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Aaaaaaaaah! couldn’t resist the alliteration. Sorry.
Seriously, though, a dolphin named Merlin is learning to speak using the iPad, so says Michael Leddy of Orange Crate Art:
[Jack] Kassewitz [of SpeakDolphin.com] explained the requirements of the technology. “Waterproofing, processor speed, touch-sensitivity, anti-glare screens, and dolphin-friendly programs are essential. As this database of [...]
It’s 2010 folks. We have robot vacuums, get our eyes fixed with lasers, Richard Branson has a personal spacecraft, and anyone who uses Google Chat or Skype has a video phone. Whether or not it feels like the future to us, this is somebody’s future. Philip K. Dick would be screaming and running around in [...]
Sex, on its own, in the wild, natural and unadorned, is still complicated. Don’t believe me? Look at a peacock or a bird of paradise. Salmon die after they procreate. Sea slugs penis joust. Now throw in evolved human biology, history, culture, technology, and science and you have a real disaster on your hands.
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Rodarte brings some serious class to LEDs in footwear. I love that the light is obscured by the texture of the heel.
[via Fashion Tech via Iheartswitch & HighSnobette]
These goggles are apparently the future of skiing tech. The websites for both companies involved are major let downs, with only mock-ups and false-effect versions of the goggles. But what intrigued me is that one of the companies, Zeal Optics, totes itself as being from the same city as this year’s Winter Olympics, [...]
[Image via FredArt]
Wind power could potentially provide a fifth of the power needs for the East Coast. Considering that the from Boston to Miami is one big Atlantic Megatropolis, that’s a lot of power. A fun little tidbit:
The Obama administration is already dedicating billions of dollars to [...]
In a surprise to no one, the military is looking at cog-enhancing drugs for its soldiers (most drugs given now are to elite squads, not rank-and-file) and equip them with robotic buddies, like Big Dog, or Lockheed Martin’s HULC. The Live Science article is almost totally speculation, but sometimes these are fun to post. [...]
Patrick Stewart on PBS’ Digital Nation (hosted by Doug Rushkoff, grrrr):
Will Saletan parses the Apple tablet vs Obama’s SotU debate. His quick summary of recent tech is jaw dropping:
Look around the globe. One of every three people in China now uses the Internet. The same is true in Iran. Hundreds of millions of users are on Facebook, [...]
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Pop Bioethics, written by Kyle Munkittrick, is an effort to study the ethics of the continuing evolution of the human species via the lens of pop culture and be somewhat entertaining in the process.
Kyle's writing can also be found at Discover's The Crux, Slate's Future Tense, and at the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies. For questions or comments: comments [at] popbioethics [dot] com
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