Kim Bellard·4d agoLife Not As We Know ItWell, let’s see. Laat week much of the U.S. and parts of Europe were under a crippling heat dome. The U.S. celebrated its 250th birthday…
Kim Bellard·Jun 29Thorin, We Hardly Knew YeHumans — that is to say, homo sapiens — have been fascinated by the Neanderthals since they were first identified in 1856. For many years…
Kim Bellard·Jun 22Low Resource Computing to the ForeNow, this is the kind of thing we should hope for from DARPA: last week it issued an RFI focused on low resource computing (LRC), seeing as…
Kim Bellard·Jun 15Everyone to Your Balcony!By now, most of us know about solar energy. Most of us live in states that have at least some solar energy production, in varying degrees…
Kim Bellard·Jun 8Oceans, AwayIt probably didn’t show up on your calendar, but today is World Ocean Day. It’s a day meant to catalyze “collective action for a healthy…
Kim Bellard·Jun 1DuckDuckGo Goes Where No AI Can GoIt’s getting so you can’t avoid AI. If your 401k doesn’t have some AI-related stocks, forget about your investment returns. You can’t open…
Kim Bellard·May 25Meat Computers of the World, Unite!Until a couple of days ago I hadn’t heard of the phrase “meat computer.” Apparently this has been around for some time, and, as Lora Kelley…
Kim Bellard·May 19The Canaries Are Already DeadMIT is, most people would admit, a pretty good school. Even those who don’t know a lot about universities probably associate MIT with…
Kim Bellard·May 11Officers Eat LastA New York Times interview with Rep. Jake Auchincloss (D — Mass) by Bret Stephens caught my attention. I am somewhat familiar with Mr…
Kim Bellard·May 5Blasts From the PastTwo names from the past popped up my radar screen this week, making claims for the future: GameStop and Blackberry. It’s as William…
