As a tool of satire or irony, I do love me some hyperbole. As a cudgel of fear and ignorance, not so much.
Mar 012012
Feb 242012
Today’s Dispatch: Space Elevators, Ridiculously Fast Wireless Data, Two More Blood Types for the Japanese to Ponder, and an Animation of the Tohoku Disaster’s Pacific Debris Path.
Jan 182012
Apple’s prepping a hostile takeover of the textbook industry. Geeks, hippies, and normals can all agree. Unless you’re working for a paper publishing dinosaur, it’s basically impossible to argue that this isn’t a fabulous idea.
January 18, 2012
Apple, Internet, iPad, Mobile, Technology, Technology & Education, Terminal Anachronism, We're Already Cyborgs Already
Dec 012011
Kickstarted: Romo the Smartphone Robot! I see real potential here for breathing new life into my old dust-collecting paperweight 3GS. But the cartoon face lovechild of MS Clippy and Cookie Monster has gotta go.
December 1, 2011
AI, Apple, Artificial Intelligence, iPhone 5, Military Robotics, Mobile, NBI, Robot, Smartphone, Technology, Telepresence
Oct 112011
Now that Siri’s iOS integration is confirmed, just how intelligent will Apple’s new AI personal assistant be? Does Siri even merit the “AI” label?
October 11, 2011
AI, Apple, Artificial Intelligence, Cybernetics, Here First or Best Here, iPhone 5, Mobile, Prosthetics, Technology, We're Already Cyborgs Already
Oct 062011
Steve Jobs, 1955-2011
October 6, 2011
Apple, Human Augmentation, iPhone 5, Mobile, Technology
Oct 052011
It’s just a thing – a product to be purchased. It is not a revolution nor renaissance. It’s an iteration – an artifact of late 2011. Ideas always trump artifacts, but at the moment, we’re fresh out.