TED: Så här skulle ett Internet utan bildskärmar kunna fungera

av Mikael Winterkvist | mar 12, 2019 | Ted

Designer Tea Uglow is creating a future in whoch humanity’s love for natural solutions and simple tools can coexist with our need for information and the devices that provide us with it. ”Reality is rocher than screens,” she says. ”We can have a happy place filled with the information we love that feels as natural as switching on lightbulb.”

Lästips: Mannen som uppfann webben har delade känslor inför vad nätet har blivit

av Mikael Winterkvist | mar 12, 2019 | Ted

Tim Berners-Lee uppfann webben, nätet så som vi känner det idag men han har delade känslor inför vad nätet har utvecklats till.

The Man Who Invented the World Wide Web Has Mixed Feelings About What the Internet Has Become

(GENEVA) — The inventor of the World Wide Web knows his revolutionary innovation is coming of age, and doesn’t always like what he sees: state-sponsored hacking, online harassment, hate speech and misinformation among the ills of its “digital adolescence.”

Tim Berners-Lee issued a cri-de-coeur letter and spoke to a few reporters Monday on the eve of the 30-year anniversary of his first paper with an outline of what would become the web — a first step toward transforming countless lives and the global economy.

The European Organization for Nuclear Research, known as CERN, plans to host Berners-Lee and other web aficionados on Tuesday. “We’re celebrating, but we’re also very concerned,” Berners-Lee said.

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TED: Glöm Wi-Fi, Möt det nya Li-Fi Internet

av Mikael Winterkvist | mar 12, 2019 | Ted

What if we could use existing technologies to provide Internet access to the more than 4 billion people living in places where the infrastructure can’t support it? Using off-the-shelf LEDs and solar cells, Harald Haas and his team have pioneered a new technology that transmits data using light, and it may just be the key to bridging the digital divide. Take a look at what the future of the Internet could look like.

Mark Zuckerberg Is Trying to Play You — Again

av Mikael Winterkvist | mar 7, 2019 | Ted

IF YOU CLICK enough times through the website of Saudi Aramco, the largest oil producer in the world, you’ll reach a quiet section called “Addressing the climate challenge.” In this part of the website, the fossil fuel monolith claims, “Our contributions to the climate challenge are tangible expressions of our ethos, supported by company policies, of conducting our business in a way that addresses the climate challenge.” This is meaningless, of course — as is the announcement Mark Zuckerberg made today about his newfound “privacy-focused vision for social networking.” Don’t be fooled by either.

Källa: Mark Zuckerberg Is Trying to Play You — Again

TED: ET finns förmodligen därute

av Mikael Winterkvist | mar 7, 2019 | Ted

SETI researcher Seth Shostak bets that we will find extraterrestrial life in the next twenty-four years, or he’ll buy you a cup of coffee. He explains why new technologies and the laws of probability make the breakthrough so likely — and predicts how the discovery of civilizations far more advanced than ours might affect us here on Earth.

TED: Riskerar ditt land att bli en diktatur?

av Mikael Winterkvist | mar 4, 2019 | Ted

Farida Nabourema has dedicated her life to fighting the military regime in Togo, Africa’s oldest autocracy. She’s learned two truths along the way: no country is destined to be oppressed — and no country is immune to dictatorship. But how can you tell if you’re at risk before it happens? In a stirring talk, Nabourema shares the four key signs of a dictatorship, along with the secret to defiance for those living within an oppressive system.