We have always been Cyborgs and always will be….
SINCE broadband began its inexorable spread at the start of this millennium, Internet use has expanded at a cosmic rate. Last year, the number of Internet users topped 2.4 billion — more than a third of all humans on the planet. The time spent on the screen was 16 hours per week globally —…
The Future is a Crowded Place : In the largest electronic basket ever built
By the year 2025 we will have finally come to grasp that in virtually every human endeavor, density pays. Silicon Valley has known this since Gordon Moore coined his eponymous law nearly half a century ago, predicting the exponentially increasing density and decreasing price of the processing power crammed onto microchips — a dynamic…
Wherever you may be in the world, you will feel the unstoppable force of a new Asia.
So goes the advertising platform for the largest bank in Southeast Asia. These people know -exactly- what’s happening right now: wealth and power are shifting East. “If you were smart in the 18th century, you moved to France. If you were smart in the 19th century, you moved to England. If you…
Climate Change Supercomputer Powers Up
With all the political discord over climate change, one thing everyone can probably agree on is that when you’re throwing computational resources at modeling weather, the more the merrier. Think of the new computer that just came online at the NCAR-Wyoming Supercomputing Center in Cheyenne, Wyoming as a kind of dream come true…
Empty Churches In America: A New Generation of Millennials Change Society
The fastest growing “religious” group in America is made up of people with no religion at all, according to a Pew survey showing that one in five Americans is not affiliated with any religion. The number of these Americans has grown by 25% just in the past five years, according to a survey released…
In Brazil The Slums Are Out…The Olympics Are In
RIO DE JANEIRO The area surrounding the house of Eomar Freitas, 36, looks like a war zone after air strikes. The shopkeeper’s home neighborhood is Rio’s Favela do Metrô, a slum tucked between Radio Oeste Avenue and the metro, next to the Maracanã station. Located just 500 meters from the Maracanã stadium, where the…
Naked Sailors : World`s Largest Cruise For Freedom Passengers Nude
Cruise lovers come in all shapes, sizes and inclinations. Some climb aboard for the pleasure of getting decked out in their sharpest evening wear. Others like to keep it as casual as they can. Dress codes, indeed, vary from ship to ship. UK-owned Cunard Cruises may still require tuxedos and evening gowns on…
Sexual arousal overrides the natural disgust response
Sex Doesn’t Gross You Out When You’re Aroused Getting turned on overrides women’s natural disgust response, a study suggests, making them more willing to do things they otherwise wouldn’t By Alexandra Sifferlin | September 14, 2012 If you think about it, sex is actually sort of disgusting, what with all the sweat, saliva,…
Iranian Defector Gives Film Footage Inside Secret Nuclear Reactor
Cameraman Hands Nuclear Tapes To CIA, Israel’s Debka Reports October 5, 2012 The Iranian cameraman assigned to document President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s recent trip to the UN has defected, and new reports claim that with his exit he has handed the US a trove of never-before-seen footage of his homeland’s nuclear facilities. Hassan Golkhanban, a…