Archive for the ‘Science & Tech’ category
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IBM’s Watson Computing System Honored As “Person of the Year” At The 15th Annual Webby Awards
IBM, which just celebrated its centennial, announced that its Watson computer system was honored as the “Person Of The Year” at the 15th Annual Webby Awards gala in New York City. Earlier this year, Watson captured the international spotlight when it competed on the... -
Science Feature: Ultra-Intelligence
In Iain M. Banks’ Culture books, the Culture Minds are AIs possessing an intelligence far surpassing our own. Many people have speculated that we might one day meet ultra-intelligent aliens, or that our own descendants might be genetically-engineered to have very high IQs.... -
Star Trek: The Exhibition Premieres At Kennedy Space Center
Good news for all you Star Trek fans! EMS Exhibits, Inc. has acquired the licensing rights to the touring exhibit Star Trek: The Exhibition from CBS Consumer Products. Currently, Star Trek: The Exhibition is open at Filmpark Babelsberg in Babelsberg, Germany, until Oct. 31. ... -
Razer Improves Gaming Immersion With Star Wars Product Line
Razer, the world’s leading high-end precision gaming brand, is proud to send your ‘Star Wars: The Old Republic’ gaming experience into hyperspace with the release of a licensed ‘Star Wars: The Old Republic’ product line, expected to launch in conjunction with the... -
Science Feature: The LHC As A Weapon System
In a previous article on science-fiction weapons systems we talked about the Relativistic Kill Weapon: a massive object accelerated to near light speed and carrying colossal kinetic energy. But there is another way to hit an enemy with relativistic firepower: the particle beam... -
‘X-Men’ App Now Available To iPad Users
X-Men fans, check this out. Twentieth Century Fox recently announced a new App, “X-Men EXTRA,” that puts users in the middle of the most defining – and top secret – events of the past century. The digital and updatable magazine app debuted today on the iPad and will... -
Science Feature: Magical Thinking About The Big Bang
I recently had a chance to view the half-hour video, “The ‘Something from Nothing’ Universe” with its subtitle: “Exposing the supernatural phenomena behind the Big Bang Theory” which was posted on the video-sharing site vimeo.com. The half-hour video... -
NASA Announced Endeavour Wake Up Song Winners
Recently we reported (here) that NASA was in the process of picking wake up songs for its astronauts. Well, NASA announced the winners of its “Original Song Contest” after six weeks of public voting. The songs were to awaken the STS-134 astronauts aboard space shuttle... -
Future Scientist-Astronauts and Educator-Astronauts Offered Training at NASTAR Center
Environmental Tectonics Corporation’s The NASTAR Center, the premier commercial aerospace training and research center in the world, and member of the Commercial Spaceflight Federation, conducted last week its latest set of Suborbital Scientist space training for future... -
Science Feature: The ‘Myth’ of the Evil Aliens
Michael Shermer’s ‘Skeptic’ column in Scientific American is billed as “Viewing the world with a rational eye”. In his latest piece ‘The Myth of the Evil Aliens’ (June, 2011) Shermer starts by noting that with new technology such as the Allen Telescope Array,... -
Star Tours: The Adventures Continue
Unless you’ve been living in an asteroid with a space slug, you’ve probably heard Disney parks have revamped the Star Tours ride. The ride first appeared at Disneyland in Anaheim in 1987, and it later showed up at Disney’s Hollywood Studios in Orlando. It didn’t... -
Science Feature: Dust Theory
In Greg Egan’s ‘Permutation City’ Paul Durham copies his consciousness into a computing substrate. While technically awesome, this may seem to you conceptually quite mundane: OK, Paul now runs on a computer. But you are mistaken. ‘Permutation City’... -
Steven Seagal Appeals To Russian PM Putin To Support Immortality Research
Want to live forever? Apparently Steven Seagal does. This story so reminds me of ‘Highlander’… Anyway, actor and martial artist Steven Seagal has written an open letter to Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, asking the Prime Minister’s support of... -
NASA Television To Cover Launch, Departure Of Next Soyuz
There’s nothing like seeing a launch in person, but if you can’t, NASA has the next best thing. NASA Television will cover the return of three International Space Station crew members and the launch of three new station residents in the coming weeks. For the first time,... -
Robot Technology Offers Hope In Medical Field
We all know that having a skilled medical professional taking care of you in a time of need can make a huge difference when it comes to your recovery. But did you know the same can be said about robots? Robotic technology has been used to provide medical care on a limited...
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