no, not the Fantastic Four.. I’m talking about good stuff B Movies Invade Your TV! – New York Times A combination of outrageous genre concepts, low-budget filmmaking and sensationalized titles like the roll call above are all part of the Sci Fi Channel’s attempt to establish a presence on Saturday nights, when a good number […]
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Read more "John Rogers elaborates his theory of "4th Generation Media""coming soon to a paramedic near you.. from NEWS.com.au Boffins create zombie dogs SCIENTISTS have created eerie zombie dogs, reanimating the canines after several hours of clinical death in attempts to develop suspended animation for humans. US scientists have succeeded in reviving the dogs after three hours of clinical death, paving the way for trials […]
Read more "stand clear mamam, we just have to zombify your husband"The Vertical Farm Project @ VerticalFarm.com What is a vertical farm? The concept of indoor farming is not new, since hothouse production of tomatoes, a wide variety of herbs, and other produce has been in vogue for some time. What is new is the urgent need to scale up this technology to accommodate another 3 […]
Read more "more on farming, 21c style"John Battelle’s Searchblog: News: Google To Launch Online Video Playback This Monday I’ve confirmed that Monday Google will launch an in-browser video playback feature based on the open source VLC media player. This is the logical next step for Google’s video search and upload function, which began taking uploads from anyone who cared to submit […]
Read more "coming soon.. Google Video"So, how does the US gets its grunts ready for BombsOverBaghdad? Give ’em a learning tutorial leveraged off the Unreal gaming engine.. Tactical Iraqi – Iraqi Arabic Made Easy Tactical IraqiTM is a computer-based, self-paced, learning program that in about 80 hours teaches English-speaking people totally unfamiliar with Iraqi Arabic how to speak enough to […]
Read more "21C learning techniques.. (US Army style)"Kansas City Star | 06/21/2005 | Old ballgame has newfangled twist Heres one for the record books. The first two innings of the July 16th game between the Kansas City T-Bones and the Schaumburg Flyers will be played virtually. Equipped with Microsoft Xbox game controllers instead of baseball gloves and bats, two video gamers will […]
Read more "not quite baseketball.."The line that has long separated human beings from the machines that assist them is blurring as complex technologies become a visible part of people who depend upon them. Unlike pacemakers and fabricated heart valves that are embedded in the body, these technologies are, so to speak, worn on their users’ sleeves.
Increasingly, amputees, especially young men like Mr. Clapp, and soldiers who have lost limbs in Afghanistan and Iraq, are choosing not to hide their prosthetics under clothing as previous generations did. Instead, some of the estimated 1.2 million amputees in the United States proudly polish and decorate their electronic limbs for all to see.
Read more "modern cyborgs.."Those crazy japanese, not content with building robots for the moon, now they’re growing crops underground.. more info via An underground rice and vegetable field has been planted beneath an office building in Tokyo’s Otemachi business district. This urban farm – in what used to be the vault of a major bank – is maintained […]
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The Committee to Nuke Elysium 