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Joyspan, Emotional AI Bumpers, Persona Designers, & More Wild Concepts Bound to Become Commonplace Plus Where High-Tech Entertainment Brings Us

Implications, by Scott Belsky • 471 implied HN points • 19 Dec 23
🕹 Technology Artificial Intelligence Entertainment Digital Experiences AI Applications Future Technology
  1. Society evolves as wild concepts become mainstream, like connected appliances and AI-powered persona designers.
  2. The future of entertainment will focus on shared, authentic, non-scalable experiences over high-tech extravagance.
  3. Scarcity and authenticity will be essential in the next wave of digital experiences, emphasizing uniqueness and community connections.

The 3-D Transistor Transition

The Asianometry Newsletter • 1861 implied HN points • 05 Jul 23
🕹 Technology Semiconductors Innovation Manufacturing Future Technology
  1. The semiconductor industry shifted to producing 3-D transistors like the FinFET for better control over the channels.
  2. Classical scaling involved shrinking transistor dimensions to improve performance, power, and area gains.
  3. 3-D transistor designs like FinFETs and Gate all around are pushing semiconductor technology forward, but come with added complexity and cost.

Vision

Sucks to Suck • 707 implied HN points • 13 Jun 23
🕹 Technology Hardware Augmented reality Design Marketing Future Technology
  1. Software designers should be eager for the success of new technologies like AR/VR for continued employment opportunities.
  2. Apple's new AR/VR headset, Vision, follows a historical pattern of product launches indicating a potential for success.
  3. An important consideration for the future of Vision is whether it will evolve to address hardware design, pricing, and human possibilities.
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Hedonic Escalators, Neuro Rights, And More

Learning Machine • 39 implied HN points • 11 Feb 24
🕹 Technology Innovation Ethics Technology Trends Future Technology Tech Events
  1. Seek out hedonic escalators - activities that keep increasing fun instead of adapting to a baseline.
  2. Advocate for neuro rights to protect free will, mental privacy, and personal identity as technology advances.
  3. Use simple filters, like a boring-sounding name, to attract genuinely interested audiences for better engagement.

Is this how you do the ... Tweet?

Links I Would Gchat You If We Were Friends • 0 implied HN points • 13 Feb 15
🕹 Technology Online Dating Artificial Intelligence Social media Digital Culture Future Technology
  1. Computers may change us rather than just making us better at human tasks like traditional tools do.
  2. Operation Match, a 50-year-old 'app,' had similarities to modern online dating platforms like Tinder.
  3. A bot named Tinderbox takes Tinder to the next level by treating people as data entries within the app.

Why self driving cars are/aren't better than human drivers long term

Hazy Bridge • 0 implied HN points • 13 Jul 23
🕹 Technology Transportation Autonomous Vehicles Safety Future Technology
  1. Self-driving cars offer increased safety by eliminating human error on the roads.
  2. Self-driving cars can optimize traffic flow and reduce congestion through 24/7 operation.
  3. Self-driving cars enhance accessibility for individuals with limited mobility and offer productivity and convenience benefits for all passengers.

NASA's Relationship with Commercial Space

SpaceDotBiz • 0 implied HN points • 28 Sep 23
🔬 Science Space Industry Government regulations Future Technology Climate change
  1. Lori Garver played a crucial role in the success of commercial space programs at NASA, preventing early defunding and supporting SpaceX.
  2. Certain government space products and services, like launch vehicles and data, can be more efficiently purchased commercially rather than built internally.
  3. Efforts to promote diversity and inclusion in the aerospace industry require intentional actions from leadership, programs like the Brooke Owens Fellowship show positive impact.

Seriously the best. (Read: worst.)

Links I Would Gchat You If We Were Friends • 0 implied HN points • 29 May 15
🕹 Technology Internet Language Future Technology
  1. The Internet is seeing a rise in the use of Esperanto, a language intended for global unity.
  2. There is a possibility that in the future, technology may enable people to upload their brains to machines, posing a question about eternal consciousness.
  3. Silicon Valley workers are reportedly facing challenges related to love and intimacy, leading to an interest in potential reality TV content.