I had an eye exam last week and opted to have ultra-widefield retinal photos of my eyes taken instead of dilating them. I asked them to email the images to me and they did!

I also had wavefront images taken; this kind of analysis was used in the past for Lasik, but it is now being [...]

The United Villages project offers internet to remote areas of the developing world, via a fleet of buses and motorcycles!

Someone has been tagging “Lotek” in the Mission recently.
Gv: 18th between mission and valencia?
AA: That’s the one! There’s also one on a mannequin on mission near 20th… on the neck!
We don’t think that it is anyone we know, just a coincidence.

My friend Akiha sent me a link to this video. It promises to build space and connections with/between photos.

UK scientists have developed technology that enables artificial limbs to be directly attached to a human skeleton.  BBC article link.

Microsoft is getting into robotics

This weekend I had the pleasure… neigh, the privilege of attending the Accelerating Change conference at Stanford University. This is a futurist conference produced by the non-profit organization ISAC - The Institute for the Study of Accelerating Change.
The attendees and speakers represented a wide range of people from many various backgrounds… in summary: interdisciplinary… but [...]