Tag: video

Interplanetary Economy

Lot of interesting stats: 10^15 kg of material is energetically closer than the moon. The smallest object we have visited is the size of the Vatican. Compared to the deep sea, space is a much easier environment: no pressure, no corrosion, lots of energy.

Volunteering citizens

The next steps towards the transparent society.

it will be good for society if the powers of surveillance are shared with the citizenry, enabling the public to watch the watchers. this continues the trend promoted by Adam Smith, John Locke, the US Constitutionalists and the western enlightenment, who held that any elite should experience constraints upon its power. And there is no power-equalizer greater than knowledge.

Kibo Robot Project

The japanese deliver, by sending a talking robot to the space station, for emotional support.

“It’s one small step for me, a giant leap for robots”

Dance your PHD

The dreaded question. “So, what’s your Ph.D. research about?” You take a deep breath and launch into the explanation. People’s eyes begin to glaze over… At times like these, don’t you wish you could just turn to the nearest computer and show people an online video of your Ph.D. thesis interpreted in dance form? Now you can.

MTA activity

Cute dataviz. The yt channel has 10s of cities.

SpaceX Tour

This is an amazing tour.

If you get a chance for a tour, take it. They don’t allow pictures inside but you can get a good idea from Elons Tour of SpaceX HD the place is absolutely amazing, as you’d expect. I don’t think they have anything to fear from any competitor.