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Monthly Archives: March 2017
Quote of the week
“In the area of politics our major policy obligation is not to mistake slogans for solutions.” Ed Murrow (1908-1965).
No time to be a kid these days
I’m aware of students that no longer attend university lectures, preferring instead to watch their lectures online at 1.5x speed (going backwards if they don’t understand something). However, I was having a chat with someone today and heard a new twist on this. Someone they know doesn’t have time to read their small child a book at bedtime. So the child has been given various audio books (or maybe the child found their own audio books I can’t recall) and the kid listens to bedtime stories at 1.5x speed.
Graph of the Month
Just been looking at the future of batteries and this little gem popped into view from the Scientific American.
Full article and explanation right here.
An Internet of Cows
As a quick follow up to my blog post on the Internet of Everything last week, I spotted a relevant story in the newspapers this morning. If the news item didn’t pasteurise (sorry) here it is.
A smart sensor developed by two Irish entrepreneurs alerts farmers to cows about to give birth. The sensor that is fitted to a cow’s tail calculates whether an animal is about to give birth based upon tail movement patterns.
It’s estimated that the device could reduce cow deaths by as much as 80 per cent. 30,000 of the sensors have already been sold worldwide, which means they’re milking it. You herd it here first. Sorry.
The Paradox of Digital Information
I liked this thought…..
Something a little different
How about this for an example of unexpected creativity. A safety video that actually makes you want to buy a plane ticket. I got tears in my eyes watching this.