The Cyborg and Digital Genetics

http://spark.qualcomm.com/salon/ray-kurzweil-man-machine-merger,
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20121218-will-we-ever-have-cyborg-brains,
http://www.digitalgenetics.net/2012/08/30/cyborg-flesh,
http://www.wired.co.uk/tags/Cyborgs

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Warwick, http://www.kevinwarwick.com,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5aQDToaFMU,
http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/knowledge/themes/virtualfutures/kevinwarwick,
http://www.scienceomega.com/article/454/the-real-life-cyborg-getting-to-know-professor-kevin-warwick,
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2013/feb/17/race-to-create-insect-cyborgs,
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-16305299

http://www.programmed-aging.org/theories/digital_genetics.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetics, http://www.news-medical.net/health/What-is-Genetics.aspx, http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov, http://www.genetics.org, http://learn.genetics.utah.edu
Its all about keeping things in the controlling families of the world.
http://www.archives.com/genealogy/president-george-hw-bush.html,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bush_family#Connections_to_other_prominent_families,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ldZS9PL9KE

http://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?view=1&surname=bush,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYBSEHoLmBQ, http://bushfamilygenealogy.com/wp
Of course, very wealthy interconnected families draw curiosity & suspicion from the common-people.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2004/sep/25/usa.secondworldwar,
http://educate-yourself.org/cn/bushbloodline.shtml, http://rense.com/general17/bushhitler.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clone_(genetics)#Transgenic_organisms

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gattaca#Home_media, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_6th_Day

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud_Atlas_(film),
http://cloudatlas.warnerbros.com, http://www.biopoliticaltimes.org/article.php?id=6507,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud_Atlas_(novel)#An_Orison_of_Sonmi,
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1090155-an-orison-of-sonmi-451-may-contain-spoilers,
http://www.nbcnews.com/id/49575815/ns/technology_and_science-science/t/could-human-clones-cloud-atlas-be-our-future/#.UQjsHL_AdrM

http://editorialeyes.wordpress.com/2012/09/11/cloud-atlas-readalong-part-5-an-orison-of-sonmi-451-first-half,
http://www.digitalgenetics.net/2012/11/15/is-sexless-reproduction-a-possible-future



http://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.ca/2013/03/robotics-and-humanoids.html

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=cyborg

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=The+Six+Million+Dollar+Man

Robotics and Humanoids

http://www.theengineer.co.uk/in-depth/interviews/cyborg-pioneer-prof-kevin-warwick/1010452.article, 
http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2012-09/04/cyborgs

The original BSG story starts with Reptillian_Cylons that eventually created Robotic_Cylons in a humanoid form.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battlestar_Galactica#2003_reimagining, http://www.syfy.com/battlestar,
http://en.battlestarwiki.org/wiki/Main_Page, http://www.battlestargalactica.com

http://www.deadline.com/2013/01/blood-chrome-premiere-date-february-10-syfy

http://www.treknews.net/2012/12/16/brent-spiner-data-ge-commercial

http://io9.com/5969053/famous-robots-come-out-of-the-woodwork-in-new-ge-ad-including-our-favorite-android

http://entertainment.time.com/2012/06/06/prometheus-star-michael-fassbender-on-his-robotic-role-ridley-scott-and-why-he-believes-in-aliens

http://photos.ca.msn.com/slideshow/photo/rise-of-the-machines/2t7everb#1

http://www.prometheus2-movie.com

http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/12/ff-robots-will-take-our-jobs/all

http://solari.com/blog/jon-rappoport-and-catherine-austin-fitts-on-singularity-creating-a-mind-february-28

http://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.ca/2013/03/the-cyborg-and-digital-genetics.html

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=cyborg

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=The+Six+Million+Dollar+Man

Chromebook

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromebook

http://www.samsung.com/us/computer/chromebook

http://techcrunch.com/2013/02/26/not-quite-pixel-perfect

http://www.engadget.com/2013/02/25/chromebook-pixel-review

http://www.zdnet.com/chromebook-wars-pixel-vs-samsung-series-5-550-7000011871


http://www.cnet.com/laptops/the-incredible-unscalable-screen-of-the-chromebook-pixel

http://gizmodo.com/google-chromebook-pixel-awesome-just-not-1300-worth-of-awesome

Electronic Tattoos and Tracking Chips

http://www.scified.com/news/601,
http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/gadgets/other-gadgets/electronic-tattoo.htm

http://io9.com/5985558/temporary-tattoos-could-make-electronic-telepathy-and-telekinesis-possible

http://www.economist.com/news/international/21569385-tracking-children-has-never-been-easier-nice-parents-not-privacy-chips
Many people can see how nice & convenient technology can be.
http://singularityhub.com/2013/01/24/set-back-for-student-in-fight-against-rfid-chips
But many don't seem to realize the potential of abusing people with such tech.
http://www.infowars.com/rfid-tracking-chips-at-the-vatican-fulfilling-the-prophecy-of-the-popes

http://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.ca/2013/02/data-mining.html

P.E. and other Antarctica Stations

http://homepage.oma.be/lombardi/PrincessElisabeth.html

http://blogs.dw.de/ice/?p=12327, http://www.insidethestation.be,
http://www.architects24.com/project/princess-elisabeth-station-antarctica/overview/1044/index.html

P.E.A.S. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Elisabeth_Antarctica Station

http://www.antarcticstation.org/multimedia,
http://belatmos.blogspot.ca/2012/02/arrival-in-antarctica-and-at-princess.html,
http://www.antarcticstation.org/station

http://www.antarcticstation.org/station/smart_grid,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgian_Antarctic_Program#History

http://www.polarfoundation.org/projects/detail/princess_elisabeth_antarctica,
http://belatmos.blogspot.ca/2013/03/winter-season-2013-has-started.html 

Of course, there are some other bases down there.
http://www.coolantarctica.com/Bases/modern_antarctic_bases4.htm

The polar region has provided for a fascinating horror story setting.
"A group of scientific researchers, isolated in Antarctica by the nearly-ended winter, discover an alien spaceship buried in the ice, where it crashed twenty million years before."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who_Goes_There#Plot_summary 1938 by John_W._Campbell

The 1951 movie set the story in the northern polar region.
"A United States Air Force crew is dispatched by General Fogerty from Anchorage, Alaska at the request of Dr. Carrington, the chief scientist of a North Polescientific outpost. They have evidence that an unknown flying craft crashed nearby, so Reporter Ned Scott tags along for the story."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thing_from_Another_World#Plot_summary

Then John_Carpenter reset the story back to the southern polar region.
"A Norwegian helicopter with two Norwegians aboard pursue an Alaskan Malamute to an American Antarctic research station." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thing_(1982_film)#Plot

http://theminiaturespage.com/boards/msg.mv?id=215535

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kemp_Land
http://thething.ca/shootingplans.html

The prequel starts a few days before the events in the 1982 movie.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thing_(2011_film)#Plot
Both movies work well together. For those that saw the 1982 movie first, they get to see what unfolded a few days earlier. For those that saw the 2011 movie first, they then get to see the horror story continue.
http://www.universalstudiosentertainment.com/thing-the-2011


The Breakaway Civilization Concept
R Dolan http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxvZWIF5iGc
JPF http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5CnGyx-AAk
Peter L http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ire2jMRBQRw,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TVOnYxOaug

C Drive, etc.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/askjack/2010/oct/21/c-drive-d-drive-partitioning
The c-drive doesn't necessarily have to have a 1TB+, HD because there is the ability of ample external storage.
However, having a laptop HD with 1, 2 or 3TB certainly provides plenty of local storage. Ideal for those times when one doesn't want to be stuck on a desk top or linked to an unsecured cloud.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud_computing#The_Intercloud
A lot of people still would like to have some level of digital privacy.


c = light speed
http://io9.com/5697002/greg-egans-next-book-launches-a-trilogy-set-in-a-universe-where-light-moves-at-variable-speeds, 

http://io9.com/5694701/does-cosmic-background-radiation-reveal-the-universe-before-the-big-bang?skyline=true&s=i

Intelligent Machines or Smart Machines?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intelligent_Machines_Research_Corporation
Its a matter of very fast processing speeds & vast data storage.
http://books.google.ca/books/about/Super_Intelligent_Machines.html?id=e-p3x5xWoFoC

http://www.ssec.wisc.edu/~billh/visfiles.html

http://intelligentmachinescorp.com

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Computer_and_the_Brain,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superintelligence

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technological_singularity#Existential_risk

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17518-smart-machines-whats-the-worst-that-could-happen.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TOP500#Top_10_ranking

http://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.ca/2013/02/smart-machines.html

Moon and Mars, etc.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-57567224-1/next-up-for-3d-printing-a-moonbase

It seems that 3d+printing technology could eventually be applied to almost anything.

http://desert-shapes.blogspot.ca/2013/05/astronauts-and-anomalies-etc.html

Smart Machines vs Intelligent Machines

http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/bulletin/plan-to-create-3d-printed-moonbase-unveiled/11842
Various kinds of smart machines would be ideal for moons & planets.
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/practically-human-smart-machines-job-052642993--finance.html
Whether on an asteroid or at the bottom of the deepest parts of the ocean, intelligent machines would be invaluable for accomplishing various tasks.
http://www.ljkamm.com/SMART.HTM, http://www.smartmachine.com/index.html

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17518-smart-machines-whats-the-worst-that-could-happen.html

http://www.edge.org/documents/ThirdCulture/p-Ch.8.html

http://www.kurzweilai.net/big-data-and-cloud-computing-empower-smart-machines-to-do-human-work-take-human-jobs

http://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.ca/2013/02/intelligent-machines.html

3D Printing Research into New Applications

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3D_printing#Research_into_new_applications 

This technology is essentially about adapting or editing reality.
http://business.financialpost.com/2012/10/03/bringing-3d-printers-to-the-masses 

How many backup copies are needed?
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/investment-ideas/who-will-make-money-with-3-d-printing/article4684104
How many variations of something is required for a certain task.
http://www.shapeways.com/about/how_does_it_work?li=home-learnmore

http://www.wired.com/autopia/2012/03/indycar-3d-nanoprinter/

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2013/02/tiny-3d-printed-spaceship/

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2013/02/printed-magazine/

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2013/02/3-d-food-printer-space/

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=3d+printing

Colonization of Mars and Other Places

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonization_of_Mars#Relative_similarity_to_Earth

Mars continues to capture the imagination of many people.

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2013/01/mars-astronaut-requirements

Data Mining and Social Networking

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_mining
The more personal data that one sends out, the more detailed their digital shadow will be.
http://mashable.com/2012/01/27/facebook-privacy-open-graph,
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2058205,00.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Privacy_concerns_with_social_networking_services,
http://www.forbes.com/sites/onmarketing/2012/04/24/social-media-privacy-a-contradiction-in-terms

http://www.ibtimes.com/facebook-google-privacy-issues-police-can-access-user-accounts-without-warrant-report-says-797453

http://privacyblog.littler.com/articles/social-networking-1

http://desertshapes.blogspot.ca/2013/02/personal-digital-data.html

QC and the Quantum Universe

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Gene#Blue_Gene
Quantum computing is ideal to create 3D & other multi-dimensional models of cities, planets & galaxies as well as going into the nano-scale.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_computer#Basis

http://www.science-niblets.org/the-quantum-universe-and-why-anything-that-can-happen-does-brian-cox-and-jeff-forshaw.html

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/nov/16/quantum-universe-cox-forshaw-review

http://www.interactions.org/quantumuniverse/qu,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGFwN1nfvK4, http://www.quantummatter.com,
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/the-quantum-universe-everything-that-can-happen-does-happen-by-brian-cox-and-jeff-forshaw-2374486.html,
http://www.grandunifiedtheory.org.il/Third%20Book/quantum_universe.htm

http://io9.com/5981472/what-is-the-purpose-of-the-universe-here-is-one-possible-answer?popular=true

http://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.ca/2013/01/the-cosmic-internet.html

Space Colonization

http://www.sen.com/news/architects-project-for-esa-is-out-of-this-world.html

http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/hqlibrary/pathfinders/colony.htm

http://www.space.com/813-space-colonization-quiet-revolution.html

http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2009/10/space-colonization-human-species-future-or-fanatsy.html

Asteroid Mining

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asteroid_mining#Purpose,
http://science.howstuffworks.com/asteroid-mining.htm

http://www.space.com/19462-asteroid-mining-deep-space-industries-birth.html

http://www.forbes.com/sites/kitconews/2013/01/25/asteroid-mining-becoming-more-of-a-reality

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/9844423/As-asteroid-heads-for-Earth-near-miss-space-mining-companies-prepare-to-boldly-dig.html

Visions of Past, Present and Future Tech

http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2013/01/the-decades-that-invented-the-future-part-10-1991-2000

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_in_the_Twentieth_Century written in 1863
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Literature/ParisInTheTwentiethCentury?from=Main.ParisInTheTwentiethCentury

The concept of a flat screen video-phone goes back at least to the 1920s.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolis_(1927_film) ,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j92E9J8uafc ,
http://www.kinolorber.com/metropolis ,
http://www.uow.edu.au/~morgan/Metroja.htm

http://www.scribd.com/doc/99717073/Original-programme-for-the-British-premiere-of-Fritz-Lang%E2%80%99s-Metropolis-in-1927 
1927: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=griiRL8Yvu0#t=13
1968: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWwo6JpMceg ,
http://io9.com/these-videophone-concepts-are-cooler-than-your-iphones-493279975 ,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgL72EWIlVo

The concept of something like the Microsoft_Surface goes back to at least the 1930s.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Things_to_Come 1936 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DNsbtdRVtY

http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/content.asp?Bnum=1286 ,
http://archive.org/details/ClaCinOnl_ThingsToCome ,
http://www.criterion.com/films/posts/2812-things-to-come-whither-mankind ,
http://www.technologytell.com/hometech/83244/double-play-blu-ray-review-pt-2-things-to-come-on-blu-ray-still-a-long-way-to-go

{"Of course, the most important of all the silent feature-length SF films—not that there are all that many—is Fritz Lang's 1927 masterpiece "Metropolis," which gives us robots, underground cities, and the mad scientist Rottwang. (At this writing, film buffs are eager to see the uncut version of the film recently discovered in Argentina and not shown publicly in 80 years.)"}
http://www.irosf.com/q/zine/article/10445

http://io9.com/crazy-ideas-that-made-the-leap-from-scifi-to-reality-788157048

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tablet_computer#Fictional_and_prototype_tablets

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001:_A_Space_Odyssey_(film)#Influence_on_technology_and_law,
The Microsoft_Tablet_PC happened to be up & running by the year 2001.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_tablet_computers#History

1973, some 5 years after the release of 2001: ASO, IBM opened its Chicago HQ was in the form of a 700' tall monolith supercomputer.

In a way, IBM has already been experimenting with Monolith computing technology. However, unlike the teleportation that's depicted in the movies, such technology is still in its infancy.

https://www.straightdope.com/21343676/has-ibm-discovered-a-way-to-teleport-objects

http://researcher.watson.ibm.com/researcher/view_project.php?id=2862

1996-1997 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_Blue_(chess_computer)
1968 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzIQUDQO-ag,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_Blue_versus_Garry_Kasparov

In the 2001:_A_Space_Odyssey book, HAL was started up in 1997.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HAL_9000#The_future_of_computing,
http://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/ibm100/us/en/icons/deepblue

Teleportation of large objects is still quite a ways off.

9-11-1995
"Kasparov and Viswanathan Anand in a publicity photo on top of the World Trade Center in New York."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garry_Kasparov#Break_with_and_ejection_from_FIDE

http://www.kasparovagent.com/photo_gallery.php

1995	Seventh world title match against Vishy Anand on 108th Floor of the World Trade Center where then Mayor Rudi Guliani makes first move in the match.
1996-97	Kasparov and IBM's Deep Blue each win one match. Kasparov in Philadelphia in 1996 and IBM in New York in 1997 - IBM refuses a rematch and dismantles the program in 1998.

http://www.kasparovagent.com/garry_kasparov_milestones.php

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Versions_of_Blade_Runner,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QcyX9JWMMo

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars_Episode_IV:_A_New_Hope 1977
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ij1vGWs73k

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars_Episode_V:_The_Empire_Strikes_Back 1980
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQncep_VQn4

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars_Episode_VI:_Return_of_the_Jedi 1983
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WIQigWP-U4

STAR WARS The Legacy Revealed
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUZyYxTA-jk
The Villains
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s04lYV0AeJk

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Development_of_Star_Wars_Episode_VII 2015

http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/10-star-trek-technologies.htm
People first got to see Star+Trek on TV in 1966 and the first STAR+WARS movie in 1977. Obviously, both have continued in popularity through the decades.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKZsbBDKZNE
Its interesting that J._J._Abrams would eventually become involved in both universes.

Mirror, Mirror...

http://gigaom.com/2013/01/25/this-mirror-with-sensors-points-to-a-new-connected-future-here-is-why
Eventually with so much big-data floating around in cyberspace, a digital universe could be created.
What if nature has the equivalent of a cosmic-Internet? Then eventually some very advanced computer modeling programs will reveal several peculiar things about coincidence & synchronicity.

Whether its a digital mirror or some data-glasses, the perception of data can become dramatically enhanced.
Such are the archetypes & abilities of machines-humans-and-gods. Eventually, a digital-brain could give a human brain quite a run for the money, but it won't be anything more than artificial intelligence or simulated life with cyborg-tissue.

Whether the universe has a creator or it doesn't, nature seems to be part of something like a cosmic running program of space and time. Various computer-models-and-computer-simulations are starting to reveal  some peculiar things about the nature of reality & consciousness. Some people are more intuitive or psychic than others, but eventually there will be a digital-sixth-sense. Otherwise known as, Augmented Reality.

Star Wars: Episode 7

http://www.wired.com/underwire/2013/01/j-j-abrams-star-wars-2

Long, long ago over 2 decades before he would play the roll of Ben_Kenobi, Alec Guinness tried to warn James_Dean of impending danger. It was like AG had tapped into the Force and sensed doom for JD.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/alec-guinness-warned-james-dean-his-car-one-week-before-deadly-crash-1019948

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=STAR+WARS

Deep Space Industries

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_Space_Industries, http://deepspaceindustries.com

http://www.sen.com/news/deep-space-industries-plan-to-mine-asteroids.html

http://www.space.com/19368-asteroid-mining-deep-space-industries.html

http://www.gizmag.com/deep-space-industries/25915 

BIG DATA

http://blogs.sap.com/innovation/big-data, http://www.zdnet.com/topic-big-data
Its just too tempting to not have a database of practically everything possible.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_data#Examples,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_data#Critique

Although there are many benefits, there are also some uncomfortable implications with gradually trying to record everything possible.
http://www-01.ibm.com/software/data/bigdata, http://www.sas.com/big-data,
http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/big-data/big-data-analytics-turning-big-data-into-intelligence.html, http://www.emc.com/microsites/bigdata/index.htm, http://www.systap.com/bigdata.htm,
http://www.mckinsey.com/insights/mgi/research/technology_and_innovation/big_data_the_next_frontier_for_innovation

All kinds of massively detailed computer models depicting various scenarios in architecture, astronomy, medicine, engineering would be astounding.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/big-data,
http://www.informatica.com/ca/vision/harnessing-big-data,
http://www.oracle.com/us/technologies/big-data/index.html

http://bigdata.csail.mit.edu, http://www.bigdatatechcon.com/boston2013/keynotes.aspx,
http://www.weforum.org/reports/big-data-big-impact-new-possibilities-international-development

Exploitation, Suffering and Other Human Costs Are Built Into Some Products

http://www.china.org.cn/business/2011-02/16/content_21930485.htm
Horrific & abusive working conditions should not be accepted, anywhere.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/11/technology/foxconn-said-to-use-forced-student-labor-to-make-iphones.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0, 

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/26/business/ieconomy-apples-ipad-and-the-human-costs-for-workers-in-china.html?pagewanted=all

http://www.democracynow.org/2012/10/10/as_millions_buy_iphone_5_chinese,
http://technology.inquirer.net/18300/strike-at-china-apple-manufacturer-rights-group

http://www.change.org/petitions/dear-apple-no-factory-workers-should-die-making-our-ipads?utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=url_share&utm_campaign=url_share_before_sign

From The Jungle (1906) to The Digital Jungle of abusive manufacturing.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-57516096-37/no-more-islave-an-activist-fights-for-iphone-workers

http://readthinkwriteteach.com/2012/06/08/brazil-workers-exploited-as-modern-day-amazon-slaves,
http://www.ibtimes.com/why-us-minimum-wage-less-half-what-australia-pays-their-workers-722579

The Java Dilemma

http://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2012/08/31/oracles-java-security-woes-mount-as-researchers-spot-a-bug-in-its-critical-bug-fix,
http://www.informationweek.com/security/application-security/java-vulnerability-affects-1-billion-plu/240007985
Its quite popular, but like anything there can be problems.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/01/11/us-java-security-idUSBRE90A0S320130111
https://blog.mozilla.org/security/2013/01/11/protecting-users-against-java-vulnerability
Problems have been developing for a while.
http://www.zdnet.com/how-to-disable-java-in-your-browser-on-windows-mac-7000009732,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_(software_platform) ,
http://www.zdnet.com/homeland-security-warns-to-disable-java-amid-zero-day-flaw-7000009713,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_(programming_language)#History,
http://www.cigital.com/javasecurity/compstrat.html

http://www.pcworld.com/article/2025178/oracle-releases-java-fix-but-security-concerns-remain.html,
http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/oracle-patches-java-but-concerns-remain/2013/01/14/170df924-5e8a-11e2-9940-6fc488f3fecd_story.html

Aaron Swartz

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Swartz, http://www.aaronsw.com
Once again, a big power structure has driven a person to make a desperate decision.
http://demandprogress.org, https://www.facebook.com/demandprogress
An overwhelming force was about to pounce upon him.
http://gawker.com/5975889/the-death-of-aaron-swartz-and-the-new-hacker-crackdown?utm_source=gizmodo.com&utm_medium=recirculation&utm_campaign=recirculation
Although some thought that he crossed the line, doing time for 35 months would have been harsh enough, but the prospect of a 35 year prison sentence is so over the top.
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/09/aaron-swartz-felony,
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2013/01/aaron-swartz

There are some key people in the financial manipulation $Y$TEM that will never be sentenced to do any time or forced to repay the millions of people they have tricked & robbed throughout the years. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Financial_crisis_of_2007#Weak_and_fraudulent_underwriting_practices

http://tech.mit.edu/V132/N61/swartz.html,
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57563642-93/internet-activist-aaron-swartz-commits-suicide,
http://www.ibtimes.com/aaron-swartz-activist-programmer-reddit-architect-dead-suicide-26-1011134,
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/13/technology/aaron-swartz-internet-activist-dies-at-26.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

Was it just another suicide?
http://www.infowars.com/obamas-kill-list-critic-found-dead-in-new-york-city,
http://www.globalresearch.ca/internet-freedom-aaron-swartzs-suspicious-death/5319000,
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/01/aaron-swartz-fix-draconian-computer-crime-law,
http://www.zdnet.com/can-legal-changes-prevent-another-aaron-swartz-tragedy-7000009791,
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2013/jan/16/zoe-lofgren-proposes-aarons-law

Cyberpunk 2077 Teaser Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P99qJGrPNLs
Its sure nice to see that some games are getting a little closer to becoming photo-realistic. Give it another decade and it should be fantastic!

17 Billion Earth-Size Alien Planets Inhabit Milky Way

http://www.space.com/19157-billions-earth-size-alien-planets-aas221.html

http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/2013/01/08/earth-like-planets-fill-the-galaxy,
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/billions-of-earthlike-planets-found-in-milky-way,
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2258842/NASA-space-telescope-shows-17-billion-Earth-like-planets-Milky-Way.html
The numbers keep changing, depending upon what one is looking for.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rare_Earth_hypothesis#The_right_location_in_the_right_kind_of_the_galaxy,
http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2011/06/the-two-billion-earthlike-planets-in-the-milky-way-how-many-will-prove-to-support-advanced-life.html,
http://www.space.com/19044-alien-earth-exoplanets-2013.html,
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/03/ten-billion-earths 

Life Forms

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astrobiology , 

https://science.nasa.gov/astrobiology/researchers/funded-research/exobiology ,

https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Human_and_Robotic_Exploration/Research/Exobiology ,

https://speculativeevolution.fandom.com/wiki/Exobiology

The Cosmic Internet

{"Over the next million years, a descendant of the Internet will maintain contact with inhabited planets throughout our galaxy and begin to spread out into the larger universe, linking up countless new or existing civilizations into the Universenet, a network of ultimate intelligence."}
http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2010/07/are-we-witnessing-the-birth-of-a-cosmic-internet.html

http://hologrambooks.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=35:the-cosmic-internet&catid=13:nonfiction

http://wisdom-magazine.com/Article.aspx/2283

http://oneradionetwork.com/spirituality/frank-demarco-author-of-the-cosmic-internet-explanations-from-the-other-side-october-24-2011

http://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.ca/2013/01/from-telegraph-to-internet.html

http://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.ca/2013/02/quantum-universe.html

From the Telegraph to the Internet

From the Telegraph to the Internet & eventually other worlds, moons & dimensions.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_telegraph#Transatlantic_era

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victorian_Internet

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telegraphy#Wireless_telegraphy,
http://io9.com/5972349/finally-we-have-achieved-arm+mounted-steampunk-typewriter-technology

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Standage#The_Victorian_Internet,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telegraphy#Arrival_of_the_Internet

http://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.ca/2013/01/the-cosmic-internet.html

House and Homes

A home can practically take on any shape or size, from great heights to mysterious depths.

http://www.simondale.net, http://now.msn.com/hobbit-house-built-by-simon-dale

http://freshome.com/2012/12/27/10-bewitching-hobbit-houses-seemengly-inspired-by-tolkiens-fantasy-novels 

http://hobbithouseofmontana.com, http://www.wooden-wonders.com

http://www.geek.com/articles/geek-cetera/beautiful-real-life-hobbit-house-20121218/

http://www.forbes.com/sites/morganbrennan/2012/12/16/real-life-hobbit-houses-and-other-strange-homes-for-sale

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/sns-viral-odd-house-pg,0,2797808.photogallery

http://www.oddee.com/item_96556.aspx

Violent Video Games

Yes several video games have a violent theme to them, but that doesn't mean most people that play them will go Berserk upon the Innocent.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/19/video-games-sandy-hook_n_2330741.html,
http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2012/04/19/breivik-testifies-about-gaming-press-ignores-the-facts
Its never a good idea to start treating the world as if its just a Shoot_'em_up video game. But some people want to resort to violence to create their version of reality.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/video-games/9272774/MPs-call-for-violent-video-game-ban-after-Breivik-claims-that-he-trained-on-Call-of-Duty-Modern-Warfare.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_banned_video_games,
http://www.complex.com/video-games/2012/01/the-25-most-violent-video-games,
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2379959,00.asp,
http://www.pcworld.com/article/161180/most_violent_videogames.html

Of course, when a car or any other tool or device is used in a careless way, the danger factor immensely increases. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Theft_Auto_(series)#Controversy
Responsible people don't treat real life as if its just a Shooter_game. However, some people with monstrous tendencies will eventually use anything to cause harm to others.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/18/anders-breivik-sympathizer_n_1803480.html,
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/19/adam-lanza-motive_n_2329508.html?utm_hp_ref=mostpopular

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_rampage_killers:_School_massacres 

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=violence

http://desertshapes.blogspot.com/2012/12/the-tragedy-of-innocent.html

Machines, Humans, Gods and ET...

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2003/09/et-and-god/376856 

https://www.space.com/13152-aliens-religion-impacts-extraterrestrial-christianity.html

https://www.discovery.org/a/2834/

http://www.nigelkerner.com
There are so many myths and legends about ancient technology and otherworldly beings.

https://biologos.org/articles/c-s-lewis-on-evolution-and-intelligent-design/

https://www.cduniverse.com/search/xx/movie/pid/6842541/a/god,+man+&+e.t.:&frm=www.cduniverse.com ,
https://www.amazon.com/GOD-Man-Question-Theology-Mythology/dp/B0007US85C 

GOD, Man & ET: The Question of Other Worlds in Science, Theology, and Mythology

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePUy4npHOmQ ,

http://worldmysteries.tv/videos/139/god,-man-and-et-debate

So much of Sci-Fi involves, Machines, Humans, Gods and ET

https://www.depauw.edu/sfs/biblio.htm

http://www.cduniverse.com/search/xx/movie/pid/6842541/a/God,+Man+%26+E.T.%3A+The+Question+of+Other+Worlds+in+Science,+Theology+and+Mythology.htm

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battlestar_Galactica#Original_series

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Blade+Runner

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=ET

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Artificial+Life

Archetypes

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archetype, http://aras.org,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbolism_(disambiguation)

http://www.techeblog.com/index.php/tech-gadget/life-sized-noah-s-ark-launches-in-the-netherlands,

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/11/life-size-noahs-ark-launched_n_2279428.html, 

http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/12/10/dutchman-launches-life-sized-replica-of-noahs-ark, 

http://www.thedailyjournal.com/viewart/20121211/NEWS01/312110023/Dutchman-launches-life-sized-replica-of-Noah-s-Ark?odyssey=tab%7Cmostpopular%7Cimg%7CFRONTPAGE,

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2246247/Dutchman-Johan-Huibers-launches-life-sized-Noahs-Ark-replica-Dordrecht.html

http://www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/ci_22161139/dutchman-launches-life-sized-replica-noahs-ark?source=rss

http://www.kansascity.com/2012/12/10/3958627/dutchman-launches-life-sized-replica.html

Virtual Model Brain with 2.5 Million Neurons, etc.

http://arstechnica.com/science/2012/11/model-brain-with-2-5-million-neurons-configures-itself-to-problem-solve/
Computerized modelas of various types of brains could eventualy lead to more eficient computers.
http://arstechnica.com/science/2012/11/newly-evolved-gene-may-have-changed-humans-brains/

http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/MacBook+Pro+15-Inch+Retina+Display+Mid+2012+Teardown/9462/2#s36201

http://arstechnica.com/apple/2012/11/21-imac-teardown-shows-newly-rearranged-innards,
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/739591-REG/B_H_Photo_Blackmagic_Design_DaVinci_Resolve_Mac.html

http://history-computer.com/People/LeonardoBio.html, http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/12.11/davinci.html,
http://www.surgery.usc.edu/divisions/tumor/pancreasdiseases/web%20pages/laparoscopic%20surgery/da%20vinci.html

Eventually the line between supercomputers,organic computers & quantum computers might become quite blurred.

http://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.ca/2012/10/computer-models-and-computer-simulations.html

The Smartphone Evolution

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smartphone#Origin_of_the_term ,
http://vr-zone.com/articles/the-smartphone-is-20-years-old-today/18028.html ,
http://www.cnet.com/smartphones

Smartphones and social networks have become quite intertwined over the years.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_network_service#Emerging_trends

The_Social_Network movie depicts such things starting to go big time in 2003 and it hasn't slowed down ever since.
http://www.thesocialnetwork-movie.com , http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1285016, 

http://mashable.com/2010/09/28/the-social-network-review , http://www.nullco.com/TSN , 

http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/sony_pictures/thesocialnetwork , 

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the-social-network , 

http://www.cbc.ca/arts/film/story/2010/09/30/social-network-review.html

http://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.ca/2010/10/face-behind-social-network.html ,
http://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.ca/2012/10/lauren-weinstein.html 

Information technology is so ubiquitous by popular demand & manipulation.
http://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.ca/2012/11/ar-data-glasses-and-iglasses.html  

Of course smartphone tech can be built into robotics. Eventually, a much smaller version could be put into some people, but that has some unsettling implications.

AR: data-glasses and i-glasses

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augmented_reality#Eye_Glasses ,
http://www.businessinsider.com/the-end-of-the-smartphone-era-is-coming-2012-11

Project_Glass & other Digital Eye-Glasses
http://www.gizmag.com/oled-data-glasses/24856 , http://phys.org/news/2012-11-glasses.html ,
http://www.scienceomega.com/article/693/eye-activated-data-glasses-will-offer-users-a-third-hand

http://www.bd-insider.com/the-future-is-all-about-visibility ,
http://www.monstersandcritics.com/blogs/theworldinpictures/article_1537876.php/Angela-Merkel-at-CeBit

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Ive#Career
Of course there will eventually have to be, i-glasses. (iGlasses)

Just as the shape & style of the iPod evolved, one can imagine the evolution of digital eyeglasses & i-glasses. (information-glasses & data-glasses)
http://www.forbes.com/sites/ericjackson/2012/11/02/how-will-jony-ive-make-checking-the-weather-on-your-iphone-a-religious-experience
AR
https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/wikitude-augmented-reality/id329731243?mt=8 ,
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-20462840 ,
http://blog.sfgate.com/techchron/2012/11/23/microsoft-locks-up-patent-on-augmented-reality-glasses ,
http://www.advancedtechnologykorea.com/13300

Eye symbolism is used in the logo for,
http://vr-zone.com/articles/microsoft-is-creating-their-own-augmented-reality-glasses/18038.html
Eye symbolism can be found in several places.


http://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.ca/2012/11/the-smartphone-evolution.html

aakash-2-tablet-computer

http://indiannerve.com/aakash-2-tablet-launched-for-rs-1132-for-students-order-from-datawind-now-1042-3577

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aakash_(tablet)#Competition

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromebook#Chromebook_models