Day September 11, 2017

The promise of managing identity on the blockchain

Blockchain, the secure distributed ledger technology first created to track bitcoin ownership, has taken on a number of new roles in recent years tracking anything of value from diamonds to real estate deeds to contracts. The blockchain offers the promise…

Birds are flying around in Hurricane Irma’s eye

Birds are flying around in Hurricane Irma’s eye A radar image of Irma’s eye. Image: radarscope/twitter By Miriam Kramer2017-09-11 00:57:46 UTC How do birds stay safe during a hurricane? They fly right into the middle of it. Masses of birds…

Visualizing The Future Of Food

The urban population is exploding around the globe, and, as Visual Capitalist’s Jeff Desjardins explains below, yesterday’s food systems will soon be sub-optimal for many of the megacities swelling with tens of millions of people. Further, issues like wasted food, poor working…