in your pocket, you have a GPS navigation system, a compass, an altimeter, and a very powerful computer at your fingertips. It’s the greatest navigational device ever created. To use this sextant of the modern era you’ve…
http://hackaday.com/2018/09/28/give-yourself-a-sixth-sense-with-an-arduino/
I’ve read this author’s Zero Sum Game, and really disliked the main character. I would have disliked her just as much if she was a man, though.
It’s, on the whole, good advice here; I’d just caution that if you make the character unpleasant there will be people who aren’t into that, regardless of gender.
Interesting times.
Originally shared by Singularity Hub
First-Ever Grad Program in Space Mining Takes Off
Programmable matter wrapped around non-programmable matter! That’s genius!
(I wrote a novella about programmable matter: http://csidemedia.com/gu. But I never thought of this.)
Originally shared by Singularity Hub
This Robotic Skin Makes Inanimate Objects Move https://suhub.co/2IgSkoP
An idealistic, perhaps naive, but laudable vision of AIs used for the betterment of humanity. The problem I see with it is that making things widely available has historically not led to their use primarily by people with elevated moral consciousness and high ideals; rather the opposite.
Originally shared by Singularity Hub
Instilling the Best of Human Values in AI https://suhub.co/2N1ihtc
Originally shared by Adafruit Industries
Rihanna on Education #MakerEducation
https://blog.adafruit.com/2018/09/22/rihanna-on-education-makereducation/
A compelling piece from Rhianna in the Guardian on the state of education in developing countries. She addresses some great points highlighting the need for more resources and the power an education can have (especially for gender equality).
The lack of access to education for children around the world is a massive problem, but that does not mean we should throw up our hands in despair and surrender. Instead, we need to take on as much of the challenge as we can manage to set an example and see the difference. This is what has driven me to prioritise global education in my philanthropy and advocacy work. The notion that millions of children are desperate to go to school and are not given the opportunity is something I cannot accept.
Read more
https://blog.adafruit.com/2018/09/22/rihanna-on-education-makereducation/