Ed Dowding

Month: July 2011

Federated networks of food providers

Music to my ears: It was always felt by the group that technology might exist (or be developed cost‐effectively) that could allow individual group members to place orders directly with suppliers whilst consolidating these orders and providing the supplier and the distribution company with consolidated bulk orders for ease of transport. Joining the Dots, Sustain ...

How algorithms shape our world

Kevin Slavin argues that we’re living in a world designed for — and increasingly controlled by — algorithms. In this riveting talk from TEDGlobal, he shows how these complex computer programs determine: espionage tactics, stock prices, movie scripts, and architecture. And he warns that we are writing code we can’t understand, with implications we can’t ...

The world’s most incredible photo

Just look at this: And still we fart around with insignificant nonsense. What greater reminder do you need that we’re floating on a ball in space, and the world can be whatever we want it to be? BBC News – Space shuttle Atlantis makes final landing.

Link round up

Find out what the soil is like in your area using the soil database from the National Environmental Research Council Did you know that Henry Ford encouraged soldiers to strike during WW1? He took a ship full of peace protesters to Europe on the Ford peace ship to appeal to the “good sense of the lads” to ...