In advance of oral argument in March, hundreds of #pharmaceutical companies & former #FDA ofcls warned #SCOTUS not to second-guess #scientific#experts & said a ruling against FDA would destabilize the #regulatory system & jeopardize investments in #research & #innovation.
Most of the questions from the justices at argument centered on whether the #antiabortion challengers had a #legal right –or #standing – to file. Lawyers defending the drug said the plaintiffs were not directly #harmed.
Calling all #CollisionConf attendees! Our CTO Emerita, Rebecca Parsons, will be at @CollisionConf on June 18, discussing #ResponsibleTech and #Innovation in emerging technologies.
She will be joined by Lambert Hogenhout, Chief of Data, Analytics, and Emerging Technologies at the United Nations. They will explore why responsible tech is not only the right thing to do but also makes solid business sense.
I had a pretty rough day and contemplated just giving up on @pixelfed because it seems like I can’t catch a break
But after calming down, I started to remember all the big milestones and the people who believe in our platform and in me
I’m not ready to give up, in fact this was the kick in the ass I needed to get my priorities straight and focus on shipping the app ASAP and also Groups
I’m a few months behind on my NLnet Groups milestone and need the money so that’s my focus after the app
@dansup@pixelfed is a creator and owner of a free software company that piblish a software and doing free software for more than 25 years now 😉😁😎 i learn that lots of people criticize but never help when asked, so 🤔. i learn to focus and do what i can do best with my team and let's the "i'am never pleased crowd", rage by themselve. #software#maintainers#Health#progress#innovation
A 3d printed, lightweight, less expensive, instrument, that can fit into a shoe box sized satellite,
to isolate and monitor air pollution from low earth orbit.
How a rare earth facility in Canada wants to clean up the dirty side of green energy
The plant in Saskatchewan won't just showcase less environmentally damaging processes. It also wants to take a bite out of a supply chain dominated by China.
Creating Innovators
The Making of Young People Who Will Change the World
In this groundbreaking book, education expert Tony Wagner provides a powerful rationale for developing an innovation-driven economy. He explores what parents, teachers, and employers must do to develop the capacities of young people to become innovators.
How to Fly a Horse
The Secret History of Creation, Innovation and Discovery
To create is human. Technology pioneer Kevin Ashton has experienced firsthand the all-consuming challenge of creating something new. Now, in a tour-de-force narrative twenty years in the making, Ashton demystifies the sacred act, leading us on a journey through humanity’s greatest creations to uncover the surprising truth behind who creates and how they do it. @bookstodon #books #nonfiction #creativity #innovation
My name is Priyanka Singh. Born in New Delhi, India, I've been traveling since past few years to continue my learnings about life. Academically I did my postgraduation in literature and worked for a decade in publishing. I also worked in a non profit for a few years and this year I intend to start a free progress school in my parent's village in Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand. I'm looking to connect with people ideating innovation in education. Thank you for reading. 🪷
The terrible human toll in Gaza has many causes.
A chilling investigation by +972 highlights efficiency:
An engineer: “When a 3-year-old girl is killed in a home in Gaza, it’s because someone in the army decided it wasn’t a big deal for her to be killed.”
An AI outputs "100 targets a day". Like a factory with murder delivery:
"According to the investigation, another reason for the large number of targets, and the extensive harm to civilian life in Gaza, is the widespread use of a system called “Habsora” (“The Gospel”), which is largely built on artificial intelligence and can “generate” targets almost automatically at a rate that far exceeds what was previously possible. This AI system, as described by a former intelligence officer, essentially facilitates a “mass assassination factory.”"
"The third is “power targets,” which includes high-rises and residential towers in the heart of cities, and public buildings such as universities, banks, and government offices."
It was easier to locate the individuals in their private houses.
“We were not interested in killing operatives only when they were in a military building or engaged in a military activity. On the contrary, the IDF bombed them in homes without hesitation, as a first option. It’s much easier to bomb a family’s home. The system is built to look for them in these situations.”
The current commander of the Israeli intelligence #Unit8200 wrote a book released in English in 2021. In it, he describes human personnel as a “bottleneck” that limits the army’s capacity during a military operation; the commander laments: “We [humans] cannot process so much information. It doesn’t matter how many people you have tasked to produce targets during the war — you still cannot produce enough targets per day.”
So people invented the #Lavender machine to mark persons using AI. Then the army decided to designate all operatives of Hamas’ military wing as human targets, regardless of their rank or military importance.
Senior officer B.: “They wanted to allow us to attack [the junior operatives] automatically. That’s the Holy Grail. Once you go automatic, target generation goes crazy.”