Author: Richard K Collins

The Internet Foundation Internet policies, global issues, global open lossless data, global open collaboration

Milli Micro Nano Pico Femto Atto assembly at Industrial, Development, Lab, Factory, Home and Personal Scale

@NatureComms The emails I receive from communities@springernature.com go to one description of some research, which then points to Nature,com articles. But I mostly follow and communicate by Twitter(X) because there are so many places people gather and discuss.   The “Nature Community” has the entire Internet and beyond as its medium. And countless channels, memory
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Global open models, global open resources, billions of voices and lives

FAO Forestry @FAOForestry @FAO’s flagship publication The State of the World’s Forests 2024 contains 18 case studies from around the world that illustrate how forest-sector innovation can bring about positive change. Read it now https://ow.ly/CFGN50SGXZG #SOFO2024 https://pic.x.com/7jnkduob0r Replying to @FAOForestry and @FAO Global open models, global open resources, billions of voices and lives – some
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Don’t screw up out worlds, little human – talking with three plants about the future and other things

Andrew Côté @Andercot The Future is Here https://pic.x.com/gx1revli0i Replying to @Andercot Andrew, I tried talking to those three plants in front of that black building, but they were fairly ordinary. We talked about the future as you suggested. The one in the middle looks plain and small, but she has a wonderful, cynical outlook and
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When networks fail cumulatively for weeks, can geographic systems survive?

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-50273-5 When networks fail cumulatively for weeks, can geographic systems survive? This is something that can be tested in real world networks for countries, regions, cities, corporate networks, non-profit networks and support networks of all types. The Internet is so “hand-made, hand-maintained, hand-audited and verified” now, I can imagine whole countries, cities, critical systems failing
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Internet Efficiency Prizes, Internet Best Practices

Morning Brew: Why the Internet Is Running Out of Electricity at http://youtube.com/watch?v=xHuoWV3Jwik The Internet as a whole is grossly inefficient, sending megabytes where a few Kilobytes would do. Gigabytes where MegaBytes would do. Rarely do you get offered an index and selection from data “sharing”, it is “click here to download petabytes, see we’re sharing”. The
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Stop writing about gravitational theories and old problems – make fields that act exactly like gravity

Tony, I have been finishing up some projects. July 23, 2024 was the 26th Anniversary of the Internet Foundation. I did a quick read of this last paper, and your earlier ones. You are arguing theories, when I think you ought to be studying the technologies, instruments, sensors and data. I recommend “gravitational engineering” not
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Working at global Internet scale, Antje can affect billions, not just a few hundred

Chan Zuckerberg Initiative @ChanZuckerberg Meet Antje Keppler. She is on a mission to bring young life scientists together + create more opportunities for research & career growth in microscopy and biomedical imaging. #STEMMentorship https://pic.x.com/hnrvtehh2q Replying to @ChanZuckerberg Working at global scale, she can affect millions, not just a few hundred I am 75 and still
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