by Tom | Oct 26, 2005 | Science
The Hacker’s Diet looks like a long-winded, but sensible exposition of how to lose weight. Onwards!
by Tom | Sep 29, 2005 | Science
Ray Kurzweil is always worth a read. I should just be alive (if a little augmented) by the time the singularity hits.
by Tom | Sep 28, 2005 | Science
Babble uses sound cancellation-like technology to cancel out voices in its range. The core application is for noisy offices / private phone calls. I wonder how far we can go with digital real-time processing of our environments (think Bond’s invisible Aston...
by Tom | Sep 28, 2005 | Science
600 barrels of loot found on Crusoe island tells the hopefully true story of a massive treasure hoard. Brilliant that this sort of thing is still possible. Let’s hope there are some more undiscovered cities in South America as well as some undersea ones off the...
by Tom | Sep 27, 2005 | Science
Nice to see that mainstream journalists report on predicting from Darwin. There’s a question in my mind as to whether we can really lay this prediction at Darwin’s door, but nevertheless, it’s useful to have ammunition.
by Tom | Jun 30, 2005 | Science
Life at Low Reynolds Number is a glorious lecture about life in a world where inertia is nearly irrelevant.