Sarah Owen
@sarahowen
Sarah is a trend forecaster, futurist and social scientist with a background in studying youth culture and social media.
Sarah Owen
University of Cambridge researchers successfully used algae to power a computer chip for six months. The blue-green algae perform photosynthesis and generate a small electrical current that “interacts with an aluminum electrode and is used to power a microprocessor,” according to an official release.
Researchers Use Algae to Power a Computer for Months
urban planning and
Census tracts are tiny, hyper-local designations, with populations between 1,200 and 8,000 each; mine is only 0.2 square miles in area.
Dylan Matthews • The great millennial migration that wasn’t
The longer view is coming into human consciousness in part because of the radical danger of the immediate moment – which is that humanity might create a mass extinction event and wreck Earth’s biosphere for all the generations of humans to come, plus of course the many species that would be driven to extinction.
Copenhagen Institute for Future Studies • Interview: Kim Stanley Robinson - Farsight
The sound of gentrification is silence.
Xochitl Gonzalez • Why Do Rich People Love Quiet?
emotion and Technology