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Jan 17, 2025 | medium.com | Costas Michalia

Costas Michalia·Follow4 min read·--Having recently finished reading Nexus by Yuval Noah Harari, I can’t help but dwell on one of its core premises: that information creates reality. If this is true, then AI, arguably the most powerful tool for creating, processing, and distributing information, will inevitably shape our culture in profound ways.

Jul 14, 2023 | medium.com | Costas Michalia

The Jetson One represents a dramatic shift away from traditional modes of transportation, but widespread adoption faces substantial challenges. Regulatory approval for these vehicles to operate in urban airspace, the establishment of traffic management systems, and public acceptance of such a radical change in transportation are all significant hurdles that are unlikely to be fully resolved in the next decade.

Jul 10, 2023 | newthinking.com | Joanna Bisgrove |Costas Michalia |Rosanita Ratcliff |Shahary Shobnom Kabir

A Kentucky federal judge recently blocked Kentucky Senate Bill 150 calling for restrictions on gender-affirming care for transgender youth in that state, and in Tennessee a judge blocked a similar ban that would have denied such care beginning July 1. However, these rulings follow a Florida judge’s decision recently striking down the state’s ban on Medicaid coverage for gender-affirming care, affecting potentially thousands of transgender children and adults.

Jun 28, 2023 | medium.com | Costas Michalia

I'm sure many of you are familiar with ' Ted Lasso ', the acclaimed Apple TV+ series? The show follows the various relationships and personalities within a fictional London-based football club known as AFC Richmond. As fond as I am of the show, I've always felt that the club badge was somewhat of an afterthought. Perhaps the producers were uncertain about the show's prospective success? The badge has intrigued me since, and I've long wanted to delve into its design and potentially reimagine it.

Jun 19, 2023 | fastcompany.com | Costas Michalia

By Costas Michalia5 minute ReadThe history of user interfaces (UI) is marked by constant evolution and innovation. It began with command-line interfaces in the 1960s, which required users to type commands to interact with computers. This was followed by the development of graphical user interfaces in the 1980s, which used icons and windows to represent commands and files, making computers more accessible to non-expert users.