#Tech Daffodils flourishing in sidewalk cracks, pigeons and starlings congregating on overhead power lines, rats living in your apartment walls — no matter how urban humans strive to make our environments, nature’s flora and fauna will make themsel...
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Hitting the Books: How the interplay of science and technology brought about iPhones
#Tech Scientific research and technological advancement have gone hand-in-hand since the invention of the wheel. Without research, we lack the knowledge base to advance the state of technology and, without technological advancement we lack the func...
Saturday, November 27, 2021
Hitting the Books: How Amazon laundered the 'myth of the founder' into a business empire
#Tech We've heard the fable of "the self-made billionaire" a thousand times: some unrecognized genius toiling away in a suburban garage stumbles upon The Next Big Thing, thereby single-handedly revolutionizing their industry and becoming insanely r...
Saturday, November 13, 2021
Hitting the Books: Why we can't 'beam ourselves up' Star Trek-style
#Tech Gene Roddenberry was a man ahead of his time, accurately predicting the development of fantastical gadgets like flip phones, tablet computers, Bluetooth and bionic eyes — even tractor beams. But one technology Roddenberry called for in the 19...
Tuesday, October 12, 2021
Ford's Mach-E GT is an American muscle car for the 21st century
#Tech Sunlight filters down through towering pines, dappling the “grabber blue” skin of my Ford Mach-E GT as it gallops along Highway 1, heedless trivialities like “defensive driving technique” and “speed limits.” Irma Thomas is crooning through th...
Saturday, October 9, 2021
Hitting the Books: How Los Angeles became a 'Freewaytopia'
#Tech Some 515 miles of freeway snake through greater Los Angeles, connecting its 10 million residents from Sylmar in the north all the way down to the shores of San Pedro. Since the opening of the Arroyo Seco Parkway in 1940, have proven vital to ...
Sunday, October 3, 2021
Hitting the Books: Why that one uncle of yours continually refuses to believe in climate change
#Tech The holidays are fast approaching and you know what that means: pumpkin spice everything, seasonal cheer, and family gatherings — all while avoiding your QAnon adherent relatives like the plague. But when you do eventually get cornered by the...
Friday, October 1, 2021
Honda announces plans to build electric VTOLs and telepresence robots
#Tech Honda builds much more than cars and trucks — power equipment, solar cells, industrial robotics, alternative fuel engines and even aircraft are all part of the company's production capacity. On Thursday, Honda announced that it is working to ...
Saturday, September 18, 2021
Michigan State Police to begin testing Ford Mach-E Interceptors
#Tech The next time you get pulled over in Michigan, it could be by a cop in an electric SUV — at least if Ford has anything to say about it. The American automaker is stepping up its Police Interceptor program, which modifies existing models for u...