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The Human-Human Interface "The idea is that of the earth not only becoming covered by myriads of grains of thought, but becoming enclosed in a single thinking envelope...grouping themselves together and reinforcing one another in the act of a single unanimous reflection... thanks to the prodigious biological event represented by the discovery of electro-magnetic waves, each individual finds himself simultaneously present in every corner of the earth." - Teilhard de Chardin |
03/27/10
RFID as common as Barcodes - we'll be swimming in RF waves
"To replace barcodes, RFID tags will need to cost a penny or less. But Cho says this should be achievable if all the layers on a tag can be deposited with a roll-to-roll process"
03/21/10
The World Blogging Itself
01/31/10
Smart Dust
I especially like the part about sensors harvesting power from "the ambient radio power from television , FM radio and WiFi networks. Props to Tesla..."
01/13/10
When We're All in the Same Biometric Database...
"The Knesset on Monday adopted a bill establishing a biometric database in Israel, which will eventually lead to the replacement of regular identification with electronic IDs. Forty Mks supported the bill, 11 opposed it, and three abstained."
12/28/09
Implanting Memories
"Researchers have devised a way to write memories onto the brains of flies, revealing which brain cells are involved in making bad memories...They modified the neurons by adding a sort of trigger, or receptor, to each one. This receptor was activated by a chemical called ATP."
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