Collaborate Disseminate
At Hackaday’s Minnesota office, we appreciate central heat and hot coffee because the outdoor temperature is sub-zero in Celsius and Fahrenheit. Not everyone here has such amenities, and families living …read more Continue reading $7 Tent Heater Provides Comfort on a Budget
Silicon Valley’s housing crisis came literally to Apple’s doorstep. Continue reading Apple Is Clearing a Huge Homeless Encampment on Its Property
Most chronically homeless people don’t have a valid ID and can’t afford to get one. A team of Atlanta entrepreneurs are out to break the ID barrier—which can bar homeless people from getting jobs, obtaining housing, and accessing vital government services Continue reading This Tech Nonprofit Is Trying to Help Homeless People Get IDs
Activists in San Francisco used scooters and tech buses to protest the industry’s presence in the city. Continue reading ‘Techsploitation’ Demonstrators Blocked Google and Apple Buses With Scooters
Robots are increasingly seeing the world outside of laboratories and factories, and most of us think we would be able to spot one relatively quickly. What if you walked past one on the street — would you recognize it for what it was? How long would it take for you to realize that homeless organ grinder was a robot?
The brainchild of [Fred Ables], Dirk the homeless robot will meander through a crowd, nodding at passers-by and occasionally — with a tilt of his hand — ask for change, churning out a few notes on his organ for those who …read more
