Foundry’s WTF (07-Oct-2017)
The Foundry’s Weekly Technology Fix (WTF) is a curated list of articles/posts/etc. we found interesting. The Foundry @ Cornell Tech transforms research and ideas into products.
Send your suggestions to wtf-digest@cornelltech.io .
Department of 🎮 💉 (Digital Addictions)
Avoid distraction and getting into deep work; tech support via AR/VR; and algorithms gone rogue.
Department of 💡🏙 (Smarter Cities)
Smart street lights; safer streets in Philadelphia; and internet-beaming balloons over Puerto Rico.
Department of 🤑 🔌 (Shameless Plugs)
Blockchain workshop at Cornell Tech; greatest compliment for a crypto-currency (the co-founder of ZCash is a postdoc at Cornell Tech); and an eye-opening TED talk about food security.
Department of 🌈🎆(Silver Linings)
Typography in 5min; Japanese countryside art; and the hidden life of Starbucks' iconic mermaid.
Department of 🙋👨🏽💼👷🏿👩🏼🔬(“we” the people)
Emotional labor; people's memories of logos; and some genius hacks.
Department of 🎬 📖 (worthy quotes)
« Culture is our most distinctive evolved strategy for survival and reproduction. […] By scaffolding discoveries across generations rather than limiting them to an individual life span, our ability to function within cultures has placed humans atop the food chain, doubled our life expectancy, and brought comfort to our everyday existence. » — Eli Finkel, The All-or-Nothing Marriage.
« Mystery is not about traveling to new places but about looking with new eyes. » — Marcel Proust.
“Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity.” — Simone Weil, French philosopher.
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