With the use of active modeling software in digitally categorizing and recognizing patterns within satellite images, a group from Stanford University is testing the validity of identifying areas of poverty through computer generated analysis of photographs.  The group’s basis for testing includes five countries on the African continent. With the variables of basic infrastructure, including buildings, […]

While the company’s plans and testing regiments for automated drone delivery service has dominated news content and raised concerns with the reality of FAA (un)regulated public airspace, the latest PR barrage facilitated by team Jeff Bezos, involved a Boeing ‘heavy’ aircraft tactfully tagged with sleek ‘Prime Air’ livery and graphics gently executing bank turns above Seattle’s Seafair celebration. The […]

As the debate in regards to drones, public airspace and privacy concerns has yet to reach a culmination, a pair of teens were able to utilize their UAV and ultimately stop a crime in progress. In a story line rivaling Phillip K Dick’s Minority report, the boys tracked alleged boat thieves with a radio controlled drone […]

In the aftermath of a national of global firearm event, the obligatory corrective cycle courses through the main media nodes before dispersing to second party sites.  The process goes as follows- repeat, react rinse.  With the exponential onset of technology and the evolution of the DIY market, the regular appearance of “smart” gun lexicon has infiltrated tech-oriented […]

Grunge Era, meet the era of the Technocrats. In a celebration of diplomacy and outreach complete with an olive branch for show, a computer enthusiast and DIY extraordinaire has re-created Nirvana’s genre changing song Smells Like Teen Spirit in entirety using only recycled computer parts.  The unit called the “Floppotron” has made waves on all layers of […]