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On-grid, off-grid, & on the edge.
Field notes, gear briefs, tech sanity.
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On-grid, off-grid, & on the edge.
Field notes, gear briefs, tech sanity.
↳ folktech.io
What are you doing to prepare for when AI replaces millions of jobs (projected to start speeding up by 2030)?
Here's our breakdown:
open.substack.com/pub/folktech...
Here's our breakdown:
open.substack.com/pub/folktech...
July 17, 2025 at 9:09 PM
What are you doing to prepare for when AI replaces millions of jobs (projected to start speeding up by 2030)?
Here's our breakdown:
open.substack.com/pub/folktech...
Here's our breakdown:
open.substack.com/pub/folktech...
You work hard - and get nothing.
You don't give up. You keep trying.
It’s about cultivating a garden of seeds. You don’t know which one will grow biggest, or which will be most fruitful.
Yet you plant them anyway.
Diligently waiting for the moment one breaks through 🌱
You don't give up. You keep trying.
It’s about cultivating a garden of seeds. You don’t know which one will grow biggest, or which will be most fruitful.
Yet you plant them anyway.
Diligently waiting for the moment one breaks through 🌱
July 17, 2025 at 3:33 AM
You work hard - and get nothing.
You don't give up. You keep trying.
It’s about cultivating a garden of seeds. You don’t know which one will grow biggest, or which will be most fruitful.
Yet you plant them anyway.
Diligently waiting for the moment one breaks through 🌱
You don't give up. You keep trying.
It’s about cultivating a garden of seeds. You don’t know which one will grow biggest, or which will be most fruitful.
Yet you plant them anyway.
Diligently waiting for the moment one breaks through 🌱
If you're not investing time in learning about Helix and other VLA (vision, language, action) models, you're going to get blindsided.
Within a few short years these things might be in every factory, doing every job imaginable.
And when one of them learns something, they will all know it.
Within a few short years these things might be in every factory, doing every job imaginable.
And when one of them learns something, they will all know it.
July 16, 2025 at 4:59 AM
If you're not investing time in learning about Helix and other VLA (vision, language, action) models, you're going to get blindsided.
Within a few short years these things might be in every factory, doing every job imaginable.
And when one of them learns something, they will all know it.
Within a few short years these things might be in every factory, doing every job imaginable.
And when one of them learns something, they will all know it.
Would you be ok with becoming a Digital Twin? Is your data already being used to create a digital copies of you? Companies like Twin Health are achieving better outcomes with customized data...but people aren't sure if it's safe. usa.twinhealth.com
July 14, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Would you be ok with becoming a Digital Twin? Is your data already being used to create a digital copies of you? Companies like Twin Health are achieving better outcomes with customized data...but people aren't sure if it's safe. usa.twinhealth.com
Will any AI make $1 trillion before the end of the decade?
July 13, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Will any AI make $1 trillion before the end of the decade?
NVIDIA just hit $4 trillion by recreating the East India Company playbook for the digital age. While everyone focuses on AI hype, they're quietly building an empire that controls the "simulation layer" where all future decisions get made.
July 13, 2025 at 3:50 PM
NVIDIA just hit $4 trillion by recreating the East India Company playbook for the digital age. While everyone focuses on AI hype, they're quietly building an empire that controls the "simulation layer" where all future decisions get made.
What do NVIDIA and the East India Trading Company have in common?
Over $4 Trillion valuation - and the ability to shape global supply chains.
What does that mean for you? Find out now:
open.substack.com/pub/folktech...
Over $4 Trillion valuation - and the ability to shape global supply chains.
What does that mean for you? Find out now:
open.substack.com/pub/folktech...
July 12, 2025 at 5:18 PM
What do NVIDIA and the East India Trading Company have in common?
Over $4 Trillion valuation - and the ability to shape global supply chains.
What does that mean for you? Find out now:
open.substack.com/pub/folktech...
Over $4 Trillion valuation - and the ability to shape global supply chains.
What does that mean for you? Find out now:
open.substack.com/pub/folktech...
If you're new here...welcome 🌻 Folk Technica is your no-fluff field guide to practical tech. We cut through the noise to bring you what actually matters: how emerging technology reshapes real lives, what gadgets deserve your money, and which trends will define tomorrow.
July 12, 2025 at 3:05 PM
If you're new here...welcome 🌻 Folk Technica is your no-fluff field guide to practical tech. We cut through the noise to bring you what actually matters: how emerging technology reshapes real lives, what gadgets deserve your money, and which trends will define tomorrow.
Are robots safe? Humanoid robots are doing work in warehouses and factories around the world. But what are the dangers?
July 11, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Are robots safe? Humanoid robots are doing work in warehouses and factories around the world. But what are the dangers?
🤠⚙️ Welcome to the Wild West of Home Robotics! From Arduino garage bots to Tesla’s Optimus, we’re in an unregulated boom and the early results are alarming: battery blasts, hacked vacuums spying on you, even head-butting machines. Saddle up and read more 👉 folktechnica.substack.com/p/the-wild-w...
July 10, 2025 at 3:33 AM
🤠⚙️ Welcome to the Wild West of Home Robotics! From Arduino garage bots to Tesla’s Optimus, we’re in an unregulated boom and the early results are alarming: battery blasts, hacked vacuums spying on you, even head-butting machines. Saddle up and read more 👉 folktechnica.substack.com/p/the-wild-w...
You can now build a website, a YouTube channel, a Substack, and cohesive branding in 48 hours with just $100 in API credits
July 9, 2025 at 5:44 AM
You can now build a website, a YouTube channel, a Substack, and cohesive branding in 48 hours with just $100 in API credits
It will always be amazing that you can ask your phone for images like these and it works
July 8, 2025 at 4:34 AM
It will always be amazing that you can ask your phone for images like these and it works
New Post Live on Substack!
Your Field Brief for the first week of July covers:
1. hyperscaler AI spend
2. power-grid pivots
3. adoption gaps
...and more sorted into a 5-minute read packed with context you can act on today!
Read now:
open.substack.com/pub/folktech...
Your Field Brief for the first week of July covers:
1. hyperscaler AI spend
2. power-grid pivots
3. adoption gaps
...and more sorted into a 5-minute read packed with context you can act on today!
Read now:
open.substack.com/pub/folktech...
Standing on the Fault-Line: Could This New Tech Really Fracture Everything?
FIELD BRIEF · JULY 2025
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July 7, 2025 at 11:02 PM
New Post Live on Substack!
Your Field Brief for the first week of July covers:
1. hyperscaler AI spend
2. power-grid pivots
3. adoption gaps
...and more sorted into a 5-minute read packed with context you can act on today!
Read now:
open.substack.com/pub/folktech...
Your Field Brief for the first week of July covers:
1. hyperscaler AI spend
2. power-grid pivots
3. adoption gaps
...and more sorted into a 5-minute read packed with context you can act on today!
Read now:
open.substack.com/pub/folktech...