M Channel / MCO

03/22/2025

These two go together ... zen waves

07/07/2023

A moment as the new NASA DSCOVR mission begins delivering imaging daily

See more stories of 50+ yrs of Earth Science from space at M Channel /

11/01/2022

Power to the people?

10/11/2022

Next up, generative AI in infancy, toddler AI next dev lev

Generative AI has gotten so much better that it's inspired people to leave their jobs, start new companies and dream about a new generation of tech giants.

08/04/2022

World's largest chipmaker, supply chains and

Semiconductors have become a key part of the rivalry between the U.S. and China with TSMC, which dominates chipmaking, caught in the middle.

05/17/2022

Univ of South Florida, St. Pete
We are where the action is !

https://floridapolitics.com/archives/507307-usf-set-to-receive-75m-for-new-environmental-and-oceanographic-sciences-facility/

https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida-politics/2022/03/16/with-local-lawmakers-in-charge-usf-receives-record-state-funding/

https://www.stpetepartnership.org/news/usfs-center-of-excellence-in-environmental-amp-oceanographic-science

https://stpeterising.com/home/2022/4/4/an-80-million-environmental-research-center-is-coming-to-stpete

https://www.stpetersburg.usf.edu/news/2022/usf-to-launch-new-center-of-excellence-in-environmental-and-oceanographic-sciences-on-st-petersburg-campus.aspx

The University of South Florida is seeking support from the Florida Legislature and the local community to advance a bold new plan for an interdisciplinary center of excellence that will harness the collective power of colleges and departments from throughout the university to address the existentia...

04/01/2022

The IPCC Sixth Assessment Report assesses the impacts of climate change, looking at ecosystems, biodiversity, and human communities at global and regional levels. It also reviews vulnerabilities and the capacities and limits of the natural world and human societies to adapt to climate change.

08/20/2021

Enter Optimus

“Tesla is building an AI humanoid robot called Optimus, says Elon Musk https://t.co/qu5jNbqnPt”

06/23/2021

Visit M Channel ... https://www.linkedin.com/in/stevenjschmidt/

06/15/2021

Old friend Micah Sifry sums up a set of bills moving in Congress... Is it time for 'Reining in Big Tech?' https://www.theverge.com/2021/6/11/22529857/democrats-antitrust-big-tech-facebook-amazon-google-apple-competition-package-bills

"If House Judiciary Democrats get their way, a new slate of five bills just introduced would empower the Justice Department or the FTC to break up some tech companies, bar them from privileging their own services over rivals, block them from buying up nascent competitors, make their data interoperable so users can more easily move from one service to another, and raise needed funds for antitrust enforcement."

And take a look at this FCC review from CCG Consulting, whose moniker is 'Broadband for All'. If you have a 'need for speed' like I do, then keeping up w 'the Spectrum' and WiFi speed is the way to go... https://potsandpansbyccg.com/2021/06/15/an-attack-on-wifi-spectrum/

The bills are the culmination of years of work.

05/06/2021

Spicoli says: "Cowabunga!"

New chip milestone offers greater efficiency and performance