from PhysOrg More American men seeking nip n’ tuck Once considered a woman’s domain, cosmetic surgery is increasingly attracting American men keen on remaining competitive in the workplace, improving their love life or getting rid of physical hangups. With procedures for droopy eyelids, bulging love handles and over-sized breasts, more men are readjusting their bodies […]
Read more "..More American men seeking nip n’ tuck.."from the Daily Mail Cloning opens door to ‘farmyard freaks’ Moves to clone and genetically modify farm livestock have opened the door to the creation of “Farmyard Freaks”, experts have warned. News that the daughter of a US clone cow has been born on a British farm has moved the issue from science fiction to […]
Read more "..Cloning opens door to ‘farmyard freaks’.."John Rogers expands from his recent post to elbaborate thusly (from which I’m just gonna pull the highlights, but the whole things really work a read): 4GM: Nobody gets Rich, Everybody Gets Paid … Whedon’s Angel very much died because the WB realized they were just advertising for 20th Century Fox’s box sets. … DVD […]
Read more "..4GM: Nobody gets Rich, Everybody Gets Paid.."In part of his annual state of the world address on The Well Bruce Sterling says: The worst part about writing science fiction is the publishing and distribution system. Practically everything we know about literature and popular literate culture is predicated on the use of ink on paper. I was a big fan of that […]
Read more "bruces on writing in teh 21C"from fastcompany.com A Head For Detail Gordon Bell will never forget what I look like. He’ll never forget what I sound like, either. Actually, he’ll never forget a single detail about me. That’s because when I first met the affable 72-year-old computer scientist at the offices of Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) Research Labs, in Redmond, Washington, he […]
Read more "..A Head For Detail.."from The Korea Times Athletes to Wear Smart Bio-Shirts Amateur marathoners sometimes fail to pace themselves during the long, 42.195-kilometer course. This is very dangerous and can even lead to a runners death. To reduce the risk, a team of Korean scientists has developed wearable computing ware, called BioShirt, which warns runners who try to […]
Read more "..Athletes to Wear Smart Bio-Shirts.."A high-tech collection of soldier gear, 15 years and half a billion dollars in the making, will finally make it into battle. The 4th Battalion, 9th Infantry has adopted the Land Warrior suite of wearable electronics, and will take it with them to Iraq when they deploy next year. It’s the first time a large group of infantrymen will be tied to the combat network that’s connecting so much of the military…
Read more "..High-Tech Uniforms Finally Heading to War.."trying to compare and contrast the two notions – both extrapoliations of how current technology will change society in years to come..
Read more "you say Participatory Panopticon, I say Super Public"from BBC NEWS Young drive ‘radical media shift’ … Sixteen to 24 year olds are spurning television, radio and newspapers in favour of online services, says the regulator’s study. The 2006 Ofcom report also found that increasingly households are turning to broadband and digital TV. And it notes 1.8 million homes are now using their […]
Read more "..Young drive ‘radical media shift’.."from PhysOrg.com Colleges warn about networking sites Incoming college students are hearing the usual warnings this summer about the dangers of everything from alcohol to credit card debt. But many are also getting lectured on a new topic – the risks of Internet postings, particularly on popular social networking sites such as Facebook. From large […]
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The Committee to Nuke Elysium 