I wanted to wait for a bit before writing about this, to avoid writing something silly while getting caught up in the hysteria. Also, I had decided a while back that this wasn’t going to be a geek blog, but, geek that I am, it’s time to break the rules.
This is a week that [...]

In a nutshell, according to optics.org: Japanese researchers have figured out a way to etch data onto fingernails.
Thiis conjures all sorts of interesting ideas, which for me are revolving about Hollywood “action thriller” screenplays. You wake up in a dark room…you have no idea where you are….but all of a sudden, strange things start to [...]

More cool mind control stuff.
Not “mind control” like…The Man controlling your mind. No, this means you controlling things with your mind. (Just felt I had to clear that up.)
The BBC is reporting today about a guy in the USA who became paralyzed after a stabbing, and who underwent surgery to implant electrodes into [...]

This is pretty much the coolest thing I have ever read.
(Well, this week, anyway.)
Scientists at Duke University have gotten monkeys to control a robotic arm with only their thoughts, after they cut open their skulls and jammed a bunch of wires into their brains. Of course, they need to get this running wirelessly, but [...]

Well, I’ve just started reading this book called The Hydrogen Economy: The Creation of the Worldwide Energy Web and the Redistribution of Power on Earth by Jeremy Rifkin. (Side note: where are the editors when it comes to book titles these days…sheesh.)
Anyway, I am only three chapters in, but I understand the gist [...]

It seems Microsoft has resorted to pathetic tactics to try to win favor with the Attorneys General in the states where they are contesting their monopoly status, as this Newsfactor story details.
It’s amazing to me that a company whose products have touched so many people could be as universally reviled as they are. About [...]