Technology

In 1956, science-fiction author Philip K. Dick wrote a short story for Fantastic Universe called "Minority Report", about a futuristic world where precognitive mutants can predict crimes before they…

Science 2.0 has gradually been colloquially Smurf'ed into meaning many different things but at its core we have always intended to reboot science for the 21st century by modernizing publication,…

I’ve now watched the second of three films in the series.  To recap, the main title is: All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace A series of films about how humans have been colonised by the…

I’ve watched the first of three films in an interesting series.  The main title is: All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace A series of films about how humans have been colonised by the…

Hello. Well, I guess that’s a fairly appropriate word to begin my first blog post. However, it’s a specific type of ‘hello’, the careful, tentative kind that is uttered by a young child that enters a…

Whole body computerized tomography (CT) scanning has helped diagnose the earliest confirmed case of coronary artery disease in history.The Egyptian princess Ahmose-Meryet-Amon, who lived in Thebes (…

There is always a degree of sadness in reading the obituary of a great scientist.  Today, following up Bombardier Beetles, I came across this one: Thomas Eisner dies at 81; entomologist who…

Is someone sitting in the passenger seat of the car?   If so, are they leaning forward and can be damage by the airbag?    Did a person enter the danger zone in front of an industrial…

Mobile Make Out is is an iPhone app that claims to make it possible to make out with someone you are not supposed to be making out with and totally not be called unfaithful by your wife or girlfriend…

Facebook has always been plagued with privacy issues, such as revealing to third parties personal information which may be used to sell you goods and services.  Recently it was denounced by the…