Foundry’s WTF (30-Sep-2017)

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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.

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Department of 🎮 💉 (Digital Addictions)

Fake ads; accessibility; and your sensitive data.

French ads to warn when thinness is faked

Pornhub, the World's Biggest Adult Site, Gives Blind Users an Upgrade

Exposure of your sensitive data isn't a bug, it's a feature

Department of 💡🏙 (Smarter Cities)

"Trompe l'oeil" crosswalk; playfull parks; and affordable cabins.

Photos, Video: 3D crosswalk in Ísafjörður helps slow down speeding motorists

Opinion | How Parks Lose Their Playfulness

Tiny A-frame cabin costs just $700 to build

Department of 🤑 🔌 (Shameless Plugs)

"Tech Island"; Data Science and the City; and a new Braille.

Cornell Tech's Island Campus Isn't Like Your Old School

New York City: Data Science’s Best Bet for Growth and Opportunity

The Complicated Quest To Redesign Braille

Department of 🌈🎆(Silver Linings)

Spiraling treetop walkway; lynxes on the porch; and blockchains to save the world.

This Spiraling Treetop Walkway In Denmark Puts Every Other Tree Walkway To Shame

This Man Woke Up To A Strange Noise, Then He Saw This On His Porch (16 Pics)

Blockchains: How They Work and Why They'll Change the World

Department of 🙋👨🏽‍💼👷🏿👩🏼‍🔬(“we” the people)

New taxes; gerrymandering; and cash-only Puerto Rico.

Even One Percenters Think Trump's Tax Plan Is Trash

Can Data Defeat Gerrymandering?

With Widespread Power Failures, Puerto Rico Is Cash Only

Department of 🎬 📖 (worthy quotes)

« Michelangelo didn’t view sculpting in terms of creating a sculpture, but rather in terms of revealing it. In his view, the sculpture was already dwelling in the rock; the sculptor’s task was simply to chisel away the excess to reveal the beautiful form slumbering within. » —Eli J. Finkel, The All-or-Nothing Marriage.

« I’m trying to elevate small talk to medium talk. » — Larry David, Curb your enthusiasm.

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