scoopit - Cognizant Transmutation https://www.ibd.com Internet Bandwidth Development: Composting the Internet for over Two Decades Mon, 27 Feb 2012 08:32:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1 https://i0.wp.com/www.ibd.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/fullsizeoutput_7ae8.jpeg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 scoopit - Cognizant Transmutation https://www.ibd.com 32 32 156814061 Gigabit Internet for $70: the unlikely success of California’s Sonic.net WHY NOWHERE ELSE? Hint: Oligopoly https://www.ibd.com/how-the-world-works/demand_transformation/gigabit-internet-for-70-the-unlikely-success-of-californias-sonic-net-why-nowhere-else-hint-oligopoly/ https://www.ibd.com/how-the-world-works/demand_transformation/gigabit-internet-for-70-the-unlikely-success-of-californias-sonic-net-why-nowhere-else-hint-oligopoly/#comments Mon, 27 Feb 2012 08:32:22 +0000 http://blog2.ibd.com/?p=1388 Via Scoop.it – Demand TransformationThey offer each house up to one gigabit per second in bandwidth, making this one of the fastest streets in America. For only $69.95/month (100MBps for $39.95, both include phone service. … Wondering “why can’t somebody else do this?” You’re asking the right question. But you may not like the answer.Via arstechnica.com

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They offer each house up to one gigabit per second in bandwidth, making this one of the fastest streets in America. For only $69.95/month (100MBps for $39.95, both include phone service. … Wondering “why can’t somebody else do this?” You’re asking the right question. But you may not like the answer.
Via arstechnica.com

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A study identifies early-stage technologies that could be combined to cut the cost of solar panels in half.
Via www.technologyreview.com

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]]> 1386 Rootstrikers: Organization to Clean Up Politics https://www.ibd.com/how-the-world-works/demand_transformation/rootstrikers-organization-to-clean-up-politics/ Sat, 25 Feb 2012 21:57:08 +0000 http://blog2.ibd.com/?p=1382 Via Scoop.it – Demand TransformationHOW DO WE CLEAN UP POLITICS? 1. Provide that public elections are publicly funded; 2. Limit, and make transparent, independent political expenditures, and; 3. Reaffirm that when the Declaration of Independence spoke of entities “endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights,” it was speaking of natural persons only.Via rootstrikers.org

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HOW DO WE CLEAN UP POLITICS?
1. Provide that public elections are publicly funded;
2. Limit, and make transparent, independent political expenditures, and;
3. Reaffirm that when the Declaration of Independence spoke of entities “endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights,” it was speaking of natural persons only.
Via rootstrikers.org

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]]> 1382 What Austerity Hath Wrought (More Austerity and Complete Control by Oligarchs) https://www.ibd.com/how-the-world-works/demand_transformation/what-austerity-hath-wrought-more-austerity-and-complete-control-by-oligarchs/ Wed, 22 Feb 2012 08:12:39 +0000 http://blog2.ibd.com/?p=1376 Via Scoop.it – Demand TransformationWhat’s the main impediment right now to jobs, jobs, jobs?Via www.theatlantic.com

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What’s the main impediment right now to jobs, jobs, jobs?
Via www.theatlantic.com

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]]> 1376 I tried to watch Game of Thrones and this is what happened – The Oatmeal https://www.ibd.com/how-the-world-works/demand_transformation/i-tried-to-watch-game-of-thrones-and-this-is-what-happened-the-oatmeal/ Wed, 22 Feb 2012 08:08:57 +0000 http://blog2.ibd.com/?p=1374 Via Scoop.it – Internet of the absurdWhat happens when The Oatmeal tries to pay to download Game of Thrones.Via theoatmeal.com

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What happens when The Oatmeal tries to pay to download Game of Thrones.
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]]> 1374 The coming medical revolution. We need HYPERINNOVATION to fix Health Care Crisis https://www.ibd.com/how-the-world-works/demand_transformation/the-coming-medical-revolution-we-need-hyperinnovation-to-fix-health-care-crisis/ Mon, 20 Feb 2012 01:42:18 +0000 http://blog2.ibd.com/?p=1368 Via Scoop.it – Creating the FutureTechnology has the potential to transform our concept of sickness.   There’s nothing in the 2,000-plus page [Healthcare] bill that gets into this kind of hyper innovative individual medicine, biosensor leveraging, genome and all these sorts of things – it doesn’t really show up.   But it is a great opportunity to make medicine and…

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Technology has the potential to transform our concept of sickness.   There’s nothing in the 2,000-plus page [Healthcare] bill that gets into this kind of hyper innovative individual medicine, biosensor leveraging, genome and all these sorts of things – it doesn’t really show up.   But it is a great opportunity to make medicine and healthcare more affordable. For example, it’s estimated that about a third of the $350 billion spent a year on prescriptions is a total waste. So there’s a great opportunity there, with gene-specific drugs.   If we do the 20 million echocardiograms, and almost as many abdominal and fetal ultrasounds, for free with ultrasound pocket devices, there are billions of dollar we could save there.   With sensors, if we could get tens of millions of people in this country to manage or prevent their diabetes that could have enormous financial implications.   And it’s the same for high blood pressure: 50 percent of people with high blood pressure do not have it adequately managed, so they’re vulnerable for strokes and heart attacks.   If we can manage it with a simple cellphone sensor, that would be an enormous potential to lower costs for stroke disabilities, heart attack, heart failure, all those sorts of things.
Via www.salon.com

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]]> 1368 I have a bad feeling about this (Star Wars meets the RIAA/MPAA) https://www.ibd.com/how-the-world-works/demand_transformation/i-have-a-bad-feeling-about-this-star-wars-meets-the-riaampaa/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 07:55:19 +0000 http://blog2.ibd.com/?p=1336 Via Scoop.it – Demand TransformationStar Wars meets the RIAA, the MPAA, Intellectual Ventures, and everyone else scheming to enthral the people with digital “rights” management and criminal prosecution of “file sharing.”Via raganwald.posterous.com

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Star Wars meets the RIAA, the MPAA, Intellectual Ventures, and everyone else scheming to enthral the people with digital “rights” management and criminal prosecution of “file sharing.”
Via raganwald.posterous.com

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]]> 1336 The Real Goal Of Regulating Buffer Copies? So Hollywood Can Put A Tollbooth On Innovation https://www.ibd.com/how-the-world-works/demand_transformation/the-real-goal-of-regulating-buffer-copies-so-hollywood-can-put-a-tollbooth-on-innovation/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:34:01 +0000 http://blog2.ibd.com/?p=1332 Via Scoop.it – Demand TransformationOne jaw-dropping leak is that that the treaty contemplates requiring licenses for ephemeral copies made in a computer’s buffer. That means that the buffers in your machine could need a separate, negotiated license for every playback of copyrighted works, and buffer designs that the entertainment industry doesn’t like — core technical architectures — would become legally…

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One jaw-dropping leak is that that the treaty contemplates requiring licenses for ephemeral copies made in a computer’s buffer. That means that the buffers in your machine could need a separate, negotiated license for every playback of copyrighted works, and buffer designs that the entertainment industry doesn’t like — core technical architectures — would become legally fraught because they’d require millions of license negotiations or they’d put users in danger of lawsuits.
Via www.techdirt.com

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]]> 1332 MoNETA: A Mind Made from Memristors – IEEE Spectrum https://www.ibd.com/how-the-world-works/demand_transformation/moneta-a-mind-made-from-memristors-ieee-spectrum/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 05:15:19 +0000 http://blog2.ibd.com/?p=1328 Via Scoop.it – Creating the Future DARPA’s new memristor-based approach to AI consists of a chip that mimics how neurons process information…   MoNETA will be a general-purpose mammalian-type intelligence, an artificial, generic creature known as an animat. With the DARPA hardware, we think we will be able to fit this level of intelligence into a shoebox. The key feature…

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DARPA’s new memristor-based approach to AI consists of a chip that mimics how neurons process information…   MoNETA will be a general-purpose mammalian-type intelligence, an artificial, generic creature known as an animat. With the DARPA hardware, we think we will be able to fit this level of intelligence into a shoebox.
The key feature distinguishing MoNETA from other AIs is that it won’t have to be explicitly programmed. We are engineering MoNETA to be as adaptable and efficient as a mammal’s brain. We intend to set it loose on a variety of situations, and it will learn dynamically.
Via spectrum.ieee.org

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]]> 1328 Lessig: The tyranny of tiny minds and big money: Time to rout the Cancer of Washington DC Insiders https://www.ibd.com/how-the-world-works/demand_transformation/lessig-the-tyranny-of-tiny-minds-and-big-money-time-to-rout-the-cancer-of-washington-dc-insiders/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:46:28 +0000 http://blog2.ibd.com/?p=1326 Via Scoop.it – Demand Transformation After three years, it’s time for Obama to deliver on his promise to curb money in politics…   The corruption of this government is a cancer. And you don’t launch an attack on cancer by prescribing good eating and exercise. Nor can you make change believable by pushing for reforms that won’t change anything in…

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After three years, it’s time for Obama to deliver on his promise to curb money in politics…   The corruption of this government is a cancer. And you don’t launch an attack on cancer by prescribing good eating and exercise. Nor can you make change believable by pushing for reforms that won’t change anything in that corruption. What Obama must do if he is to make American democracy possible again is to speak boldly, not practically, about reform. He has to give us the big ideas that would actually have an effect, not the pathetic tinkering that only makes the lobbyists laugh.
Via www.salon.com

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