Collaborate Disseminate
If we do nothing to curb greenhouse gas emissions, the weather in New York City will feel like Alabama and Los Angeles will be as hot as the tip of the Baja Peninsula. Continue reading Here’s an Interactive Map That Shows How Climate Change Will Affect Your Town in 60 Years
On January 20, a total lunar eclipse coincides with a supermoon. Here’s how to catch it if you have cloudy skies. Continue reading How to Watch the ‘Super Blood Wolf Moon’ Even If the Weather’s Crappy
The app is accused of being a “location data company powered by weather” and profiting from users’ data without being upfront about it. Continue reading LA sues The Weather Channel over selling users’ location data
One of the first things we learn about computers is the concept of binary ones and zeroes. When we dig into implementation of digital logic, we start to learn about voltages, and currents, and other realities of our analog world. It is common for textbooks to use flow of water as an analogy to explain flow of electrons, and [Glen Anderson] turned that conceptual illustration into reality. He brought his water computer to the downtown Los Angeles Mini Maker Faire this past weekend to show people the analog realities behind their digital devices.
[Glen]’s demonstration is a translation of another …read more
Continue reading Anderson’s Water Computer Spills The Analog Secrets Of Digital Logic
Elon Musk tried to bypass a full environmental review for his test tunnel, but community groups sued and won. Continue reading Community Activists Kill Elon Musk’s Plan for an Underground Freeway Tunnel in LA
The owner of the Santa Susana Field Laboratory, Boeing, says the wildfire may have started “on or near” the contaminated Los Angeles facility. Continue reading California’s Woolsey Fire Burns Near Site of Nuclear Meltdown, Sparking Panic
The Triforium is a public art installation in Los Angeles, weighing 60 tons and standing six stories tall. Built in 1975, it was designed to combine light and sound, all under the control of computer hardware of the era.
Sadly, it was plagued with technical problems from the start, and over the years, became an object of ridicule. However, this “polyphonoptic” masterpiece will live once again, thanks to the dedicated effort of The Triforium Project. The Triforium Project are hosting a series of free public performances on Friday nights in October and November, so if you’re in the area, be …read more
Subway and bus riders will be randomly scanned as the city becomes the first in the country to use the technology to thwart suicide bombers. Continue reading Los Angeles to use body scanners on metro riders
Electric cars still run on coal, gas, and nuclear power. Continue reading The US Energy Grid Is Making Electric Cars Dirtier Than They Should Be
A confidential FAQ that Uber sent Los Angeles Mayor Garcetti contains unprovable claims about its eVTOL technology. Continue reading Uber Asked LA Mayor to Vouch for the Safety of its Still-Hypothetical Flying Taxis