Russia and US in secret talks to fight net crime

Russia and US in secret talks to fight net crime
Forget missiles, nukes and biological weapons. Many of tomorrow’s battles will be fought in the fog of cyberspace, and as Daniel Nasaw’s article from guardian.co.uk shows, the US and Russia are currently holding secret talks to lay down the ground rules for the conflicts of the future. American...
December 14th, 2009 | Creativity, Science & Technology | Read More

Hanging with the BIG DOGS- Meet Petman

Hanging with the BIG DOGS- Meet Petman
Does anyone remember Big Dog? Well meet his new master, Petman… Its developers,  Boston Dynamics, without doubt the coolest company in the world, say: “PETMAN is an anthropomorphic robot for testing chemical protection clothing used by the US Army. Unlike previous suit testers, which had...
December 11th, 2009 | Creativity, Science & Technology | Read More

Bye bye Windows?

Bye bye Windows?
Google finally made its browser, Chrome, available for Mac earlier this week. So far it’s pretty unremarkable, if anything a little faster than Firefox, but who cares? Well… Microsoft, that’s who. And here’s why. Everyone’s probably familiar with Microsoft’s recently...
December 10th, 2009 | Creativity, Science & Technology | Read More

Wikipedia’s Known Unknowns

Wikipedia’s Known Unknowns
Back in August there were reports that Wikipedia, everyone’s favourite knowledge resource, was  experiencing a slowdown in the number of new articles posted daily. But in the article which follows  Mark Graham suggests that while contribution from the developed world may be at saturation point,...
December 4th, 2009 | Creativity, Science & Technology | Read More

Don’t Be Evil? Google Chrome’s Big Brother Potential

Don’t Be Evil? Google Chrome’s Big Brother Potential
John Naughton‘s article (below) originally appeared in the Observer on Sunday 29th November 2009. This is the first article in what I hope to be a long-running technology series on Brainwaving about the power struggle currently taking place between the two most important technology corporations...
December 3rd, 2009 | Creativity, Science & Technology | Read More

Will Technology create a Wiser World?

Will Technology create a Wiser World?
Technology will transform human life and force us to transform the way we think and live. Are you worried about where the world is headed? Does news of climate change, energy crises, food shortages, and war alarm you? Fear not, says George Washington University management professor William E. Halal....
November 25th, 2009 | Science & Technology | Read More

The Great Wall of Facebook

The Great Wall of Facebook
The  Social Network’s Plan to  Dominate the Internet —   and Keep Google Out. Instead of working together to reach the promised land of online brand advertising, Facebook and Google are racing to see who can get there first. By Fred Vogelstein from Wired Magazine Larry Page should have...
November 20th, 2009 | Science & Technology | Read More

Researchers Try to Cure Racism

Researchers Try to Cure Racism
As the first African-American president in United States history takes office, researchers have shown that it may be possible to scientifically reduce racial bias. After being trained to distinguish between similar black male faces, Caucasian test subjects showed greater racial tolerance on a test designed...
October 4th, 2009 | Science & Technology | Read More

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Psychedelics could be a powerful tool…They provide treatment options for patients with terminal illnesses, and there are positive indications that they could be beneficial for conditions such as obsessive compulsive disorder and eating disorders, which are notoriously difficult to treat effectively....
August 7th, 2009 | Science & Technology | Read More
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