Artist Chepo Peña created a wonderful Star Wars-based tribute to the cards from the Mexican Loteria card-game.
(Thanks, Fipi Lele!)
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Star Wars Loteria tribute
Kevin Kelly discusses "Fall, or Dodge in Hell" with author Neal Stephenson
I really enjoyed this interview that Kevin Kelly conducted with sci-fi author, Neal Stephenson, as part of The Long Now Foundation’s salon series at The Interval in San Francisco. During the one hour exchange, these two inspiring thinkers discuss Neal’s latest book, Fall, or Dodge in Hell, some of the inspirations behind it, and how […]
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A new app will help you identify IoT-connected devices around you, and tell you what data they're collecting
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon have come up with this new IoT Assistant app (available for both iOS and Android) that will supposedly inform you about what Internet-connected smart devices are around you at any point in time, and what kind of information they might be collecting. “Because of new laws like the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) […]
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One of the jurors who convicted Whitey Bulger started up a strange pen pal friendship with him
I was on Cape Cod this past weekend — specifically, the town of Eastham, which is way up by the wrist and fairly desolate in winter. What I didn’t know at the time was that Janet Uhlar, one of the juror’s from Whitey Bulger’s trial, was right around the corner from me the whole time. […]
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The AXIS Gear turns your regular window shades into smart coverings
Assembling a truly autonomous smart home is getting closer and closer to reality every day. But for every new smart bulb, thermostat, home security system and appliance we set loose within our walls, there are still probably a half dozen “dumb” items we’d still love to replace. But whether they’re too costly or too big […]
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These earbuds created by Beats by Dre engineers are just as awesome and cost a whole lot less
With so many manufacturers out there these days, it’s tough to know who to trust in the ultra-competitive wireless earbuds market. If you’ve never heard of LinearFlux, you may soon. That’s because it’s a company with a stellar pedigree whose co-founders were two of the engineers behind the original success of two audio houses you […]
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The Ratio Six is a single-button coffee maker that produces barista-level brew
Two-thirds of American adults drink coffee every day. On average, they’re each drinking about three cups per day, which works out to nearly 400 million cups downed each and every day. We don’t have stats on what percentage of those cups are God awfully bad, but you have to assume with so many ways to […]
