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The most profound technologies are those that disappear. They weave themselves into the fabric of everyday life until they are indistinguishable from it.
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Bits flowing through the wires of a computer network are ordinarily invisible. But a radically new tool shows those bits through motion, sound, and even touch. It communicates both light and heavy network traffic. Its output is so beautifully integrated with human information processing that one does not even need to be looking at it or near it to take advantage of its peripheral clues. It takes no space on your existing computer screen, and in fact does not use or contain a computer at all. It uses no software, only a few dollars in hardware, and can be shared by many people at the same time. It is called the "Dangling String".
The Complete Calm Tech Certified™ Product List for 2025
In 2025, our list of certified products include Alarm Clocks, Digital Signage, Picture Frames, Notebooks/Productivity, Mobile Phones and Home Audio
Anthropic's safety warnings may have just backfired — the government has pulled the plug on its most powerful AI | TechCrunch
Anthropic isn't hiding its frustration. "We disagree that the finding of a narrow potential jailbreak should be cause for recalling a commercial model deployed to hundreds of millions of people," the company wrote in a blog post.
Speculative Technologies
Speculative Technologies is a nonprofit resarch organization unlocking new materials and manufacturing technologies
The Sounds of Emergency in Amberspire — Gamers with Glasses
Amberspire rejects the stereotypical sounds of climate emergency in favor of gentler aesthetics: no sirens here. While we deal with the impact of each new catastrophe, Amberspire asks us to listen to the quieter sounds of things falling apart and our attempts to hold them together. I have never been
Opinion | The Internet of Way Too Many Things (Published 2015)
You may be able to get your phone to project bright colors if your window sensor detects a burglar, but what is protecting you from your phone?
The Light Phone
Light is a radically different technology company. We design beautiful tools that respect and empower our users and our first product is The Light Phone.
The Light Phone
Light is a radically different technology company. We design beautiful tools that respect and empower our users and our first product is The Light Phone.
AT Protocol: explanation for non-techies? - Debbie's Blatherings - by Debbie Ridpath Ohi
Working on an explanation without tech jargon, for fellow creatives
Blink: Intent to Experiment: Signature-based Integrity
Blink: Intent to Experiment: Signature-based Integrity
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