Nik Baerten
@pantopicon.be
futures explorer, co-founder of PANTOPICON (a foresight and design studio, B)
Surgeons have performed the first fully robotic heart transplant in the U.S., using advanced robotic tools to avoid opening the chest. neurosciencenews.com/robotic-hear...
June 27, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Surgeons have performed the first fully robotic heart transplant in the U.S., using advanced robotic tools to avoid opening the chest. neurosciencenews.com/robotic-hear...
New method can teach AI to admit uncertainty. In other words, it finally learns to say "I don't know" techxplore.com/news/2025-06...
June 27, 2025 at 9:31 AM
New method can teach AI to admit uncertainty. In other words, it finally learns to say "I don't know" techxplore.com/news/2025-06...
‘A timebomb’: could a French mine full of waste poison the drinking water of millions? www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘A timebomb’: could a French mine full of waste poison the drinking water of millions?
Scientists fear thousands of tonnes of chemicals dumped in mining tunnels in Alsace may seep into an aquifer with devastating consequences for people and wildlife
www.theguardian.com
June 23, 2025 at 5:05 PM
‘A timebomb’: could a French mine full of waste poison the drinking water of millions? www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Publishers facing existential threat from AI, Cloudflare CEO says www.axios.com/2025/06/19/a...
www.axios.com
June 20, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Publishers facing existential threat from AI, Cloudflare CEO says www.axios.com/2025/06/19/a...
News from the #regenerativemedicine front ... Axolotl Discovery Brings Us Closer Than Ever to Regrowing Human Limbs www.sciencealert.com/axolotl-disc...
Axolotl Discovery Brings Us Closer Than Ever to Regrowing Human Limbs
Axolotls (Ambystoma mexicanum) have the incredible ability to regenerate limbs, and even entire organs.
www.sciencealert.com
June 20, 2025 at 9:31 AM
News from the #regenerativemedicine front ... Axolotl Discovery Brings Us Closer Than Ever to Regrowing Human Limbs www.sciencealert.com/axolotl-disc...
Infrared contact lenses allow people to see in the dark, even with their eyes closed phys.org/news/2025-05...
Infrared contact lenses allow people to see in the dark, even with their eyes closed
Neuroscientists and materials scientists have created contact lenses that enable infrared vision in both humans and mice by converting infrared light into visible light. Unlike infrared night vision…
phys.org
May 23, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Infrared contact lenses allow people to see in the dark, even with their eyes closed phys.org/news/2025-05...
New quantum-based navigation tech beats GPS precision by 50 times interestingengineering.com/innovation/a...
New quantum-based navigation tech beats GPS precision by 50 times
Explore the advantages of Q-CTRL's quantum navigation system that operates independently of GPS and offers unparalleled accuracy.
interestingengineering.com
April 18, 2025 at 9:31 AM
New quantum-based navigation tech beats GPS precision by 50 times interestingengineering.com/innovation/a...
👇been hammering on the language/cultural myopia of LLM’s for years. With language comes culture, worldviews, epistemologies, …
"If we rely on LLMs in our policy processes, the advice they provide will be conditioned by the language in which we ask our questions" github.com/economicalst...
March 5, 2025 at 4:28 PM
👇been hammering on the language/cultural myopia of LLM’s for years. With language comes culture, worldviews, epistemologies, …
Helps to contextualize the meaning of 'fine' ... proton.me/blog/big-tec...
Big Tech earns enough in less than 3 weeks to pay all 2024 fines | Proton
Big Tech fines reached more than $8 billion in 2024. Unfortunately, not even this fine will give Big Tech pause. But progress is being made.
proton.me
February 21, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Helps to contextualize the meaning of 'fine' ... proton.me/blog/big-tec...
Reposted by Nik Baerten
💭How can we drive transformative change in agrifood systems?
IIPP delivered a groundbreaking Applied Learning workshop to the UN @fao.org to equip their staff with tools and methodologies to drive transformative change.
🔗Read more here: https://buff.ly/3VJbz1l
IIPP delivered a groundbreaking Applied Learning workshop to the UN @fao.org to equip their staff with tools and methodologies to drive transformative change.
🔗Read more here: https://buff.ly/3VJbz1l
December 24, 2024 at 12:00 PM
💭How can we drive transformative change in agrifood systems?
IIPP delivered a groundbreaking Applied Learning workshop to the UN @fao.org to equip their staff with tools and methodologies to drive transformative change.
🔗Read more here: https://buff.ly/3VJbz1l
IIPP delivered a groundbreaking Applied Learning workshop to the UN @fao.org to equip their staff with tools and methodologies to drive transformative change.
🔗Read more here: https://buff.ly/3VJbz1l
And not just in the humanities …
Few academics in the humanities want to re-think decades-old evaluation systems; nobody wants to re-do their years-old course designs. The real cost of this inertia and refusal to adapt will soon become all too clear.
“Students using ChatGPT to produce an essay suddenly seems like a mere nuisance compared with the dire prospect of them turning to AI to do all of the course reading for them.”
We have to rethink things. We live in the era of universities as AIvory towers.
www.chronicle.com/article/when...
We have to rethink things. We live in the era of universities as AIvory towers.
www.chronicle.com/article/when...
December 18, 2024 at 11:58 AM
And not just in the humanities …
Reposted by Nik Baerten
The Common Table is a publishing platform dedicated to food futures and systemic change. We bring diverse viewpoints and insights from around the world to the table, to enable greater constructive dialogue and exchange. We believe in better and fairer food futures for everyone.
The Common Table By Studio_lovell
The publishing platform for stories about food futures and systemic change
thecommontable.eu
December 3, 2024 at 10:43 AM
The Common Table is a publishing platform dedicated to food futures and systemic change. We bring diverse viewpoints and insights from around the world to the table, to enable greater constructive dialogue and exchange. We believe in better and fairer food futures for everyone.
Reposted by Nik Baerten
NORWAY: “Despite winding back some tax benefits, EVs accounted for 94% of new car sales in October — almost 2x China’s rate — putting the country within reach of a goal to stop adding combustion engines next year.”
Norway is on the cusp of an all-EV car market. www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
Norway is on the cusp of an all-EV car market. www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
This Is What the World’s First All-EV Car Market Looks Like
Norway is on the cusp of completing a transition away from combustion cars thanks to targeted incentives that made electrics an easy choice
www.bloomberg.com
November 29, 2024 at 12:38 AM
NORWAY: “Despite winding back some tax benefits, EVs accounted for 94% of new car sales in October — almost 2x China’s rate — putting the country within reach of a goal to stop adding combustion engines next year.”
Norway is on the cusp of an all-EV car market. www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
Norway is on the cusp of an all-EV car market. www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
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Thrilled to launch Issue 02 of Future Observatory Journal – More than Human.
What does it mean to design not just for ourselves but for other species and for living systems?
Featuring Anna Tsing, James Bridle, Daisy Hildyard, Cave Bureau, bats, coral and many others
Dive in: fojournal.org
What does it mean to design not just for ourselves but for other species and for living systems?
Featuring Anna Tsing, James Bridle, Daisy Hildyard, Cave Bureau, bats, coral and many others
Dive in: fojournal.org
November 28, 2024 at 7:35 PM
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Denmark will plant 1 billion trees and convert 10% of farmland into forest
Denmark will plant 1 billion trees and convert 10% of farmland into forest
Danish lawmakers have agreed on a deal to plant 1 billion trees and convert 10% of farmland into forest and natural habitats in an effort to reduce fertilizer usage over the next two decades.
buff.ly
November 28, 2024 at 6:04 PM
Denmark will plant 1 billion trees and convert 10% of farmland into forest