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Future Fibre: Cedar Falls Utilities

5 years ago 5 min read Future Fibre Municipal Internet

CFU is another solid example of municipally own Internet infrastructure that is run by a municipal utility. Much like EPB in Tennessee, there seems to be a definite advantage for municipalities that have their own utility arms.

Facebook AI powers John Deere robotics

5 years ago 5 min read automation Machine learning Software Open Source AI agriculture

Facebook is becoming active in the agricultural sector. As a company they build tools that can leverage massive amounts of data towards specific applications. In this case differentiating between weeds and desired plants, so that the former may be sprayed and the latter left to grow.

The radical benefits of virtual participation

5 years ago 7 min read Video conferencing Rural participatory Learning Internet Education

We tend to have a false collective assumption that health is binary. Either we’re healthy, or we’re sick. If we’re sick, we should be fixed, so we can be healthy again. Otherwise if we remain sick, we’re broken, and then tend to be marginalized by society and sometimes forgotten.

The radical benefits of virtual participation

5 years ago 7 min read Video conferencing Rural participatory Learning Internet Education

We tend to have a false collective assumption that health is binary. Either we’re healthy, or we’re sick. If we’re sick, we should be fixed, so we can be healthy again. Otherwise if we remain sick, we’re broken, and then tend to be marginalized by society and sometimes forgotten.

Future Tools: Qubes OS

5 years ago 8 min read Future Tools Operating System Open Source Encryption Security Privacy

The Qubes operating system, while focusing on computer security, also illustrates an aspect of digital we tend to ignore or take for granted: that identity is fluid and flourishing.