Liberal TV, Coming to a Living Room Near You
The NEW YORK OBSERVER will report on Wednesday that former Vice President Al Gore will close the deal to buy his own cable TV channel this week!…More
The Adventures of Seinfeld & Superman
A really cool site sponsored by AmericanExpress, check it out…More
Four Cool New Wireless Technologies
Wi-Fi may be the hottest way to connect to the Internet these days, but it’s just the tip of the iceberg in wireless communications, say researchers at some of the world’s top technology firms.
Working together in industry consortiums, the firms have already laid out plans for four new technologies that promise to make wireless Internet access cheaper, faster and farther reaching. If all goes according to schedule, consumers and business could begin to use some of the technologies by early 2005.…More
How Will We Get Around in the Future?
The prospect of a revolution in air travel has been raised by Nasa’s successful test of a 5,000mph plane. But are we likely to see similar advances in other forms of transport?
The way we get about has a profound impact on the way we live – affecting where we set up home, work and holiday.
Nasa scientists say their experimental X-43A jet has the potential to make the world a much smaller place. It has already led to predictions that passenger planes will one day fly from the UK to Australia in two hours.
But apart from the huge cost implications, governments are increasingly sensitive to environmental concerns and may resist the use of technology that could harm the planet.
So, dusting off the crystal ball, what changes might come in the way we get around? What big ideas are out there, and do they have any chance of seeing the light of day?…More
The Sloganator Memorial
The Whitehouse had a tool called The Sloganator that supporters could use to make posters for the Bush/Cheney ’04 ticket, but took it down because of the, er, abuse. Check out this tribute to all the great slogans that came out of this little toy…More
Labs on the Verge of Creating Artificial Life
More than 3.5 billion years after nature transformed non-living matter into living things, populating Earth with a cornucopia of animals and plants, scientists say they are finally ready to try their hand at creating life.
If they succeed, humanity will enter a new age of “living technology,” where harnessing the power of life to spontaneously adapt to complex situations could solve problems that now defy modern engineering.
Scientists eagerly talk of a new world of ultra-small living machines, where marvelously made-to-order cells heal the body, clean up pollutants, transform electronics and communication, and much more.
The researchers say it may be possible to make sweaters that mend themselves. Or computers that fix their own glitches.
Though some experts see this new technology as providing unlimited benefits, others worry about the moral appropriateness of human-made life and the introduction of new species with the potential to evolve into creatures that could run amok…More