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Tuesday, June 20, 2017

Core77 (June 19, 2017): Thoughts on Designing for Disassembly

Core77 (June 19, 2017):  Thoughts on Designing for Disassembly

"...My grandmother used the same rotary dial phone from 1960 till 2014. While I doubt anyone in our generation will ever have a phone that lasts that long, perhaps with the right type of hardware designs, our new products will last longer, and possibly even have components that continue on into new products."

Monday, June 19, 2017

Quartz (June 19, 2017): New technology allows companies to do away with hiring and just buy our skills online

Quartz (June 19, 2017):  New technology allows companies to do away with hiring and just buy our skills online
"...Amazon’s Mechanical Turk, a platform where freelance workers sign up to complete small tasks like labeling photos or taking surveys, sometimes for cents per job, has gone further. The website’s name comes from a machine that seemed to automate a chess match but actually had a person hidden inside. It’s designed to keep the worker hidden. Unlike Uber and Handy, customers don’t even know names or see photos of the workers who sign up for their tasks—workers are only known by their user ID numbers."

Creative Blog (December 22, 2016): 15 great places to sell your design work online

Salon (July 24, 2006): “I make $1.45 a week and I love it
[...In this case, it is computers getting help from people to do tasks.” As Tim O’Reilly, a computer book publisher and tech industry figure, puts it on his blog, old dreams of artificial intelligence are “being replaced by this new model, in which we are creating more intelligent systems by using humans as components of the application.”]  

Friday, June 16, 2017

Inhabitat (June 15, 2017): Revolutionary solar paint creates endless energy from water vapor

Inhabitat (June 15, 2017): Revolutionary solar paint creates endless energy from water vapor

"...In fact, because Titanium oxide is the same white pigment commonly found in wall paint when it is combined with the new material, the solar paint can “convert a brick wall into an energy harvesting and fuel production real estate,” said Daeneke. This means there is no need for filtered or clean water to feed the system. And, any location that has water vapor in the air — including remote areas — can produce fuel."

Friday, June 02, 2017

IEEE Spectrum (June 1, 2017): Aquatic Fixed-Wing Drone Could Lake-Hop Across Canada

IEEE Spectrum (June 1, 2017): Aquatic Fixed-Wing Drone Could Lake-Hop Across Canada

Sáng kiến 'một động cơ có thể ngâm mình thẳng đứng dưới nước để dễ dàng phóng khỏi mặt nước' có thể gợi ý rất mạnh đến những nhà thiết kế và chế tạo thuỷ phi cơ kiểu mới.

Thursday, June 01, 2017

Quartz (May 31, 2017): Ethiopia shut down the country’s internet to beat exam cheats

Quartz (May 31, 2017): Ethiopia shut down the country’s internet to beat exam cheats  

"...Ethiopia, which has one of the lowest internet and mobile connectivity rates in the world, was among the first countries to censor the internet to curtail political protests."