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  • Chinese Astronauts Create Rocket Fuel in Space Using “Artificial Photosynthesis”

    The team used semiconductor catalysts to turn carbon dioxide and water into oxygen and ethylene, a hydrocarbon commonly used to produce spacecraft propellants, according to the SCMP. “This technology mimics the natural photosynthesis process of green plants through engineered physical and chemical methods, utilizing carbon dioxide resources in confined spaces or extraterrestrial atmospheres to produce oxygen…

  • Star Maker by Olaf Stapledon

    I saw a recommendation for Star Maker pop up on LinkedIn (I think). It was wrapped in a near-religious review of the book. I found the audio book and it became my companion on my gym commute. What can I say? The recommendation was correct. This book is simply amazing. Olaf Stapledon starts on the…

  • (The kids are alright) + (mind blown)

    I live and breath the creative process. I despair when tech takes human expression and experience in the direction of slop (looking at you Meta). I get supercharged when I see new forms emerge… forms that make me look at the world in a different way. I was today years old when I discovered Ben…

  • Letting the computers out into the real world…

    It really is time we stop falling into computers… they are older now, smarter. It’s time that they came to play in our world. First test of touch triggering – Watch Video This has been a neat test to build… it has enabled me to test exercise my current operating thesis: The next tech revolution…

  • Flat-rate train ticket reduced Germany’s transport emissions by 5% in first year – analysis

    Germany’s flat-rate ticket for local and regional public transport, the Deutschlandticket, helped push people to switch from using cars to taking the train, which reduced car emissions by 6.7 million tonnes of CO2 between its introduction in May 2023 and April 2024, showed an analysis by the Ariadne energy transition research alliance. This represents almost five percent…

  • Malleability our computers no longer have

    I get that this guy is coming to this video with a vast amount of knowledge. But step back and watch HOW he’s using the hardware and the software to express his ideas… we no longer have that power. src: https://hackaday.com/2024/10/16/linus-live-codes-music-on-the-commodore-64/

  • This AI Pioneer Thinks AI Is Dumber Than a Cat

    At the same time, he is convinced that today’s AIs aren’t, in any meaningful sense, intelligent—and that many others in the field, especially at AI startups, are ready to extrapolate its recent development in ways that he finds ridiculous. If LeCun’s views are right, it spells trouble for some of today’s hottest startups, not to…

  • There is no question, this is an amazing feat of engineering…

    Almost seven minutes following liftoff, the Super Heavy booster returned to its launchpad, where the launch tower caught it using arms that SpaceX has nicknamed the “chopsticks.” https://www.theverge.com/2024/10/13/24269029/spacex-starship-launch-super-heavy-chopstick-launch-tower-return-fifth-flight-test

  • Why Tech Won’t Save Us

  • Translucent Website

    This is a beautiful way to understand how the web works. I love the “scrolling” visualisation. https://translucentweb.site/