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Monthly Archives: August 2014
If you’ve read this far, you know we’re taking the long view of ourselves today. So before you go, please take 30 seconds, go to “Here Is Today“, and keep clicking “Okay” until you get a perspective on our place … Continue reading
If the Antikythera device was the greatest machine from the ancients, then for certain the greatest machine for the next several millenia should be the 10,000 year clock. Here in the year 02014, you can learn why legendary computer scientist … Continue reading
The greatest machine ever made is not my sports car, but rather a 2000 year old analog computer made by the Greeks. Known as the Antikythera mechanism for the Mediterranean island of its discovery, it baffled engineers for decades, still … Continue reading
People “of a certain age” offer lots of commentary that bemoans the rise of the latest technology: pictures of rotary phones; decrying the death of print journalism, the decline in quality of network TV, the rise of “viral video”. As … Continue reading
If you follow me on Facebook or Twitter, you know that the story of the “Marathon Monks” is one of my favorites. In the age of viral video, the instant gratification economy, and celebrity worship, it speaks to us of … Continue reading
Although we obsess these days about making aircraft lighter, speedier, more fuel-efficient, above all else, making them more quickly than ever before, we should remember that the revolution in air travel began long before any of us started flying for … Continue reading
Silence may be just the thing we need: Your Brain on Silence Silence first began to appear in scientific research as a control or baseline, against which scientists compare the effects of noise or music. Researchers have mainly studied it … Continue reading
11 Internet of Things Ideas Worth Watching Cisco has launched the Internet of Things (IoT) Innovation Grand Challenge “to spearhead an industry-wide initiative to accelerate the adoption of breakthrough technologies and products that will contribute to the growth and evolution … Continue reading
Highly political opinion on the FedEx indictment: Please FedEx, Fight Back against Extortion But wait, isn’t it the job of the Drug Enforcement Agency to prosecute Internet pharmacies that flout the law? That’s what FedEx thought. How are package delivery … Continue reading