Posts tagged “technology”
Nanotech
The minuscule size of most nanotubes – hollow cylinders of carbon measuring only a few billionths of a meter wide – boggles the mind. Even more astounding may be that scientists can conceivably nestle these straws inside one another like Matryoshka dolls, with the inner set of tubes sliding in and out a billion times
AI
Life began with direct coding on bare, carbon-chemistry hardware, like amino acids and proteins. Higher programming languages, like DNA and RNA, evolved gradually. Computers began in a similar fashion, with programmers coding on to the bare machinery of their circuits. Higher programming languages have followed, each generation more powerful than the last. There is, of
UPC
Want to learn some really cool stuff? There is a soopah-neat-o article on Howstuffworks.com about UPC product bar codes. Y’know … you aren’t going to find high quality links like this just anywhere, dear reader.
Titanic
Did you know that if you have an extra $35,000 in your pocket you can visit the Titanic with National Geographic? How cool would that be? “By 1,000 feet, all traces of sunlight will be gone and you will be immersed in total darkness. To conserve power, the MIR submersibles run without external lights, however,
Tiny
Nanotechnology rules. [link via rebecca’s pocket]
I Want to Fly
Wow! Have you seen the PHASST (Programmable High Altitude Single Soldier Transport) that Kinetic Aerospace Inc. is developing?! You do want your own jet-pack, don’t you?
Weather Control
A company in the United States claims it has invented a powder that can be used to remove clouds from the sky and even stop the development of hurricanes. [link via me-fi]
Miami, Part II
Grrr … and, even though I can access GreyMatter to post, for some reason the folks at AT&T have determined that davidgagne.net is a porn site or something. The Public Phone 2000i won’t let me view my own page. So. I guess I’ll go read Rolling Stone. The paper, handheld, old-fashioned version. In a chair.
Hidden Pocket
Classic khakis on the outside. Hidden pockets on the inside. It’s all in your pants. link via Bob
Cats
I’m interested in learning how you feel about this: A company called Transgenic Pets is attempting to create genetically modified cats. These cats, “will be like any other cats except they will no longer have the protein that causes an allergic reaction in human beings.” BBC article NY Times article