Ask HN: Where do you find weird and wonderful future tech nowadays? • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: Where do you find weird and wonderful future tech nowadays?

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Post by akeck » Fri, Dec 10, 2021, 3:25 PM UTC

Lately, I've taken a liking to low energy tech, permacomputing, solarpunk, etc. Writing on those topics is scattered among subreddits, certain blogs (e.g., 100 Rabbits) and forums, and various Medium and Substack posts.

Re: Ask HN: Where do you find weird and wonderful future tech nowadays?

#22

Post by colechristensen » Fri, Dec 10, 2021, 3:25 PM UTC

The hopeful future died with the dotcom bubble burst and 9/11 together.

Re: Ask HN: Where do you find weird and wonderful future tech nowadays?

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Post by germinalphrase » Fri, Dec 10, 2021, 3:32 PM UTC

akeck wrote: post #21

Lately, I've taken a liking to low energy tech, permacomputing, solarpunk, etc. Writing on those topics is scattered among subreddits, certain blogs (e.g., 100 Rabbits) and forums, and various Medium and Substack posts.

Care to toss out names of subreddits?

Re: Ask HN: Where do you find weird and wonderful future tech nowadays?

#24

Post by corysama » Fri, Dec 10, 2021, 3:36 PM UTC

Two Minute Papers https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCbfYPyITQ-7l4upoX8nvctg

Re: Ask HN: Where do you find weird and wonderful future tech nowadays?

#25

Post by runjake » Fri, Dec 10, 2021, 3:38 PM UTC

Adafruit and the surrounding community.

Also, there are several thriving tinkering communities on YouTube.

https://adafruit.com

Re: Ask HN: Where do you find weird and wonderful future tech nowadays?

#26

Post by ozarkerD » Fri, Dec 10, 2021, 3:51 PM UTC

ben30 wrote: post #4

https://hackaday.com/ and the podcast that goes with it.

Hackaday is amazing. Reading that site as a kid put me on track for my career today. Can’t thank them enough.

Re: Ask HN: Where do you find weird and wonderful future tech nowadays?

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Post by jareklupinski » Fri, Dec 10, 2021, 4:03 PM UTC

for the fantastical stuff, I'm a fan of Design Tech blogs and aggregators like https://www.yankodesign.com/

it's 99% just gorgeous renders, but still helps get the idea machine going :)

Re: Ask HN: Where do you find weird and wonderful future tech nowadays?

#28

Post by Zoo3y » Fri, Dec 10, 2021, 4:11 PM UTC

akeck wrote: post #21

Lately, I've taken a liking to low energy tech, permacomputing, solarpunk, etc. Writing on those topics is scattered among subreddits, certain blogs (e.g., 100 Rabbits) and forums, and various Medium and Substack posts.

seconding this. sustainable power and minimal, human-centric tech is the future.

Re: Ask HN: Where do you find weird and wonderful future tech nowadays?

#29

Post by isaacimagine » Fri, Dec 10, 2021, 4:14 PM UTC

corysama wrote: post #24

Two Minute Papers https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCbfYPyITQ-7l4upoX8nvctg

While good, I feel the channel is experiencing a kind of eternal September right now—the depth at which papers are reviewed has decreased to accommodate the influx of new viewers.

Re: Ask HN: Where do you find weird and wonderful future tech nowadays?

#30

Post by carapace » Fri, Dec 10, 2021, 4:15 PM UTC

Rex Research

http://www.rexresearch.com/

Sure, most of the stuff there is pretty crackpot, but the stuff that isn't...