April 28, 2021
Wed. 04/28 - How To Fix Our Crappy Toilets & Secure Our Future
It’s time for a toilet revolution. No, I’m not just talking about bidets. Our wastewater systems are dangerously out of date, but sustainable innovations could be just around the u-bend. Plus, the future of contact lenses is bright––or not, if you’d prefer they block the sun. And Apple dropped a very pandemic-themed update to their emojis.
It’s time for a toilet revolution. No, I’m not just talking about bidets. Our wastewater systems are dangerously out of date, but sustainable innovations could be just around the u-bend. Plus, the future of contact lenses is bright––or not, if you’d prefer they block the sun. And Apple dropped a very pandemic-themed update to their emojis.
Links:
- The Pandemic Proved That Our Toilets Are Crap (Wired)
- High-tech contact lenses are straight out of science fiction — and may replace smart phones (The Conversation)
- The new syringe emoji is a better fit for the age of COVID-19 vaccines (CNET)
- The 'Vaccine' Emoji Gets a New Look This Week (Wired)
- 💉 Syringe Emoji (Emojipedia)
- Kottke Ride Home: Thu. 1/14 - How We Narrowly Avoided an Emoji Shortage on Apple Podcasts (Kottke Ride Home)
- 'Great Gatsby' Musical to Be Written by Florence Welch (Variety)
- Citizen Kane lost its perfect Rotten Tomatoes score (A/V Club)
- Citizen Kane loses 100% "Fresh" rating after 80-year-old negative review added to Rotten Tomatoes (Boing Boing)
- Kottke.Org
- Jackson Bird on Twitter
