It seems unbelievable to me that every time a SJW video goes viral, you have people on the right saying “SEE? The far left are the intolerant, want you to believe like they do; they are fascists”. Then (more…)
We will spread like a virus, slingshot across the depths of space time….
http://www.digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/emdrive-news-rumors/ Spacecraft equipped with a reactionless drive could potentially make it to the moon in just a few hours, Mars in two to three months, and (more…)
Time Crystals are fairly novel, if not easily practically important.
http://www.nextbigfuture.com/2016/09/floquet-time-crystals-could-exist-and.html Time Crystals in their ground state are moving through time, not space, breaking quantum time translation symmetry. more (more…)
Convenience erodes our ethical compass…. Uber & AirBnB are capitalist endgame of pure selfishness.
Most of you know I have problems with Uber. Of course, idealism is out the window when there’s savings or convenience (even if you risk some insurance company not paying a claim)… just like privacy is (more…)
Magnetic Gearing
Printing magnets in complex ways that create polarity that has breakthrough applications. This stuff is relatively untouched. The spring in the 2nd video is absolutely mind blowing. But the gears in the (more…)
Design abstraction to produce re-rendered physical objects, stripping down current styles… including a car.
United Nude’s design style goes without saying, having replicated a sense of geometry from existing design styles…. glassware, shoes, etc. But this is curious… and not street legal. It’s a polygon (more…)
Why we’re so polarized, why it will get worse, and no tl;dr
I want to add…. confirmation bias and selective perception from the online algorithms that act as news editor, that show you what you want to see, reaffirming your belief system https://www.ted.com/talks/eli_pariser_beware_online_filter_bubbles Increasing (more…)
Driverless, Shared cars would mean absolute economic disruption. Not just insurance companies….
Let’s talk about this. Not just insurance….. The article addresses a *few* of these below things. Here’s my 25 year impact plan on driverless cars: Driverless cars, added to a rental economy. (more…)
Google Maps Streetview has become a time machine.
So, if you go to street view on google maps, on the top left there is a “clock” icon under the address box. Click it, and you will see a timeline of every time a google street view car has recorded that (more…)
Incredible Safety Advancements in Autos… Safety See-Through Truck, See Through Hood, See Through Pillars
What an incredible time in automotive safety advancements. This is coming from a guy currently driving a ’95 Wrangler with no safety features in any way, airbags, etc. A new vehicle comes soon, but until (more…)