Bounty of bookmarks: Items tagged tech

Items tagged tech

Pulpatronics tackles single-use electronics with paper RFID tags

2023-10-25

Marc Andreessen Is Wrong About Everything

The billionaire says he wants to lead a "techno-optimist" revolution. But he's too rich to understand that his belief system is stupid.

Tags: tech, ethics

2023-10-19

It is not uncommon to learn about non-Indigenous entities appropriating Indigenous culture but none of them are as large, prestigious, nor well-known as The Apache® Software Foundation is in software circles.

Tags: tech, representation

2023-01-06

A startup says it’s begun releasing particles into the atmosphere, in an effort to tweak the climate

Make Sunsets is already attempting to earn revenue for geoengineering, a move likely to provoke widespread criticism.

Tags: climate, tech, ethics

2022-12-24

Credit cards as a legacy system

Tags: finance, tech

2022-12-02

Age that kids acquire mobile phones not linked to well-being, says Stanford Medicine study

Stanford Medicine researchers did not find a connection between the age children acquired their first cell phone and their sleep patterns, depression symptoms or grades.

Tags: youth, health, tech

2022-11-21

Craftspeople be like, "This is a simple 12-step mechanical repair job, only takes about three hours and common tools you can find in any specialty shop. Anyone can do it."

Tags: tech, updates

2022-09-13 09:15+03:00

New glasses for the deaf and hard of hearing display subtitles while people speak

Tags: health, tech

2022-08-01

This is How the Media is Misleading You on “Technology Addiction”

Tags: tech, health, media

2022-07-16

Toronto wants to kill the smart city forever

(via Slashdot)

Tags: cities, tech

2022-06-29

Your Smartwatch's Heart Rate Monitor Was Developed by a Furry

Dr. David Benaron is an inventor whose team at Stanford laid the groundwork for the optical heart rate monitor. He's also a cheetah named Spottacus.

Tags: health, tech, fandom

2022-06-04

The Future Is Not Only Useless, It’s Expensive

This is how NFTs make me feel: like the future is useless but expensive, and world-altering technology is now in the hands of a culture so aesthetically and spiritually impoverished that it should maybe go back to telling stories around the cooking fire for a while, just to remember how to mean something.

Tags: tech, business, culture

2021-12-20

The Great Offline

The concept of “offline” is built on the earlier concept of “wilderness,” inheriting its flaws and hazards

Tags: tech, culture, history

2021-12-16

Here's Why Movie Dialogue Has Gotten More Difficult To Understand (And Three Ways To Fix It)

There's just one problem with all those excuses: movies aren't real. That's kind of the whole point, the reason why we go in the first place. And as a director, you don't just make stuff for yourself, but for the audience too. Snotty brats.

Tags: movies, tech

2021-11-30

We Don’t Have the Right: A Decolonized Approach to Innovation

Tags: tech, politics

2021-11-17

Europe must ban Bitcoin mining to hit the 1.5C Paris climate goal, say Swedish regulators

Tags: climate, tech

2021-11-12

La montagne de déchets électroniques pèsera cette année plus que la Muraille de Chine

"As of this year, the mountain of electronic waste will weigh more than the Great Wall of China."

Tags: tech, environment

2021-10-18

Street Views

Long, stunning dive into the history of urban photography at the intersection of technology and society.

Tags: photos, tech, vintage, society, cities

2021-10-14

The race to save indigenous languages using automatic speech recognition

Tags: language, representation, tech

2021-10-11

Why Is German Internet So Bad: True Answer

Tags: germany, tech, politics

2021-06-16

The Return of the Automat

Tags: food, tech, culture

2021-04-06

I have one of the most advanced prosthetic arms in the world — and I hate it

Tags: health, tech

2021-03-04

Fostering a culture that values stability and reliability

Tags: tech, culture

2021-01-04

The Theremin Is 100 Years Old; Celebrating The Spookiest Of Instruments

Tags: cool, music, tech

2020-10-30

Working off-grid efficiently

Tags: tech, environment

2020-08-23

Volunteers produce 3D-printed valves for life-saving coronavirus treatments

Tags: pandemic, tech

2020-03-17

FDA clears ‘world’s first’ portable, low-cost MRI following positive clinical research

Tags: health, tech

2020-02-19

I went to see a movie, and instead I saw the future

Tags: tech, society

2020-01-12

Thomas Dolby's Very Different View Of Progress

Tags: tech, music

2019-12-16

The Gravitational-Wave "Revolution" Is Underway

Tags: space, science, tech

2019-09-12

Moscow's blockchain voting system cracked a month before election

Tags: tech, politics, security

2019-08-21

How a Cooling Vest Invented by a Furry Made Its Way Into the U.S. Military

Tags: cool, tech, fandom

2019-08-20

Amputee can feel objects again with prosthetic arm inspired by Luke Skywalker

Tags: health, tech

2019-07-25

Teenager can walk again thanks to Dutch 3D printed spinal implant

Tags: health, tech

2019-07-24

Fitbits, other wearables may not accurately track heart rates in people of color

Tags: health, tech, racism

2019-07-24

Debunked: The absurd story about smartphones causing kids to sprout horns

Tags: youth, health, tech

2019-06-21

Support networking

Tags: tech, health, society

2019-06-17

These 400-Year-Old Rings Unfold to Reveal Astronomical Spheres

Tags: middle ages, science, tech

2019-05-15

Vendors must start adding physical on/off switches to devices that can spy on us

Tags: business, tech, privacy

2019-04-18

Technology can't prevent hard border in Ireland if Brexit means customs controls, firms told

Tags: uk, tech, politics

2019-04-17 09:00+03:00

The first picture of a black hole opens a new era of astrophysics

Tags: space, science, tech

2019-04-10

Worry less about children's screen use, parents told

Tags: youth, health, tech

2019-01-04

The Best Technology for Fighting Climate Change Isn't a Technology

Tags: climate, tech

2018-12-05

When Mr. Robot is Your Boss: Working under algorithms

Tags: work, tech

2018-11-05

Peter Jackson Restored, Colorized 100 Hours of World War I Footage

Tags: movies, tech, history

2018-10-10

Hologram Concert Tours Are Now a Real Thing, Starting With Roy Orbison

Tags: music, tech

2018-09-19

How To Kill Your Tech Industry

In World War II, Britain invented the electronic computer. By the 1970s, its computing industry had collapsed—thanks to a labor shortage produced by sexism.

Tags: tech, gender

2018-08-01