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…)
Why Mars?
Carl Sagan said it best: https://vimeo.com/108650530 tl;dr – we’re finite, the earth is finite, and we’ve evolved to survive at all costs. It may look like an odd step, going to another planet in our (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…)
Will in utero targeted genome editing, like Crispr, wipe out genetic “issues” like alcoholism, or propensity for violence?
I am speaking about the ethics involved, not just the science, ie where is the fine line of gene editing in utero? Everyone gets hyperbolic about Crispr allowing people to tailor children to their exact (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…)
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 Timeline is fairly remarkable.
https://www.google.com/maps/timeline That’s… remarkable. They’ve had a light version in maps, but this is pretty amazing. I’ve got ZERO privacy concerns, etc. I think prospective hubbies and (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…)