World’s biggest flow battery opens in China Ellen Phiddian The vanadium flow battery represents a paradigm shift in big storage The world’s largest flow battery…
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One question for Nita Farahany, a philosopher at Duke University.
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To the north side of Bankstown station the rows of shops are under a cloak of rain, with a grey sky above. It has been a few years since I’ve last been over this way, and through the gloom of the rain I look for some of the details I remember: a ghost sign for […]
Getting rid of landlines means you can’t call 999 in a power cut unless you have a mobile. That’s not what I call progress
Continue reading...Australian governments approached the use of digital technologies from an ideological perspective, heavily leaning on control and surveillance.
Contradictions of the hydrogen economy Greg Reid There is much hype as well disinformation about the potential of hydrogen but there is no doubt that…
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The post Good news – there’s a clean energy gold rush under way first appeared on Economic Reform Australia.Our electricity system A tragedy of the commons Colin Cook The Australian electricity system is in chaos; variously described as ‘a perfect storm’ (multiple quotes)…
The post Our electricity system first appeared on Economic Reform Australia.Steven Rieber, a former philosopher who is now a program manager at Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA), a part of the United States government’s Office of the Director of National Intelligence, is heading up a new research program that might be of interest to philosophers. The program, “Rapid Explanation, Analysis, and Sourcing Online” (REASON) aims to “develop novel technologies that will enable intelligence analysts to substantially improve the evidence and reasoning in draft analytic reports.” It is seeking research teams to fund that will build systems to help “analysts discover valuable evidence, identify strengths and weaknesses in reasoning, and produce higher quality reports.” Here is some more information about the project: Intelligence analysts sort through huge amounts of often uncertain and conflicting information as they strive to answer intelligence questions. REASON will assist and enhance analysts’ work by pointing them to key pieces of evidence beyond what they have already considered and by helping them determine which alternative explanations have the strongest support.
by Rosalie Bull
“Planned obsolescence” has become a household term for 21st century Americans. No wonder, considering that most household appliances today have been designed in accordance with the practice. Now more than ever, things just aren’t made like they used to be. In fact, they’re made to fail—often within a fraction of their potential lifespans—in order to spur more consumption.
- What have we here, Santa?
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