Almost instantly people are bouncing ideas off each other, transforming each other, and learning to adapt. It is getting to function like a neural net, all it would take would be to “cloud” and “super-compute” each data bit with adaptive human cognitive software and we could could function like the Na’vi tree of life. The [...]
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How Far Away are We From a Collective Conscience?
Posted: 14th October 2011 by Sus Scrofa in Science | TechnologyTags: Civilization, Collective Conscience, Disruption, Neural Net, people, real time, scientists, Self Destruct, Submission, Tree Of Life
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‘Is My Son Gay?’ App Hits Android Market
Posted: 27th September 2011 by Sus Scrofa in Lifestyle, Science | TechnologyTags: Babelfish, Brand Names, Computerized Service, Diva, French Speaker, Huffpost, Musical Comedies, offspring, Premise, Question Survey, Rue89, Sexual Orientation, Sexual Preference, Simplicity, Singers, Sports Magazines, Straight Translation, Survey Taker, Team Sports, Yes Or No Questions
“Is My Son Gay?,” a new app available in the Android Market, has a rather simple premise: It claims to determine, through a series of 20 questions, whether or not the survey-taker’s offspring is, in fact, a homosexual. And yet despite this simplicity of purpose, the app is–surprise!–incredibly controversial.
Irish Man Mysteriously Dies of Spontaneous Combustion
Posted: 23rd September 2011 by Sus Scrofa in Oddly Enough, Science | TechnologyTags: Accelerant, Adequate Explanation, Blaze, chimney, Ciaran, coroner, Days Before Christmas, Fire Fighters, Forensic Experts, Forensic Pathology, foul play, Galway, Hearth, Irish Man, Irish Times, Open Fireplace, pensioner, Reported Cases, Spontaneous Combustion, Spontaneous Human Combustion
A man who died near a fire had “spontaneously combusted”, a coroner in Ireland has ruled. Michael Faherty, a 76-year-old pensioner in Galway, died at his house three days before Christmas last year in circumstances that had baffled investigators, the Irish Times reported.
2012…A Scientific Reality Check
Mysterious Fireball Flying in the Air
Posted: 15th September 2011 by Sus Scrofa in Oddly Enough, Science | TechnologyTags: asteroids, Bright Meteor, Chp, CNN, Eyeballed, hot topic, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Justin Griffin, Legions, Maricopa County, Mcgregor, Media Landscape, meteorite, Mysterious Fireball, NASA, Seeing The Light, Sheriff Department, spokeswoman, Strange Light, Tiny Chunk
The streak of light that blazed across southwestern U.S. skies and stoked burning curiosity across the social media landscape was probably a tiny and bright meteor known as a fireball, a NASA spokeswoman said Thursday. Veronica McGregor, spokeswoman at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, called it a rarely seen and exciting treat for the legions of [...]
Designer Vagina Operations Growing in Popularity
Posted: 27th August 2011 by Sus Scrofa in Lifestyle, Science | TechnologyTags: Alternative Solution, Boom Industry, British Journal Of Obstetrics And Gynaecology, Bupa, Central London, Dr Sarah, Family Doctors, Health Institute, Journal Of Obstetrics, Journal Of Obstetrics And Gynaecology, Labial Reductions, London Teaching Hospital, Medical Insurance Company, Obstetrics And Gynaecology, Primary Care Trusts, Private Medical Insurance, Private Practices, Private Provider, Professional Bodies, University College London
Designer Vagina Operations continue to grow strong in popularity throughout Europe.
DARPA Hypersonic Glider Crashes
Posted: 11th August 2011 by Veritas in Science | TechnologyTags: Critical Point, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Defense Analyst, Experience Failures, Experimental Craft, Falcon Hypersonic Technology, Falcon Hypersonic Technology Vehicle, Flight Path, Globalsecurity Org, Htv, Initial Indications, John Pike, Kph, launch, Research Projects Agency, Small Craft, Strike Capability, Test Flight Program, Vandenberg Air Force, Vandenberg Air Force Base
An unmanned hypersonic glider developed for U.S. defense research into super-fast global strike capability was launched atop a rocket early Thursday but contact was lost after the experimental craft began flying on its own, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency said. The problem occurred during the critical point of transition to aerodynamic flight, DARPA said [...]
Human~Animal Hybrids Grown in Secret
Posted: 8th August 2011 by Veritas in Science | Technology, What the F*ck!Tags: Animal Cell, Animal Embryos, Animal Human Hybrids, Chimeras, College London, Daily Mail, Embryonic Stem Cells, Genetic Material, Human Animal Hybrids, Human Cells, Human Embryos, Human Fertilisation, Hybrid Embryos, Incurable Illnesses, Lord Alton, Newcastle University, Parliamentary Question, S College, Three Labs, Uk Labs, Warwick University
150 human-animal hybrid embryos have been grown in secret over the last 3 years in UK labs… Scientists have created more than 150 human-animal hybrid embryos in British laboratories. The hybrids have been produced secretively over the past three years by researchers looking into possible cures for a wide range of diseases. The revelation comes [...]
Opening a Beer? There’s an App for that.
Posted: 13th July 2011 by Veritas in Lifestyle, Science | TechnologyTags: Australian Entrepreneurs, Australians, Beers, Bottle Opener, facebook, Foams, Friends Houses, Heavy Drinkers, Initial Glitches, Internet Site, iPhone, launch, melbourne, phone call, Plastic Case, Prototype, Prototypes, source article, Strangest Thing, Toolmaker, Worst Case Scenario
You can do a lot with an iPhone these days — text, take pictures, surf the net, and even make a phone call. And soon, thanks to two Australian entrepreneurs, you will be able use it to open a bottle of beer by way of the “Opena,” a hard plastic case that fits over the [...]
Authorities Get Warrants to Search Facebook
Posted: 12th July 2011 by Veritas in Crime, Science | TechnologyTags: arson, Case Names, Chief Security Officer, facebook, Federal Judges, Fishing Expeditions, Joe Sullivan, Laundry List, Law Enforcement Agencies, Legal Database, Neoprint, Officer Joe, Personal Data, Precise Number, Public Advocacy, reuters, Search Warrants, Status Updates, telephone interview, White Trash
U.S. law-enforcement agencies are increasingly obtaining warrants to search Facebook, often gaining detailed access to users’ accounts without their knowledge. A Reuters review of the Westlaw legal database shows that since 2008, federal judges have authorized at least two dozen warrants to search individuals’ Facebook accounts. Many of the warrants requested a laundry list of [...]