Stories

Kin Lane

Polish Your Drone Pilot Skills Today #DesignFiction

One of the most sought after skills in the next decade will be the ability to fly drones. The world of drones is opening up, from the technology you use, to new rules by the FAA, and highly skilled folks are needed to fly drones for tasks ranging from security to real estate sales. You may be an expert at playing video games, and played with your home drone kit f...
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Using Facebook Facial Recognition To Find Jesus In Everything #DesignFiction

I was uploading my Earth as Art photos into a Facebook album, as I’m working on new ways to use my social networks in conjunction with image and photo content, and after the upload, I clicked next and Facebook wanted to find my friends in the mountains, water, and other land masses that were present in my photos. This gave me ...
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We Haven't Seen Charles Israel Adams (aka @cia) #DesignFiction

The young man who used to own the Twitter handle @cia hasn’t been see for a couple weeks, and now the Central Intelligence Agency as now taken over control over his Twitter account, formerly owned and ran by Charles Israel Adams. The @cia Twitter account ...
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The Reverse Hearbleed Switch #DesignFiction

We needed a way to get everyone to weaken the SSL they were using, and what better target than OpenSSL, which handles SSL for millions of companies worldwide. Until recently we were not able to infiltrate the OpenSSL team, and with the recent Snowden leaks, we needed to increase the vulnerability of system...
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Technologists Develop New Polymer That Binds And Lubricates At The Same Time #APIDesignFiction

We never thought it was possible, but over the last ten years a new breed of software engineers have organically developed a new technical polymer that both acts as glue, holding together architectural components, while simultaneously acting as a lubricant between not just the technical components, but the business and political ...
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Each Developer Is Responsible For Their Internet Of Things Creation #DesignFiction

Ever since the federal Internet of things (Iot) act went into effect we’ve seen an amazing adoption of enforcement frameworks occur, with about 90% saturation across the industry. Iot enforcement frameworks required identity certificates of all developers who work on code, before any Internet enabled device can operate. T...
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Internet of Things #DesignFiction

Do we even understand what we are doing when we unleash an Internet of Things (Iot)? We think we have them under control and they will do our bidding, but will they? I predict that we will see a lot of destruction, and big messes in the world of Iot before we see any order. At wha...
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Physical Bucket To Amazon S3 Bucket Conversion Service #DesignFiction

I wanted to announce Buckit, which is an online bucket conversion system allowing you to mail items to a specific physical address, that is allocated into various buckets, which are directly mapped to virtual Amazon S3 buckets. Anything you mail into a bucket, will be converted to its virtual equivalent. A patented physical to virtu...
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Wearable Tech For The People You Love The Most #DesignFiction

Technology plays an important role in our lives, allowing us to better connect with the people that are most important to us. We all want to know that the people we love are safe, sound, and close to our hearts. What better way to do this than through Internet connected wearable technology, and mobile apps we can use on our smartphones.
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I Have To Check Your ID When Buying Alcohol Because The Cameras Are Watching #DesignFiction

Standing in the grocery store line, the young man in front of me was purchasing alcohol, and the cashier kindly asked him for his ID. He jokingly said I don’t look over 36? She laughed, and she said no, and “the cameras are watching”. She explained that when the point of sale system scans alcohol it takes ...
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NSA Protest Analysis And Targeting Using Angry Bird Data #DesignFiction

The public recently found out that the NSA uses leaky applications such as Angry Birds to track on and find out more about every day citizens around the world. There is a wealth of data available regarding the potential of Angry Bird users, where they travel to, how they spend their leisure time, and potentially their understandin...
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Internet of Things Crimes: Nest Burglars #APIDesignFiction

The big data generated by the Internet of Things provides a lot of value in everyday life. One example of this is in my career, as a common burglar. I never used to think of myself as a criminal, but as an application developer for Internet of Things devices I saw so much opportunity—I couldn't help myself. In my reg...
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Guns Are A Market, And Second Only To Religion Have The Best Marketing Known To Man #DesignFiction

Not many sectors of our economy enjoy constitutional protections, and such a passionate base as the gun. While the firearm is an essential tool and right to life by many individuals, when it comes down to it, it is just another market, with customers to keep, and sales to make. People don't consider guns to be a market, because they s...
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The FlockTender 1000 #DesignFiction

My name is Christopher Longfellow, and I am the pastor of a small church in suburban Chicago, IL. I’m six months into my adoption of the FlockTender 1000, and working to keep better notes on how I’m using, and the amazing changes it has introduced into my church, and how I interact with my parishioners. First, I...
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Tracking Police Vehicle Network #DesignFiction

With the size and cost of GPS trackers it is getting easier and easier to track the locations of vehicles. Commercial fleets are using are using it to manage their workforce, police use them to track their own vehicles as well as increasingly track the location of criminals. I've taken advantage of this low cost te...
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Deliver Weed Via Drones #DesignFiction

Hey my name is creature, I live up on the hill in Portland, OR. I am your local weed dealer. I've started a new drone delivery service in the PDX area. I can deliver up to an ounce of weed 12 PM to 12AM, seven days a week. Just visit pdxdronedelivery.com and there is an account setup and ordering system available there.
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Pushing Drone Technology Forward With Drone Hunters #DesignFiction

As the usage of domestic, commercial usage of drones expands in the United States, the drone manufacturing industry in partnership with the federal government is looking for ways to improve their technology. We are seeing a new pilot program emerge in the remote outback of Colorado in the small town of Deer Trail. Fueled by a sing...
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US Fully Into All Areas of Philippines Within 24 Hours of Typhoon Hitting #DesignFiction

Photo Credit The United States Military Forces were on the ground within 24 h...
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Me And My Army Of Enthusiastic ObamaCare Registrants #DesignFiction

I'm sitting back in the bahamas enjoying the fruits of my labor, with $1M in my bank account, dedicated Internet to my bungalow and as much rum as I can drink. After 7 months of work, I'm enjoying the fruits of my labor to help make sure the launch of ObamaCare is a wild failure. I was approached back in March, by a gentleman who wil...
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My Name Is Frank And I Work At CQI Cloud Providers #DesignFiction

My name is Frank Ascapone. I am director of operations at CQI cloud providers. We provide infrastructure as a service (IaaS) and platform as a service (PaaS) level cloud services for companies around the world. This week in Washington D.C. there is a major battle within the federal government about whether to fund the g...
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My Local Storage Node Uses a Disposable Proxy to Connect To The Cloud #DesignFiction

We have evolved and matured beyond our early days of cloud computing. We ended up thinking that the cloud was a necessary evil, but it wasn't the early love affair with storing our lives online. Today I have my own local storage nodes, where I store my photos, music, video and even my DNA sequencing. My nodes are stored on my body, in my h...
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I Am Still Not Convinced Any Of This Is Real! #DesignFiction

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I Had Left Part of Me At Diamond Creek #DesignFiction

It was 1997 and I had just recovered from getting busted by the FBI. I needed to get away, take inventory of who the fuck I was, and where this ship was headed. What better place to do it than Diamond Creek! Diamond Creek is an sparkling, pure body of water that flows through some of the most desolate, hard landscape you c...
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The Quantified Developer #DesignFiction

I am the CEO of Connected World Software, which produces software that runs around the globe, present in every phone, tablet, automobile and any other connected object that you depend. At Connected World Software we have managed to become the number one software provider in the world through a network of what we call, Quantif...
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The Instagram Photo Sousveillance Network #DesignFiction

I'm a officer for the Department of Homeland Security, stationed in the beach town of Santa Monica, CA. I am an investigator on various domestic terrorism cases, and spend my time investigating individuals who operate in Santa Monica and nearby area. With the proximity to LAX, I find myself tracking on many regulars, as well...