A transformation in work is looming. What will it be?

Originally shared by Will Shetterly

https://www.buzzfeed.com/coralewis/as-tech-evaporates-jobs-tipping-point-will-be-driverless-tru?utm_term=.uvxVJ9oan#.rs4WKL82Z

I have a story on submission about vertical farming, also, coincidentally, involving a father and son. It’s quite different from this story, but this is also a good one.

http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/green-tech/a20644/in-the-light-fields/

Originally shared by Laston Kirkland

Modular parts for a mix and match benchtop manufacturing. 3d printer, laser cutter, rotary tool router, etc… all from the same modular pieces with only a few specialized components.

Now we’re talking!

http://main.cubespawn.com

Originally shared by Laston Kirkland

It’s my belief that small robots able to farm and garden in a variety of roles for a variety of plants and micro climates will be such a big game changer that it could topple governments and change the world.

https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/emergence-distributed-farm-machine-may-undo-centralisation-agriculture/2016/06/07

The fantastical is thoroughly woven through English literature, in all eras, and Shakespeare has some of the best stuff.

Ironically enough, Shakespeare is a significant inspiration for my own City of Masks, which is a fantasy completely without any magical elements at all.

http://www.tor.com/2016/06/02/the-fantastical-strangeness-of-william-shakespeare/

Every utopia holds the seeds of a dystopia within it.

And possibly vice versa, though I tend to doubt it.

http://www.qwantz.com/index.php?comic=2991

Via Walter Roberson. Ancient trading networks were a lot more extensive than we often assume.

Originally shared by ScienceDaily

http://dlvr.it/LWJxGG

Originally shared by Arduino

Design and print your own garments right at home.

https://blog.arduino.cc/2016/06/07/kniterate-is-a-3d-printer-for-clothes/

I have a story on submission at the moment that’s about aquaculture controlled by Arduino, so this interests me.

Originally shared by Arduino

This open-source farming CNC machine makes growing crops as easy as playing FarmVille.

https://blog.arduino.cc/2016/06/07/farmbot-is-an-open-source-cnc-farming-machine/

Go where the energy is.

Originally shared by David Brin

Jeff Bezos wants to build giant factories in space… to save the Earth. And he’s not the only one.

http://nextbigfuture.com/2016/06/jeff-bezos-wants-to-build-giant.html