Stoas full of sensors. Robotic vehicles and excavators. Sensors on the ground surface. And a “control center”, with dozens of operators in front of screens: the old miners could never …
mythematic stories about the destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Introduction by the translator: Green technologies in a shade of… phosphorescent Suddenly, nuclear technology seems to be going through a second youth. While until recently (and especially after the accident …
Is artificial intelligence vulnerable?
This is supported by the well-known company Kaspersky Lab (specialized in searching for malicious interventions in electronic networks). They named “injections” various actions intended to feed the databases behind the …
drones versus drones: automation of war?
The (flying) drones, or otherwise UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicle), became internationally known as an American invention, at the beginning of the NATO invasion of Afghanistan. Against lightly armed insurgents: a …
Smart smartness!
AI models, such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT, are simply insatiable when it comes to their thirst for electrical energy… The more data they collect, the smarter they become, but the more …
It cares for me, therefore I feel attached
You may not have a home robot yet (vacuum cleaner?) – but 20 years ago you didn’t have a “smart phone” either; you didn’t even know such a remote control …
Vaccine debunking: the attack continues!
Underground, silent, without projection by demagogues, “in whispers,” literally, a plan that, for the masses of ignorants, seems forgotten, is promoted: a European (with the prospect of being imposed as …
Lunar
If you plan to move to the moon (something that seems possible in the coming decades, although initially only for scientists and convicts…), you won’t need to bring water with …
Geomechanics: now who (will be) are the conspiracy theorists?
While the term “climate change” is familiar, the term “geoengineering” is still relatively new. Yet: it emerges as the “remedy” or, at least, one of them…More than 4 years ago …
Biohackers encoded malware in a strand of DNA
When biologists synthesize DNA, it is assumed that they take care not to create or spread a dangerous piece of genetic code that could be used to create a toxin …
Anthropocene?
Trying to document whether “human activities” (where “human” means capitalist) have affected the planet to such an extent that a “new epoch” can be defined for it, geologists (and perhaps …
The “Immaculate Conception of Data”
When a farmer buys a tractor from the agricultural machinery company John Deere, they receive a license to operate the vehicle. Nowadays, tractors are not like the old vehicles of …