Future is now
A collection about headlines, insights and stories than seem futuristic, but actually happening today.
Collection by Leoᵍᵐ
euronews
Army of seed-firing drones will plant 100 million trees by 2024
2 min read · May 5th · Meet the company using drones to combat biodiversity loss.
Reader View · Shared by 123, including Evan Kirstel the $B2B Techfluencer, hiten.eth, Martin Varsavsky 🇺🇦
Curbed
The 2,731-Person Project to Build New York City in Minecraft
5 min read · Mar 10th · Scenes from a global pandemic pastime.
Reader View · Shared by 17, including Tactical Tech, Colin Wright
The Verge
DeepMind’s new AI model helps decipher, date, and locate ancient inscriptions
4 min read · Mar 9th · Machine learning meets ancient inscriptions
Summary · Reader View · Shared by 53, including Michael Fisher, Joanna (J.F.) Penn, Tactical Tech, Nige Willson, ipfconline 🇺🇦
Axios
Nearly a third of new code on GitHub is written with AI help
1 min read · 2021-10-27 · The AI pair programmer is a useful assistant, but won't be replacing human developers any time soon
Reader View · Shared by 203, including Thomas Power, Yves Mulkers, Terence Mills, ipfconline 🇺🇦, Evan Kirstel the $B2B Techfluencer, Clemens M. Schuster, Nils Hitze, Chris Heilmann, Amy Webb, Nico Müller 🇺🇦, Katja Evertz, Harold Sinnott 📱📲 #SAPSapphireOrlando, Steven Sinofsky
inspiration4.com
FAQ
~20 min read · 2021-02-01 · The First All-Civilian Mission To Space
Reader View · Shared by 9, including Wesley Fryer, Ph.D. 🌎🎙🚀 (he/him), Paolo Attivissimo, Bright
The New York Times
Are We in the Metaverse Yet?
~11 min read · 2021-07-10 · Crypto people say they’re building it. Gamers might already be living in it. The art world is cashing in on it. Web veterans are trying to save it. But what is it?
Reader View · Shared by 173, including Michael (मुकेश) 🇺🇦💪🏻, Kat M. Moss, Joanna (J.F.) Penn, Nancy, Tony Parisi.eth 🇺🇦🌻 #SlavaUkraini, Barry Silbert, Merkstatt, Jane IMAGINABLE McGonigal ❤️, Christopher Mims 🤌, Paul Kedrosky, Zoe Scaman, Bill Johnston, Katja Evertz
Bloomberg
Americans Must Reclaim Their Right to Repair
2021-07-12 · Bloomberg connects decision makers to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas. Read this story on Bloomberg.
The Independent
The files that created the web are going on sale as an NFT
2 min read · 2021-06-15 · The files that began the World Wide Web will be auctioned as a non-fungible token, their creator Tim Berners-Lee has said.
Reader View · Shared by 5
IEEE Spectrum
Amazon's New Quantum Computer Design Relies On Tiny Schrödinger's Cats
2021-04-20 · Theoretical blueprint aims to suppress overwhelming errors with a new approach to making qubits
Shared by 81, including Jennifer Ouellette, Erico Guizzo, Nige Willson, Esther Schindler, Evan Kirstel the $B2B Techfluencer
Entrepreneur
Real-time 3D holograms generated by artificial intelligence
4 min read · 2021-04-14 · A new method called tensor holography allows you to create holograms for virtual reality, 3D printing, medical imaging, and more.
Reader View · Shared by 81, including Yves Mulkers, Ronald van Loon, Harold Sinnott 📱📲 #SAPSapphireOrlando, Dr. Sally Eaves #TechForGood #GartnerSummitEMEA, ipfconline 🇺🇦, Brian Ahier, AI, Stephan Woodtli, Nicolas Babin #AmazonPartner, Evan Kirstel the $B2B Techfluencer, Nige Willson, Iain Brown, PhD
Guardian US
Can a piece of software look after your elderly parent?
8 min read · 2021-06-03 · Computers are increasingly guiding decisions about elder care – and tracking everything from toilet visits to whether someone has bathed
Reader View · Shared by 538, including Carla Gentry, Dr. Sally Eaves #TechForGood #GartnerSummitEMEA, ipfconline 🇺🇦, Harold Sinnott 📱📲 #SAPSapphireOrlando, Iain Brown, PhD, Albert Ràfols, AI, R.NFT R “Ray” Wang 王瑞光 #1A #Metaverse #Freedom, Marcus Borba, Nige Willson, Josep M. Ganyet, Brian Ahier, Ronald van Loon, StartUp Health, Nicolas Babin #AmazonPartner, Theodora (Theo) Lau - 劉䂀曼 🌻
Fast Company
This incredible bridge was designed by students—and built by robots
5 min read · 2021-05-14 · The bridge is made of 18,000 pounds of steel, and created only 1,000 pounds of waste material—all of which was recycled.
Reader View · Shared by 46, including Randy Deutsch, AIA National
Bloomberg
Employees Are Quitting Instead of Giving Up Working From Home
2021-06-01 · Bloomberg connects decision makers to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas. Read this story on Bloomberg.
Shared by 198, including your #1 source for absurdist true crime 🐍👑 🌷, Walter Hickey, Ken Norton, Jameson Lopp, Bob Sutton, Veni Kunche, Christian Müller, Chris Isak , Owen Williams ⚡, Max Niederhofer ❤️🔥 (maxniederhofer.eth), Kainaz Amaria, hiten.eth, 💥 Katie Martell, Meghan M. Biro ⚡️, Bri Kimmel, Ekaterina Walter, Adam Grant, Anne Helen Petersen, Karen K. Ho, Edney Souza 🧙♂️
The New York Times
How a 17-Year-Old’s Birthday Party Became the Biggest Thing on the Internet
7 min read · 2021-05-24 · After Adrian Lopez’s birthday ‘kickback’ went viral on TikTok, thousands of teenagers showed up for the party of the year.
Reader View · Shared by 63, including Kyle Chayka, Dr. Alec Couros, Taylor Lorenz, Nick Diakopoulos, Matt Navarra
WIRED
The Pentagon Inches Toward Letting AI Control Weapons
3 min read · 2021-05-10 · Drills involving swarms of drones raise questions about whether machines could outperform a human operator in complex scenarios.
Shared by 235, including AI, ipfconline 🇺🇦, Dr. Flowers, Vengeance Arc., Christian Hartmann, Martin Ford, Backchannel, Christian Hernandez, Nicolas Babin #AmazonPartner, James Gingerich, @Expeflow #WorkEasier #RPA, Brian Ahier, Stephan Woodtli, Vincent Boucher 💎, Pippa Malmgren, Evan Kirstel the $B2B Techfluencer, Yann “shalf@mastodon.social” Heurtaux 不停, Michael Arrington 🏴☠️
The Washington Post
Remember the ‘deepfake cheerleader mom’? Prosecutors now admit they can’t prove fake-video claims.
2021-05-16 · The "deepfake" allegations became a symbol of the dark power of computer-generated video. A lawyer for the suspect, a 50-year-old mother in suburban Pennsylvania, argues the case “ruined her life.”