February 2012
9 posts
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“Proponents of peer-to-peer car sharing say it could easily outstrip traditional...”
– Will Car-Sharing Networks Change the Way We Travel? - Entrepreneurial Insights - TIME (via infoneer-pulse)
“When predicting technology trends, Bill Buxton, Principal Researcher at...”
– Reshaping the Way We Think about RFID | ThingMagic’s RFID Blog - Radio Frequency Identification Company and Industry News (via smarterplanet)
I dont agree. We can expect faster market cycles for many reasons.
I think 10 years fits outdated dysfunctional corporations, but crowd sourcing &...
“When it shall be said in any country in the world, my poor are happy; neither...”
– Thomas Paine (via azspot)
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Solve for X →
amyd:
New Google project… Solve for X is a place where the curious can go to hear and discuss radical technology ideas for solving global problems. Radical in the sense that the solutions could help billions of people. Radical in the sense that the audaciousness of the proposals makes them sound like science fiction. And radical in the sense that there is some real technology breakthrough on the...
January 2012
36 posts
How Disposable, Networked Satellites Will... →
singularitarian:
In 1999, professors Robert Twiggs of Stanford University and Jordi Puig-Suari of California Polytechnic State University began to standardize the satellite business. They designed a small orbital unit-–a four-inch cube with little metal feet–-that was wide enough for solar cells, basing their design on a plastic display box for Beanie Babies. Their “CubeSat” had enough room...
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A Big Texan Breakthrough for the Internet of... →
smarterplanet:
Remember the last time your dishwasher texted you when it broke? Unless you’re Bill Gates, you probably have the kind that just sits there and leaks while you’re on vacation. Such smart devices do exist, but connected appliances are most likely to be sold as part of a complete package, with touchscreen controls and sophisticated solutions most people don’t really need.
But...
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Commercial version of MIT Media Lab CityCar... →
singularitarian:
A full-scale version of the stackable, electric CityCar, created by researchers at the MIT Media Lab and commercialized by a consortium of automotive suppliers in the Basque region of Spain, was unveiled at the European Union Commission headquarters on January 24.
Branded “Hiriko,” the two-passenger EV vehicle incorporates all of the essential concepts of the MIT Media Lab...
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Watch(via poptech) Bernard Lietaer on money: Monoculture vs. multiplicity
Must watch if you are interested in Social Capital and Whuffie. His perspective is that we need more types of currency. (I myself had come to frequent flyer miles! You can see how carbon credits are both a construct and a scheme, but also produce a result. Glue has badges, Facebook has ‘likes’ etc.)
Live on NASA-TV: Progress 46 Launch in ~5 minutes →
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Cyber-transparency Activist Julian Assange... →
“10 million people contacted Congress, Wales said. “That’s not an abuse of power,...”
– Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales, responding to MPAA chairman Christopher Dodd’s claim that SOPA blackout was “an abuse of power.” (via wilwheaton)
NYPD 'Looking' At Using Drone Technology For... →
Drumroll, please... Introducing iFixit.org |... →
minimalmac:
We have been traveling to developing countries in Asia and Africa, visiting e-waste scrapyards and small repair shops, meeting “fixers” who breathe new life into gadgets that the western world has tossed away, and photographing the journey. Part travelogue, part investigative reporting, part soapbox, iFixit.org promises only one thing: a clear-eyed, thoughtful look at global repair...
“The future will look very different as we strip the information-carrying...”
– The High Cost of Low Bandwidth by Bill Davidow (via poptech)
“Conversation is king. Content is just something to talk about.”
– Cory Doctorow (via ottomat)
The need for a non-monetary currency
I have several tumblr blogs that receive submissions for commercial works. In pondering if I should start charging , I came to my need for a way to pay or get paid, in more than a like or a reblog. Just a tally of points would do, something that could be exchanged for value.
Part of this is indirectly connected to copyright. I don’t feel right about charging when some of my content is IP...
The Precession of the Simulacra →
So there’s the land—this real stuff we walk around on. Then there’s territory— the maps and lines we use to define the land. But then there are wars fought over where those map lines are drawn.
The levels can keep building on one another, bringing people to further abstractions and disconnection from the real world. Land becomes territory; territory then becomes property that is owned....
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Watchthedailywhat:
BAMF of the Day: An LA Country Sheriff’s deputy reportedly attempted to intimidate an army war vet who used his cellphone to record the cop punching a mentally disabled woman on a bus in Bellflower, California.
“I think they would try to cover it up,” said Jermaine Green when asked why he refused to hand over the video to the deputies. “I think a lot of things get covered up and...
Moving Sidewalks Before The Jetsons →
iconolith:
Great images shared in this article.
Almost 1 In 3 US Warplanes Is a Drone →
A recent Congressional Research Service report,titled U.S. Unmanned Aerial Systems, looks at the more-prominent role being played by drones. In 2005, drones made up just 5 percent of the military’s aircraft. Today one in three American military aircraft is a drone. The upsides of drones being they are cheaper and safer — the military spent 92% of the aircraft procurement money on manned...
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December 2011
22 posts
jonprins:
Tumblr doesn’t have a ful-fledged iPad app? Boo.
Any non-official apps y’all followers can recommend?
I know, right? I figure Karp just wanna see who devs something sick and then buy it all up.
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Whuffie 2012
Another idea I am forming is in order for Whuffie to work, these crowdfunding programs need to evolve to crowdsourcing programs.
In other words, platforms like Kickstarter & Indiegogo need to allow non monetary pledges of resources like materials, facilities, services, and manpower.
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As Banks Start Nosing Around Facebook and Twitter,... →
infoneer-pulse:
Let’s take a trip with the Ghost of Christmas Future. The year is 2016, and George Bailey, a former banker, now a part-time consultant, is looking for a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage for a co-op in the super-hot neighborhood of Bedford Falls (BeFa). He has never missed a loan payment and has zero credit card debt. He submits his information to the online-only PotterBank.com, but...
