The next twenty years are going bring forth dramatic changes to the way we live our lives. Of most note is the likely diminished role private vehicle ownership will have. This commentary from Wired challenges us to start thinking about the way we design our communities as a result of these inevitable transitions.
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Self-driving cars have been in the news a lot recently, and there’s no doubt there coming. But an equally big cultural shift will take place in the shipping industry — self-driving trucks. And this shift won’t be at the whim of consumer sensibilities — industry will move this forward because it’s safer and more efficient.
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When the Supreme Court injected itself into Obama’s clean air plan by staying the law until legal challenges were resolved, an unusual act in itself, coal producing states and regions rejoiced. But the death of Justice Scalia may put things back in play.
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In the U.S., the lines have been drawn in the debate over climate science. But there are economic and security consequences in failing to prepare for what science tells us will be opportunities for shipping lanes and resources. It’s a little-considered perspective in the bigger debate.
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A bit further down the news feed you’ll see how an automation revolution will be changing the dynamic of our workforce. Lots of jobs will be automated away. But the jobs that stay will be for those with skills to program and manage that automation.
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There’s some clear left-leaning agenda in this article from Wired, but it’s not just the typical hit piece. The writing is well cited and raises awareness and points out a few risks that any who support the practice should be aware of and working to mitigate.
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Nothing looks more out of place than a perfectly formed cloud hovering in a totally manmade environment. And one man has mastered the art of creating the cloud and capturing the ethereal moment.
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It’s a big world outside of Minot’s borders, and a few places even have long, scary, glass bridges you can walk on. Here’s one of them. Yes, it’s in China. Yes, there are lots of pictures with this article. No, I would never consider walking across.
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The company is called Farmers Business Network, and Google’s investment arm is a believer in their mission. What they do — aggregate data from millions of acres of agricultural land so small farmers can benefit from big data.
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While most car companies are taking an evolutionary approach to implementing automated controls in cars, Google is betting the moon shot. They’re investing heavily in a concept that a radical cultural shift will take place when the vehicles are ready.
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Health insurance providers are starting to cover video visits, and with diagnostic apps being built for our cell phones and tablets, you better believe this will be a growing industry. Get a peak at where we’re at in this article from Wired.
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Technology is inching close to making long days on the job a lot less exhausting. Check out the story from Wired about a counterweight driven exoskeleton designed specifically for construction workers tasked with monotonous jobs that require heavy tools.
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There’s been growing coverage of honey bees in recent years, specifically of a phenomenon being called colony collapse disorder. And as scientists have worked to find the cause, what they seem to be finding is not a single smoking gun, but a whole bunch of them.
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Storytelling and stunning photography from the most grueling race on the planet.
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Do we really need all these huge cell towers? A silicon valley inventor isn’t sure we have to accept them and has developed an alternative method of staying constantly connected.
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Scientific progress depends on failure. Research needs to fail, to be proven wrong many times before scientists are able to narrow down to the verifiable conclusions and develop an evidence-based hypothesis. More on the process and the rising status of bad results from Wired.
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