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The Pentagon’s research wing, DARPA, has released information to the press regarding an unmanned vehicle that can drive over or through most anything.  What caught my attention was the controls for the vehicle: Surprisingly, the Crusher’s engine is ripped from … Continue reading →

This is going on my Christmas list for next year: Hands cramping up from too many video games? How about controlling games with your thoughts instead? Later this year, Emotiv Systems Inc. plans to start selling the $299 EPOC neuroheadset … Continue reading →

This article is very exciting to read.  The author is correct in saying that cautious optimism is needed; things can change very quickly here. Interested in knowing more about what is happening here in our Asian country?  Check out this website.  (In case … Continue reading →

I just read this post and was impressed (and a little shocked) at how much this description sounded like me.  I thought you might like to read it.  In other news: it’s really hard to teach postmodernism to high schoolers. … Continue reading →

Impossible, irrational, delusionary, absurd, untrustworthy, fictitious, imaginary: It is always easier to approach—or rather, ignore—mysteries of math by dismissing them as false or unintelligible. And how much more for mysteries of faith. So is God like an imaginary number, waiting to be discovered and accepted in a renaissance of faith? The simile is ridiculous, on its face. But, in a curious way, the ramblings of scientific history remind those who strive for reason just how vast reality is. The realization is at once unsettling and exhilarating: Truth is far richer than our minds—always confined by the here and now—can prove or even imagine. Continue reading →

To see the media reports, one would think that only crazy people don’t believe in man-made global warming; “everyone” thinks it’s true. But to read this blog posted on the US Senate website, consensus among scientists is actually closer to … Continue reading →

As seen on CNN’s political ticker, Senator Obama recently spoke at a New Orleans church and quoted the finishing words of Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount regarding the men who built their houses on the rock or the sand.  He … Continue reading →

Apparently some German physicists broke the speed of light.  So I guess this means that warp speed does exist now.  Unless you are a Star Wars fan, in which case it’s hyperspeed.  I think.  Personally I’m waiting until something larger … Continue reading →

The recent Newsweek edition has a revolutionary way to save the environment – in fact, the entire earth: get rid of all the humans.  It’s called the voluntary human extinction movement.  No, I’m not making this up – check out … Continue reading →

…yeah, I know.  The election is 16 months away.  But with everything I am constantly seeing, I think it would be good to put my predictions, such as they are, on paper.  In the midst of primaries, the Democrats are … Continue reading →