For my loveb0t <3
Lao Tzu is one of my greatest inspirations =) of course, my dearest would know that <3
WELCOME TO MY SUSHI HOUSE
I WISH I HAD NEIGHBORS
this HOUSE
My future house. Regardless of what the gf says >_>
(via churchofindustry)
When Robotic Warfare Goes Wrong - Do We Need New Rules of Combat?
{{ Lee Robinson Petzer - Futurist Foresight }}via Ethical Technology by director@ieet.org (IEET) on 1/20/12High tech weaponry, aka “Drones” are now active on battlefront lines around the word. Author P.W. Singer of “Wired for War” discusses the urgency of redefining to the archaic rules of war agreed upon at the 1949 Geneva Convention. Should the global community examine Star Trek’s “Prime Directive” for guidance?
2020:
Within the next decade, we are likely to see a new kind of implant, designed for healthy people who want to merge with machines.
Schalk is a champion of the ECoG implant because, unlike other devices, it does not pierce brain tissue; instead it can ride on top of the brain-blood barrier, sensing the activity of populations of neurons and passing their chatter to the outside world, like a radio signal. Schalk says this is the brain implant most likely to evolve into a consumer product.
“The burr hole in the skull will be small,” Schalk told me enthusiastically, as if urging me to get one of the plugs.
(via The New York Times article “The Cyborg in Us All,” By Pagan Kennedy)
(via churchofindustry)
Researchers working for the Department of Energy’s Berkeley Lab have figured out how to create relatively inexpensive “electronic skin” comprising carbon nanotubes enriched with semiconductors.
Their process involves an enriched single walled carbon nanotube (SWNT) solution embedded in a…
