After the attacks on the Twin Towers, on September 11, 2001, the world entered a “new normality”. On the occasion of these attacks, new practices and technologies of surveillance and repression were installed throughout the spectrum of public and private space, which nullified the civil liberties granted until then. The “war on terror” imposed emergency mobilization for the purposes of managing the “Islamic threat”, which (emergency mobilization / urgent need) was then made permanent. Always in the name of “freedom”…
The evolution of the epidemic
Our saviors (and the friends of lockdown) claim that thanks to the measures we avoided the worst. And that now there is a need for new measures and lockdowns. The …
Telecommuting: the metadata in the service for measuring work productivity
The measurement of productivity has taken various forms over time. The quantity of the produced product/service is the basic criterion. Initially, with overall characteristics – how much the factory produces. …
The music is o.k., but the position is wrong!
What else can the hygiene lobby think of? Entrepreneurs from Warren County (Ohio, in case you’re interested) gave a small donation to high school students in the area, and had …
New materials (new relations with the world…)
We know that although many will consider the following sophisticated, those who better not read it are the wannabe “scientists” of antisocial media. A very recent techno-scientific achievement can make …
Whose health? (of the 4th industrial revolution!)
Digital technologies, human behavior data, and algorithmic decision-making are set to play an increasingly critical role in addressing future crises. As we increasingly place our hope for solving fundamental problems …
where is your mind?
The inventor is an american, studied at Harvard. His name is Han Bicheng, and his start-up BrainCo. His invention is sensors that by resting on the forehead “catch electrical signals” …
The data in the bank’s gis
400 million Indians will have to go through facial recognition to access their bank accounts. More than 400 million people in India who have bank accounts where benefits or various …
gadgets of pandemic
The futuristic building of Menai Science Park in wales predisposes imagination that something very important is happening there. As a branch of Bangor University and with a budget of 20 …
Robots don’t take our jobs. They become our supervisors!
Both politicians in their election campaigns and corporate executives at their conferences warn about an impending crisis due to automation – a crisis where workers will be replaced, gradually at …
“Smart” mask
Do you have troubles hearing what they tell you, behind the masks? Do you need to repeat what you say because they can’t hear you? Do you feel like you …
The games of science
Could research into the longed-for vaccine include video games, such as those played on a mobile phone, to spend time? Apparently, yes; in fact, they are a crucial element of the ideology that surrounds this research – and science in general. That of “citizens science”. The above spot is a war presentation of the eterna video game.