Not just cool, but cheap tech. Also, a lofty goal of getting kids interested in coding.
Here’s hoping.
Also, I want one as soon as I can find the coin and the availability to get one.
Category Archives: Science & Nature & Technology
Nature: Snowstorm at Yosemite – CBS News Video
This week’s Moment of Nature was cool, but last week’s at Yosemite is hard to beat.
The History of the Helicopter: Early Helicopter Footage « The British Pathé Blog
Neat stuff. Enjoy the teaser video:
ISS Video: NASA Releases ‘Up The East Coast Of North America’ (Time-Lapse VIDEO)
Pretty cool stuff:
Science Friday Archives: Exploring The Wild Life Of Our Bodies
I have been meaning to post this for months now. It is a cool story about some researchers who are finding surprising and distinct stuff in our belly buttons.
Kind of gross, but neat too. I signed up for a kit and sent it in but haven’t heard anything about it yet.
For more info, check out the Belly Button Biodiversity website.
Cutting the cord: how the world’s engineers built Wi-Fi
I have had this link on the history of wi-fi sitting open for awhile. I finally got around to reading – and sharing – it. Good stuff. Enjoy.
New Transistor Is A Step Toward Direct Communication Between Machines And Living Beings | TPM Idea Lab
Apparently scientists are finally getting a human-machine translator chip in the works. Granted, this might be scary news but it will probably make a huge difference for those needing prosthetics or in delivering medical care to remote communities.
Also, IBM is making chips that are ever-more-so cognitive in nature.
Sure, this may all lead to Terminators and the end of mankind.
OR…
We might just be at the dawn of a whole new and better set of tools for our species.
Optimism. Try it.
Europe proposes a “right to be forgotten”
One of the biggest blessings – and curses – of the digital age is that everything can be saved. Even things you don’t want saved. In Europe, they are debating a concept called the right to be forgotten.
Maybe your shopping history and various bits and bytes collected by companies should have a time limit put on them. Hell, I believe they should be unless you expressly opt in.
I hope Europe passes this. Then hopefully, like universal health coverage and interstates and civil rights, American can drag ass and adopt these laws 50 years down the road too.
Science Friday Archives: Drone Technology Reaches New Heights
Where the Trees Are : Image of the Day
A really impressive look at where our nation’s trees remain.