article thumbnail

One Way to Stop the Social Spread of Disinformation

Cars That Think

The crux of the problem, the wireless innovator says, is that model: Making money from ads and page views is encouraging people to share false information, which is causing social unrest. The unfortunate thing is, now there’s more disinformation on the Internet than there is information. About Siavash Alamouti. Employer: Mimik.

article thumbnail

Inventing Postscript, the Tech That Took the Pain out of Printing

Cars That Think

Meanwhile, feeding information about the harbor into the database proved arduous. To make this task easier, John Gaffney, one of Warnock’s group, spent a weekend writing a software routine that would generate the information about the objects from menus. So Warnock’s team decided to invent a language unrelated to any computer.

Design 106
article thumbnail

A Small Startup Fights Rare Diseases With Big Data

Cars That Think

One of the big challenges that we have in science today is that so much of the information that we're generating nowadays was originally designed for humans to read one by one. It was a project that allowed people to share information at scale in a secure fashion within the organization. Is that right? Chris Bouton: That's correct.

article thumbnail

GM Proposes Electric Car Plug Standard - GoodCleanTech

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

OTCBB: ESYE) Posted by: Uncle B April 19, 2009 9:22 AM This premature effort to exert coercing "Microsoft" like legal muscle control on something as important as design engineering, something their "Vapor-ware Volt" shows total lack of is farcical, at best. Intelligent, thoughtful comments and questions are appreciated. All Rights Reserved.

GM 28
article thumbnail

Finding The Wisest Ways To Global AI Regulation

Cars That Think

Before we launch into this episode, I’d like to let listeners know that the cost of membership in the IEEE is currently 50 percent off for the rest of the year, giving you access to perks, including Spectrum Magazine and lots of education and career resources. So go to IEEE.org/join to get started. That’s one of the biggest areas.

Global 58
article thumbnail

Clean Tech - GigaOM - Salon.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

According to Fortune magazine’s cover story this week, BYD’s cost-cutting moves so far include hiring people to assemble batteries instead of buying the $100,000 robotic arms used by Japanese competitors, flying executives in coach for business travel and putting them up in suburban rentals instead of posh downtown hotels for events.

Clean 28
article thumbnail

How the Graphical User Interface Was Invented

Cars That Think

The Mac’s success during the 1980s spurred Apple Computer to pursue legal action over ownership of many features of the graphical user interface. Suits now being litigated could assign those innovations not to the designers and their companies, but to those who first filed for legal protection on them. English disagrees vehemently.

Design 144