#smart garbage

Smart garbage can turns trash into a game

Waste could be a massive concern for cities — finally, nobody likes viewing trash on the road. however it finally ends up there anyway for numerous reasons: bins overflow, generally they are laborious to seek out and worst of all, some folks simply do not care what they are doing with their trash. Sencity seeks to fight this apathy by turning litter disposal into a game with its new TetraBIN, a…

This is a really thoughtful and engaging piece by Jenna Wortham:

By some measures, we are witnessing a rapid change in computing and the swift evolution of relationships between humans and automated helpers. A vision of the future is materializing before our very eyes, the development of networked helper bots that will manage every aspect of our lives, automating it and, theoretically, improving it by simplifying it.

But what happens when those devices go into disrepair — or worse, obsolescence — and their sleeker, faster successors go on sale, as part of the relentless cycle common among most major hardware companies?