The traditional structure of the pharma business doesn’t work for antibiotics. The answer might lie in removing profit from the equation. Read the original post by Maryn McKenna
Month: May 2019
The Military Is Locked in a Power Struggle With Wind Farms
A nationwide fight between wind developers and the military highlights the challenge of transitioning to a future of renewable energy. Read the original post by Eric Niiler
C&K adds to vandal-resistant switch range
C&K has added a smaller size to its range of vandal-resistant sealed switches for outdoor ATMs, ticket machines and security systems. Called ATP16, the push-buttons […] Read the original post by Steve Bush
WWDC 2019: What to expect from Apple’s big June event
Apple holds multiple events throughout the year, but the most important two by far are the introduction of new iPhones (typically in September), and the Worldwide […] Read the original post by Jason Cross
10 Productivity Tips and Tricks From WIRED Staff
Our journalism machine works best when we hit our deadlines. Here are some of the WIRED ones’ tips and tricks for optimizing their work/time ratio. Read the original post by WIRED Staff
Drugs That Boost Our Circadian Rhythms Could Save Our Lives
Almost all of the cellular functions in your body run on a 24-hour schedule. Keep that clock regular, and you could stay healthier, and maybe […] Read the original post by Megan Molteni
How to Manage Your Time: A Book List
You don’t have time to read all these books on how to carve out more time, so we did it for you. Read the original post by Tom Simonite
US Sanctions on Huawei May Fuel China’s Plan for Its Own Tech
China’s government has to plan to wean itself from reliance on Western technology. Blacklisting Huawei will only accentuate that impulse. Read the original post by Tom Simonite
Productivity and the Joy of Doing Things the Hard Way
I like a good efficiency hack as well as anyone, but sometimes we should take the long way around. Read the original post by Rob Walker
On Pooping in the Dark—No Lights, No Phones, No Distractions
A bowel movement, above all human projects, is the body’s way of making time for the mind to roam. Read the original post by Zak Jason
To Fight Deepfakes, Researchers Built a Smarter Camera
One way to tell if an image has been faked? Bake the tamper-proofing into the camera itself. Read the original post by Lily Hay Newman
Xiaomi Mi Smart Plug WiFi review: A commodity add-on outlet with more flaws than features
Don’t be enticed by the low price: This smart plug is a me-too wannabe. Read the original post by Christopher Null
Optimization Smackdown: Hustle Porn vs. Zen Porn
Those addicted to self-optimization typically subscribe to one of two—in theory opposing—models: maximize efficiency or minimize clutter. Read the original post by Emma Grey Ellis
Camera obscura: Pre-judging the iPhone XR2
We are months and months away from actually seeing Apple’s 2019 iPhones but it’s never too early to judge how ugly they are. (Spoiler: so […] Read the original post by The Macalope
MCU gets high-accuracy analogue front-end for precision industrial sensing
Renesas is claiming 10nV/°C offset drift, 1ppm/°C gain drift and 30nV RMS noise from the analogue front-end (AFE) of its latest microcontrollers “a level that could […] Read the original post by Steve Bush