Archive for October, 2015
Government of South Korea and Samsung Developing Robots to Manufacture Consumer Electronics
October 19th, 2015Via: The Korea Herald: South Korea’s government said Monday that it will join forces with Samsung Electronics Co. to develop precision manufacturing robots that could open new horizons for the local manufacturing sector. The plan calls for 16.75 billion won ($14.8 million) worth of taxpayers’ money to be invested in the next three years to […]
Social Skills Are Last Line of Defense for Humans Seeking Work
October 19th, 2015Via: Bloomberg: David Deming, an associate professor of education and economics at Harvard University, has found that jobs requiring social interaction are growing relative to work that doesn’t, and such skills may offer some protection from robotic takeover. Certain high-level professions that demand technical expertise and low-skill work that can be done by a greater […]
Workhorse Drone Company Tests Package Deliveries in Ohio
October 18th, 2015Via: USA Today: A drone company is ready to start testing package deliveries in Ohio, but it’s not named Amazon or Google. Workhorse Group Inc. and the University of Cincinnati have been working for years to launch drones from the top of delivery trucks that look like typical UPS or U.S. Postal Service box trucks. […]
Van/Inverter/Freezer Story Updated
October 17th, 2015I’ve updated, Ask the Cryptogonners: Run Freezer Off Van and 12v Inverter? If you don’t want to click through, the short answer is: Yes, it works great.
Feds Eye Pilotless Helicopters to Battle Wildfires
October 17th, 2015Via: AP: The future of wildland firefighting launched Wednesday morning in Idaho. A Lockheed Martin helicopter capable of flying autonomously with no human control did so as it scooped up water, dropped it on targets and delivered supplies to a distant ridge in a demonstration in front of top federal decision makers 20 miles east […]
U.S. Will Require Drones to Be Registered
October 17th, 2015Via: NBC: The federal government will announce a new plan requiring anyone buying a drone to register the device with the U.S. Department of Transportation, NBC news has learned. The government has been concerned about the rise in close calls between unmanned drones and aircraft flying into and out of some of the nation’s biggest […]
“Cured” Ebola Nurse in Critical Condition
October 16th, 2015Via: Independent: The exact nature of Ms Cafferkey’s illness is not known, but experts have expressed shock at the severity of her condition. Jonathan Ball, professor of molecular virology at the University of Nottingham, said the news was “frankly staggering.” “I am not aware from the scientific literature of a case where Ebola has been […]
Battelle DroneDefender
October 15th, 2015Via: Battelle Institute:
The Drone Papers
October 15th, 2015Via: The Intercept: The Intercept has obtained a cache of secret documents detailing the inner workings of the U.S. military’s assassination program in Afghanistan, Yemen, and Somalia. The documents, provided by a whistleblower, offer an unprecedented glimpse into Obama’s drone wars.
Oakland: Outlaw Shipping Container Community, Containertopia
October 15th, 2015And in Texas, instant slums. Via: sfist: “It’s pretty much my dream post-apocalyptic cyberpunk setup,” says Luke Iseman near his 160-square-foot box home. With a camp stove and a fridge “that’s a really simple hack,” his miniature shipping container nightmare chamber sits alongside 11 others in a warehouse at an undisclosed location in Oakland. File […]
