Clean Water Lens

Together DeShawn Henry and Jim Jensen learned that "difficult problems don't necessarily need complicated solutions."
 

Ocean Cleanup Array

Boyan Slat understands well the Tao (way) of oceans, and lets massive debris come to his Ocean Cleanup Array.
 

SoccketBall

"We're harnessing rotational energy. So as the ball is rolling around the field, we have a mechanism that's rolling with it ... [that's] transferring the kinetic energy into electricity," Jessica Matthews explains.
 

Sugar, sugar (3) Moderaton in all

"In the end, reducing the consumption of all sweet things is generally better for your health. Everything in moderation, right?"

~Vanessa Hill
BrainCraft
 

Sugar, sugar (2) Addicted to it?

"Sugar is an addictive food, but even if you like eating chocolates or donuts everyday, it doesn't mean that you're addicted. Very few people are."

~Vanessa Hill
BrainCraft
 

Sugar, sugar (1) Wired to love it!

"We seek out energy-dense food like sugar, because the sweet taste signals us lots of calories we need to survive... So we're kind of hard-wired to love sugar."

~Vanessa Hill
BrainCraft
 

Self Driving Cars (3) Enter, The Philosopher

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Enter, the philosopher; center stage, the engineer

A philosopher is perhaps the last person you’d expect to have a hand in designing your next car, but that’s exactly what one expert on self-driving vehicles has in mind.

Chris Gerdes, a professor at Stanford University, leads a research lab that is experimenting with sophisticated hardware and software for automated driving. But together with Patrick Lin, a professor of philosophy at Cal Poly, he is also exploring the ethical dilemmas that may arise when vehicle self-driving is deployed in the real world.

Gerdes and Lin organized a workshop at Stanford earlier this year that brought together philosophers and engineers to discuss the issue.

Reference:  How to Help Self-Driving Cars Make Ethical Decisions.