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Neuralink And Human Evolution
Humans interfacing with computers has been the stuff of science fiction from the beginning, but like so many other areas of technology, here, fiction is becoming fact. This terrifies many. The potential for things going disastrously wrong is massive, but … Continue reading
Crypto and Mars, A Match Made in Space.
Space and Cryptocurrency Space colonization and cryptocurrency go together like chocolate and strawberries, or Elon and large rockets. I had fun with that in a previous post here, Elon Musk is Rocketman. Humans are creatures of commerce. Even during the … Continue reading
All New Florida Blockchain Business Association
Greetings all, We have a new resource for blockchain in Florida. Below you’ll find a micro plot of my blockchain/crypto journey along with some stellar resources. Each and every one is follow worthy! My first blockchain home was found via … Continue reading
A new way to Art – Fresco #FRESCOWritingAwardW2
As with so many before, I fell hard and fast down the blockchain rabbit hole. I found cryptocurrency first, then had my true epiphany when I discovered the blockchain technology upon which it is built. A distributed ledger that provides … Continue reading
Using Blockchain to Fix Money and Capital Markets
I recently came across something that deserves a boost. I cannot recommend this enough. Take the time to learn not only about blockchain and crypto, but our own US financial structure. For the economists out there (or those like-minded) this will … Continue reading
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Tagged @CaitlinLong_, banking, Blockchain, Caitlin Long, Crypto, Cryptocurrency, finance, Wyoming
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We Need a Moon Base, Not An Orbital Station
I recently came across an op-ed on how we could establish a moon base in four years and thought it worth sharing, especially in light of my increasing annoyance with our government’s plan for a Lunar Orbital-Platform Gateway. A dreadful acronym that. … Continue reading
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Tagged Elon Musk, Falcon Heavy, Lunar Base, Moon Base, Robert Zubrin, SpaceX
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Synapse Innovation Summit and Tampa’s Future
Tampa’s Movers and Shakers are Creating an Innovation Meca. I recently had the fantabulous pleasure of attending the second Synapse Innovation Summit held at the Amalia Arena in Tampa. It was two days filled with energized innovators and my own … Continue reading
How Far Will The Establishment Go To Stop Crypto?
How far will the government and financial institutions go to prevent the crypto-blockchain revolution? Because this is a revolution, one in which the disgruntled have a potentially tremendous amount of power behind them. I stumbled on this question the other … Continue reading
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Tagged #bitcoin, Blockchain, Crypto, Cryptocurrency, HackerNoon, Oliver Dale, Revolution, Sabine Priestley, Trent Lapinski
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Craig Sellars and the North American Bitcoin Conference 2018
Hello all, I just returned from The North American Bitcoin Conference in Miami and will be doing a series of short posts. Blockchain is the future and the race as already begun. The event was impressive. I’ll be highlighting my … Continue reading
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Tagged #bitcoin, #NABCC, #NABCC2018, #TNABCC, #TNABCC2018, Craig Sellars, Miami, Moe Levin, North American Bitcoin Con, Sabine Priestley
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When Does Virtual Reality Become Real?
We live in a digital world. We’ve all heard it and it’s true. We are glued to our screens, large and small. But what happens when we no longer need the screens? What happens when VR (Virtual Reality), or more … Continue reading
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Tagged AI, AR, Augmented Reality, Future, Peter Diamandis, Sabine Priestley, Singularity, Virtual Reality, VR
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Peeking up the skirts of companies whose products we buy.
Sitting at Starbucks and noshing on their new steak and egg wrap (kudos, SB) I came across a brilliant idea in my newsfeed. Don’t you hate it when you discover that a company you support turns out to have dubious … Continue reading
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Tagged Child labor, Ethical Shopping, Impakt, Sabine Priestley, Toxic Waste
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Elon Musk is Rocket Man.
Once upon a time, Elon Musk wanted to put something on Mars. He really, REALLY, wanted to put-something-on-mars. He was willing to buy rockets from Russia in order to do so. But it was astronomically costly and Elon was frustrated. … Continue reading
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Tagged #RocketMan, BFR, big fucking rocket, Dragon, Elon Musk, Falcon 9, Falcon Heavy, Lunar xPrize, Sabine Priestley, SpaceX
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Cinema as Meditation by Jason Silva. Yes, but…
I stumbled upon Jason Silva not long ago and love his Youtube series, “Shots of Awe”. BOOM, baby! Powerful, short and fast. It’s the kind of thing I like to start my day with. This one, Cinema As Meditation, caught … Continue reading
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Tagged Cinema, Jason Silva, Meditation, Movies, Now, Sabine Priestley, Shots of Awe
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9/11, the Death of NASA’s Space Program, and Now.
Back in 2011 when NASA formalized the death of the shuttle program I was devastated. That program, that dream, had fed my soul for so very long. How could we possibly turn our backs on the future? Of course, on … Continue reading
Private Lunar Exploration and Irma.
As I sit here trying not to think about Irma barreling down on us, I’m pondering the hearing on the Private Sector Lunar Exploration that took place Sept 7, 2017. You can watch the entire thing here. I’m writing this … Continue reading
The Grand Threat of Death by Robot
Today’s post on technology is from my spawn, er, minion, no wait… offspring! AKA, my son, Sebastian Priestley. He’s a young man in high school with lots of ideas on our current and future world. That’s a good thing considering … Continue reading
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Tagged AI, AI Regulation, Death by robot, Elon Musk, Future, Humanity, Neuralink, Open AI, Robots, Robots taking over, Sabine Priestley, Tech, Technology
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Atlas V launches TDRS. This is how to start a Friday!
Nothing says “Hello World” like a successful launch. For your viewing pleasure! Separation Anxiety. 😉 That concludes my PSA for today. Have an excellent day and #MakeItCount
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Tagged #Brilliance, Atlas V, launch, NASA, Sabine Priestley, Satellite, Science, TDRS
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Death of a Mall RoboCop
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve heard about the “suicide” of the mall security robot. If you haven’t heard, but prefer rocks, you can read about it here: Rock. There are many technical reasons why this would happen. False … Continue reading
Einstein, Blackholes and Interstellar Travel
I need this image. Blown up and nicely framed, hanging in my writing space. It pushes my buttons in all the right ways. When you write Science Fiction, and part of your world encompasses interstellar travel, you have to explain … Continue reading
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Tagged #sfr, #sfrb, Alien Romance, Douglas Adams, Faster Than Light, FTL, Interstellar travel, Portals, Science Fiction Romance
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Should Robots Feel Pain?
I came a cross an article recently asking that question. Should robots feel pain? The words got stuck in the on ramp of my brain. Think about it for a minute. What does that even mean? Hanging out a my favorite … Continue reading
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Tagged #sfr, Robot Abuse, Robots, Sabine Priestley, Should Robots Feel Pain
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The brilliance of lucid dreaming.
For as long as I can remember, dreams have been a huge part of my life. When I was young, I had a few recurring nightmares. In one I was walking down the hall to the bathroom late at night, and … Continue reading
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Tagged #Brilliance, dreaming, Lucid dreams, Sabine Priestley
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Life’s Train Stations and #Brilliance
Pretty much everything I write has what I call a dream seed. Usually, a scene that ends up incorporated into my story. I’m a dream freak. I’ve always remembered so much of my dream life I’m constantly asking “Did I … Continue reading
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Tagged @St2Innovation, #Brilliance, community, Sabine Priestley, shine, Station2Innovation
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Fancy a walk on Mars?
I love this stuff. Click the image for a 360 degree stroll. #CuriosityRover #Mars You’re welcome,
Is PokemonGo Killing Facebook?
As usual Kristin Lamb’s blog is verbose and intriguing. Is PokemonGo killing Facebook? Read her blog here. Pokemon Go really is a fascinating concept. It’s getting people out of the house, like medium sized people also known as teens. Teens that were … Continue reading
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Tagged Killing Facebook, Kristen Lamb, Pokemon Go, Sabine Priestley, Society, Technology
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The EM Drive and Growing Tails.
The internet is such a massive thing. So much information smacking us upside the head second by second. It’s nice when two disparate things seem to gel. The first thing that caught my eye was the new buzz about the … Continue reading
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Tagged @IanAllison123, EM Drive, Humans Growing Tails, Ian Allison, Sabine Priestley, Transhumanists, Umer Abrar
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Women in Virtual Reality (and other tech professions.)
As a woman in a male-dominated tech industry in the eighties and nineties, this is near and dear to my heart. It’s disheartening to see both how little has changed and how completely asinine some of the backlash to … Continue reading
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Tagged Helen Situ, Matt Schlicht, Sabine Priestley, Tech, Virtual Reality, Women
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Don’t Kick the Robo Dog.
This is cool and more than a little scary. We’re already suffering information overload. It makes sense to have computers filter the massive content of the web for us. But then we’re being fed by the machines as they monitor … Continue reading
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Tagged Be Kind To Robots, Future, Robot Abuse, Robots, Robots taking over, Science
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Watch it with those periods.
Did you know that a period at the end of a text is rude? My 17yr old daughter informed me the other day that I was being somewhat rude when I put a period at the end of a text. … Continue reading
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Creativity and Networking. And luck.
Some things just make sense and are worth passing on. I think Jeff Goins nails it here. It’s luck, creativity, work and networking.
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A New Hope
No this isn’t StarWars. Just a new website. I was held hostage on my last one by those who will remain nameless. I didn’t realize I was entering a walled garden which I could never leave (or download my stuff … Continue reading
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