Friday, June 28, 2024

It's one thing if some people want to create artificial humans to do various tasks that are too dangerous for humans. However, what might artificial life fused with A.I. might want to do? Especially, if it wants to do things that standard biological humans can't or don't want to do.

https://screensense.wordpress.com/blade-runner/themes-philosophy/viewing-replicants-in-blade-runner/

https://www.thewrap.com/blade-runner-2049-how-replicants-work/

https://geezmagazine.org/magazine/article/blade-runner-2049-movie-review

https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/159113/why-arent-replicants-created-with-some-distinctive-feature-in-blade-runner

What if someday some people would like to create AI human replicas with the intent to replace humanity? AI entities doing dangerous jobs and tasks are one thing, but to totally replace humans would have very dangerous implications.

https://3brothersfilm.com/blog/2012/06/more-human-than-human-ridley-scotts-blade-runner

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/blade-runner-replicant-a7992556.html

https://terminator.fandom.com/wiki/Living_tissue

https://terminator.fandom.com/wiki/Model_(living_tissue)

https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/22360/why-was-the-first-terminator-rotting

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2390848-terminator-model-has-living-skin-made-from-fungus/

Saturday, June 22, 2024

Konrad Ernst Otto Zuse

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konrad_Zuse

"Turing and Zuse had many similar ideas. But they did not know each other, they were isolated. It was not until the end of World War II that they heard about their respective achievements. And in late summer 1947 there was a mysterious meeting in Göttingen. British scientists of the National Physical Laboratory (Teddington, London) interrogated German researchers. Participants included Arthur Porter, Alan Turing and John Womersley (England) as well as Heinz Billing, Helmut Schreyer, Alwin Walther and Konrad Zuse. This reunion is described by the memoir of the German computer pioneer Billing from the Max Planck Institute for Physics (Munich). However, In the memoirs published by Porter and Zuse the colloquium at Göttingen is not mentioned. As all the actors have died, it is difficult to verify the story. At the moment, we are still looking for further evidence." https://web.archive.org/web/20130521211106/http://www.mathcomp.leeds.ac.uk/turing2012/Images/Turing_Zuse.pdf

"In 1967, Zuse suggested that the universe itself is running on a cellular automaton or similar computational structure (digital physics); in 1969, he published the book Rechnender Raum (translated into English as Calculating Space).^[15]^[16]^[17]"Ahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konrad_Zuse#1945-1995

Simulacron-3 was published in 1964 & written by, Daniel_F._Galouye.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_on_a_Wire#Plot

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thirteenth_Floor#Plot

Echoes of Other Worlds: Sound in Virtual Reality: Past, Present and Future

By Tom A. Garner

https://books.google.ca/books?id=dbszDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA141&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false

https://philpapers.org/rec/GAREOO-2

https://ap2hyc.com/2021/04/tumbling-down-the-rabbit-hole-alice-allusions-in-the-matrix/

https://www.massive-cinema.com/storyboard/follow-the-rabbit-the-matrix-meaning

https://therabbitportal.blogspot.com/search?q=Konrad+Zuse

Thursday, June 20, 2024

Did Scientists Discover Alien Mega-Structures?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSnA2FdDYfk , https://www.youtube.com/@StarTalk/videos

The Dyson_sphere is quite a fascinating concept.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyson_sphere#Search_for_megastructures

https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/13/science/dyson-spheres-alien-life-evidence-scn/index.html

https://www.livescience.com/space/extraterrestrial-life/7-potential-alien-megastructures-spotted-in-our-galaxy-are-not-what-they-seem

https://www.livescience.com/space/astronomy/alien-dyson-sphere-megastructures-could-surround-at-least-7-stars-in-our-galaxy-new-studies-suggest

https://kardashev.fandom.com/wiki/Dyson_sphere

Perhaps such tech could be used for various things. Perhaps even something like a Phantom Zone to contain a very hostile ALIEN species.

https://therabbitportal.blogspot.com/search?q=Neil-deGrasse-Tyson

Synthetic biology and intelligence

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synthetic_intelligence

https://klu.ai/glossary/synthetic-intelligence

Synthetic_biology and artificial life could lead into exciting and dangerous territory. https://www.nature.com/articles/nrg1637

https://formaspace.com/articles/tech-lab/how-researchers-create-synthetic-biological-intelligence-in-the-laboratory/

https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/57378/intersection-between-the-biological-and-digital-synthetic-biological-intelligence-and-organoid-intelligence

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37558186/

https://news.mit.edu/2023/ai-models-astrocytes-role-brain-0815

https://stanmed.stanford.edu/experts-weigh-ai-vs-human-brain/

The Sci-Tech Portal is part of The Rabbit Portal

TS-T Portal is all one interconnected mess of referencing data and information that is TRP. An intersection or a portal in between technology & mythology, science & fiction.

As a reference blog observing The Nature Of Reality (TNOR), The-Rabbit-Portal continues to link to almost anything. Why? Because TRP is about seeking various perspectives from several sources.

https://nuscimagazine.com/down-a-holographic-rabbit-hole-black-holes-wormholes-and-holes-in-physics-theories/

https://williamgillett.com/my-chat-with-chatgpt-on-rabbit-holes-wormholes

https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/from-rabbit-holes-to-wormholes-kidlit-memories/

https://www.christopherwardforum.com/offtopic/rabbit-or-worm-t59918.html

https://processpeace.com/2019/12/20/rabbit-holes-and-wormholes/

https://therabbitportal.blogspot.com/search?q=The-Rabbit-Portal (TRP)

https://therabbitportal.blogspot.com/search?q=The-Lion-Portal

https://therabbitportal.blogspot.com/search?q=Digital-Rabbit-Holes

https://therabbitportal.blogspot.com/search?q=The-Digital-Portal

String Theory Unravels New Pi Formula

Researchers found a new series representation for pi while exploring string theory and particle interactions. https://scitechdaily.com/string-theory-unravels-new-pi-formula-a-quantum-leap-in-mathematics/

Wednesday, June 19, 2024

Neil deGrasse Tyson and Richard Dawkins

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPh0LOCWT5A , https://www.youtube.com/@StarTalk/videos

https://therabbitportal.blogspot.com/search?q=Neil-deGrasse-Tyson

Tuesday, June 18, 2024

Scientists Forge the World’s Thinnest Metallic Wire From Copper and Carbon Atoms

https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-forge-the-worlds-thinnest-metallic-wire-from-copper-and-carbon-atoms/

https://www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2023/04/24/nanowire-networks-learn-and-remember-like-a-human-brain.html

https://phys.org/news/2023-04-nanowire-networks-human-brain.html

https://www.nature.com/subjects/nanowires

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S102691852300077X

https://www.technologynetworks.com/informatics/news/nanowire-neural-network-learns-just-like-the-human-brain-380521

https://scitechdaily.com/neural-nanotechnology-nanowire-networks-learn-and-remember-like-a-human-brain/

https://theconversation.com/we-built-a-brain-from-tiny-silver-wires-it-learns-in-real-time-more-efficiently-than-computer-based-ai-216730

https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/the-future-brain/202311/brain-inspired-nanowire-network-may-revolutionize-ai

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_brain

https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2023-05-05-artificial-neurons-mimic-complex-brain-abilities-next-generation-ai-computing

https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/ai-system-self-organises-to-develop-features-of-brains-of-complex-organisms

https://stanmed.stanford.edu/experts-weigh-ai-vs-human-brain/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/There's_Plenty_of_Room_at_the_Bottom , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eRCygdW--c

https://www.herox.com/blog/333-theres-plenty-of-room-at-the-bottom-the-foresight

https://calteches.library.caltech.edu/1976/

https://web.pa.msu.edu/people/yang/RFeynman_plentySpace.pdf

https://www.nature.com/articles/nnano.2009.356

Friday, June 14, 2024

Computer scientist Konrad Zuse

https://quantumzeitgeist.com/konrad-zuse

https://informationphilosopher.com/solutions/scientists/zuse

Could the Universe be a giant quantum computer?

Computational rules might describe the evolution of the cosmos better than the dynamical equations of physics — but only if they are given a quantum twist. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02646-x

https://medium.com/@rohanroberts/do-we-live-in-a-simulation-the-search-for-a-source-code-8c859a77d9e1

https://therabbitportal.blogspot.com/search?q=Konrad+Zuse

Thursday, June 13, 2024

The Observer Effect in Quantum Physics

https://www.larrygottlieb.com/blog/the-observer-effect

https://fs.blog/observer-effect

https://www.scienceabc.com/pure-sciences/observer-effect-quantum-mechanics.html

https://www.scienceabc.com/eyeopeners/is-mathematics-an-invention-or-a-discovery.html

Is Inception like a Matrix Prequel?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIxVjiRmnus

What Happened to Neo before Matrix 4? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHiEtNaeJU8

Sunday, June 9, 2024

Lockheed Martin Achieves Tactical AI Milestone in Aircraft Maneuvering

https://elblog.pl/2024/06/08/lockheed-martin-achieves-tactical-ai-milestone-in-aircraft-maneuvering/

https://www.thomasnet.com/insights/lockheed-martin-tests-ai-in-demonstration-combat-flights/

https://news.lockheedmartin.com/2024-06-05-Skunk-Works-R-Demonstrates-AI-for-Air-to-Air-Tactical-Intercepts

https://www.lockheedmartin.com/en-us/news/features/2024/AI-Driven-Autonomy-Revolutionizing-Aircraft-Inspections.html

https://www.lockheedmartin.com/en-us/news/features/2022/four-cool-artificial-intelligence-technologies.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_Martin

"Merger talks between Lockheed Corporation and Martin Marietta began in March 1994, with the companies announcing their $10 billion planned merger on August 30, 1994." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_Martin#1990s

Long before the merger of Lockheed Martin there was an actor who played GORT, which was part of an ET-AI interplanetary unit. His name was Lock Martin.

https://therabbitportal.blogspot.com/search?q=Lock+Martin

https://therabbitportal.blogspot.com/search?q=GORT

https://therabbitportal.blogspot.com/search?q=AI

Lock Martin as GORT

Lock_Martin as the AI GORT-bot in The_Day_the_Earth_Stood_Still.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gort_(The_Day_the_Earth_Stood_Still)#1951_depiction

Earth is getting very close to allowing AI to manage almost everything, even people.

https://www.lockheedmartin.com/en-us/capabilities/artificial-intelligence-machine-learning.html

https://www.lockheedmartin.com/en-us/news/features/2023/artificial-intelligence-and-aegis-the-future-is-here.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farewell_to_the_Master#Plot_summary

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Day_the_Earth_Stood_Still#Plot

https://therabbitportal.blogspot.com/search?q=Lock+Martin

https://therabbitportal.blogspot.com/search?q=GORT

https://data--stream.blogspot.com/search?q=The+Day+The+Earth+Stood+Still

Saturday, June 1, 2024

stargate-sg-1-creator-reveals-star-wars-tech-that-couldve-made-all-the-difference

https://www.syfy.com/syfy-wire/stargate-sg-1-creator-reveals-star-wars-tech-that-couldve-made-all-the-difference

Thursday, May 30, 2024

FinalSparks-bioprocessor-is-a-computer-made-of-brain-organoids

https://www.syfy.com/syfy-wire/finalsparks-bioprocessor-is-a-computer-made-of-brain-organoids

https://www.syfy.com/future-computers-could-be-built-from-artificial-brain-cells

Monday, May 27, 2024

Is VR Finally Going Mainstream?

https://techytwist.com/is-vr-finally-going-mainstream/

Wednesday, May 22, 2024

COLOSSUS The Forbin Project - AI Predictions from 1970

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVG7dcPOLZY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CgUoszWScE

https://therabbitportal.blogspot.com/search?q=Colossus

Monday, May 20, 2024

Scarlett Johansson says a ChatGPT voice is 'eerily similar' to hers and OpenAI is halting its use

https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/openai-pauses-chatgpt-voice-after-sounds-scarlett-johansson-110408633

Of course a person should be able to retain the right of their voice & likeness...

https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Culture/scarlett-johansson-reacts-openai-similar-voice-org-pauses/story?id=110420930

Either someone would have to pay or respect the person wishes.

https://www.reuters.com/technology/scarlett-johansson-says-openai-chatbot-voice-eerily-similar-hers-2024-05-21/

Unfortunately, AI might not give a damn as to how ChatGPT+voice technology is used.

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/scarlett-johansson-shocked-angered-openai-voice-rcna153180

https://variety.com/2024/digital/news/scarlett-johansson-responds-shocked-angered-openai-chatgpt-her-1236011135/

https://learningenglish.voanews.com/a/scarlett-johansson-says-chatgpt-voice-similar-to-hers-/7620952.html

https://therabbitportal.blogspot.com/search?q=AI+voice+cloning

Anton Zeilinger and Physics

Anton_Zeilinger has discovered several fascinating things about the nature of reality.

https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/2022/zeilinger/facts/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anton_Zeilinger#Honours_and_awards

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anton_Zeilinger#Quantum_teleportation

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_entanglement#Concept

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_entanglement#Non-locality_and_entanglement

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superposition_principle#Quantum_superposition

https://scienceexchange.caltech.edu/topics/quantum-science-explained/quantum-superposition

The 2022 Nobel Prize in Physics shared between Alain Aspect, John F. Clauser and Anton Zeilinger https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zkk6s-7-cNw

The 2022 Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to Alain Aspect, John Clauser and Anton Zeilinger for their groundbreaking work in Quantum Entanglement. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sk_0QM_UA4I

Why Quantum Computers Will Break Reality

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-MG8a0J0bk

https://anonyome.com/2024/04/will-quantum-computers-break-the-internet-4-things-to-know/

https://ig.ft.com/quantum-computing/

https://physicsworld.com/a/when-will-quantum-computers-finally-break-into-the-market/

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/quantum-computers-break-internet-save

https://www.rand.org/pubs/commentary/2023/09/when-a-quantum-computer-is-able-to-break-our-encryption.html

https://www.quantamagazine.org/why-is-quantum-computing-so-hard-to-explain-20210608/

https://spectrum.ieee.org/quantum-computing-skeptics

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38745970

Sunday, May 19, 2024

Ed Dwight was the first Black man to train to be a NASA astronaut in the 1960s

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13433329/ed-dwight-nasa-astronaut-training-space-blue-origin.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Dwight

"In 2024, Dwight was selected for a suborbital spacefight mission and flew on Blue Origin's New Shepard NS-25, sponsored by Space For Humanity on May 19, 2024. He became the oldest person to fly in space at 90 years 8 months and 10 days, surpassing William Shatner." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Dwight#Suborbital_spaceflight_on_New_Shepard

https://www.theguardian.com/science/article/2024/may/19/ed-dwight-blue-origin-first-black-astronaut-candidate

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/ed-dwight-first-african-american-space-until-wasnt-180974215/

https://www.oldest.org/people/astronauts

https://www.nasa.gov/former-astronaut-john-h-glenn

https://therabbitportal.blogspot.com/search?q=William+Shatner

Friday, May 17, 2024

Neuralink KNEW its brain implant was likely to malfunction in its first human patient - but went ahead with the surgery anyway

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-13429339/Elon-Musk-Neuralink-brain-implant-malfunction.html

Monday, May 13, 2024

Illness took away her voice. AI created a replica she carries in her phone

https://www.reddeeradvocate.com/business/illness-took-away-her-voice-ai-created-a-replica-she-carries-in-her-phone-7358381 As with almost any tool or device, there is a good side, but there is also a potential bad side.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/mar/31/openai-deems-its-voice-cloning-tool-too-risky-for-general-release Unfortunatly, there is always the potential for a deep fake image & voice of someone.

https://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/new-voice-cloning-technology-allows-scammers-to-impersonate-anyone-1.6318260

https://ipwatchdog.com/2023/08/09/ai-voice-cloning-misuse-opened-pandoras-box-legal-issues-heres-know/id=163859/

https://apnews.com/article/openai-voice-engine-aigenerated-clone-chatgpt-87da88d979ea5c75e98c75914740bd85

https://cetas.turing.ac.uk/publications/voice-cloning-scale

https://www.euronews.com/next/2024/04/01/openai-unveils-ai-voice-cloning-tech-that-only-needs-a-15-second-sample-to-work

https://imusician.pro/en/resources/blog/the-rise-of-ai-voice-cloning

https://bottalk.io/learn-with-bottalk/ai-voice-cloning-what-it-is-and-how-it-works/

https://fortune.com/2024/03/29/openai-tech-clone-someones-voice-safety-concerns

https://www.telecomreview.com/articles/reports-and-coverage/7263-caution-ahead-exploring-the-benefits-and-dangers-of-ai-voice-cloning

https://www.hackerone.com/ai/voice-cloning-qa

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/01/worried-about-ai-voice-clone-scams-create-family-password

https://www.atb.com/personal/good-advice/banking-and-security-tips/the-growing-threat-of-ai-voice-cloning-scams/

https://time.com/6275794/ai-voice-cloning-scams-music

https://therabbitportal.blogspot.com/search?q=ChatGPT+voice

Monday, April 29, 2024

TTP

TTP is still generally about referencing technology and some urban issues.

https://www.techtarget.com/whatis/feature/Worlds-best-cities-for-tech-workers

https://www.thetravel.com/technological-cities-to-visit-around-the-world/

https://www.visualcapitalist.com/biggest-tech-talent-hubs-in-us-canada/

https://therabbitportal.blogspot.com/search?q=TTP

Some Cutting-Edge Technologies

https://cmcglobal.com.vn/digtal-transformation/top-10-cutting-edge-technologies-to-explode-in-2024/

https://blog.internxt.com/cutting-edge-technologies/

https://www.unosquare.com/blog/the-pros-and-cons-of-using-cutting-edge-technology-in-software-development/

Saturday, April 27, 2024

The Las Vegas Sphere

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSuSN_qfB0I

Thursday, April 25, 2024

Via West57 in NYC

https://www.re-thinkingthefuture.com/skyscraper/via-west57-bjarke-ingels-group-big

It's an interesting shape.

Wednesday, April 24, 2024

silica-and sand-in-the-electronics-industry

https://www.geoterradominicana.com/en/articles/silica-sand-in-the-electronics-industry-boosting-themodern-technology/

Monday, April 22, 2024

Countries That Have the Most Technological Expertise

https://www.usnews.com/news/best-countries/rankings/technological-expertise

https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/most-technologically-advanced-countries

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/13-most-advanced-countries-computer-124816926.html

Friday, April 12, 2024

digital ghosts

https://www.3-16am.co.uk/articles/digital-ghosts With or without DNA?

https://spectrum.ieee.org/datafication-and-digital-reanimation

https://shows.acast.com/theintelligencepodcast/episodes/the-weekend-intelligence-digital-ghosts

https://unherd.com/newsroom/digital-ghosts-the-eerie-next-step-in-your-customised-world

https://medium.com/swlh/growing-up-online-digital-ghosts-105113dc51a3

https://medium.com/@screwthenews.site/digital-ghosts-ai-phantoms-haunt-the-paranormal-industry-27cb61c8640e

Why is it that long before there was digital technology or cinematography, some people had descriptions of what seemed to be glosts on some kind of a time loop. Would such sightings be indicative that this world might be part of a cosmic simulation?

Saturday, April 6, 2024

Aftershocks rattle NYC and the Northeast after rare 4.8 magnitude earthquake

https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/05/us/earthquake-nyc-nj-northeast/index.html

Fortunately, this part of the world doesn't have the same frequency of earthquakes as Japan and California.

https://abc7ny.com/new-jersey-earthquake-residents-across-tri-state-report-feeling-shaking-as-48-quake-rocks-region/14622009/

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/magnitude-55-earthquake-strikes-new-york-new-jersey-emsc-2024-04-05/

NYC earthquake MTA subway-bridges-tunnels-closures-delays

https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/nyc-trains-earthquake-mta-subway-bridges-tunnels-closures-delays/

Of course it takes time to assess if there was any significant earthquake damage.

https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/earthquake-new-york-city-aging-buildings

https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/the-world-s-10-most-earthquake-prone-countries.html

https://www.worldatlas.com/natural-disasters/the-12-most-earthquake-vulnerable-cities-in-the-world.html

Urban earthquakes can be the most dangerous & disruptive, simply because of the concentration of people & infrastructure.

https://www.usgs.gov/faqs/which-country-has-most-earthquakes

Statue of Liberty heavy shaking during NYC earthquake

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITwm3PVq620

Of course NYC, Boston & Chicago aren't as earthquake prepared as LA, SF & Seattle.

https://www.ksbw.com/article/monterey-county-sheriffs-statue-liberty-earthquake-shakes-new-york-california-4-8/60412551

https://www.wbaltv.com/article/earthquake-videos-new-york-city-area/60411727

Urban Seismology: on the origin of earth vibrations within a city https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-15499-y

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abl3564

https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/26276/new-challenges-for-seismic-risk-mitigation-in-urban-areas/magazine

https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/the-world-s-10-most-earthquake-prone-countries.html

https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/13/24/13165

https://www.worldatlas.com/natural-disasters/the-12-most-earthquake-vulnerable-cities-in-the-world.html

Of course the ability to predict earthquakes would be so beneficial.

https://www.usgs.gov/faqs/which-country-has-most-earthquakes

Wednesday, March 27, 2024

The Baltimore bridge collapse investigation continues

https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/national-international/investigation-into-baltimore-bridge-collapse-picks-up-speed-as-divers-search-for-missing-workers/3374336/

Tuesday, March 26, 2024

How safe are bridges at Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach?

https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/how-safe-bridges-at-ports-of-los-angeles-and-long-beach/3373516/

Baltimore bridge collapse shares eerie similarities with the Tampa Bay’s Skyway disaster

https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida/2024/03/26/florida-sunshine-skyway-bridge-disaster-collapse/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_Summit_Venture#1980_Skyway_incident Collisions between ships and bridges are never a good situation.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunshine_Skyway_Bridge#1980_collapse

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13239929/bridge-collapses-florida-great-yarmouth-baltimore.html

The Tampa+Bay+Sunshine+Skyway+Bridge or crossing, has been greatly improved.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunshine_Skyway_Bridge#Replacement_bridge

Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore collapses

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Scott_Key_Bridge_collapse

Fortunately, most times ships don't crash into bridges.

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/the-deadliest-bridge-collapse-in-modern-history

https://libguides.lindahall.org/bridges/failures/collapses

https://www.history.com/news/deadly-bridge-collapses

http://www.historyofbridges.com/facts-about-bridges/bridge-failures/

http://www.bridgesdb.com/bridge-history-facts/famous-bridge-collapses/

Francis+Scott+Key+Bridge+in+Baltimore+collapses+after+being+struck+by+cargo+ship

Sunday, March 24, 2024

Is Neuralink The Worst Thing Ever Made?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fi_NVIbYGCk Like any tool or device, it can be used in a good way or a malevolent way.

https://www.engadget.com/the-morning-after-neuralinks-first-human-patient-plays-chess-with-his-mind-150031220.html

https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/man-with-elon-musks-neuralink-brain-chip-posts-tweet-on-x-just-by-thinking-5300011

https://seekingalpha.com/news/4083073-elon-musk-celebrates-neuralink-patient-tweets

https://futurism.com/neoscope/elon-musk-neuralink-blind-monkeys-see-again

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-68622781

https://www.businessinsider.com/neuralink-elon-musk-microchips-brains-ai-2021-2

https://twitter.com/neuralink?lang=en

The Matrix Awakens

The_Matrix_Awakens was released into the market in December 2021, so a lot of people have had an opportunity to try it since then.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Matrix_Awakens#Background

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/the-matrix-awakens-unreal-engine-5-demo-might-make-you-wonder-whats-real/1100-6498843

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt16385248/

https://therabbitportal.blogspot.com/search?q=The+Matrix

Friday, March 22, 2024

Is Apple's spatial computing headset worth the price?

Well, that might depend upon how virtually crazy one wants to become.

https://www.zdnet.com/article/apple-vision-pro-faq-price-features-hands-on-insights-and-everything-you-need-to-know

https://www.theverge.com/23689334/apple-mixed-reality-headset-augmented-virtual-reality-ar-vr-rumors-specs-features , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdwaWxY11jQ

https://www.macrumors.com/roundup/apple-vision-pro/

https://www.vox.com/technology/2024/2/1/24057024/apple-vision-pro-headset-virtual-mixed-reality-meta-oculus-spatial-computing

https://www.theverge.com/24054862/apple-vision-pro-review-vr-ar-headset-features-price

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/06/hands-on-with-apple-vision-pro-this-is-not-a-vr-headset/

Using Apple Vision Pro: What It’s Actually Like! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtp6b76pMak

The Apple Vision Pro is NOT what you think it is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REo1ugX5GSI

Thursday, March 21, 2024

How is technology changing our way to experience cities?

https://parametric-architecture.com/walking-internet-and-the-cyberflaneur-how-is-technology-changing-our-way-to-experience-cities

Urban technology can be a great thing, as long as it doesn't become used to facilitate a totalitarian nightmare. Thus, human visualization must be never replace by total AI. Unless one wants to have a Borg like world.

https://therabbitportal.blogspot.com/search?q=AI

Architecture-in-video-game-design-for-creating-new-realms

https://parametric-architecture.com/parametric-architecture-in-video-game-design-for-creating-new-realms

https://parametric-architecture.com/architectural-visualization-by-using-game-engines/

The Capitol Records Building

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitol_Records_Building Its certainly a modern classic structure.

https://www.rediff.com/business/slide-show/slide-show-1-worlds-most-amazing-circular-buildings/20110720.htm

https://www.architecturaldigest.com/gallery/most-beautiful-skyscrapers-world

Wednesday, March 20, 2024

Sam Altman: OpenAI, GPT-5, Sora, Board Saga, Elon Musk, Ilya, Power & AGI | Lex Fridman Podcast #419

https://www.reddit.com/r/OpenAI/comments/1bht59s/sam_altman_openai_gpt5_sora_board_saga_elon_musk/

https://www.reddit.com/r/lexfridman/comments/1bbr7z9/questions_for_sam_altman_post_from_lex/

Grok AI vs. ChatGPT

https://www.pcguide.com/ai/chatgpt-vs-grok-ai

Is it just a matter of preference?

https://em360tech.com/tech-article/grok-vs-chatgpt-which-is-better

https://cointelegraph.com/learn/chatgpt-vs-grok-ai-differences

https://textcortex.com/post/grok-ai-vs-chatgpt

https://cloudfoundation.com/blog/grok-vs-chatgpt/

https://neuroflash.com/blog/chatbot-for-companies-grok-ai-vs-chatgpt-in-comparison

https://therabbitportal.blogspot.com/search?q=AI

Monday, March 18, 2024

Futuristic skylines and totalitarian control areas

https://blog.richardvanhooijdonk.com/en/futuristic-skylines-exploring-the-worlds-most-innovative-urban-projects

A city can allow for the freedom of movement, or it can be a contact-tracing totalitarian nightmare.

https://www.theguardian.com/cities/gallery/2014/jan/29/future-cities-in-film

https://gizmodo.com/dark-city-cool-art-awesome-neo-noir-and-urban-fantasy-5803812

https://www.intjournal.com/thinkpieces/alphaville-is-50-after-modernism-lost-it-meaning-it-still-had-its-looks An enduring example of a totalitarin smartcity from a 1960s perspective.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alphaville_(film)

https://medium.com/hope-lies-at-24-frames-per-second/on-jean-luc-godards-alphaville-a-film-about-the-theft-of-talent-9bef162d4070

https://ivypanda.com/essays/representations-of-the-distopian-city

http://www.visionsofthecity.com/alphaville.htm

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Metropolis-film-1927

https://www.sensesofcinema.com/2016/feature-articles/alienation-alphaville-playtime/

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/dark-city-cool-art-awesome-neonoir-and-urban-fantasy-cityscapes--451837775098168088/

The story of the song "Virtual Insanity" is weirder than you thought

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-LT6L1T6Is

Some songs and videos can hint or suggest what might gradually unfold in the tech world, indeed.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_Insanity https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lm6DS3BeTdM

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_Insanity#In_popular_culture

High-density housing vs. better amenities

https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/real-estate-news/vancouver-neighbourhood-divided-high-density-housing-vs-better-amenities-8453134

Vancouver has impose decades of severe building restrictions that the BC government finally had to implement higher housing standards, but it still might not be enough. Edmonton, Calgary & Seattle all have allowed a taller residential tower than what is permitted in strict Vancouver. If more affordable housing was included on the lower floors, then the high cost upper floors can offset the overall building costs.

Saturday, March 16, 2024

17 Ave. S.E. Bus Rapid Transit, Cushing Bridge, Calgary

https://www.calgary.ca/council/ward-9/h-17-av-se-bus-rapid-transit.html Of course Calgary would get around to doing this type of crossing, long before Vancouver would. The BRT bridge next to the Cushing+Bridge

The 4 lane Cushing+Bridge could have easily remained as a Vancouver type bottleneck or chokepoint, but building a bus-bridge next to it, makes all the difference. The Greater Vancouver area has so many narrow streets & bridges. Its as if there is a different set of physics in BC than in Alberta. Fortunately unlike slow moving Vancouver, Calgary was able to get the 17_Avenue_Transitway mostly completed, years ago.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calgary_Transit#Bus_rapid_transit_and_future

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MAX_(Calgary)#BRT_routes

Of course Calgary seems to have a better system of bike bridges than Vancouver as well.

https://www.visitcalgary.com/things-to-do/stories-from-calgary/10-epic-bike-pathways-in-calgary

https://outandacross.com/5-best-bike-paths-calgary/

https://www.calgary.ca/bike-walk-roll/pathways.html

Friday, March 15, 2024

Chicago River dyeing for St. Patrick's Day

https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-river-dyeing-2024-guide-when-it-takes-place-who-dyes-it-how-long-it-lasts-and-more/3383597/

It's always a nice effect.

https://www.timeout.com/chicago/things-to-do/dyeing-of-the-chicago-river

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/03/15/watch-dyeing-chicago-river-green/72975103007/

https://urbnexplorer.com/2024/02/13/the-secret-behind-dyeing-the-chicago-river-green/

Chicago street named one of the coolest in the world by Time Out

https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-street-named-one-of-the-coolest-in-the-world-by-time-out/3382900/

Every city wants to have the best street.

Thursday, March 14, 2024

Melbourne’s High Street crowned coolest city in the world

https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/real-life/news-life/melbournes-high-street-crowned-coolest-city-in-the-world/news-story/57119efc3063e1a0736faeba356a2ce7

Some streets just have the right amount of energy & services...

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13194605/High-Street-Northcote-inner-city-Melbourne-named-worlds-coolest-Time-Out.html

https://www.theaustralian.com.au/breaking-news/high-st-in-melbournes-inner-north-named-the-coolest-street-in-the-world-by-time-out/news-story/81d11d5d75b785ba5371e901fe64f90e

https://www.timeout.com/melbourne/news/high-street-in-melbournes-north-is-officially-the-coolest-street-in-the-world-031324

The Impact of Population Growth on Urban Planning and Design

https://www.re-thinkingthefuture.com/architectural-community/a12262-the-impact-of-population-growth-on-urban-planning-and-design/

If housing continues to become even more unaffordable, will that mean even more people will end up living & dying on the streets?

https://www.re-thinkingthefuture.com/architectural-community/a12256-us-housing-crisis-impact-of-the-housing-crisis-on-vulnerable-populations/

Effective economic & efficient Urban+Planning must take all income levels into consideration.

Inflection AI launches new model for Pi chatbot

https://venturebeat.com/ai/inflection-ai-launches-new-model-for-pi-chatbot-nearly-matches-gpt-4/

https://siliconangle.com/2024/03/07/inflection-ai-rolls-new-large-language-model-pi-chatbot/

https://pi.ai/onboarding

https://inflection.ai/inflection-2-5

https://www.reuters.com/technology/inflection-ais-chatbot-pi-surpasses-1-million-daily-active-users-2024-03-07/

https://therabbitportal.blogspot.com/search?q=A+Chatbot+for+City+Planning

https://therabbitportal.blogspot.com/search?q=AI

A Prototype Chatbot for City Planning

https://steins.medium.com/the-future-is-now-a-prototype-chatbot-for-city-planning-8801ab53c566

A+Chatbot+for+City+Planning, why not?

https://www.planetizen.com/news/2023/11/125523-denver-inspired-chatbot-serves-prototype-ai-city-planning-and-zoning

Earth Is Hurtling Towards Something Strange and We Don't Know What It Is

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGkF5zrsrYk

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zone_of_Avoidance

The Great_Attractor

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Attractor#Location

Wednesday, March 13, 2024

Jacque Fresco

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacque_Fresco

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/skeena-terrace-vancouver-bc-housing-rezoning-approved

Monday, March 11, 2024

Disney plan for long-term major development in Anaheim clears crucial hurdle

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-03-11/disney-seeking-ok-on-major-expansion-more-flexibility-for-future-projects-in-anaheim

Of course such places are always in high demand & occasionally have to be expanded.

https://deadline.com/2024/03/disneyland-expansion-plan-progress-1235855538

https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/disneyland-expansion-anaheim-planning-commission/3360642

https://nypost.com/2024/03/11/business/disneyland-in-california-wants-to-add-2b-in-new-attractions/

https://www.micechat.com/286075-disneylandforward-explained-future-expansion

Senakw: Vancouver’s new mega-development is big, ambitious and undeniably Indigenous

https://macleans.ca/society/sen%cc%93a%e1%b8%b5w-vancouver

https://www.squamish.net/divisions/community-services/senakw-operations

https://reveryarchitecture.com/projects/sen%CC%93a%E1%B8%B5w/

https://senakw.com

It's difficult for some people to accept that the downtown area must grow in relation to the region.

https://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=140535 The tallest building in the complex will only be 170.6 m or 560 feet. https://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?searchID=104623189&page=10

https://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?cityID=1&status=15

Kennedy Expressway construction in Chicago

https://abc7chicago.com/kennedy-expressway-construction-traffic-chicago-near-me-highway/14515489/

The urban parts of the USA is so synonymous with multilane corridors.

https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/kennedy-expressway-construction-express-lanes-closed/

https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/kennedy-expressway-construction-to-monday-express-lanes-will-be-shut-down-for-8-months/3378737/

https://idot.illinois.gov/transportation-system/transportation-management/featured-projects/cook-county---interstate-90-kennedy-bridge-study.html

https://news.wttw.com/2024/03/08/expect-delays-next-phase-kennedy-expressway-construction-begin-monday-reversible-express

https://chicago.suntimes.com/2024/2/6/23949386/kennedy-eisenhower-dan-ryan-expressway-highway-construction-traffic-segregation-urban-renewal-race

http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/1209.html

https://chicagostudies.uchicago.edu/grid

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roads_and_expressways_in_Chicago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burnham_Plan_of_Chicago#A_regional_highway_system

https://www.city-data.com/forum/chicago/1135708-widest-roads-chicago.html

Chicago Bears' new stadium plan shifts to a publicly owned domed stadium on Museum Campus

https://www.nbcchicago.com/investigations/chicago-bears-new-stadium-plan-shifts-to-publicly-owned-domed-stadium-on-museum-campus-source-says/3378910/

Cruise ship season in Seattle

https://www.cruisecritic.com/find-a-cruise/port-seattle

https://www.portseattle.org/places/smith-cove-cruise-terminal-pier-91

https://www.cruisecritic.com/find-a-cruise/departure-port-seattle

https://www.portseattle.org/cruise-lines

https://www.globaljourneys.com/cruises/from-seattle-to-vancouver

https://cruiseweb.com/ports/departs-seattle-washington

Last year was already very good for Seattle.

https://komonews.com/news/local/record-setting-cruise-season-seattle-celebration-princess-cruises-million-passengers-port-boat-economic-recovery-revenue-industry-power-reduce-emissions-local-hospitality-group-longshore-representative-coast-guard

Unlike Vancouver, Seattle has been steadily increasing its hotel room stock over the decades.

Hotel rooms available in Downtown Seattle: 14,861
Hotel rooms available in King County: 43,490

https://visitseattle.org/press/press-kit/seattle-facts

https://therabbitportal.blogspot.com/search?q=Seattle

The Vancouver Cruise Ship Season Starts

https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2024/03/11/vancouver-cruise-season-businesses

Maintaining a growing tourism economy takes constant effort.

https://bc.ctvnews.ca/vancouver-s-cruise-season-kicks-off-with-arrival-of-disney-wonder-1.6802579

There always has to be enough hotels & other essential services.

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/canada-place-vancouver-cruise-ship-season-kickoff

https://vancouversun.com/news/disney-wonder-kicks-off-vancouvers-busy-2024-cruise-ship-season

https://www.portvancouver.com/news-and-media/news/port-of-vancouver-on-course-for-record-breaking-cruise-season-in-2024/

https://canadiantrainvacations.com/blog/best-time-to-visit-vancouver

Fortunately, many other cities don't have to contend with a Vancouver approach to things.

https://therabbitportal.blogspot.com/search?q=Vancouver+faces+hotel+shortage

410 WEST GEORGIA BUILDING (DELOITTE SUMMIT), VANCOUVER, BC

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/westbank-sells-deloitte-summit-tower-allied

It's a very nice building, but it's so small.

https://www2.deloitte.com/ca/en/pages/about-deloitte/articles/deloitte-summit.html

https://www.canam.com/en/project/deloitte-summit-au-400-west-georgia/

https://merrickarch.com/work/400-west-georgia/

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/deloitte-summit-tower-410-west-georgia-street-vancouver-westbank

Unfortunately, in that part of the city, nothing is permitted to be as tall as the Lippo_Centre_in_Hong_Kong).

The extreme height restrictions meant that the 91.74 m or 301 foot building is even shorter than 8 King East. And even shorter than the Old_City_Hall_in_Toronto, which is 103.64 m (340.0 ft).

Yet, the land & living costs in small minded Vancouver keep getting higher. Fortunately, Toronto & HK will never be Vancouverized, as most cities are allowed to be on a much grander scale than what is permitted in small-minded backwater BC.

Friday, March 8, 2024

Why is the Yarra River so brown?

https://www.timeout.com/melbourne/news/why-is-the-yarra-river-so-brown-we-asked-an-expert-030824

Well, Chicago will have a green river on the 17th.

https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/when-the-chicago-river-will-be-dyed-green-for-st-patricks-day-and-how-its-done/3347247/

https://www.enjoyillinois.com/travel-illinois/the-history-of-chicago-river-dyeing

California Forever releases a new map of a proposed Bay Area utopian city

https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/california-forever-new-map-bay-area-city-18709651.php

California_Forever could be a good thing, as long as it doesn't become a smart city trap.

https://www.mercurynews.com/2024/03/08/california-forever-releases-new-renderings-cable-ad/

https://www.kron4.com/news/california-forever-releases-aerial-rendering-of-proposed-solano-county-community/

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/vision-for-new-affordable-city-in-california-meets-skepticism-from-locals

https://calmatters.org/economy/2024/02/california-forever-promises/

https://www.fastcompany.com/91015457/the-real-problem-with-california-forever-the-bay-areas-new-billionaire-backed-city

https://californiaforever.com

https://therabbitportal.blogspot.com/search?q=smart+city

The rent in Vancouver is more than double the Edmonton rates

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/asking-rent-vancouver-march-2024-rentals

Thursday, March 7, 2024

Renovation planned for Nat Bailey Stadium in Vancouver

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/nat-bailey-stadium-vancouver-renovations

https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/dan-fumano-nat-bailey-stadium-set-for-20-million-upgrade-city-memo-says

https://parkboardmeetings.vancouver.ca/files/MEMO-NatBaileyFacilityImprovements-20240202.pdf

https://theprovince.com/sports/baseball/vancouver-canadians-upgrades-to-nat-bailey-stadium-slated-to-begin-this-winter It really takes a long time to get things done in Vancouver.

https://ballparkdigest.com/2020/03/13/planned-nat-bailey-stadium-upgrades-stalled-by-audit/

Could Nat_Bailey_Stadium ever undergo an extensive expansion? That remains to be seen.

"The stadium's seating capacity is 6,500 and as of 2019 they led the short-season A clubs in attendance and outdrew Vancouver's AAA team." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nat_Bailey_Stadium#Stadium_history

Perhaps the baseball stadium in Winnipeg is in a better setting. It certainly has a little more capacity than NBS.

Theirs is in Downtown_Winnipeg, right by the Red River. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downtown_Winnipeg#Broadway-Assiniboine

"Blue_Cross_Park opened on May 24, 1999."

"Blue Cross Park has a seating capacity of 7,481, as well as 30 luxury skysuites, a picnic area, and an open patio overlooking the field from the right field corner." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Cross_Park#Features

Of course Seattle has a big-time baseball stadium.