Internet & Books Share Same Critics 3

The pencil was attacked as a device that would ruin the writing of students when it was first introduced.  Just how important is the "smell" of books?

Internet & Books Share Same Critics 2

We continue with the common criticisms leveled at the Internet's proliferation in our society, life and schools.

Internet & Books Share Same Critics 1

The Internet - is it the enemy of community ties? Is it spreading inaccurate knowledge? Does it encourage vulgarization of taste?  Does it cause information overload?

The False Illusion of Safety: The Need For New Architecture 1

Possible directions for solutions in our struggle with Nature.

The False Illusion Of Safety: Technology vs Nature

Some in the 21st century may have the illusion of security from nature, but it is only that - an illusion.

Beyond von Neumann: IBM's Cognitive Computers 3b

We continue in this article with details of DARPA's project SyNAPSE.

Beyond von Neumann: IBM's Cognitive Compuiters 3a

What advantages do cognitive computers have over traditional computers?  We shall let Dr. Modha from IBM explain.

Beyond von Neumann: IBM's Cognitive Computers 2

John von Neumann designed the basic architecture of all modern personal computer back in the 1940s and 1950s.  Is it not time to move on?

Beyond von Neumann: IBM's Cognitive Computers 1

IBM's new biological model of a computer is here.  How does it affect the von Neuman model that is the basis for all present computers?

Facebook, Privacy, wikileaks, anonymous 3b

Are there agents that go on Facebook?  Just what powers does the government have to investigate anyone in a social network?

Facebook, Privacy, wikileaks, anonymous 3a

Are the statements that Assange from wikileaks made about Facebook true?  Is it a spying machine?

Facebook, Privacy, wikileaks, anonymous 2b

We present more information about the origins and operations of the hacker group called anonymous.

Facebook, Privacy, wikileaks anonymous 2

Who is anonymous?  What do they stand for?  What can they do?

Facebook, Privacy, wikileaks, anonymous 1

Are there any who think you have any privacy on Facebook?  We hope not.  We will investigate this issues in Facebook.

The Science Behind The Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes 3b: Neurogenesis

We continue with our coverage of neurogenesis and language acquisition by non human primates.

The Science Behind The Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes 3a: Neurogenesis

What is neurogenesis? Does it have the potential to be build super-brains?  Will new hybrids appear that will change all our assumptions about species?

Why?

It was sudden, abrupt and without preamble. It shut my thoughts down. These moments are rare and quite confounding to your inner equilibrium. The feeling is strange; time comes to a standstill, all else fades away except for what is. The sensation of a newborn’s tiny hands clasping the little finger of an adult, or seeing a stilled-lake-water reflecting the autumn tinged tops of the birch trees or the rising terrain glazed over with yellow and white wild flowers. These are moments of great magnitude when a question or statement or a visual arrests all mental cognitive domains of your brain.

The Science Behind The Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes 2

We continue with the amazing future of animals with human material (ACHM).

The Science Behind The Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes 1

What is the science behind the film Rise of the Planet of the Apes?  Is there any related research?

National Security & Science: Tesla, Einstein & Zero Point Energy

The possible science behind Die Glocke and how it could have been developed.

National Security & Science: Operation Paperclip And "Die Glocke" 3c

The rockets, the scientists, is this all we got from the Germans after World War II?  Was there some technology we never received? Hans Kammler and Die Glocke, how are they connected?

National Security & Science: Hitler's Scientists & Operation Paperclip 3b

We continue in our discussion of Nazi Germany's technological advancements.

National Security & Science: Hitler's Scientists & Operation Paperclip 3a

Just how much further advanced were the Germans than the United States at the end of World War II?

National Security & Science 2b

Bill Rich and Skunkworks say that they are at least a hundred years ahead of what the average person and mainline public science knows about aeronautics and propulsion systems?  How can that be?  What are the sources for this kind of information?

National Security & Science: 2a

Are their two levels of Science?  Do we really know just how far ahead the United States government is from what we read in the newspapers?

National Security & Science: The Standoff? 1

How does the open nature of science live within the demands of national security?  Is there friction?  Can both fulfill their roles fully?