More thoughts on my USA Today piece, over at Ricochet.
Category Archives: Technology and Society
Carbon Dioxide
Matt Ridley: Its benefits could easily exceed its costs.
That seems likely to me.
Narrow-View Cameras
I have a project in mind for which I have some unique requirements. I’d like a low-res, narrow-field webcam, robust enough for all-weather outdoor use. I can’t find anything that meets the requirement in a search, but wonder if anyone has ideas for how to hack one? For instance, if it’s got like a five megapixel sensor, could I easily just look at the center of it, without having to process the whole image? I’ll probably be hitching it to a Raspberry Pi 2.
[Update a while later]
OK, it looks like a standard webcam hooked up to a Raspberry Pi 2, with this software, should give me sufficient power to do what I want.
Self-Driving Cars
Why they must be programmed to kill.
Mojave
Popular Science takes a deep dive into the town, its past, and perhaps its future. It’s a tough place, for now, to retain employees.
Regulating Medical Devices
A new paper from Mercatus, citing me and the book. In fact, I used the FDA as another example of a risk-averse bureaucracy in the book.
Dog Years
Lengthening them with a new anti-aging drug. Humans come next.
Spacefest In Seattle
Though the program doesn’t (yet) reflect it, I’m going to do a talk and book signing there on Saturday afternoon, November 7th. Attendance does require museum admission, though ($20). But it’s probably worth it if you’ve never been to the Museum of Flight, and maybe even if you have. I also hope to be able to visit some of the area space companies early the following week before coming back to LA.
“Fratricidins”
Researchers have come up with a way to get cancer cells to kill each other.
Faster, please.
Temperature And The Economy
Well, this is a twofer from Borenstein: Junk science and junk economics.