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.
Originally shared by Adafruit Industries
One Day This Wearable Tech May Help You Sense #WearableWednesday Bartlett School of Architecture
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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#wearabletech #wearables #VR #tech #navigation #science #robotics #art
Originally shared by Guy Kawasaki
The Real Jetpacks Are Finally Coming http://bit.ly/2edaBY3
http://www.popularmechanics.com/flight/a23276/jetpacks-are-real/
(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
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http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/green-tech/a23417/convert-co2-into-ethanol/
Originally shared by Greg Batmarx
Looking for a ray of sunshine amidst seemingly endless news of the warming planet, global biodiversity loss, or ongoing war?
You might want to head over to Seeds of a Good Anthropocene a website developed by a team of international researchers to spotlight global initiatives or “seeds” from the grassroots that help pave the path towards a more just, sustainable world. Think the permaculture system developed from Australian researchers and designers Bill Mollison and David Holmgren, or The Leap Manifesto, a call to care “for the Earth and one another,” or the Ngäbe-Buglé Struggle to Protect Environmental Resources in Panama.
We’re building these global pathways from the bottom up, by crowdsourcing a rich data base of ‘bright spots,’ real places that demonstrate one or more elements of a positive future that might serve as seeds of a good Anthropocene. Elena Bennett, McGill University
One of the researchers, Elena Bennett, an ecosystem ecologist and geographer at McGill University, explained last week at the New York Times that Unlike previous scientific efforts to build scenarios for future change, which typically rely on structures organized from the top down, we’re building these global pathways from the bottom up, by crowdsourcing a rich data base of ‘bright spots,’ real places that demonstrate one or more elements of a positive future that might serve as seeds of a good Anthropocene.
Bennett and her fellow researchers analyzed 100 of the roughly 500 efforts submitted to the site, and published in the journal Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment what they identified as six overarching themes under which the initiatives fall: agroecology, green urbanism, future knowledge, urban transformation, fair futures, and sustainable futures.
The Sukhomajri village in the Shivalik range of the Himalaya, for example, where residents came together to protect their watershed, would fall under urban transformation theme. A bicycle-powered carrot washer, something you’d find posted with the Farm Hack, a collective of skill-sharing farms, would fall under the sustainable futures category.
Identifying the categories was important, said Bennett, who was also lead author.
As scientists, we tend to be very focused on all the problems she said, so to look at examples of the sustainable solutions that people are coming up with and to move towards asking, ‘What do the solutions have in common?’ is a big change.
Co-lead author Martin Solan a professor in marine ecology at University of Southampton, adds: What’s striking is that our analyses are revealing that many of these initiatives gain traction and spread quickly, and that there are aspects of behavior that are repeated time and time again. I get a sense of relief from that, by learning what does and does not work means, our legacy may not be as dark as we might think.
As many observers have noted, finding what will work is key, as the status quo is simply not an option.
We aim to use the bright spots in groups to help build scenarios of futures that are at once realistic and positive Bennett said. We cannot build what we cannot imagine.
Via Winchell Chung. I’m always interested in alternative ways of organising collective effort, and that’s what this article is about. It taught me a new word: stigmergic.
Originally shared by Emlyn O’Regan
It’s Sunday, time for revolutionary thoughts. Here’s my latest thinking on automating our bosses away, replacing them with a small script.
https://medium.com/@emlynoregan/how-to-automate-away-our-owners-3928032e112a#.2rcjnfsa7
Roundup from a conference on “exponential medicine”.
Originally shared by Singularity Hub
Looking at trends in longevity, cybersecurity, nanotechnology, synthetic biology, and more.
Originally shared by Eduardo Suastegui
Brain Implant Restores Sense Of Touch To Paralyzed Man
I have a story I’m currently trying to sell in which a young woman is struggling in her career as an “aspiration model” – basically what this article calls an influencer.
Originally shared by Guy Kawasaki
Influencers Are The New Brands http://bit.ly/2dxA643
http://www.forbes.com/sites/deborahweinswig/2016/10/05/influencers-are-the-new-brands/#772ef7db7fc5
“The cyber is really hard,” he says. “Maybe impossible.”
Just kidding – he’s informed and insightful, an SF fan, and optimistic about the human capacity to solve problems by applied intelligence and hard work.
https://www.wired.com/2016/10/president-obama-mit-joi-ito-interview/