Balcony Solar Advances In Colorado As New Legislation Removes Barriers
Colorado this week became the second US state to pass legislation permitting balcony solar in apartments and condos.
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Sierra Club Connecticut Statement on State Senate Passage of S.B. 319
HARTFORD, Connecticut — The Connecticut Senate has passed S.B. 319, An Act Concerning the Use of Battery-Powered Leaf Blowers and Similar Equipment by the State and Municipalities. In response, Sierra Club Connecticut Organizer Julianna Larue released the following statement: “With half of Connecticut’s counties receiving failing air quality grades and communities … [continued]
Chatgpt generated image of humanoid robot market divergence between structured industrial tasks and difficult domestic environments.
The Humanoid Robot Market Is Smaller Than It Looks
Humanoid robot narratives usually begin with market size, not with the physics of the work, and that leads to distorted expectations. The common framing treats all human labor as addressable, which implies a market measured in tens of trillions of dollars if one aggregates global wages across sectors. Zach Shahan … [continued]
Who Is Tesla Selling 1 Million Humanoid Robots A Year To?
In its latest quarterly report for shareholders, Tesla mentions “robots” three times. Two of those times were in the “Robotics” paragraph/section: “Preparations for our first large-scale Optimus factory will begin shortly in Q2. The first-generation line, designed for 1 million robots a year, will replace the Model S and Model … [continued]
Electric-Powered/Assisted Human Transportation — 16 Options
Everyone is familiar with electric cars, as these days the streets are swarming with electric Teslas, Rivians, Fords, Chevys, etc. However, there is now an electric powered/assisted transportation revolution going on at a smaller, usually personal, scale. Keep in mind that these solutions will almost always eliminate a larger, less … [continued]
"Symposium Cisco Ecole Polytechnique 9-10 April 2018 Artificial Intelligence & Cybersecurity" by Ecole polytechnique / Paris / France is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0.
With Wider Use, The Dangers Of AI Become Apparent To More People
Trust in Ai is slipping among young people and many older people are finding it as addictive as alcohol. Is it worth it?
Will Banning Social Media for Minors Actually Help Reduce Carbon Emissions?
The answer is: No. Next question. Okay, fine. Let’s do this properly. Somewhere in a government conference room — air conditioning on full blast, bottled water for every seat, a PowerPoint deck that took three consultants and two months to produce — somebody connected these two dots and felt brilliant … [continued]
The BLUETTI FridgePower — Real-World Review
I recently received BLUETTI’s newest product, a very interesting one that is quite different from the normal portable power station lineup. The BLUETTI FridgePower* is designed specifically for use with refrigerators. Rather than trying to be a broad solution for all kinds of uses, it is tailored to be the … [continued]
New energy efficient, cold-climate electric heat pumps are beginning to outsell gas, and there is plenty of room for the market to grow as ratepayers scramble to reduce their utility bills (cropped, courtesy of Power Ahead Colorado).
$200 Million Heat Pump Program Somehow Slips Through Trump Chopper
Heat pumps have emerged as a key building block in the electrification movement, and there is plenty of room to grow. The energy-saving appliances — which can cool as well as heat — have undergone a technology makeover in recent years, enabling them to operate efficiently in colder parts of … [continued]
AI Keeps Claiming To Know Stuff It Doesn’t … And Maybe Sam Altman Does, Too
Artificial intelligence (AI) is all the rage. It’s almost given god-like praise by a lot of people in tech world. It’s going to solve all our problems and bring everlasting prosperity to all, or and it will do so almost magically. The more information we feed it, the more it … [continued]
