Singularity

“360 Burgers per Hour” – Meet the Burger Flipping Robot that Could Change Fast Food Forever

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Screen Shot 2014-08-13 at 11.14.54 AMPoliticians aside, I think that the vast majority of people pushing for a higher minimum wage are well intentioned. A good example of this is Nick Hanaeur in his recent article about how pitchfork’s are coming for the 0.01%. His article garnered an incredible amount of attention, and rightly so, but was in my opinion greatly lacking in solutions. While he accurately identified the perilousness of the current transformation of America into an undemocratic oligarchy, his primary solution revolved around raising the minimum wage. This is a superficial and largely meaningless answer to a symptom of a very structural problem.

If you want to solve structural problems you need structural solutions, and raising the minimum wage is not a structural solution. In case you missed it, I outlined my thoughts on the matter in the post: The Pitchforks are Coming…– A Dire Warning from a Member of the 0.01%.

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Video of the Day – Introducing “iDouches,” The Google Glass Wearers Who Claim Discrimination

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Screen Shot 2014-06-13 at 3.29.42 PMIf you follow me on Twitter, you will know that I harbor a great degree of derision for Google Glass. Beyond the fact that I think the contraption is essentially expensive birth control, the privacy infringing aspects of this device are dizzying. If you are my friend and start wearing Google Glass we can pretty much terminate the relationship right then and there.

Apparently, I’m not the only one, and in this hilarious segment by Jason Jones on the Daily Show, we are introduced to a new, and apropos term, “iDouche.” What is so amazing is the delusional mindset that pervades all of the “glass” wearers, to the point that one of them calls the act of being discriminated for wearing the monstrous headset a “hate crime.”

A great laugh heading into the weekend.

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Google’s Ultimate Goal: A Chip Inside Your Brain

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I know many of you will see this headline and assume I am about to link to some unknown conspiracy theory website with questionable sources, but you’d be wrong. This post is based on an article from the UK’s Independent that ran this past weekend. In it, reporter Ian Burrell visits Google’s headquarters and essentially … Read more

DARPA Unveils “Atlas”: A 6 Foot Tall Humanoid Robot

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Earlier this year I highlighted DARPA’s Argus, the world’s highest resolution video surveillance platform.  Well it appears DARPA has a new toy it wants to introduce you to.  It’s named Atlas and it is a 6-foot, 2-inch-tall humanoid robot. Coming for your taxes in 2020!  From The Verge: It’s not quite Terminator, but it’s not that far … Read more