London’s underground network (the tube) uses around 1.6TWh a year to function. The strong winds felt on platforms and around stations is caused by the piston effect. It’s generated by the trains pushing air forward through the tunnels, and the…
Growing Underground uses hydroponic systems and LEDs to grow crops pesticide-free using 100% renewable energy. They grow salads 33 metres below the pavements of Clapham, London, drastically reducing transportation emissions.
I didn’t wear sunglasses till I hit mid-20s, thinking it was only for celebrities. Also, I don’t trust people who wear shades indoors.
Value is deeply subjective and stems from the mind, even if economists believe value is derived from a production process. Cars are homogenous in most regards: the tech, the ability to transport, the aesthetics. But given the choice between a…
Lightning is underrated. I’m not sure how many people know it can be piggybacked to create decentralised applications like Signal or a VPN. Programmable money means the payment rails are data rails. Data flowing through pipes of money. For example,…
Imagine a team of goats mitigating forest fire risk and enabling a forest’s ability to regenerate diversity – bringing back insects, birds and animals necessary for a healthy ecosystem. And here’s the real goat parkour.
We’d be miserable without it. There’s a reason, that no matter how much funding gets cut or how commercialised it gets, the edgy counterculture movements never go away. Art is in our essence because it’s expression. I hope the lockdowns…
Do you also go out of your way to step on a particularly crunchy looking leaf?
Everyone agreed on the goal: develop a global computer network. They didn’t agree on how. By the early 1980s, several different protocols competed. OSI (Open Systems Interconnect), backed by European telephone monopolies and most governments, was favoured. Other strong competitors…
Having a trusted party has implications. When you send a payment today, you’re actually not the one changing the Paypal ledger. You have no power. You’re requesting (subtle, but a significant difference) Paypal, who has full authority, to change the…