innovation

Before the automobile industry invented the catalytic converter, the costs of reducing air pollution seemed astronomical, enough to bankrupt the entire industry. After they invented the catalytical converter, the costs were manageable. And they only invented it because they were faced with the threat of being shut down.

Industries creating harms often claim that controls and regulations are impossible, would bankrupt them, etc., trying to make their existence into a zero-sum game (for some people to have the benefit of our industry, other people must suffer). AI companies claim they must steal copyrighted works because they could not exist otherwise; or be allowed to use as much electricity as they demand in spite of the costs. But it's B.S., and we should stop accepting this rhetoric. Forced to innovate to reduce harms, these industries have innovated, and made themselves even more profitable than they were when they were dragging their feet about it like children who don't want to clean their rooms.

From Is Climate Change An Externality

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So kreativ zeigte sich die HAWK auf der Maker Faire in Hannover! 🚀🎨

👉 HAWK-Studierende und Mitarbeitende im HAWK Business Campus (HBC) präsentierten auf der Maker Faire Hannover viele, spannende Projekte, von Bild-KI-Tools über eine interaktive Musikbox bis zum gut frequentierten Rennsimulator. Viele große und kleine Besucher*innen kamen mit ihnen ins Gespräch.

Mehr dazu in den HAWK-News: https://www.hawk.de/de/newsportal/pressemeldungen/einfach-mal-maken

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What if you could pay for everything with just your palm?

It's not science fiction. A new technology called Palm Vein Recognition is making it a reality in China!

Read the full story on Factovate.

https://factovate.com/payment-with-palm-lines-the-secret-of-chinas-new-technology

#TechFacts #ScienceFacts #Innovation #FutureIsNow #Tech #DidYouKnow #China #Factovate

ONE WEEK FROM NOW: You're invited to join our Publisher and Editor @alexip718 for a virtual walkthrough and discussion of our new analysis on H-1B skilled workers in America's land-grant, sea-grant, and R1 research institutions.

Sign up: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1744237444149?aff=oddtdtcreator

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🇦🇹 Austria's Armed Forces have replaced MS Office with LibreOffice on 16,000+ workstations 📄

This shift began in 2020 to avoid mandatory cloud reliance ☁️
Their goal? Digital sovereignty—not cost saving 🔒
They even contributed 5+ person-years of code 🛠️
EU trend toward open-source grows 🇪🇺

@libreoffice
@itsfoss

🔗 https://news.itsfoss.com/austrian-forces-ditch-microsoft-office/

#TechNews #LibreOffice #Linux #OpenSource #Privacy #FOSS #Security #Europe #EU #Microsoft #Cloud #DigitalSovereignty #Government #Defense #Innovation #Technology