“By 2025, Nanos will collaborate with one another to create swarms of Nanos (Figure 8-3) that can cover large outdoor and indoor areas. The swarms will have a level of autonomy and self-awareness that will allow them to shift formations in order to maximize coverage and cover down on dead spots.” - the U.S. Army Unmanned Aircraft Systems Roadmap 2010–2035… yes, such a thing seems to exist. What in the actual fuck…
As Boston Review points out, the minaret is a “nice” touch here…
Technocracy!!
how DYFL didn’t go with this one I have no idea. I love McCay’s work in general, but I think his editorial cartoons in particular are incredibly fascinating. (via Golden Age Comicbook Stories)
Remotely Controlled Targeted Killing Program »
The CIA’s invisible covert target killing program. assassination from the sky by drones. Is this the moral or legitimate use of state power? We are doing it with no restrictions to where.
Listen to Jane Mayer talk about this on NPR’s Fresh Air with Terry Gross.I heard this segment on the radio this afternoon. The particularly terrifying parts were the discussions about the “nano drones,” small enough to follow people around, even entering buildings through open windows, and the the midair-refueling operations for Predator drones, enabling perpetual drone operations.
I’ve probably said this before (especially regarding bombing planes that never need to land), but these are ideas straight out of the work of Phillip K. Dick… The most paranoid of the American science-fiction writers has also been the most prophetic.
Life of an Archivist: If you work in the biz, you know how amazing/true/funny this comic is.
(you better BELIEVE i am now subscribed to Derangement And Description. Cred to Helrond for the hookup)
It is Ada Lovelace Day.
Did you hear? Today we are supposed to blog about women in technology. Hurrah! Since blogging, women and technology are the triumvirate ruling my professional life (and everything else I do every day), I figured I should acknowledge it with someone else’s Ada Lovelace Day post:
So, via Jay Rosen, here’s a list of women doing some hyperlocal blogging. Rad!
Additionally, if I haven’t talked to you about it already, these three blogs— Feministing, Jezebel, and Feministe— are the subjects of my thesis, and you should check them out. They make for some pretty great studying, and I would be sick of this project by now if they weren’t so good so consistently.
Hell yes, Big Ups to ladies and their tech! Check out the ladies of NYC Resistor who all do great work (some of might recognize former Project Runway contestant and fashion-tech innovator Diana Eng).
Also, in celebration Adafruit Industries is having a sale. Cash in! (Buy me a kit!)
