Future of Noise Pollution
http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2016/04/the-future-will-be-quiet/471489/ Good news to come: targeted sirens, electric cars, stealth planes & noise blocking sensors
Archive for the 'tech' Category
The Future of Noise Pollution – The Atlantic
April 24, 2016Bots, the next frontier | The Economist
April 24, 20162016’s Top Ten Tech Cars – IEEE Spectrum
April 23, 2016volvo xc90 makes list
http://spectrum.ieee.org/transportation/advanced-cars/2016s-top-ten-tech-cars
Make Google Drive Absolutely Awesome with These Tools
April 18, 2016Google Search Technique Aided N.Y. Dam Hacker in Iran
April 10, 2016Google Search Technique Aided NY Dam Hacker in Iran
http://www.wsj.com/articles/google-search-technique-aided-n-y-dam-hacker-in-iran-1459122543 Appears to be ‘#Google dorking,’ using operators like inurl:
Cypherpunks Write Code » American Scientist
April 1, 2016Cypherpunks Write Code
http://www.americanscientist.org/bookshelf/pub/cypherpunks-write-code Describes a mailing list at the origin of #PGP & @wikileaks
Security Now 543 LostPass | TWiT
April 1, 2016Lostpass https://twit.tv/shows/security-now/episodes/543 … Describes a subtle #phishing attack on @LastPass but still ends up strongly endorsing the program
Security Now 493 TOR: Not so Anonymous | TWiT
March 24, 2016TOR: Not so Anonymous https://twit.tv/shows/security-now/episodes/493 Illustrates how traffic stats & metadata are more important for Security Now than #encryption
Picasa Blog: Moving on from Picasa
March 19, 2016Moving on from #Picasa
http://GooglePhotos.blogspot.com/2016/02/moving-on-from-picasa.html Another highly used software falling out of fashion, disrupting many users’ workflows
Moving on to Lightroom?
Another example of Geek Chic:
http://www.SFChronicle.com/Opinion/openforum/article/Going-beyond-geek-chic-CeBIT-6883249.php?t=a28a0bfcd600af33be&cmpid=twitter-premium
Learn Different – The New Yorker
March 14, 2016Learn Different
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/03/07/altschools-disrupted-education An “AltSchool” for kids (not a Mooc) where all is filmed & analyzed. A prep-school for #1984 in ’16.
Annals of Technology MARCH 7, 2016 ISSUE
Learn Different
Silicon Valley disrupts education.
BY REBECCA MEAD
Seen from the outside, AltSchool Brooklyn, a private school that opened in Brooklyn Heights last fall, does not look like a traditional educational establishment. There is no….