January 2012
1 post
“You are comfortable with feeling like you have no deep understanding of the...”
– What is it like to have an understanding of very advanced mathematics?
Jan 6th
October 2011
2 posts
“Come, my friends. ‘T is not too late to seek a newer world. Push off,...”
– Lord Alfred Tennyson, Ulysses
Oct 22nd
WatchWatch
Video accompaniment of my radio interview on Nanotechnology! Dr. Hildy — Nanoethics: The Ethical and Social Implications of Nanotechnology (by The Living Light Network)
Oct 6th
September 2011
1 post
Evolutionary Algorithm: Evolving "Hello, World!" →
Great primer on Evolutionary Algorithms!
Sep 28th
June 2011
1 post
“And from my pillow, looking forth by light Of moon or favouring stars, I could...”
– Wordsworth, William. 1888. Complete Poetical Works.
Jun 30th
April 2011
2 posts
“Science has no native land, and it is the boast of medicine that it knows no...”
– “Notes on current topics”, The Medical Press and Circular, 5/18/1904
Apr 14th
Apr 2nd
March 2011
9 posts
Fight tactics in wood ants: individuals in smaller... →
What an awesome paper!
Mar 22nd
A review of my Nanotech book →
Mar 21st
NPR's real problem
I thought that the link here was pretty interesting in how it discussed the difference between NPRs interest and individual stations. NPR can, and does, distribute onli…ne pretty successfully. I love NPR and almost all of my NPR listening is through online distribution and not through affiliate stations (I am eagerly awaiting the day when one of the Sunday Puzzle winners says “Oh, ...
Mar 10th
Mar 8th
“Furthermore we reprobate, condemn, and of certain knowledge declare void, all...”
– The Golden Bull of the Emperor Charles IV 1356 A.D.
Mar 7th
“I felt the physical city to be a perfect equation for a great abstraction.”
– John Tolva, Our Cites Can Evolve: From Abstraction to Insight
Mar 3rd
Mar 2nd
Gates Foundation Puts Whispers in Teachers' Ears... →
Because what we really need in this country is MORE distracted teachers…
Mar 2nd
Mar 1st
February 2011
10 posts
Feb 28th
7 notes
Feb 28th
Feb 25th
“And therefore, since I cannot prove a lover, To entertain these fair well-spoken...”
– Gloucester (Richard III)
Feb 10th
Feb 9th
Our robotic offspring →
intended to “endear it to a human caregiver in a more natural way.”
Feb 9th
WatchWatch
Here I am leading the recent Hybrid Reality Nanotech Salon at Science House.
Feb 8th
No, robot: Japan's elderly fail to welcome their... →
“We want humans caring for us, not machines”.
Feb 5th
Feb 4th
Technologies to Measure Emotion →
Bettershare or overshare? Today I measured the number of minutes I jogged, how many glasses of water, tea & coffee I drank, and the number of hours of sleep on which I am operating. I shared (and perhaps overshared) that data with my husband and a co-worker. But something which BOTH my husband and co-worker might appreciate more would be if I were to gain a heightened awareness of my...
Feb 2nd
January 2011
11 posts
What Matters: An audio interview with Ayesha... →
“Privacy will become something that only the rich will be able to afford.”
Jan 31st
Thoughts on evolving a solution →
New post The problem is that sometimes you have to put up with a lot of failure before a solution will evolve into something that works in a wonderfully new way.
Jan 28th
Peaked Performance →
Has (natural) athletic performance peaked? In the sports that best measure athleticism — track and field, mostly — athletic performance has peaked. The studies show the steady progress of athletic achievement through the first half of the 20th century, and into the latter half, and always the world-record times fall. Then, suddenly, achievement flatlines. These days, athletes’ best sprints, ...
Jan 28th
Map of scientific collaboration between... →
The surprising part is how big of a hole Russia is - relatively little collaboration
Jan 27th
Politics: Participatory Panopticon →
The “Participatory Panopticon.” Foucault would have a lot to say about it.
Jan 26th
Jan 24th
Great interview with Jane McGonigal →
Jan 23rd
WatchWatch
Fellow Hybrid Realities fellow Heather Knight with a great TEDWomen talk Silicon-based comedy: Heather Knight on TED.com
Jan 21st
We are all cyborgs now: Amber Case on TED.com →
Well, in as much as this is true, we are all cyborgs…
Jan 11th
Jan 11th
IBM - The New Next Five in Five →
Here’s what’s coming…
Jan 10th
December 2010
8 posts
Dec 30th
“Our beds are empty two-thirds of the time. Our living rooms are empty...”
– R. Buckminster Fuller
Dec 16th
Quantum cryptography is secure... except when it's... →
Contains a great primer on Quantum Cryptography
Dec 13th
NASA Launches a Nanosatellite from a... →
The beginnings of nanoswarms…
Dec 7th
Dec 4th
“THERE was a time when meadow, grove, and stream, The earth, and every...”
– Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood. William Wordsworth
Dec 4th
“MY candle burns at both ends; It will not last the night; But ah, my foes, and...”
– A Few Figs From Thistles, Edna St. Vincent Millay
Dec 3rd
Can you disappear in surveillance Britain? →
Any one who remains unconcerned about privacy issues should read this.
Dec 2nd
November 2010
2 posts
My AAAS Qualia blog post →
Nov 2nd
“O! Water cold we may pour at need Down a thirsty throat and be glad indeed;...”
– J. R. R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings
Nov 1st
October 2010
2 posts
“[Erasmus] also suggested that every student and teacher keep a notebook,...”
– Nicholas Carr, The Shallows
Oct 27th
The Smart Set: Happy 200th, Snow White! →
Do you remember how, in the original Cinderella, the stepsisters tried to force the glass slipper to fit them by slicing off parts of their feet?
Oct 15th
September 2010
2 posts
WatchWatch
An excellent presentation. Both in content and design.
Sep 27th