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Did We Just Kill Solar? How America's Credit Rollback Triggers an Industry Collapse
An American homeowner stares at her roof through November rain, calculator in one hand, installation contract in the other. The numbers are brutal: install her 11-kilowatt solar system before December 31st and save $7,800 in federal tax credits. Wait until January 1st, and that money vanishes.
From Spices to Silicon: Why NVIDIA's Playbook Could Rewrite Reality
NVIDIA just hit $4 trillion in market value, but that's not the real story. The company is building the infrastructure for a parallel digital universe where all future decisions will be made—and whoever controls that layer controls reality itself.
The Wild West of Home Robotics: What Could Go Wrong When Everyone's Building Robots
The household robot market is exploding from $8 billion to $65 billion by 2030, but we're conducting a massive unregulated experiment in our homes. From battery explosions to vacuum hacks, here's what could go wrong.
Who Owns the Sky? How Drone Cities Might Change Your Future
When you think about drones, you might picture futuristic robots delivering packages or pizzas right to your door. But in places like China, drones are already changing everyday life in bigger ways.
Why Folk Technica? Some Thoughts on Navigating the Tech Revolution
Some thoughts and observations about navigating the technological revolution - how to understand and work with the technology that's reshaping our world.
Embodied AI: The Rise of Physical Intelligence
Last spring, a warehouse bot mis-sorted 10,000 shoes—instructions unclear, but lessons unmistakable. Meet the AI systems that move, think, and act in the physical world, from warehouse automation to disaster response.