Posts In Category Science and Technology
Verichip/PositiveID Infomercial Featuring Mr Tinkles
on 10/03/2010 (2 days ago) by NW0.eu in Police State, Science and Technology, Comments (0)
Mr Scott Silverman from Verichip/PositiveId [the human implantable microchip company] explains how great the Verichip is and how you should just relax and like Mr Tinkles, just get the chip.
China unsure on warming cause, to stick with CO2 cuts
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China’s top climate negotiator said on Wednesday that the cause of global warming was still not clear but the problems it was creating were so serious that the world must anyway act to cut greenhouse gas emissions.
Surprise? Old Men Have More Sex Than Old Women
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From Time:
Spring is coming, and a young man’s thoughts turn to … you know. Apparently, old men’s thoughts turn to the same subject. According to an article to be published Wednesday in the journal BMJ (British Medical Journal), 67% of men ages 65 to 74 said they had been sexually active in the past year, compared with just 40% of women in that age group. Everyone knows young men think constantly about sex, but many guys remain interested in sex until they are almost dead: more than one-third of men ages 75 to 85 said they had sex in the past 12 months, compared with just 17% of women in that age group.
Some of this surely has to do with Viagra, which makes it easier for older men to be…
Can We Build Robotic Eyes?
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Geeks are now discussing the topic of “computer vision”, and this article includes a video showing how robots are taught to perceive images. (“For robots, the choice of eyes varies, from single light-dependant resistors to high-resolution video cameras…)
But interestingly, researchers have already determined that the state-of-the-art machine vision systems are all outperformed by systems based on human biology.
Jenny McCarthy: Who’s Afraid of the Truth About Autism?
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Parents of recovered children, and I’ve met hundreds, all share the same experience of doubters and deniers telling us our child must have never even had autism or that the recovery was simply nature’s course. We all know better, and frankly we’re too busy helping other parents to really care.
Over 130,000 cases of diabetes now linked to soda consumption, HFCS
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For years, advocates of natural health have been hammering away at the message that soda causes diabetes and obesity. The soda industry, meanwhile, has remained in denial mode, mirroring the ridiculous position of the tobacco industry that “nicotine is not addictive.” Soda doesn’t cause diabetes, the industry claims, and it’s perfectly safe to consume in essentially unlimited quantities.
Women hit by global warming head to Capitol Hill
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Reuters has a fascinating story that illustrates just how absurd and desperate man-made global warming “science” and claims have degenerated.
Dutch Government Wants to Sell Flu Vaccines Back To Big Pharma
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‘The Dutch government wants to sell 21 million unused H1N1 flu vaccine doses back to their manufacturers after they proved unnecessary and no other country wanted to buy them, the Health Ministry said on Saturday.’
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Alex Jones Websites Under Massive And Sustained Attack
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Alex Jones’ websites were assaulted by a massive, organized and sustained attack today which is still ongoing as zombie computers around the world were used to launch a denial of service attack which is undoubtedly related to our ongoing efforts to expose the government’s Cybersecurity agenda as the gargantuan threat to Internet freedom it represents.
Resources For Thinking About Systems
on 09/03/2010 (3 days ago) by NW0.eu in Science and Technology, Comments (0)
Futurist Chris Arkenberg shares some resources for beginning systems thinkers. Via Technoccult:
In some respects, this way of thinking is a natural part of simply paying attention to things. In other ways, it’s a challenging and sometimes overwhelming course of study that can easily move from Aha! moments to a very dis-empowering sense of total non-determinism. In the face of such huge complexity it can seem impossible to make any actionable sense of things. Finding the balance and determining the appropriate scope of research in analyzing a domain is a critical skill that must be developed individually through practice, lest you tug on that thread and find you’ve unraveled the entire sweater.
Perfect Humans – Is It Really Wrong To Enhance Athletes?
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Mark McGwire, St. Louis, 2001. Photo: Rick Dikeman (CC)
Now that the Olympics are over, science writer Quinn Norton asks if there’s contradictory rules when athletes technologically enhance their bodies. “A new injectable hormone will quickly become anathema, but seeking multiple LASIK eye surgeries to get better than 20/20 vision is a professional responsibility… Another instructive example is Tommy John surgery, an operation that replaces the ligament in the elbow that tends to suffer most in baseball pitchers. This surgery lets them pitch harder for longer, and despite being a major surgical modification, it isn’t viewed negatively.”
And here’s an even better example. “Injections of synthetic Erythropoietin to boost performance are a major no-no in sports. It’s considered blood doping. But athletes can produce EPO another way: by sleeping in a hypobaric chamber.…
8 Million Dog Owners To Be Tracked By Their Pet’s Compulsory Microchip
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All dogs are to be compulsorily microchipped so that their owners can be more easily traced under a crackdown on dangerous dogs to be unveiled today.
NSIDC Reports That Antarctica is Cooling and Sea Ice is Increasing
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Last month we discussed how NASA continues to spread worries about the Antarctic warming and melting.
Barcelona hit with heaviest snowfall in 25 years
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Schools were closed, roads were blocked and power was knocked as Barcelona was hit with its heaviest snowfall in 25 years.
Reality Reversals Continue: Scientists Now Propose That Ritalin Boosts Learning
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‘Just in case you doubted the complete incompetence of medical scientists after the H1N1 swine flu scam, they are now claiming that the ADHD drug Ritalin boosts learning.
Oh yes, you heard right! Ritalin, a drug that causes brain changes similar to cocaine is going to help people learn now. Ritalin is the brand name for methylphenidate. Although introduced way back in 1956, experts still aren’t sure exactly how it works. It is a stimulant. Methylphenidate affects the way a patient’s brain responds to impulses.
It can cause anorexia, heart palpitations, blood pressure/pulse changes, cardiac arrhythmia, anemia, psychosis, liver failure, brain inflammation, decreased white blood cell count among other effects. However, according to scientists studying the drug, the risks just don’t exceed the learning benefits acquired by children who use the drug.’
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