Category: Technical Labour

This technology actually has the potential of lowering the world’s production of carbon dioxide by reducing the need…

This technology actually has the potential of lowering the world’s production of carbon dioxide by reducing the need for air travel. People who travel by air for work have a carbon footprint that is easily an order of magnitude greater than those that don’t. A lot of that travel is for face to face meetings. Surely some of those meetings don’t really need to happen in the same location if we can dramatically improve the fidelity of telepresence technologies.

I’m a big fan of this.

Via Emlyn O’Regan​​​

Originally shared by Kevin Kelly

Excellent short video of Microsoft’s new telepresence using its Hololens. The set up is still expensive, but the effect is real. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7d59O6cfaM0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7d59O6cfaM0

Now’s your opportunity to knock out a few new Studio Ghibli classics in your spare time.

Now’s your opportunity to knock out a few new Studio Ghibli classics in your spare time. Princess Mononoke: The Early Years. Porco Rosso: After He Got Rid Of That Pig Face. Ponyo: The Next Generation.

Via Michael Rainey​​​​​

Originally shared by Chris Lichowicz

OMG! Obi Debo look at dis!

http://www.geek.com/news/animation-software-used-by-futurama-and-studio-ghibli-is-going-free-1650232/

Actually this is more important that driverless private vehicles and simpler to achieve.

Actually this is more important that driverless private vehicles and simpler to achieve. What our cities really need is more public transport which is timely and efficient and has good coverage of urban areas.

Originally shared by Ward Plunet

Driverless Bus System Showcases Future of Public Transit – this May, not some distant future

As technology companies and automakers race to put a driverless car on the road, they might want to take a look at a small experiment being conducted in the Netherlands. WEpods, an abbreviation of Wageningen and Ede, two towns in the south-central province of Gelderland, will soon play host to a driverless bus system, ferrying dignitaries and visitors to a local university via six-passenger vehicles that look a bit like enclosed, oversized golf carts. Unlike similar autonomous transport systems currently in use, such as the Rotterdam Rivium bus or Heathrow airport shuttles, these electrically powered vehicles won’t run on dedicated tracks, instead rolling on the same roadways used by human drivers.

http://www.curbed.com/2016/3/17/11253500/driverless-car-autonomous-vehicle-wepod-bus