What was I looking at? #4

My ongoing attempt to keep track of interesting things

How Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is using geospatial technologies for a "better world"

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation needs no introduction. Guided by the belief that every life has equal value, the Foundation has been on a crusade to save the world with the help of technology. And it has been particularly pushing for use of geospatial data and technology for developmental activities around the world. Recently, the Gates Foundation has committed to reshaping crop-based production systems in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia in partnership with DigitalGlobe and Monsanto.

Barrasso: GSA Plan for a New FBI Building is Long Overdue

U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), delivered the following remarks at a full committee hearing entitled, “Oversight: FBI Headquarters Consolidation Project.” (2/28/18)

Farmers Hacking Tractors

On The New Screen Savers, Leo Laporte and Iain Thomson we learn why farmers have turned to hacking to fix their tractors. Jason Koebler from Motherboard talked to farmers who are doing this, and it all boils down to the "right to repair." Kelsea Weber from iFixit updates us on what is happening with this movement on the state and federal level.

This robot made of algae can swim through your body

Thanks to magnets this bio-hybrid bot could one day deliver drugs or do surgery.

Red Pill Sunday School # 20 with Clint Richardson (Final Episode) 2-18-2018

To be continued...