Olivia JeffersYou’re a buggy machine, and it’s okayHaving a rough time with yourself after the holidays? Ate too much, can’t stick to the gym? It’s anotNov 28, 2018Nov 28, 2018
Olivia JeffersinCompassionate Technologies#1: Sunday NewsletterDear Readers — It’s been over a year since April 2017, when I last wandered toward your inboxes on a Sunday morning. Since then, I’ve been…Aug 12, 2018Aug 12, 2018
Olivia JeffersinHumanizing TechPart III: The Biology of Machines, the Chemistry of TransistorsSilicon is doped with a little bit of something special that alters its normal behavior.Apr 27, 2017Apr 27, 2017
Olivia JeffersinHumanizing TechPart II: The Many Faces of a Neuron: Cell, Wire, and ComputerFrom a dense spaghetti-network of over 100 billion neurons and glial cells that the experience of consciousness arises.Apr 26, 2017Apr 26, 2017
Olivia JeffersinHumanizing TechPart I: The Mind of Matter, Delving into ConsciousnessWith conscious machines on the far horizon, there are so many ways to ask the question: what makes us, us?Apr 9, 2017Apr 9, 2017
Olivia JeffersinCompassionate TechnologiesHunger, Syria, and CRISPRPontifax Ag puts $10M into Doudna’s Caribou Biosciences, meaning CRISPR in the form of GMOs will soon become a global reality.Apr 4, 2017Apr 4, 2017
Olivia JeffersinHumanizing TechPart IV: Transistor, Meet NeuronThe very real science behind Elon Musk’s investment in Neuralink.Apr 2, 20171Apr 2, 20171
Olivia JeffersinCompassionate TechnologiesAlgorithm Serves as Togolese ‘Village Elder’ for Flood PredictionUsing algorithms to predict floods and assign early action in Togo, West AfricaMar 28, 2017Mar 28, 2017
Olivia JeffersinThrive GlobalWhen You’ve Found Mr. Right, Will Your Phone Know Before You Do?At the intersection of tech and dating.Feb 14, 2017Feb 14, 2017
Olivia JeffersTech in China? The History You Need to Know in 5 Minutes (Part One)Feb 7, 2017Feb 7, 2017