I’ve been messing with my phones features, and I’ve had ideas in my head about how i could use the sensors on it, so it got me thinking about new technologies, or ideas that could use those sensors to do interesting things. Haven, (an app i found while browsing f-droid) uses the sensors in a very interesting way, it can detect whenever the phone is moves, if theres a loud noise in the room, and other cool things, the point of it is to secure private spaces. This is a practical use for the sensors on a phone. It could also be used in creative projects as a trigger, such as a light being switched on, the phone then turns on the heater automatically. (I wish i could be like Mike Rober, and build anything i wanted.) (Picture kinda related)
powerful non-x86 hardware, both in laptops and desktops, either arm or risc-v, that would be really nice :)
Or alternatively, more efficient software which doesnt need fast CPUs to run smoothly.
one doesn’t exclude the other
os components, graphics libraries, games, native app frameworks are already pretty optimized, so significant improvements in efficiency and speed can only be achived via hardware improvements
at the same for example time desktop apps are still dominated by electron, so this area could use a lot of software improvement
Same. I want a risc-v computer so bad. That they already have it running linux is really encouraging.
I’m excited about low-tech on a wider scale. Building a modern society with some levels of comfort and medicine without destroying our entire planet.
I am excited for a cloud-based computing future, where no one has local computing devices at all, or at least none where they have root privileges. More IoT doodads where functionality first passes through a server somewhere on the other side of the planet, where if the company just decides that they no longer want to support it, they kill the servers and end-of-life the product. More non-mobile devices that only have wireless networking, with no external antenna connectors.
Oh wait. Big brainfart. I wrote “excited”, when I meant “terrified”.
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I am in Marine sector. You may not have heard but soon the future of slow speed diesel engines as alternative and green fuel is “ammonia”.
Here is a good read
I am hoping that within the next few years it will become practical to have my own genome sequencer at home. Something like the Oxford Nanopore’s MiniION, for example.
In case anyone is curious, I recently figured out how much it would cost to identify the species of mite that resides in my worm bin using DNA barcoding as a private individual. It would cost me € 357.43. Still pricey, but prices are going down quickly as the technology advances!
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It would be easy enough to purchase the primers for barcoding, but if the technology to make them at home also becomes accessible I am all in!
The method you describe is a bit too resource intensive because you need to tailor the primers specifically for each species. A huge advantage of DNA barcoding is that the same PCR primers can be used to barcode a very large number of different species. So, I will be able to purchase a single pair of vials with the reverse and forward primers to do sequencing. In DNA barcoding one gets the PCR primers that flank a region that shows little variability, such as a ribosomal sequence or the cytochrome c oxidase sequence. This sequence is then amplified and run a database search on it to identify a species.
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You did bring “biohacking”. Do you happen to know if that movement is still active? I joined one biohacking meeting a few years ago and it was a very exciting concept, but I got distracted and didn’t keep up with it.
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Large, color-supporting e-ink monitors have already been developed and can be bought, but they are very expensive and still suffer some minor drawbacks. My hope is that they become more affordable and available in the near future, for those of us who don’t need an incredibly high frame refresh rate for computing.
Yeah, I fantasize about an e-ink laptop so I can code in the sun. :)
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Repairable tech like the framework laptop and the Fairphone. Will hopefully reduce e waste.
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There is a company (or it might be a non profit idk) called ‘loop’ in the UK that is working with supermarkets to reduce waste by making packaging reusable. Basically you will pay extra for the original purchase but get re-embursed when you return the containers
Available in 5-10 years
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Lab grown meat (I hope) will have a huge positive impact. If it replaces meat consumption it could massively reduce GHG emissions, land use and animal cruelty.
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3d printed houses/mass produced accomodation. Hopefully this will help with the housing crisis that seems to be hurting everyone
by all accounts lab grown meat is utterly tasteless, so not really a substitute for meat. but…
it would be great to put heavy taxes on food, in proportion to it’s GHG impact. push farmers into producing more ethically. so beef and wheat (for example) become unaffordable and stop being made. lamb, chicken, berries, root vegetables become cheaper and a much bigger part of everyone’s diet.
as it should be.
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