"I know that I know one thing & that is that I know nothing and understand even less", the Socratic Paradox. Contact me at SystemsNicaragua@gmail.com
Tuesday, February 14, 2023
Saturday, January 28, 2023
Semi-Autonomous Electric Vehicle Charging Systems / SAEVCS
As the many that visit my blog regularly already know, my name is Nick. Geeez, this blog must be almost 8 years old by now, in any event.
I have invented a green source of energy piggy backed on an original green source of energy.
My system was originally designed for Mid-Sized EV's but I adapted it to a scooter for a prototype and it may find better use in Electric Long Haul Vehicles such as 18 Wheelers & Travel Buses.
My EV Scooter, "Poo" will stand as my prototype for the time being.
I'm looking for a patent lawyer and investors.
Thursday, August 11, 2022
Expat Consulting
When I was a baby, my mom always told me "Son, keep your head up and things will get better". What she didn't tell me was that I was going to have to leave America to apply the rule.
I liked the 70's and 80's where I could play at the park without getting shot at, when I could buy a pizza with all the trimmings for $13 and when I could rent an apartment for $400.
All those things are here in the present and "Expat Consulting" will do all of the leg work for you and a very reasonable price.
If you believe that things in America are going to get better, God be with you.
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Tuesday, April 5, 2022
Is Global Warming Being Orchestrated Or Allowed To Run Wild? The Solution May Be Simpler Than You Have Been Led To Believe
Empty skies after 9/11 set the stage for an unlikely climate change experiment.
On the morning of September 11, 2001, officials at the U.S. national air control centre couldn’t make out what was happening, at first.
As controllers watched the second plane crash into the World Trade Center complex just after 9 a.m., however, it became clear that the first one hadn’t been a spectacular accident, but something much more sinister. Planes were becoming fuel-filled missiles. How many? Nobody knew.
Officials at the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration did the only thing they could think of to try to control the situation: ordering every aircraft in U.S. airspace, about 4,000 of them, to land somewhere, anywhere, immediately.
Canadian officials followed. Airports in Atlantic Canada quickly filled with thousands of bewildered people who had been flying west across the Atlantic from Europe, but found themselves stranded in Goose Bay, Labrador or Stephenville, Nfld.
Within a few hours, the skies across the continent were empty except for military aircraft. Here’s what it looked like:
Saturday, April 2, 2022
The most difficult post of my life = Don't Assist Black Americans
*On average* will they go to the library?
Will they read to better their lives?
Will they search the net to define their words?
Will they stop blaming the White man for all of their conflicts?
Will they assume responsibility for their own actions?
They're fuckin spoiled!
Fuck Black Americans, I'm part Black born to a pimp and a prostitute & I don't need Jack shit from anyone!
The Black American has access to subsidized food income, subsidized housing, free libraries, free health including dental & optical. The Black American has access to free college, free psychological assistance, free detox facilities, free shelters, free housing and would you believe that the Black American can even get curbside pickup to & from doctor and clinic visits?
I've now traveled or lived in 16 countries now and Never have I seen anywhere close to what a broke individual can receive in Any Other Country!
But wait!
Who are the number 1 contributors to the "murder" of the Black American IN America? Other Black Americans!
Then they bitch, curse and scream, "WE WANT TO BE TREATED EQUAL BY THE WHITE MAN"? Why?! Why would he treat you equally? The American Black treats his own kind like trash, why should any other group treat your group "or any group" better than you treat yourselves?
To all of my readers around the world, "I urge you to help those who can not help themselves"!
This Somalian is 80 years old and walked his goats 140 miles for water that wasn't there. He has no programs, no free college, no dental, NO NOTHING!
***Please help him will ya?!
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Friday, April 1, 2022
Tech in 2025: 10 Technologies that will Transform the Global Economy
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Thursday, March 31, 2022
Here’s a list of the top-rated charities to help the Ukraine relief effort
Donations can go along way during the humanitarian crisis unfolding in Ukraine.
To make sure your money gets into the right hands, here is a list of highly rated nonprofits engaged in relief and recovery efforts in Ukraine and the surrounding areas.
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It's nice to be back...
I'll take this evening to bring myself up to date on specific advances in Tech & Infrastructure.
This is what I created for dinner yesterday, take care and I'll be back in the morning.
So what's new since I went into hiatus?
I've created new dishes, invented a back support chair, yadda, who cares, yadda?
The situation that I feel deserves more attention is the atrocities occurring in Ukraine, I'd like to hang Putin by his nuts!
Regime change? America has backed, funded and assisted in regime change 5 times that I can count in my own lifetime.
*Before I continue, I'm fully aware of Putin's nuclear capabilities.
Slow Joe Biden either had a Freudian Slip or he purposely hinted at the idea of removing Putin from office. It doesn't matter one way or the other at this point, you simply can not unring the bell.
The charge of "War crimes" means very little, Bashar Hafez al-Assad committed war crimes and he's now living on a ship enjoying the weather.
I beg you to support Ukraine financially, by prayer or in any other means that you can assist, these are human beings being slaughtered by a mentally unstable dictator.
And please keep abreast of the situation here - Aljazeera
Sunday, November 21, 2021
Do you suffer from excess gas causing stomach aches and bloating?
"Hi", I'm Niko, the owner of this blog and I lost my pancreas, for the most part, in 1996'. Those were the days of partying and being a damned fool but necessity is the mother of invention.
There was a time when I could drink liquor, eat fried wings and pizza but that was yesteryear. I'm a retired chef and have studied nutrition since my days at Buffalo State College and today I have hammered out a remedy for those that suffer from excess gas.
I have yet to think of a name so for now I'll just call my *all-natural combination of 5 grocery store items, "Gas Free".
So far I have tested this mixture of naturally grown plants on hundreds of people, from my yacht in Daytona Beach, FL. through California down into Mexico and even here in Ecuador. Not one person remembers even having gas 20 minutes into our conversation.
I am *not looking for money!
I'm not a people person and I certainly won't go out and approach people with a product, all of my customers came to me through word of mouth.
What I would like are some ideas of how to bring an all-natural gas remedy to market. I'm going to get $2000 a month for the rest my life (I'm 58 and no male in my family has lived beyond 73, this blog is geared towards the intelligent, do the math) no matter how you slice the loaf.
Thanks in advance, "NDJ".😊
I'll take a wild guess and believe I'm faster than you.
Wednesday, October 20, 2021
Requests from the owner of Sys Nica
Please don't write to me asking me to find missing loved ones unless you have proof of the relationship and a police report. *And my services aren't cheap.
Next, please don't email me asking for my review of your video, links or ideas, I'm not interested. Running ads here will cost you money, I don't want to be linked to any site, blog or page & I don't give a rat's ass about your review of my blog, piss off!
Tuesday, September 14, 2021
Gartner Top Strategic Technology Trends for 2021
Distributed cloud, AI engineering, cybersecurity mesh and composable business drive some of the top trends for 2021.
When employees at an industrial site returned to the workplace after it was closed during the COVID-19 pandemic, they noticed a few differences. Sensors or RFID tags were used to determine whether employees were washing their hands regularly. Computer vision determined if employees were complying with mask protocol and speakers were used to warn people of protocol violations. What’s more, this behavioral data was collected and analyzed by the organizations to influence how people behaved at work.
Download eBook: Top Strategic Technology Trends for 2021
The collection and use of such data to drive behaviors is called the Internet of Behavior (IoB). As organizations improve not only the amount of data they capture, but also how they combine data from different sources and use that data, the IoB will continue to affect how organizations interact with people.
The IoB is one of Gartner’s nine strategic technology trends that will enable the plasticity or flexibility that resilient businesses require in the significant upheaval driven by COVID-19 and the current economic state of the world.
The IoB is about using data to change behaviors
“The unprecedented socioeconomic challenges of 2020 demand the organizational plasticity to transform and compose the future,” said Brian Burke, Research Vice President, during virtual Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo™ 2020.
This year’s trends fall under three themes: People centricity, location independence and resilient delivery.
People centricity: Although the pandemic changed how many people work and interact with organizations, people are still at the center of all business. And they need digitaliized processes to function in today’s environment.
Location independence: COVID-19 has shifted where employees, customers, suppliers and organizational ecosystems physically exist. Location independence requires a technology shift to support this new version of business.
Resilient delivery: Whether a pandemic or a recession, volatility exists in the world. Organizations that are prepared to pivot and adapt will weather all types of disruptions.
As always, these nine strategic technology trends do not operate independently of each other, but rather build on and reinforce each other. Combinatorial innovation is an overarching theme for these trends. Together they enable organizational plasticity that will help guide organizations in the next five to 10 years.
Trend 1: Internet of Behaviors
As demonstrated by the COVID-19 protocol monitoring example, the IoB is about using data to change behaviors. With an increase in technologies that gather the “digital dust” of daily life — data that spans the digital and physical worlds — that information can be used to influence behaviors through feedback loops.
For example, for commercial vehicles, telematics can monitor driving behaviors, from sudden braking to aggressive turns. Companies can then use that data to improve driver performance, routing and safety.
IoB does have ethical and societal implications depending on the goals and outcomes of individual uses
The IoB can gather, combine and process data from many sources including: Commercial customer data; citizen data processed by public-sector and government agencies; social media; public domain deployments of facial recognition; and location tracking. The increasing sophistication of the technology that processes this data has enabled this trend to grow.
IoB does have ethical and societal implications depending on the goals and outcomes of individual uses. The same wearables that health insurance companies use to track physical activities to reduce premiums could also be used to monitor grocery purchases; too many unhealthy items could increase premiums. Privacy laws, which vary from region to region, will greatly impact the adoption and scale of the IoB.
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Trend 2: Total experience
Total experience combines multiexperience, customer experience, employee experience and user experience to transform the business outcome. The goal is to improve the overall experience where all of these pieces intersect, from technology to employees to customers and users.
This trend enables organizations to capitalize on COVID-19 disruptors
Tightly linking all of these experiences — as opposed to individually improving each one in a silo — differentiates a business from competitors in a way that is difficult to replicate, creating sustainable competitive advantage. This trend enables organizations to capitalize on COVID-19 disruptors including remote work, mobile, virtual and distributed customers.
For example, one telecommunications company transformed its entire customer experience in an effort to improve safety and satisfaction. First, it deployed an appointment system via an existing app. When customers arrived for their appointment and came within 75 feet of the store, they received two things: 1) A notification to guide them through the check-in process and 2) an alert letting them know how long it would be before they could safely enter the store and maintain social distance.
The company also adjusted its service to include more digital kiosks and enabled employees to use their own tablets to co-browse customers’ devices without having to physically touch the hardware. The result was a safer, more seamless and integrated overall experience for customers and employees.
Trend 3: Privacy-enhancing computation
Privacy-enhancing computation features three technologies that protect data while it’s being used. The first provides a trusted environment in which sensitive data can be processed or analyzed. The second performs processing and analytics in a decentralized manner. The third encrypts data and algorithms before processing or analytics.
This trend enables organizations to collaborate on research securely across regions and with competitors without sacrificing confidentiality. This approach is designed specifically for the increasing need to share data while maintaining privacy or security.
How Skinny Jeans Came To Be *Warning, Explicit Language
Two White guys about to be thrown out of Hudson University were getting high in Soho, they were doing their best to come up with an idea to save their academic careers with little to no luck.
Soon they drifted off to sleep and when they awoke they began throwing designs into the trash as they had been doing the past two semesters. In walks their buddy from Connecticut and he tells them, "Don't throw that away, I bet I can sell them to the Spics, niggers & trailer trash".
In 2005' the idea was bartered to Levi Strauss and the rest is history.
Friday, September 3, 2021
For A World Traveler Magic Jack Is A Hidden Jewel @ $39 "A Year".
First off I'm not a phone freak, I don't even keep the ringer on in most instances. My time is my time and I check for missed calls and messages after 5pm no matter where I am on the planet.At $39 a year, it works for me.
Tech’s “Next Big Thing”: 20 Technologies and Innovations to Know About From 2022 to 2030
I wrote the piece “I Compiled a List of Tech’s “Next Big Things” So You Wouldn’t Have to” in 2018. It’s since been read over 40,000 times and shared more than 1,000 times on social media. As anyone reading this in the 2020s will notice, a lot of what was written then is now obsolete. It is thus necessary to write an update, highlighting the next big technologies emerging today that will be all the rage in 2022, 2025 and 2030 (2040 technologies will have its own article).
Obviously, these dates should be taken with a grain of salt: predictions are wrong more often than not (check these 2020 tech predictions if you don’t believe me). They are often wrong because we tend to use history, which is at heart the study of surprises and changes, as a guide to the future. This should however not stop us from aiming to better understand the future of technology: the knowledge gained through planning is crucial to the selection of appropriate actions as future events unfold. We don’t know the answer, but we can at least ask useful questions.
2022 Technologies: the boring, expected stuff1. Blockchain
By now, we’ve all heard about blockchain revolutionising just about every industry imaginable. Banking, politics, healthcare… all could technically benefit from the creation of a decentralised digital ledger that tracks and stores information in various places, thus making forgery impossible. Identification is provided through complex calculations, making identity theft virtually impossible, too.
There is however one word that stands out in the description above: Decentralised. Banks, governments, hospitals… these institutions don’t want to see their power curtailed (unless on their own terms). As such, it is likely that we will see some advances in the blockchain space, but it will remain on the fringes of technology, missing the revolution predicted by its fans.
2. Cryptocurrency
Often mentioned in the same breath as blockchain, cryptocurrencies use the principles explained above to facilitate the exchange of goods and services online (again in a decentralised fashion, which is one of its main appeals). A lot of people believe crypto will be the next big thing when it comes to the future of finance.
Sounds fantastic, but there are two big issues with cryptocurrencies:
Its key appeal (excluding illegal dealings) is that it’s cool and trendy. It was never meant to sustain the attention it got in 2017, and will never recover from the crypto-bros’ unrelenting idiocy. The technology works, there’s just no mass market.
Secondly, its value is VERY subjective (unlike gold, don’t @ me). Crypto-currencies are always either in pre-bubble or bubble territory. Add to that the decentralised aspect that governments and banks will seek to discredit, and you can be sure that it will continue to be a mere toy Chad keeps bringing up at frat parties (there’s always a Chad).
More on cryptocurrency here [Investopedia].
3. Affective AI / Affective computing
Artificial Intelligence is already everywhere in 2020; it’s just not as fun as we thought it’d be. If you’ve missed the AI train, it can be described as follows: the increase in storage space (cloud), calculation capabilities (chips) and access to massive datasets (e-commerce, social media…) has allowed companies to create statistical models on steroid which can evolve when fed new information.
Affective AI would take this process one step further and apply it to emotions. Effectively, an algorithm could tell your mood from the way you look (by training a deep learning algorithm on facial data), the way you write, or the way you speak, and offer a product or service in accordance. Feeling happy? How about a Starbucks advert for a frappuccino to keep the good times coming? Feeling down? How about a Starbucks advert for a frozen coffee to turn that frown upside down?
Not to worry, though, this technology is famously unreliable. For now.
More on Artificial Intelligence here [The Pourquoi Pas], and more on affective computing here [MIT].
4. AI Cloud Services / Data-as-a-service / AI PaaS
Most great technologies aren’t considered to be revolutionary until they reach the public en masse. This may be one of the reasons there’s been so much disappointment in AI of late. Indeed, only major companies have been able to benefit from automating tasks that once required human input, while the little people are forced to continue using comparatively prehistorical algorithms. This can in part be explained by a lack of resources, but is mostly a data problem.
This may not be the case for long. Companies are realising that renting an algorithm gives the double benefit of generating extra revenue from an existing asset, while extracting more data from customers to feed the beast. As such, get ready to witness the rise of AI platforms and marketplaces, which will promise to provide algorithms that specifically match unique customer pain points (chatbots and digital assistants are only the beginning). As coders get automated and join the gig economy, this movement is likely to expand exponentially. This would allow small companies, and even individuals, to optimise their day-to-day processes. If that seems harmful to our collective mental health, follow your instincts.
More on AI as a service here [Towards Data Science].
5. Connected Homes / Smart Homes
The trend of AI in our homes is already ongoing, and will only accelerate over the next few years. In fact, we’ve already become accustomed to Google’s Nest and Amazon’s Alexa being able to adjust the settings of smart objects within our houses to fit pre-set parameters.
But these two offers are just the beginning: as with most things internet-related, these services benefit from network effects, and will exponentially gain customer value as functionalities are added. An algorithm that can make a cup of coffee while opening the blinds and increasing the bathroom temperature when it senses someone get up is a lot more valuable than the sum of three different algorithms doing these tasks.
More on connected homes here [McKinsey]
6. 5G
Of course, connected objects cannot afford to be as laggy as the original iPhone (shots fired), they must transmit massive amounts of data quickly and reliably. That’s where 5G comes in.
5G is the logical successor to 4G, and achieves much greater speeds thanks to higher-frequency radio waves. Though this seems simple enough, a few terms have to be understood to fully capture the difficulty of implementing 5G throughout the world.
Millimeter waves: this refers to a specific part of the radio frequency spectrum between 24GHz and 100GHz, which have a very short wavelength. Not only is this section of the spectrum pretty much unused, but it can also transfer data incredibly fast, though its transfer distance is shorter.
Microcells, femtocells, picocells: Small cell towers which act as relays in small areas such as within large buildings. This infrastructure is necessary – as highlighted above, 5G transfer distance is much shorter than that of 4G (and struggles to go through thick walls).
Massive MIMO: The ability to transfer and receive much more data from a wider variety of sources.
Beam-forming: all these transfers need to be organised and choreographed. Beams-forming does just that.
Full Duplex: the ability to send and receive data at the same time, on the same wavelength.
The technology will have a huge effect on most industries as it will change orders of magnitude in terms of the speed and quantity of data transmitted, as well as the quality of the connection. It will, among other things, connect autonomous vehicles and drones to the internet, but will also allow major advances in virtual reality and IoT. 5G is therefore not a technology that should be taken lightly.
More on 5G here [CNN]
7. Mega-constellations of satellites / Low-earth orbit satellite systems
Speaking of Internet… Over the next few years, SpaceX plans to deploy up to 42,000 satellites to create an Internet connection anywhere on the planet. The company isn’t alone in this niche: the OneWeb constellation aims to include 600 satellites by 2022, and Amazon has announced plans to launch 3,236 low-orbit satellites to cover white areas.
All this is made possible thanks to the low cost of launching these nano-satellites, which weigh barely a few pounds. A lower altitude would also make managing fleets a lot easier and cleaner.
The deployment in space of so many objects, however, poses problems in terms of interference with other satellite services such as the weather, increasing the risk of collision and disturbing astronomical observation.
More on mega-constellations here [The Verge]
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2025 technologies: The pretty OK stuff8. Autonomous Vehicles
2020 was supposed to be the year of the autonomous car. That’s not worked out quite as expected. The “coronavirus setback” will however not dampen large companies’ spirits, which will continue to update their algorithms to create cars that do away with drivers entirely.
As a quick reminder, it is generally agreed that there are 5 levels of autonomous driving, ranging from “no automation” to “full automation”. Level 0 to 2 require extensive human monitoring, while levels 3 to 5 rely on algorithms to monitor the driving environment. The most advanced autonomous cars on the market (Tesla) are currently straddling levels 3 and 4. It is hoped that we can make the jump to level 5 (and full driving automation) by 2025, if not earlier. But the road ahead is long, as issues ranging from ethical dilemmas to statistical headaches still plague the industry.
Even if level 5 is reached, it’s likely that we will never truly replace the cars as we know it, but instead create special roads and spaces for autonomous cars, so that the two don’t mix. Indeed, the car as we know it is so central to our daily lives that changing it may mean rebuilding most of our daily world: parking would become less important, charging stations would change, the ways pedestrians interact with safer roads would be forever altered…
More on Autonomous vehicles here [Spectrum].
9. Quantum computing
First things first: scientists have been announcing the arrival of the quantum computer for over 50 years. But this time might be it. In October 2019, Google announced that it had achieved quantum supremacy (superiority of a quantum computer compared to a conventional computer on a particular task) by performing in three minutes a calculation which would require approximately 10,000 years on a conventional supercomputer. These figures were challenged by IBM, which estimates that a conventional computer program could have solved it in just 2.5 days.
Quantum computers, where bits are replaced by qubits with superimposable states (ex : a 0 can also be a 1 at the same time), are in theory much faster and more efficient than their older brothers, but tend to suffer from decoherence issues (loss of information). Nevertheless, developing them for pharmaceutical companies, for example, could theoretically lead to major breakthroughs in medicine creation, among other things.
More interestingly, quantum computers could easily figure out encrypted blockchain passwords, making the whole thing irrelevant (did I not say earlier that BitCoin was doomed).
More on Quantum computing here [MIT Technology Review]. You can also take a Quantum computing class here [Qmunity].
10. Genetic predictions
The raw computing power highlighted above can be used to analyse one’s genome and predict one’s chances of getting conditions such as heart disease or breast cancer. If that sounds exactly like the plot of Gattaca, trust your instincts.
Regardless of the risks of genetic discrimination, DNA-based “predictions” could be the next great public health leap. For example, if women at high risk for breast cancer got more mammograms and those at low risk got fewer, those exams might catch more real cancers and set off fewer false alarms, leading to a better treatment rate and lower insurance premia.
It could also lead to the rise of personalised medicine, though the logistics of such a task would likely be a financial and logistical disaster given the current political climate.
More on Genetic predictions here [MIT Technology Review].
11. CRISPR
Even if a Gattaca-like future does come about from genetic predictions, we might still create a similar situation through straight-up genetic engineering. CRISPR (clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats) allows researchers to easily alter DNA sequences and modify gene function. Its many potential applications include correcting genetic defects, treating and preventing the spread of diseases and improving crops.
Editing germs to make new viruses or a “master race” is however a less fun prospect, should this technology get into unethical hands. Either way, I look forward to a time when every man looks like a mix of Tom Hiddleston and Idris Elba.
More on CRISPR here [Live Science].
12. Human Augmentations / enhancements
Thankfully, going genetic is not the answer to everything. Sometimes, some good old ingenuity and robotics are enough to solve our issues.
Slowly but surely, we are seeing more and more natural, artificial, or technological alteration of the human body in order to enhance physical or mental capabilities, often in the form of bionic limbs. As we begin to better understand how the brain transmits information to the body, more and more companies will begin to see the value of improving people’s life (for a steep fee) and descend upon this space.
human augmentation
It’s very likely that beyond the arms and legs augmentations that we’re already starting to see, there will be a point at which the back and the eyes are also augmented. Then, slowly but surely, augmentations will become elective, with interesting ethical implications. If this is the future, I am way OK with it.
More on human enhancements here [International Journal of Human-Computer Studies]
2030 Technologies: The Very Exciting Stuff13. Graphene
Though graphene has been over-hyped for so many years, we’re finally seeing something good come out of it. If you haven’t paid attention to the hype, graphene is a byproduct of graphite, which is itself carbon’s very close cousin. It is extremely strong, yet extremely thin, light and flexible (stronger than steel, thinner than paper). Oh, and it also conducts electricity really well.
The applications are numerous, specifically for wearable electronics and space travel, where resistance and weight is a key component. Nevertheless, it will take many years to get to a wide array of use cases; we’ve built the world around silicon, and it’s very had to displace that kind of well-established, mature technology.
More on graphene here [Digital Trends]
14. Edge Computing / Intelligent Edge
While the vast majority of data processing for connected devices now happens in the cloud, constantly sending data back and forth can take far too long (as much as a few seconds, sometimes). 5G is a temporary answer, as mentioned above, but there might be a simpler solution: allowing objects to process data on their own (at the ”edge” of the eco-system). This would unlock a wide variety of issues in manufacturing, transport, and healthcare, where split-second decisions are key to a variety of process. Even fashion could benefit by creating self-sufficient smart wearables.
As intelligent “things” proliferate, expect a shift from stand-alone intelligent objects to swarms of collaborative intelligent things. In this model, multiple devices would work together, either independently or with human input by grouping together their computing power. The leading edge of this area is being used by the military, which is studying the use of drone swarms to attack or defend military targets but could likely go much further with hundreds of potential civilian uses.
The technology is nearly available, but as with other developments both above and below, we must first let the hardware capabilities catch up before implementing these ideas.
More on Edge computing here [The Verge]
15. Micro-chips / Bio-chips
The current main idea behind micro-chips (which are made from an array of molecular sensors on the chip surface that can analyze biological elements and chemicals) is for tracking biometrics in a medical context. It has also seen use cases emerge within the smart workspace technology ecosystem. It could however have a much wider appeal if customers decide to put their trust into it (such as banking — imagine never having to bring your wallet anywhere ever again).
Unless everyone suddenly agrees to let their blood pressure be monitored daily at work, this type of tracking is likely to remain benign in the near future. One might nevertheless imagine them becoming fairly commons in hospitals.
More on micro-chips here [The Guardian].
16. Nano-robotics
For those wanting to go even smaller than micro-chips, allow me to introduce nano-robots. Currently in R&D phases in labs throughout the world, nano-robots are essentially very very tiny sensors with very limited processing power.
The first useful applications of these nano-machines may very well be in nano-medicine. For example, biological machines could be used to identify and destroy cancer cells or deliver drugs. Another potential application is the detection of toxic chemicals, and the measurement of their concentrations, in the environment.
More on Nano-robotic here [Nature].
17. Smart tattoos
Hear me out – tattoos that can send signals via touch to interact with the world around us makes a lot of sense :
It’s wearable which allows for a greater freedom of movement
It tackles the issue of waste, which is seldom discussed when imagining the future of technology
It can be personalised, a trend towards which we’ve been moving for 15 years now.
In their current form, they would be temporary on the skin. They can however last much longer on prosthetic, and have the benefit of being cheap compared to a lot of the hardware available out there.
More on Smart Tattoos here [Microsoft]
18. Green Tech
Do you want your great-grand-kids to know what it’s like not to despise the sun? Then forget about all the above and concentrate on Green Tech : the science of making the world liveable. Because so much is being done in this space, we will avoid the details, and refer to better sources.
Waste-water electricity generator
Thorium based fission
Biomimicry
Energy-harvesting materials
Carbon capture
Molten salt energy storage
Artificial Photosynthesis
The issue with most of the above is that they tend to work well in theory, but their adoption cost is incredibly high, as they often struggle to scale. As much as we’d like to see all of them being implemented yesterday, the road ahead is still long.
More on Green Tech here [CB Insights]
19. Hydrogen fuel cells
In a fuel cell, hydrogen combines with oxygen in the air to produce electricity, releasing only water. In itself, this isn’t new, as this principle was discovered in 1839; up until a few years ago, this idea was not profitable enough to allow for their large-scale use.
In fact, there are still some issues with the technology, as it’s easy to store a small amount of energy (hence its use in the space exploration industry), but incredibly hard to do at a larger scale.
See you in 2030 to see if we’ve solved these issues.
More on Hydrogen fuel cells here [FCHEA].
20. Meatless Meat
I’ve tried it: lab-made meat smells, looks and tastes just like meat (beyond the odd uncanny-valley-like taste). The only things that change – healthier food, no antibiotics, no growth hormones, no emission of greenhouse gases and no animal suffering.
Above all, this is a gigantic market that whets the appetites of industrialists. After targeting vegetarians, they’ve realised that it’s much easier and rewarding to market these products to flexitarans (back in my days we called them omnivores).
By 2030, 10% of the meat eaten in the world will no longer come from an animal (allegedly). The principle is there, the technology works… all that’s left to see is if it will be widely adopted.
More on Meatless meat here [Vox].
Conclusion
Technology has a tendency to hold a dark mirror to society, reflecting both what’s great and evil about its makers. It’s important to remember that technology is often value-neutral; it’s what we do with it day in, day out that defines whether or not we are dealing with the “next big thing”.
Quotes by Nicholas Johnson From The Age Of 17
- The sun may rise in the morning and then again, it may not. There’s peace to be found in being prepared for either event.
- I don’t define my x’s faults, to define those faults would be to define my judgment at that time.
- If your following of tradition is correct, perhaps being in this social malfunction is correct as well.
- Success does not and can not exist outside the realm of practicality.
- Humans do not see reality, we interpret our perception of it.
- To err is human; to continue to err is ignorant.
- Marriage is beautiful; having it authenticated by your state is legalized prostitution.
- You believe you’re intelligent yet a dog in New Guinea understands the phrase to, “rollover” and you do not.
- As you equate money to wealth a man living in a tent may be wealthier than you.
- You hate that he lies to you about where he goes, you loved when he lied to you about your irresistibility.
- She’s not “your” wife! She’s someone that decided to share her life with you. She can’t cheat. She just decided to share a portion with someone else. Do like the Brooklyn Bridge and get over it!
(1)
- Public affectionate expressions may be inappropriate unless it’s “you” that are in the act.
- Societies are not held together by benevolence, the bond can be found in the agreement upon a perceived enemy.
- Your idea of love may be another’s idea of possession.
- America was the greatest country in the world, did your view vanish with your 401K and pension.
- You may dislike Muslims & Jews but you dislike people in your church so what does it matter?
- You won’t eat pork but you’ll eat a woman that just had a ham sandwich.
- Most Americans want to stop illegal aliens and they also want cheap produce.
- The world has all these problems yet no one admits any responsibility.
- When I want to confuse people, I tell them the truth.
- White supremacy groups are hiring but I have a criminal record.
- I wasn’t born Godly or Un-Godly; I was born imminent to be.
- As I struggle to update and affirm my definitions of “me”, someone that has never saw me already has defined my being.
(2)
- You gave your dog a name that is not his name at all. The pup’s mother made noises, postures, growls, etc. to get the animal's attention, that was the combination of his name. You gave the animal a label that would never compare to its name.
- America will never recover from its actions, that’s why we have oxycodone.
- Credibility = When a group of people (Intelligent or not) agree upon a topic. I.E. Having money means you’re successful.
- I will remain undefinable.
- If you’re seeking infallible dependability, search deities.
- Looking for someone to answer the questions? When is it your turn?
- I don’t believe the “words” of anyone. Who can speak the truth beyond their perception of it?
- I love a liar; I never have to question their honesty.
- Perhaps “Game” started with the cavemen when one short changed another for a piece of meat. Your hustle isn’t new, it’s just an adaptation to an old game.
- Say something stupid & I won't reply. I don't keep spare "attention" in my mental bank account.
- It's easy to get along with women when you fully interpret that they answered your question 15 minutes before you asked it.
- Answers make little difference in comparison to the paths we take to get them.
(3)
- Live, love & laugh is cool...but..I'm more the study, attack & succeed type...just my priorities.
- Americans are similar to abused women. The Government and Central Bank keep their foot in your ass yet you remain loyal.
- The most difficult prisons to escape from have no walls or steel bars. Some will get that...
- It's not that I'm a "good" guy; I simply can't see putting all the effort in to telling u a lie.
- You’ll tip a stripper or masseuse yet you won't tip the educator of your children...stuck on stupid and can't push the other button.
- You wanted a man with worldly knowledge and ability yet you wanted to limit him within your belief system...conflicting aspirations.
- Hey genius, street crime is finished. You have to attend college to be of consideration in the crimes of today.
- Whites are getting closer to Blacks, Christians closer to Jews. It seems the fear of the Islamic world has you seeking new bed fellows.
- People that never contributed to where you’re at in life will still try and tell you how to get where you’re going.
- I made my life; you really think I’m going to ask your permission to live it?
- I did it all and lived to talk shit about it!
- I need unquestionable loyalty; that’s why I’m buying a dog.
- A man that watches, "The View"...nah...your not light in the slippers...u just got a little sand in it...
(4)
- If the US monetary system goes pop; farmers and hookers will be running the show.
- 95% of Americans are in a war unbeknownst to them so the question becomes: How can we win?
- I know people that if it cost a dime to go around the world; they couldn’t make it out of the fuckin room.
- I’m single because no one seems to want a dog that doesn’t come when you call his name.
- Everything has a price. All prices are negotiable. Look inside yourself and make sure the offer is valid.
- The best things "of substance" in life required NO advertisement or promotion.
- Your father came by and picked up your dad to go to the bar.
- God gave me the whole world to live in. You only received a city? Different God or different perception?
- Leaders & followers? I may be headed to hell if my belief system is in error, but I won’t be following you.
- I argue for humanitarian efforts, grants, funding, etc. What prize is there in an argument with you?
- If you understood fractional reserve banking & The Jekyll Island Duck Hunt; You’d understand where we are.
- I can readily agree on a serious relationship however, our opinions on substance and time frames may differ.
(5)
- There are about 3,635,000,000 women on earth & AM I to let 1 call all the shots?
- If you care to rest in peace; it only stands to reason that you must live in peace.
- There is no winning "in" the game. To win the game; simply walk away from the table.
- I'm no more free than you. I feel as though I have a sense of choice where others do not.
- I have many things that I hold sacred & would like to live for. Your approval rating isn't one of them.
- It’s no longer about making money; it’s about hiding wealth. The game has changed.
- God has denied me many things yet he’s provided me with all my needs. Understanding the difference is where I find my blessings.
- Meeting assholes online has its benefits; better here than in real life right?
- I don't fit in boxes, limits elude me, expectations are nil and I'm damn good with it.
- I tend not to lie because I don't need anything..BUT..if you pay all my bills; I'll tell you some WHOPPERS!
- We tend to reach substance in life when the word, "Why" is placed before every thought.
(6)
- By the time I had attained enough skills to be a successful criminal; I no longer needed to be one.
- You really want to be a criminal in 2012'; you'll need a 4 year degree, resume & $ flow for starters!
- Care to understand how complicated someone’s life is? Count the keys on their keyring.
- You’re offering me some ass? I live on the beach; care to offer me some sand as well?
- A nocka told me that a real man can fry slab bacon buck naked....yeeeaaahh, I’m a bitch.
- I use to get angry with my x's until I began to understand that I was actually angry at the reflection of "me" I saw in them.
- Don't waste time trying to get them in the bed; that will come if you get them in the head.
- Emotions are an investment! Why invest when you see there's little or no positive return?
- Stupidity is quite like masturbation. Lock your door & do it alone, no need to share.
- Your life complicated? Missing 2nd gear isn't good and not having reverse plain ole sucks.
- The greatest misconception of my life was thinking, "If I hadn't seen it, it didn't exist or affect me".
- The only things I deserve in life are those which I create. Bite it, taste it, get it & spit it.
(7)
- You’re not God/Allah/Willy Wonka; not edible; not my enclosure; not H20; not precious metals...there for not in my food chain.
- Prostrated, allowing myself to be emasculated by individuals adhering to nonexistent doctrines is not a quality I possess.
- If u can recognize that we know nothing & understand even less than that; bring ur mind to 718...
- No one has ever "made" my life complicated. During moments of poor judgment, I allowed it.
- When one takes full responsibility for all their thoughts, actions & deeds; accolades are no longer needed & blame no longer exists.
- Don’t be bound by another’s standards, Individuality of Spirit suggests that you are the standard.....for you!
- Basic Concept of Chaos - X^{2} : X^{n} :: X^{10} X^{n}.
- I do have a cruel streak; as others try and sell me crap I often pretend I'm going to purchase.
- I don't understand this to be true yet I do interpret the concept of, "The bigger the bear; the bigger the gun required".
- You trapped a bear huh? I dare say it’s a bit late to think about food & a cage.
- When I came to interpret that all answers to all questions were within my reach; study is not what I do, it's the joy in all I do.
- It's not difficult & I'll "help" you but I don't need you...social sites are simply sociology 101...don't get it twisted.
(8)
- I won't tell anyone to, "Be real" with the interpretation that perpetrating a fraud is "their" real.
- There is no power outside me! God made me "complete" & society / indoctrination had me looking the wrong way.
- When people tell me "x" is doing this and "y" is doing that, I can trust to be true, "u" aren't doing anything.
- Do unto others as u would have them do unto you. Nah, screw that! I do unto "self" and leave others no choice.
- Crack kills but so does Micky D's and Taco Bell. I guess it depends on how fast you choose to die & who makes $$$.
- 1-39,000th to 1-57,000th of an inch. When you understand that there is much more light...
- My answer is correct; your question was incorrect. Keep asking me until my answer fits.
- What you see with your eyes is false and needs to be remembered. What you see with your mind through the lens of manifestation of “Self” through your Spirit requires no memory and most aren't even aware they have it.
- I, being a divine god created, and Him being God the Divine Creator. Read what he told the Jews before his crucifixion.
- If you could see the offers of ass in Cocoa Beach on a daily basis; you'd offer me golf lessons to get my attention.
- You're Black & celebrating the 4th of July? Yeeeaaah, you put the "N" in igger!
(9)
- You’re the bear and yep, I'm the badger. Do u fully understand the spirit of the beast you wish to consume? Nuff, fuk me said!
- Playa? The game has already been played! Those still here are simply watching your solo performance.
- Fellas, you may think ur getting some ass; my observations indicate that the ass is getting you.
- I'm no saint & think of crime. Crime, as I interpret it, requires a disposable 3 Mil to BEGIN! If I had a disposable 3 Mil?
- I find no favor in creating a vortex where one might "need" me. My thoughts are to show you how to not need me.
- Being labeled, "Smart" is not an accolade. It simply symbolizes that, "Your responsibility of contribution is of greater magnitude".
- It must be far beyond the individual believing themselves superior (Innate due to sociological invariance) would ever come to understand how a "supposed" inferior would think in such ways.
- It's very much how I once believed a child could never teach me anything yet I was incorrect. I had been viewing the child with inadequate depth of perception. I was not teaching the child to eat; the child was teaching me what he desired.
- These same feelings of superiority is a greater portion of the reason why, "The great white hope" is in a total state of - X^{2} : X^{n} :: X^{10} X^{n}
- I'm changing my name to Vladamire Muhammad Pupopskovich....people can talk shit in every country I visit.
- It is of minute significance what I’ve done in life; it is of Divine Significance what I do “Now”.
(10)
- A man that adheres to principles may find it hard to vote as choices of either candidate will align with none.
- Shouldn't the amount of pork be proportionate to the fork?
- God, yes. Faith, no. AM I to have faith in the bridge upon which I stand. HE IS so I AM.
- Human Beings "want" "to" set themselves apart from the "rest" of the animal kingdom viz. the "ability" "to" reason. Since "this" "ability" "seems" "seldom" utilized; what "then" "remains" to portray this separation? ...yessums..that was My Thought...
- ...in this symbiotic, multiplicity, dioramic,
personalized, specified of the impersonal...
I find an Absolute...
...if One allows another to set the Standard
of Living & Life for them, they are and will be
a slave to the perceptions of that master.
Nah, not me, I'll take the Big Prize or None at
all Fully Intertwined within Him, Him & Him to
which I AM the 4th Element of 1 Whole.
- ...popular theory supports the belief
that, "Man" & "Modern Man" existed
on earth at the same space time continuum...
yet selected "for" or selected "against" negated
mating between the differentiated A-T / G-C...
(Look up "double helix" & you'll get it)
Models established by Richard Leaky, "Lucy",
Australopithecus afarensis
...the Mayan Calendar...
...suggests that their is a new evolution afoot, "Modern Man"
is to evolve into, "Enlightened Man".
...does this suggest the end of the world...
Nope
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