Imagine you want to collect donations for a food bank. You could place an empty box on the street, walk away, and hope there’s food inside when you return. The likely result? Your box will be filled with trash. WIRED OPINION ABOUT Andrew Losowsky (@losowsky) […]
Day: October 7, 2017
ROK Mobile has a cheap unlimited data plan for just $50
ROK Mobile is now offering what it claims is the cheapest unlimited data plan available on the “nation’s best network,” Verizon. ROK is a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO), so it offers mobile service on the network of another cellular service provider. Beyond Verizon, ROK […]
Ius soli, stop di Gentiloni: «Adesso non si può fare»
Lo sciopero della fame a staffetta del ministro Graziano Delrio e di sottosegretari e parlamentari a favore dello ius soli non impressiona Paolo Gentiloni. Anzi. Il premier non gradisce il pressing dei componenti del governo. Soprattutto dopo che in … by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit from
Watch the big baddies get bigger in new ‘Pacific Rim: Uprising’ trailer
[embedded content] Pacific Rim: Uprising knows how you like your robots: Huge, and piloted by John Boyega speaking in his actual English accent. Also it knows how you like your Kaiju monsters — larger than ever before and with “evolved” abilities. The new trailer of […]
Researchers have increased atomic clock precision yet again
Earlier versions that utilized the optical lattice method organized atoms in just one dimension — limiting how many atoms could be used. But while more atoms can boost clock stability, they can also lower accuracy since they’re more likely to collide. Atomic clocks work by […]
Comment: Homage to Catalonia?
I am as astonished as anyone at events in Spain and Catalonia – at the … Travel takes place in a world of politics and conflict, as we know only too … social experiment by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit from
Pensioni, ultimissime news ad oggi 7/10 su Controriforma Fornero
Le ultime notizie sulla riforma pensioni [VIDEO], ad oggi, sabato 7 ottobre 2017, sono relative alle manifestazioni indette dai sindacati per sabato … by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit from
New story in Technology from Time: How Robots Are Changing the Way You See a Doctor
The following feature is excerpted from TIME Artificial Intelligence: The Future of Humankind, available at retailers and at the Time Shop and Amazon. Medicine is both art and science. While any doctor will quickly credit her rigorous medical training in the nuts and bolts of […]
Envelop at the Midway’s Audio Installation Submerges You in Sound
In a quiet corner of San Francisco, nestled among the warehouses and old ship-building docks far from downtown, some artists have constructed a temple of sound called Envelop. On the surface, Envelop is just a room with a kickass surround sound system. Eight stacks of […]
Butterfly nabs $2.4M seed round to improve managers with targeted tips
Nobody likes corporate trainings. Nobody. In fact, one of life’s puzzles that eludes me most is how a person could enjoy corporate trainings enough to spend their time designing and running them. Perhaps only with disdain for the status quo can a startup create something […]