by Irek Kielczyk

I like to work with cosmology in this theory in that cause and effect is a fundamental in all of...

I do not understand cargo shorts. Or plaid shorts, let alone consumerism and our infidelity to our higher faculties. I do not understand a lot of things--there is some Chinese saying about how it is an 'honor' to live in such 'interesting' times and that is really great, I suppose, but I'm a little resentful. On good days I am something more...

Space friends! I'd pay (more attention) to anybody who would help me to make my texts more...

Looking far into the future, wars will probably be fought between unmanned robots and vehicles....

This post will describe how to construct a pair of goggles which can be used to induce...

is it beastiality? is it 'love' making if the other sentient being does not have the same...

Took a much needed vacation!

As time marches on, we see the weakening of geographical forces on the lives and activities of...

CreativeApplications.Net [CAN] was launched in October 2008 by architect, lecturer, and a new media...

A creationist with whom I was speaking made the following point: A humanist believes that human beings have inherent value, and that life is an important, special thing to be cherished and protected in many situations. A scientific, secular worldview leads one to the conclusion that even the most sentient and sapient of life is ultimately...

Young brains can forget painful memories, but old ones tend not to… Now an enzyme can cut through imprisoned memories… "In the movie Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Joel and Clementine's relationship ends so sourly that the couple elects to have their mutual memories swept away via a non-surgical procedure called "targeted...

Exploring Posthuman Aesthetics “Thus a simple physical feeling is one feeling which feels...

A system of ten parts in three movements. Ten agents improvise the ten parts at will through...

Advances in biotechnology and micro-robotics have shrunk the industrial base of society down to the scale where anyone can make almost anything. With self replicating matter printing systems, and adolescent with a biological printer and laptop becomes a species level threat. Additionally, such systems place an unprecedented burden of self control...

The Aesthetics of Failure's 10 basic principles: 1. Failure is a shade of beauty born from imperfection - yet is a portrayal of perfection 2. Failure is an involuntary consciousness - as well as a manner of comprehending and apprehending reality 3. Failure is organic - never a deliberate mechanical process or a technical effect alone 4....

Nature has made a determined comeback In the 20 years since Chernobyl's reactor No. 4 turned a...

“Maths Dreamed Universe” is a quantitative visualisation of the manner in which elemental...

Modern Human beings are unquestionably more intelligent than animals, not that animals are not...

What would it be like if there was no night sky? What if the only thing up there was just blackness? Would we have ever tried to cross the oceans? Would we have ever landed on the moon? Would we ever look up?

Is social media a fad? Or is it the biggest shift since the Industrial Revolution? Welcome to the...

by KEVIN BEWERDORF Here's some snippets from an interview with Kevin Bewerdorf. The full...

http://www.core.form-ula.com/2009/08/16/ibm-uses-dna-to-make-next-gen-microchips/ Artificial DNA...

A series of images from a short book on journeys. Each image has been corrected on a grid to give...

"Can surgery cure obesity?" It does several more wonders, pointing to the activity of hunger hormone Ghrelin. "Ghrelin plays a significant role in neurotrophy, particularly in the hippocampus, and is essential for cognitive adaptation to changing environments and the process of learning."

Since at least the fifth century, generations of Buddhists have memorized and chanted the Diamond Sutra, a short Mahayana Buddhist scripture. The work, which offers meditations on illusion and perception, was originally written in Sanskrit and first translated into Chinese in 402 A.D. Despite the text’s longevity, Stanford religious studies...

Thesis continues: When discussing the brain, neuroscientists modulate between expertise and...

old subducting plate melting at an ocean trench volcanic arc forms

Apparently the RZA had a very valid vision of the future circa 1997? Pick apart and appraise at will. Lots of truth in here and it reads (and listens) like wonderful poetry. Your thoughts? You can also listen if you have it on your hard drive/mind drive. Just click le link. Wu-Tang Clan - Impossible RZA's verse: Fusion of the five...

CELEOCANTH | & other ancient memories from the future - 2009 from Jason Gleeson on Vimeo.A...

Maybe this explains why aliens abduct Earthlings for sexual experiments.

It's not new but novel. Can't be undone but not completed. In the net I believe is already...

Manipulate photos to make objects look like miniature models: See more here

With all the hype flying around Augmented Reality lately, it's easy to assume the nascent tech is just another flash-in-the-pan destined to burn out in a fury of marketing gimmickry & sensational posturing. Yet, it's informative to consider the drivers pushing this trend and to tease out the truly adaptive value percolating beneath the...

This is probably my favorite thing these days. RJDJ is an augmented reality application for the...

The Serious ARG (Alternate Reality Game) In a 2007 article, columnist Chris Dahlen (of Pitchfork Media) voiced a much-discussed ARG concept: if ARGs can spark players to solve very hard fictional problems, could the games be used to solve real-world problems?[37] Dahlen was writing about World Without Oil, the first ARG centered on a serious...

If there is one thing I have enjoyed about Space Collective since its inception, it is the polymath...

One of Buckminster Fuller's most interesting conceits was his dislike of specialization, which...

About spidrondeformation: 1. it is not a folding in a traditional sense, as there is no stage...

well there is more to it i just cant seem to find the whole thing,this might be the whole things. but here is the link

Amazing Amazing stuff<3

http://challenge.bfi.org The 2010 Buckminster Fuller Challenge is now open. Each year a...

.transhumanism is older than it seems.