Arduino is an open-source electronics platform based on easy-to-use hardware and software. It’s intended for anyone making interactive projects, see TED video. Arduino boards (see list here) come in numerous types and may be connected to a wide variety of inputs (sensors, devices) and outputs (actuators, devices, computers). For example, the Arduino Fio boardis…
Recently revealed analysis of NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) data has delivered images of unseen quality. The images of the Moon’s terrain made possible by the Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter (LOLA) instrument onboard the LRO has been compared to similar images obtained using the Unified Lunar Control Network based on the best available data…
Complexity-induced risk. In the WEF 2015 Global Risks Report, the word ‘complexity’ is mentioned only 8 times and in a colloquial manner, never as an independent source of risk. Complexity is not mentioned in the Executive Summary of the report. And yet, as the complexity of the global society increases, it becomes probably the most…
Sustainability is a popular subject nowadays Sustainability implies permanence, a sort of steady-state, almost some kind of equilibrium. However, in today’s world, speaking of permanence or steady state is a contradiction to say the least. From an energetic-thermodynamic standpoint a system or a process is sustainable if there is sufficient long-term energy supply to keep…
Blog written on February 3-rd, 2015. After the anti-bailout party has won the elections in Greece, global stock indices have edged up and the Euro has rebounded. The reaction of the markets appears to be, after much trepidation, mild, almost nonexistent. Has the Syriza-effect been compensated by the ECB’s money-printing programme? It is too early…
