Foundry’s WTF (27-Jan-2018)
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 — 🎮 💉
Web accessibility; digital twins; and real privacy on the internet.
Department of Smarter Cities — 💡🏙
Pedestrian + texting = Petextrian; cheap street fix; and an upcoming book about NYC where I contributed a chapter on Vision Zero.
Department of Shameless Plugs — 🤑 🔌
Twisted escalators in Paris; net neutrality explained by people who brought you the Whopper; and 'Breaking Bad' in one minute.
Department of Silver Linings — 🌈🎆
Wheelchair meets hoverboard; 2 monkeys; and tiny world.
Department of “we” the people — 🙋👨🏽💼👷🏿👩🏼🔬
Google's local news experiment; swearing for good; and social media.
Department of 1-picture-worth-1,000-words — 📷💬
Department of worthy quotes — 🎬 📖
« The future is already here — it’s just not very evenly distributed. » — William Gibson.
« I have never let my schooling interfere with my education. » — Mark Twain.
« The farther backward you can look, the farther forward you are likely to see. » — Sir Winston Churchill.
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