Julia Powles Professor and Executive Director, UCLA Institute for Technology, Law & Policy , Tech Policy Lead, UCLA DataX

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Reached my 75th year today 😅 AND we reached 100mm or 4 inches season beginning rain. Canola is emerged on birthday April 5!😁

Way back in 1979 I was fortunate that John Raven was international examiner for my PhD thesis (photoinhibition). John was insightful, supportive and humorous. He was a prolific scientist.

Parking apps lock in the status quo. To reimagine Australia’s cities, we must think beyond them | Julia Powles The financial, privacy and access implications of adopting this technology must be fully assessed Parking, and the enormous amount of space we cede to it, is undergoing two revolutions. The first is the rise of parking apps. The second is a reckoning with whether we really need so much parking and what else we could do with all that space. In the middle of both revolutions sit drivers. Apps like EasyPark, CellOPark and PayStay promise efficiency through pay-as-you-go parking, adjusted to the minute and location via a smartphone app. Continue reading...

Parking apps lock in the status quo. To reimagine Australia’s cities, we must think beyond them | Julia Powles

“Cat in an indigo sky” by my 5 year old granddaughter. IMO better than I have seen in modern art galleries!!!

My backyard green wall in Perth. So different to our appt. living in central Paris this past six weeks.

My first post on Blue Sky. Migrating from X. Ag tech and crop production and herbicide sustainability my professional interests.