Dear Factory Worker, Are you afraid of the robot that threatens to replace you or a co-worker? Are you worried that that big, hulking, fast-moving machine will inadvertently whack you in the face if you happen to be standing too close, in the wrong place, occupying “meat space” a little too inconveniently? Never fear! ...
The mining industry is not apt to ignore the potential riches to be mined from various terrestrial resources. Now, a story from Space.com and MSNBC.com reveals recent activity to extend this reach to extra-terrestrial resources.
This American Life (TAL) is an awesome program that Ira Glass and company have been producing for years. This week, for the first time, they ran a retraction of one of their recent stories: Episode 454, Mr. Daisy and the Apple Factory. But the facts about Chinese labor conditions at Foxconn persist.
New York Times: ”Over the next few years, American astronauts will be competing for a handful of slots on the International Space Station, flying there on Russian Soyuz capsules.”
We’ve all done it: written that ill-conceived email / Facebook / Twitter post and hit SEND when we should have hit DELETE. That SEND button is a cruel master, in that once we send out an electronic message it’s gone, it’s “out there.”
For many years now, you’ve become accustomed to the notion that retailers track your purchases. “Did you bring your Duane Reade VIP Club Savings Card today?” the clerk will ask in automaton-like fashion in a gambit to see if they can link today’s purchases to your long-term client purchase profile. “If you want those...
In another example of the value of proper requirements analysis before any major project is undertaken, the Planetary Society has announced an initiative: the first human mission to an asteroid.
I wrote more than a year ago about the imminent development of having robots replace humans in management situations. Now, a story from the New York Times that explores this idea. The boss isn’t so much a robot, but is instead using robotic telepresence devices.
Free-Market ideology holds that the solution to every problem in the social, economic, and political spheres is to allow markets unfettered reign so that they can solve all problems in their natural course. Including slavery, which is not nearly as efficient as “remote workforces.”
The International Space Station (ISS) is now nearly complete, and it can be surprising just how many compartments it has, and yet at the same time how crowded it can feel. The age when people begin to live and work in space is here and now. Take a look at this video virtual tour...