Stories of the Inscrutable, Infallible, Inescapable MACHINE OF DEATH edited by Matthew Bennardo, Ryan North, and David Malki
Tag: Machine
The Robots are here: and they’re taking more than just jobs [Article]
A very interesting article by Tyler Cowen in the Politico titled “The robots are here“
“A modern textile mill employs only a man and a dog—the man to feed the dog, and the dog to keep the man away from the machines.” That is the world in which we now live.
The Ultimate Useless Machine – [Video]
The box that does absolutely nothing useful – except it is a great way to learn how to program. Jason Alleman shows off his Ultimate LEGO machine.
For all you coffee lovers out there [Invention]
‘text from the website’
Meet Velopresso, an innovative coffee vending trike for true off-grid selling of quality espresso on city streets, at trade fairs, events and in parks, etc. Designed from the ground up around a custom rear-steer tricycle, a unique pedal-driven grinder, and a robust gas-fired lever espresso machine, Velopresso is a celebratory fusion of human power, sensory pleasures and technology – old tech with hi-tech, bicycles and coffee, their engineering and aesthetics. The result is a unique hybrid machine with a compact footprint and near-silent, low carbon operation – fine coffee, no electricity, no motors, no noise!
The halfway house to nowhere [article]
Data vizualisation expert Robert Kosara explains why letting machines make all our decisions for us is probably suicidal for humanity. The Halfway House To Nowhere