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A homeowner’s guide to living on Mars

Aug07
by on August 7, 2018 at 1:19 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Space, syndication


If you had to live the rest of your life on Mars, what would you miss the most? Figuring out how we could we be comfortable living on the red planet is a challenge but with increasing discussion about how to send people to Mars with the ultimate aim of colonizing the planet, how to replace the sensation of the sunshine on your face or the grass beneath your feet is prescient one. Luckily there is no shortage of expertise. On May 16, 2018, I organized a workshop at the University of Bristol in collaboration with local artists Ella Good…

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West Virginia to roll out blockchain-powered voting app – but there’s a caveat

Aug07
by on August 7, 2018 at 1:01 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, blockchain, Hard Fork


West Virginia is preparing to roll out a voting app in the upcoming mid-term elections that will be powered by blockchain tech, but there’s a catch. In March 2018, West Virginia piloted a scheme to allow their overseas military personnel to vote in state elections from their smartphone. The scheme implemented a solution developed by Boston-based startup Voatz, which uses facial recognition software to verify the voter, and store the anonymized votes on blockchain. Naturally, the geographical location of the voter – in this case, soldiers – is of little importance. As long as they can be verified as a…

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West Virginia to roll out blockchain-powered voting app – but there’s a caveat

Aug07
by on August 7, 2018 at 1:01 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, blockchain, Hard Fork


West Virginia is preparing to roll out a voting app in the upcoming mid-term elections that will be powered by blockchain tech, but there’s a catch. In March 2018, West Virginia piloted a scheme to allow their overseas military personnel to vote in state elections from their smartphone. The scheme implemented a solution developed by Boston-based startup Voatz, which uses facial recognition software to verify the voter, and store the anonymized votes on blockchain. Naturally, the geographical location of the voter – in this case, soldiers – is of little importance. As long as they can be verified as a…

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Cloudflare Stream makes it easy (and cheap) for developers to work with video

Aug07
by on August 7, 2018 at 1:00 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Design & Dev


Cloudflare has announced the general availability of Cloudflare Stream, its streaming video service, almost one year after it first launched in a limited beta. In a nutshell, Cloudflare Stream makes it easy for developers to insert video into their websites and applications without having to deal with existing players — like Vimeo, Facebook, and YouTube. Previously, if a developer wanted to roll their own video platform, they’d have to build an entire infrastructure capable of handling encoding, content delivery, and playback. This is no small task, and can explain why there are so few video startups, despite the massive popularity…

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Cloudflare Stream makes it easy (and cheap) for developers to work with video

Aug07
by on August 7, 2018 at 1:00 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Design & Dev


Cloudflare has announced the general availability of Cloudflare Stream, its streaming video service, almost one year after it first launched in a limited beta. In a nutshell, Cloudflare Stream makes it easy for developers to insert video into their websites and applications without having to deal with existing players — like Vimeo, Facebook, and YouTube. Previously, if a developer wanted to roll their own video platform, they’d have to build an entire infrastructure capable of handling encoding, content delivery, and playback. This is no small task, and can explain why there are so few video startups, despite the massive popularity…

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