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Scary new Big Brother tech
New technology in development by US government agencies. Its not sci-fi, its under development right now.
DARPA, IAO, Intelligence Awareness Office, smart weapons.
:: STARTED BY cusm
:: 11 REPLIES, LAST AT 22:38 06.12.06
Technological Development
Does Technology 'evolve'?
:: STARTED BY nighthawk
:: 2 REPLIES, LAST AT 22:11 06.12.06
Stupid Robot Question
Building a better Robot
:: STARTED BY Alex Thoth
:: 2 REPLIES, LAST AT 14:29 06.12.06
Modern Day Neanderthal?
Do modern day humans have strains of neanderthal DNA?
:: STARTED BY The Ghost of Tom Winter
:: 9 REPLIES, LAST AT 22:53 05.12.06
Question Regarding Government/Military and Acquisition of Private Technology
No summary available
:: STARTED BY CameronStewart
:: 7 REPLIES, LAST AT 20:57 04.12.06
The Antikythera Device- world's oldest computer?
Were the Greeks 1,400 years ahead of their time? Is this 2000 year old set of gears and cogs a navigational device?
:: STARTED BY Quantum
:: 9 REPLIES, LAST AT 20:45 30.11.06
A virus that kills cancer?
Is this for real? And if it is, shouldn't it be, well, a big freakin' deal?
:: STARTED BY MattShepherd: LARGELY ABSENT!
:: 3 REPLIES, LAST AT 17:38 29.11.06
Modafinil / Provigil
Modafinil / Provigil and the 24/7 revolution. Wonder drug my arse, or wonder if it works? What do peeps think of this potential for never having to sleep again?
:: STARTED BY Scrambled Password Bogus Email
:: 14 REPLIES, LAST AT 08:39 25.11.06
New tech, New gadgets.
Useful stuff for personal use, perhaps with an environmental leaning.
:: STARTED BY Unconditional Love
:: 10 REPLIES, LAST AT 16:24 20.11.06
Typhon's children
Researchers hope to put human nucleus in cow eggs. Allegedly for stem cell research. As opposed to shits and giggles.
:: STARTED BY the andromeda mouse
:: 7 REPLIES, LAST AT 15:45 10.11.06
Digital Rights 101
What are digital rights? How do new technologies affect them? Why do groups like the Electronic Frontier Foundation and the Open Rights Group matter? What does this have to do with my life?
:: STARTED BY grant
:: 16 REPLIES, LAST AT 09:40 04.11.06
Fish off the menu by 2048
Plenty more fish in the sea? Not any more...
:: STARTED BY Quantum
:: 1 REPLIES, LAST AT 09:30 04.11.06
Space Elevator
Beanstalks, space bridges, space lifts, space ladders or orbital towers.
:: STARTED BY Quantum
:: 8 REPLIES, LAST AT 03:39 02.11.06
New Developments in Computer Networking
A thread to collect, as the title says, new things coming out of computers and new ways to use these machines to connect people, aggregate information and exchange ideas. Wikis like Wikipedia are only the beginning....
:: STARTED BY grant
:: 7 REPLIES, LAST AT 01:03 29.10.06
Zero Point Energy
Zero point energy and perpetual motion machines.
:: STARTED BY Quantum
:: 6 REPLIES, LAST AT 17:16 27.10.06
The Philosophy Of Time Travel
The theories of time travel in reality and fiction, Einstein-Rosen bridges and entropy, Primer and Donnie Darko, discuss.
:: STARTED BY Quantum
:: 18 REPLIES, LAST AT 21:08 25.10.06
Where's my jetpack?
Jetpacks- actually scientifically viable, or just cool sci-fi stuff?
:: STARTED BY Adam wages war on wack MCs
:: 24 REPLIES, LAST AT 00:41 22.10.06
U.S. says 'MY SPACE! MINE!'
The White House unveils a tough new policy aimed at protecting its interests in space - and denying access to hostile "adversaries"
:: STARTED BY Quantum
:: 3 REPLIES, LAST AT 17:21 20.10.06
SETI set to make major announcement 10/17
SETI will make a "major announcement" Oct 17. Something cool like first contact, or more like budgetary news for the new fiscal year?
:: STARTED BY spectre
:: 6 REPLIES, LAST AT 21:53 19.10.06
Scientific Analysis of Ritual Effects
A discussion of how to go about applying the scientific method to investigating claims of the paranormal. Is it possible? Is it worthwhile?
:: STARTED BY Father Mirror
:: 20 REPLIES, LAST AT 20:54 19.10.06
The Relativity Drive
An thrust device with no moving parts - engage relativity drive, Scotty!
:: STARTED BY Cloned Christ on a HoverDonkey
:: 5 REPLIES, LAST AT 15:58 17.10.06
They've always said kids have selective hearing...
A sound has been discovered that is only detetcable by the young (?)
:: STARTED BY sine
:: 6 REPLIES, LAST AT 00:28 17.10.06
* Autism/Asperger's syndrome
"Children who lack basic social and motor skills, seem unable to decode body language and sense the feelings of others, avoid eye contact, and frequently launch into monologues about narrowly defined - and often highly technical - interests."
:: STARTED BY Ethan Hawke
:: 51 REPLIES, LAST AT 20:49 16.10.06
Take that NASA
non government funded space travel... zesty! (file under: Burt Rutan, X-Prize, Scaled Composites, shuttle, rocket.)
:: STARTED BY topical b
:: 14 REPLIES, LAST AT 19:14 12.10.06
Reverse Sokal Hoax?
Is science in a similar state of disarray as the humanities (if you accept Sokal's thesis)? Would an incident like this prove it?
:: STARTED BY Ethan Hawke
:: 11 REPLIES, LAST AT 23:29 11.10.06
Subordinating science to ideology
Don't kid yourself; science doesn't happen in a happy vacuum.
:: STARTED BY YNH
:: 29 REPLIES, LAST AT 00:50 07.10.06
Huge Mutant Ant Colony Found
Not quite THEM, and the ants themselves aren't the part that's gigantic. Read all about it!
:: STARTED BY FinderWolf
:: 11 REPLIES, LAST AT 17:25 02.10.06
Privacy Repository
A thread for discussion of issues surrounding the maintenance of privacy, specifically in the context of electronics and network communications. A good place to mention tools and methodologies for maintaining privacy in aforementioned environment.
:: STARTED BY Francine I
:: 7 REPLIES, LAST AT 05:31 30.09.06
The Royal Society's Archives- Open for Three Months Only
The Royal Society has opened it's three and a half centuries of published work for public access.
:: STARTED BY Our Lady Drinks Your Milkshake
:: 1 REPLIES, LAST AT 00:35 25.09.06
Vatican Astronomer: Creationism is "a kind of paganism."
Brother Guy Consolmagno and the relationship of science and religion.
:: STARTED BY grant
:: 24 REPLIES, LAST AT 12:33 22.09.06
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