Competition and tech diversity is a good thing.
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Friday, October 30, 2009
Blackberry Storm 2 Vs. iPhone 3GS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yqm5E3sGgE&feature=related , https://www.youtube.com/@jon4lakers/videos
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Apple versus Microsoft
For many, Apple products will always a cut above the rest.
Once the PC market really started to catch on, its popularity propelled it self.
Having a PC at home was even better than having a Mobile_telephone in your Car.
However, some people knew that the dawn of smartphones was just a matter of time. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smartphone#Early_smartphones
Is it rivalry, or just two side of the same tech coin?
"The film ends in 1997, with the return of 42-year-old Jobs to Apple (after its acquisition of NeXT Computer) and with his announcement at the MacWorld Expo of an alliance between Apple and Microsoft." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pirates_of_Silicon_Valley (1999) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEyrivrjAuU
Secret History of Silicon Valley https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTC_RxWN_xo
"Pirates of Silicon Valley"
Bill_Gates sure started something big in the world. https://www.forbes.com/richest-in-tech/#74546b087316
Several years after people embraced the PC, it was time for the iPhone_(1st_generation).
The summer of 2007 was the dawn of a new era in mobile phone tech.
William_Gibson took the 1980s Sci-Fi tech landscape up to a new level and U2 took music and concerts up to a new level in the 1990s. The last couple decades of the 20th_century took a big leap in technology and Cyberpunk entertainment.
Bill Gates celebrated his 54th birthday in Vancouver at a U2 concert.
It's amazing to see the scale that Seattle is allowed to function on a larger level, simply because it's not bound by any Vancouver type restrictions or limitations.
Wednesday
U2 Setlist: October 28, 2009 at Vancouver BC, Canada
City Of Blinding Lights by U2
Sunday, October 25, 2009
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Sunday, October 11, 2009
Thursday, October 08, 2009
The Holographic Universe
The_Holographic_Universe has become a way of trying to explain the the universe might be some kind of an interactive recording & projection of time & space.
http://psychedelicadventure.blogspot.ca/2011/09/michael-talbot-synchronicity-and.html ,
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/319014.The_Holographic_Universe ,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiTS5fywxVs ,
http://quanta-gaia.org/reviews/books/holoUniverse.html ,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiTS5fywxVs ,
http://www.theshiftofconsciousness.info/talbot.html
http://psychedelicadventure.blogspot.ca/2011/09/michael-talbot-synchronicity-and.html ,
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/319014.The_Holographic_Universe ,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiTS5fywxVs ,
http://quanta-gaia.org/reviews/books/holoUniverse.html ,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiTS5fywxVs ,
http://www.theshiftofconsciousness.info/talbot.html
The Simulation Hypothesis is another way at perceiving reality.
Friday, September 25, 2009
The Trek of the Motorola Enterprise
Paul Galvin established the Motorola business Enterprise.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Roddenberry#Military_and_police_service
http://techtickerblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/motorola-logo.jpg
http://pragyan.org/10/home/partners/motorola_3.jpg
http://www.motorola.com/Business/US-EN/Enterprise+Mobility
http://www.illinoislawyerblog.com/motorola-logo.jpg
http://memory-alpha.org/wiki/USS_Enterprise_(NCC-1701)
http://starbaseatlanta.com/catalog/images/enterprisegoldpatch%5B1%5D.JPG
http://www.cygnus-x1.net/links/lcars/uss-enterprise-space-cruiser.php
http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/memoryalpha/en/images/c/ca/Logo_USS_Enterprise_(NCC-1701).png
http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20081128030458/startrek/images/c/cc/Enterprise_2270s_gray_insignia.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Roddenberry#Military_and_police_service
http://techtickerblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/motorola-logo.jpg
http://pragyan.org/10/home/partners/motorola_3.jpg
http://www.motorola.com/Business/US-EN/Enterprise+Mobility
http://www.illinoislawyerblog.com/motorola-logo.jpg
http://memory-alpha.org/wiki/USS_Enterprise_(NCC-1701)
http://starbaseatlanta.com/catalog/images/enterprisegoldpatch%5B1%5D.JPG
http://www.cygnus-x1.net/links/lcars/uss-enterprise-space-cruiser.php
http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/memoryalpha/en/images/c/ca/Logo_USS_Enterprise_(NCC-1701).png
http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20081128030458/startrek/images/c/cc/Enterprise_2270s_gray_insignia.jpg
Sunday, September 20, 2009
Digital Streaming far beyond ZOO TV
http://www.wired.com/techbiz/it/magazine/17-10/ff_netflix
Netflix didn't start to provide a streaming_service until 2007. Of course once there is enough bandwidth then it becomes, Internet TV.
U2 released their album, Achtung_Baby in November 1991.
The song, Even_Better_Than_the_Real_Thing was released in June 1992.
The Even_Better_Than_the_Real_Thing#Music_video in February 1992 was a depiction of future digital Zoo of TV and data-streaming on a mass scale. As well as the looming VR Matrix of entertainment and reality.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achtung_Baby#Zoo_TV_Tour Started in February 1992.
"Rehearsals for the tour began in December 1991 at The Factory in Dublin."
Saturday, September 05, 2009
History of the Internet
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Internet#Precursors, Networks_that_led_to_the_Internet,
History_of_the_Internet#Merging_the_networks_and_creating_the_Internet, the_Internet_goes_global
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By Christopher Null
{Forty years ago today, the first two computers on the ARPAnet -- the military-run precursor to the Internet we know today -- were connected to each each other, creating the first link in what would arguably become the most important technological advance in history.
It would be several months before enough computers were added to the network to make it useful and for messages to start flowing among them, but September 2, 1969, is generally considered one of the defining dates in the Internet's protracted birth.
Within a year, the network would expand from a few west coast colleges to the eastern seaboard, and by the mid-'70s the network had gone international, with satellite links to Europe and dozens of computers connected to the new grid. (See the photo above for what things looked like in 1977.) And with email (1971) and file transfer (1973) features added to the system, it actually became useful for getting actual work and communications done.
By 1983, the ARPAnet shifted to a new architecture for data transmission, the one which is still in use today. By 1988, everything made another huge change, as commercial interests were allowed to piggyback on what had formerly been a government- and education-only network. Called "Internet Commercial" for a short time before becoming just "The Internet," I vividly remember my COBOL professor back in the day just gushing over what possibilities would be opened up when that happened, and he was right. Once the World Wide Web got started, along with the Mosaic web browser, the net as you and I know it really got kicking.
But the wild world of Yahoo!, YouTube, Google, and ICanHasCheezburger all started with that humble connection 40 years ago, a wire hooking two computers in different locations together and scientists figuring out a way to make them do something useful together instead of on their own, as had long been the usual way things were done.
Happy birthday, Internet!}
http://ca.tech.yahoo.com/blogs/the_working_guy/rss/article/3865
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Galaxy ,
http://www.galaxybroadband.ca/?gclid=CIiZpuCx4bICFRBgMgodfVEAyA
History_of_the_Internet#Merging_the_networks_and_creating_the_Internet, the_Internet_goes_global
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By Christopher Null
{Forty years ago today, the first two computers on the ARPAnet -- the military-run precursor to the Internet we know today -- were connected to each each other, creating the first link in what would arguably become the most important technological advance in history.
It would be several months before enough computers were added to the network to make it useful and for messages to start flowing among them, but September 2, 1969, is generally considered one of the defining dates in the Internet's protracted birth.
Within a year, the network would expand from a few west coast colleges to the eastern seaboard, and by the mid-'70s the network had gone international, with satellite links to Europe and dozens of computers connected to the new grid. (See the photo above for what things looked like in 1977.) And with email (1971) and file transfer (1973) features added to the system, it actually became useful for getting actual work and communications done.
By 1983, the ARPAnet shifted to a new architecture for data transmission, the one which is still in use today. By 1988, everything made another huge change, as commercial interests were allowed to piggyback on what had formerly been a government- and education-only network. Called "Internet Commercial" for a short time before becoming just "The Internet," I vividly remember my COBOL professor back in the day just gushing over what possibilities would be opened up when that happened, and he was right. Once the World Wide Web got started, along with the Mosaic web browser, the net as you and I know it really got kicking.
But the wild world of Yahoo!, YouTube, Google, and ICanHasCheezburger all started with that humble connection 40 years ago, a wire hooking two computers in different locations together and scientists figuring out a way to make them do something useful together instead of on their own, as had long been the usual way things were done.
Happy birthday, Internet!}
http://ca.tech.yahoo.com/blogs/the_working_guy/rss/article/3865
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Galaxy ,
http://www.galaxybroadband.ca/?gclid=CIiZpuCx4bICFRBgMgodfVEAyA
Tuesday, September 01, 2009
The AI Global Data SYSTEM...
History of a unique Search_engine with several Special_features.
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Larry_Page was able to create an algorithm to locate & track each web page within & beyond each website. Who else but someone named Larry would have created the PageRank? The business of information gathering & data mining has been around in one for or another for quite a while. There are always concerns that when tremendous pools of data are collected, who all can gain access to it? And for what reason or purpose? Also lots of websites & blogs just like to provide links to various sites for reference. The search engines are always in the background recording everything on line. Eventually there will be A.I. search engines that can link up to any computer or robot that's receiving data from the Web.
Glen_A._Larson provided an interesting depiction of what a future personal A.I. search engine might be like way back in 1982. By 2012 the concept of people having a personal computer is as commonplace as having their personal car. Indeed, some folks have more than one of each. But the A.I. KITT that was depicted in 1982 is still a ways off from 2012. KITT like HAL was basically an A.I. on board_computer for the ship or vehicle. However, a computer for the whole ship in effect, makes the vehicle the equivalent of a robotic vessel. So eventually a lot of people might have their own A.I. Web_browser that talks to them, through their phone, computer & car, if you have the money to buy those toys.
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Of course there are several ancient forms of recording data as well.
There is even the ancient concept of the Akashic Record (AR) of everything. Eventually quantum supercomputers with holographic-data-storage & memory-crystals will essentially be able to record everything on earth. Combine that with all the databases & VR programs & you start to realize that modern technology is trying to mimic the AR. However, the concept of the AR is beyond things like greed & war & the suppression of true knowledge. Any advanced VR program can be run by any corporation or government with its own agenda. So unless people can truly be allowed to openly share & compare information, someone with their own agenda can still control things to their own advantage.
Perhaps even the A.I. machine-interface some day. https://www.cyberpunkreview.com/category/rise-of-the-robots
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Want some more food for thought about reality then check out the book & website, www.theuniversesolved.com for more fascinating observations.
Monday, August 31, 2009
Thursday, August 20, 2009
Saturday, August 15, 2009
The Electronic Life and Interaction with TV and Computers, etc.
Videophone#Early_history or the Telephonoscope
The Videophone concept was established long before the electronics could be miniaturized by the early 21st century when Telepresence started to become more commonplace.
Le Vingtième siècle. La vie électrique by Albert_Robida, was published in 1890.
Electronic_Life by MC, was published in August 1983 about a decade before the Internet became public & laptops were still so bulky & limited. By 2013 a fully functioning PC could be part of a cell phone, or the size of a Phone book that can function as full desktop_replacement unit. Sphere was published in 1987. It's a speculation of a temporal quantum computing sphere with ET Ai, that's been captured by a future American spacecraft. Somehow since ancient times, humans have had the concept of seeing & hearing things through certain objects. From the talking magic mirror to the iPad, technology keeps moving ahead & sometimes reaches into the myths of the distant past.
Electronic_Life by MC, was published in August 1983 about a decade before the Internet became public & laptops were still so bulky & limited. By 2013 a fully functioning PC could be part of a cell phone, or the size of a Phone book that can function as full desktop_replacement unit. Sphere was published in 1987. It's a speculation of a temporal quantum computing sphere with ET Ai, that's been captured by a future American spacecraft. Somehow since ancient times, humans have had the concept of seeing & hearing things through certain objects. From the talking magic mirror to the iPad, technology keeps moving ahead & sometimes reaches into the myths of the distant past.
Monday, August 10, 2009
MySpace since 2003
{MySpace operates solely on revenues generated by advertising as its user model possesses no paid-for features for the end user. Through its Web site and affiliated ad networks, MySpace is second only to Yahoo! in its capacity to collect data about its users and thus in its ability to use behavioral targeting to select the ads each visitor sees.
On August 8, 2006, search engine Google signed a $900 million deal to provide a Google search facility and advertising on MySpace.}
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myspace#Revenue_model
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myspace#International_sites
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7gWEgHeXcA&feature=related
On August 8, 2006, search engine Google signed a $900 million deal to provide a Google search facility and advertising on MySpace.}
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myspace#Revenue_model
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myspace#International_sites
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7gWEgHeXcA&feature=related
Thursday, July 30, 2009
Scientists Claim New State of Matter Created
LiveScience Staff
LiveScience.com – Wed Jul 29, 6:22 am ET
{Scientists claim to have created a form of aluminum that's nearly transparent to extreme ultraviolet radiation and which is a new state of matter.
It's an idea straight out of science fiction, featured in the movie "Star Trek IV."
The work is detailed in the journal Nature Physics.
The normal states of matter are solid, liquid and gas, and a fourth state, called plasma, is a superheated gas considered more exotic. Other experiments have created strange states of matter for brief periods. This one, too, existed only briefly.
To create the new, even more exotic stuff, a short pulse from a laser "knocked out" a core electron from every aluminum atom in a sample without disrupting the metal's crystalline structure, the researchers explain.
''What we have created is a completely new state of matter nobody has seen before," said professor Justin Wark of Oxford University's Department of Physics.
"Transparent aluminum is just the start," Wark said. "The physical properties of the matter we are creating are relevant to the conditions inside large planets, and we also hope that by studying it we can gain a greater understanding of what is going on during the creation of 'miniature stars' created by high-power laser implosions, which may one day allow the power of nuclear fusion to be harnessed here on Earth."
Fusion is a dream of scientists who would create cheap and plentiful power by fusing atoms together, as opposed to nuclear fission that generates electricity today.
The discovery was made possible with a high-powered synchrotron radiation generator called the FLASH laser, based in Hamburg, Germany. It produces extremely brief pulses of soft X-ray light, each of which is more powerful than the output of a power plant that provides electricity to a whole city.
The Oxford team, along with their international colleagues, focused all this power down into a spot with a diameter less than a twentieth of the width of a human hair. At such high intensities the aluminum turned transparent.
While the invisible effect lasted for only an extremely brief period - an estimated 40 femtoseconds - it demonstrates that such an exotic state of matter can be created using very high power X-ray sources.
"What is particularly remarkable about our experiment is that we have turned ordinary aluminum into this exotic new material in a single step by using this very powerful laser," Wark said. "For a brief period the sample looks and behaves in every way like a new form of matter. In certain respects, the way it reacts is as though we had changed every aluminum atom into silicon: it's almost as surprising as finding that you can turn lead into gold with light."}
http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20090729/sc_livescience/scientistsclaimnewstateofmattercreated
Bizarre Properties of Glass Revealed
{Original Story: Scientists Claim New State of Matter CreatedLiveScience.com chronicles the daily advances and innovations made in science and technology. We take on the misconceptions that often pop up around scientific discoveries and deliver short, provocative explanations with a certain wit and style. Check out our science videos, Trivia & Quizzes and Top 10s. Join our community to debate hot-button issues like stem cells, climate change and evolution. You can also sign up for free newsletters, register for RSS feeds and get cool gadgets at the LiveScience Store.}
http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20090729/sc_livescience/scientistsclaimnewstateofmattercreated
LiveScience.com – Wed Jul 29, 6:22 am ET
{Scientists claim to have created a form of aluminum that's nearly transparent to extreme ultraviolet radiation and which is a new state of matter.
It's an idea straight out of science fiction, featured in the movie "Star Trek IV."
The work is detailed in the journal Nature Physics.
The normal states of matter are solid, liquid and gas, and a fourth state, called plasma, is a superheated gas considered more exotic. Other experiments have created strange states of matter for brief periods. This one, too, existed only briefly.
To create the new, even more exotic stuff, a short pulse from a laser "knocked out" a core electron from every aluminum atom in a sample without disrupting the metal's crystalline structure, the researchers explain.
''What we have created is a completely new state of matter nobody has seen before," said professor Justin Wark of Oxford University's Department of Physics.
"Transparent aluminum is just the start," Wark said. "The physical properties of the matter we are creating are relevant to the conditions inside large planets, and we also hope that by studying it we can gain a greater understanding of what is going on during the creation of 'miniature stars' created by high-power laser implosions, which may one day allow the power of nuclear fusion to be harnessed here on Earth."
Fusion is a dream of scientists who would create cheap and plentiful power by fusing atoms together, as opposed to nuclear fission that generates electricity today.
The discovery was made possible with a high-powered synchrotron radiation generator called the FLASH laser, based in Hamburg, Germany. It produces extremely brief pulses of soft X-ray light, each of which is more powerful than the output of a power plant that provides electricity to a whole city.
The Oxford team, along with their international colleagues, focused all this power down into a spot with a diameter less than a twentieth of the width of a human hair. At such high intensities the aluminum turned transparent.
While the invisible effect lasted for only an extremely brief period - an estimated 40 femtoseconds - it demonstrates that such an exotic state of matter can be created using very high power X-ray sources.
"What is particularly remarkable about our experiment is that we have turned ordinary aluminum into this exotic new material in a single step by using this very powerful laser," Wark said. "For a brief period the sample looks and behaves in every way like a new form of matter. In certain respects, the way it reacts is as though we had changed every aluminum atom into silicon: it's almost as surprising as finding that you can turn lead into gold with light."}
http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20090729/sc_livescience/scientistsclaimnewstateofmattercreated
Bizarre Properties of Glass Revealed
{Original Story: Scientists Claim New State of Matter CreatedLiveScience.com chronicles the daily advances and innovations made in science and technology. We take on the misconceptions that often pop up around scientific discoveries and deliver short, provocative explanations with a certain wit and style. Check out our science videos, Trivia & Quizzes and Top 10s. Join our community to debate hot-button issues like stem cells, climate change and evolution. You can also sign up for free newsletters, register for RSS feeds and get cool gadgets at the LiveScience Store.}
http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20090729/sc_livescience/scientistsclaimnewstateofmattercreated
A growing human population will need a lot more energy and power.
Nuclear+power plants on the moon or Mars and other off-world locations might be a lot less dangerous than having more of them on the earth.
Saturday, July 25, 2009
F1 through F12
www.computerhope.com/shortcut.htm
http://www.bing.com,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bing_(search_engine)#Yahoo.21_search_deal,
http://www.dottotech.com/blog/steve-dotto/indispensible-tools,
http://www.watblog.com/2009/11/16/google-vs-bing-the-heat-is-on
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bing#Windows_Live_Search,
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/news/press/2006/sep06/09-11WLFinalVersionsPR.aspx,
http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2067901/Microsoft-Upgrades-Live-Search-Offerings,
http://www.microsoft-watch.com/content/web_services_browser/microsofts_windows_live_search_goes_gold.html
Friday, 4 December 2009
{Bing search site suffers outage
Microsoft has apologised for a brief outage which saw its search site Bing disappear from the Internet.}
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8394676.stm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_browser#User_interface,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_web_browsers,
http://www.computerhope.com/jargon/b/browser.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_search_engine#History,
http://www.thesearchenginelist.com,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_search_engines#General
http://www.bing.com,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bing_(search_engine)#Yahoo.21_search_deal,
http://www.dottotech.com/blog/steve-dotto/indispensible-tools,
http://www.watblog.com/2009/11/16/google-vs-bing-the-heat-is-on
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bing#Windows_Live_Search,
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/news/press/2006/sep06/09-11WLFinalVersionsPR.aspx,
http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2067901/Microsoft-Upgrades-Live-Search-Offerings,
http://www.microsoft-watch.com/content/web_services_browser/microsofts_windows_live_search_goes_gold.html
Friday, 4 December 2009
{Bing search site suffers outage
Microsoft has apologised for a brief outage which saw its search site Bing disappear from the Internet.}
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8394676.stm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_browser#User_interface,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_web_browsers,
http://www.computerhope.com/jargon/b/browser.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_search_engine#History,
http://www.thesearchenginelist.com,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_search_engines#General
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Military Developing Half-Robot, Half-Insect 'Cybug' Spies
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,532511,00.html
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Upcoming Military Robot Could Feed on Dead Bodies
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,532492,00.html?loomia_ow=t0:s0:a16:g2:r1:c0.148685:b26412534:z0
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,532511,00.html
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Upcoming Military Robot Could Feed on Dead Bodies
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,532492,00.html?loomia_ow=t0:s0:a16:g2:r1:c0.148685:b26412534:z0
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Hackers: can now steal data via electrical outlet
By Christopher Null
{A few years ago, the idea of using nothing more than a standard electrical outlet to hack into sensitive computer systems would be the stuff of Hollywood -- and far-fetched, eye-rolling Hollywood at that.
I can almost picture the scene: A wily Justin Long taps a few keys on his laptop and we watch the signal race through the power grid to his target, where a hapless government employee types his password into the ultra-secure computer at headquarters. Back with Long, we watch the password show up on his computer screen, as if by magic, thanks to his nifty hacking skills.
It sounds ridiculous.
But it turns out, well, it's basically a reality.
At the Black Hat USA conference later this month, hackers are preparing to unveil their methodology to steal information typed on a computer keyboard using nothing more than the power outlet to which the computer is connected.
The technique behind the exploit isn't as wildly high-tech as you might think, though. Old-fashioned electrical properties are the key to the trick. Here's how it works (in simple terms): When you type on a standard computer keyboard, electrical signals run through the cable to the PC. Those cables aren't shielded, so the signal leaks via the ground wire in the cable and into the ground wire on the computer's power supply.
The attacker connects a probe to a nearby power socket (perhaps in the vacant office next door or a hotel room across the hall), detects the ground leakage, and converts the signal back into alphanumeric characters. So far, the attack has proven successful using outlets up to about 15 meters away.
If you've got a wireless keyboard or are working on a laptop unplugged from the wall, which would make this attack useless, fret not: The hackers have a method for eavesdropping on you too. A simple laser beam -- better than a laser pointer, but not by much -- can be pointed a shiny object on the table where the computer sits, and the beam's reflection is captured by a receiving system. The vibration of that reflection caused by the striking of keys can be analyzed and, as with the electrical outlet system described above, reconstructed into words, since every key produces a unique vibration pattern. All this technique requires is a direct line of sight to the PC and a few hundred dollars worth of equipment.
Be safe out there, folks.}
http://ca.tech.yahoo.com/blogs/the_working_guy/rss/article/3717
{A few years ago, the idea of using nothing more than a standard electrical outlet to hack into sensitive computer systems would be the stuff of Hollywood -- and far-fetched, eye-rolling Hollywood at that.
I can almost picture the scene: A wily Justin Long taps a few keys on his laptop and we watch the signal race through the power grid to his target, where a hapless government employee types his password into the ultra-secure computer at headquarters. Back with Long, we watch the password show up on his computer screen, as if by magic, thanks to his nifty hacking skills.
It sounds ridiculous.
But it turns out, well, it's basically a reality.
At the Black Hat USA conference later this month, hackers are preparing to unveil their methodology to steal information typed on a computer keyboard using nothing more than the power outlet to which the computer is connected.
The technique behind the exploit isn't as wildly high-tech as you might think, though. Old-fashioned electrical properties are the key to the trick. Here's how it works (in simple terms): When you type on a standard computer keyboard, electrical signals run through the cable to the PC. Those cables aren't shielded, so the signal leaks via the ground wire in the cable and into the ground wire on the computer's power supply.
The attacker connects a probe to a nearby power socket (perhaps in the vacant office next door or a hotel room across the hall), detects the ground leakage, and converts the signal back into alphanumeric characters. So far, the attack has proven successful using outlets up to about 15 meters away.
If you've got a wireless keyboard or are working on a laptop unplugged from the wall, which would make this attack useless, fret not: The hackers have a method for eavesdropping on you too. A simple laser beam -- better than a laser pointer, but not by much -- can be pointed a shiny object on the table where the computer sits, and the beam's reflection is captured by a receiving system. The vibration of that reflection caused by the striking of keys can be analyzed and, as with the electrical outlet system described above, reconstructed into words, since every key produces a unique vibration pattern. All this technique requires is a direct line of sight to the PC and a few hundred dollars worth of equipment.
Be safe out there, folks.}
http://ca.tech.yahoo.com/blogs/the_working_guy/rss/article/3717
Friday, July 10, 2009
Pi (1998)
Pi_(film)#PlotIs life & existence simply by the numbers or does consciousness transcend far beyond the limits of such things?
http://www.pithemovie.com/
Tuesday, July 07, 2009
TV-PC and Recording Systems, etc.
http://www.v7-world.com/blog.aspx?q=9,
http://desktopvideo.about.com/od/s/g/svideo.htm,
http://hometheater.about.com/od/hometheatervideobasics/qt/svideovssvhs.htm,
http://hometheater.about.com/od/hometheaterdoityourself/ig/Home-Theater-Connection-Photo-/S-Video-Connector.--02.htm
http://www.harddrivedvdrecorders.org/a-whole-new-world-with-dvds,
http://www.harddrivedvdrecorders.org/panasonic-dmr-dvd-and-vcr-recorder,
http://www.harddrivedvdrecorders.org/philips-dvdr3575h37-1080p-upscaling-dvdr-with-built-in-tuner,
http://www.dvd-replica.com/DVD/dvdprimer-8.php,
http://www.ehow.com/how_7208946_record-sony-dvd-vcr-combo.html,
http://www.ehow.com/how_6453504_record-tv-vcr_dvd.html,
http://www.ehow.com/how_4778952_record-tv-dvrvcr-combo.html,
http://www.ehow.com/how_4744393_record-dvr-vcr.html,
http://www.axiomaudio.com/DVD_Recorders.html,
http://www.digitalfaq.com/reviews/dvd-recorders.htm
PC & TV
http://desktopvideo.about.com/od/desktopediting/bb/bybeginediting.htm,
http://en.kioskea.net/faq/228-how-to-connect-your-pc-to-your-tv-set,
http://www.inspectmygadget.com/2007/06/11/how-to-connect-your-pc-to-your-television-and-stereo
HDTV for Dummies
http://books.google.ca/books?id=can+a+vcr+be+placed+on+top+of+a+pvr
Home Theater for Dummies
http://books.google.ca/books?id=can+a+vcr+be+placed+on+top+of+a+pvr
Stream TV http://androidtvbox.us
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_video_recorder,
http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/dvr.htm,
http://www.worldwidesatellites.com
http://desktopvideo.about.com/od/s/g/svideo.htm,
http://hometheater.about.com/od/hometheatervideobasics/qt/svideovssvhs.htm,
http://hometheater.about.com/od/hometheaterdoityourself/ig/Home-Theater-Connection-Photo-/S-Video-Connector.--02.htm
http://www.harddrivedvdrecorders.org/a-whole-new-world-with-dvds,
http://www.harddrivedvdrecorders.org/panasonic-dmr-dvd-and-vcr-recorder,
http://www.harddrivedvdrecorders.org/philips-dvdr3575h37-1080p-upscaling-dvdr-with-built-in-tuner,
http://www.dvd-replica.com/DVD/dvdprimer-8.php,
http://www.ehow.com/how_7208946_record-sony-dvd-vcr-combo.html,
http://www.ehow.com/how_6453504_record-tv-vcr_dvd.html,
http://www.ehow.com/how_4778952_record-tv-dvrvcr-combo.html,
http://www.ehow.com/how_4744393_record-dvr-vcr.html,
http://www.axiomaudio.com/DVD_Recorders.html,
http://www.digitalfaq.com/reviews/dvd-recorders.htm
PC & TV
http://desktopvideo.about.com/od/desktopediting/bb/bybeginediting.htm,
http://en.kioskea.net/faq/228-how-to-connect-your-pc-to-your-tv-set,
http://www.inspectmygadget.com/2007/06/11/how-to-connect-your-pc-to-your-television-and-stereo
HDTV for Dummies
http://books.google.ca/books?id=can+a+vcr+be+placed+on+top+of+a+pvr
Home Theater for Dummies
http://books.google.ca/books?id=can+a+vcr+be+placed+on+top+of+a+pvr
Stream TV http://androidtvbox.us
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_video_recorder,
http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/dvr.htm,
http://www.worldwidesatellites.com
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Lockheed Martin Biometric Card Scanning Service Contract
{Rockville, Md., June 22nd, 2009 -- The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has awarded Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] a five-year, $47 million contract to continue managing the FBI Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Division’s Card Scanning Service (CSS) program. The contract covers the conversion of paper fingerprint, palm print and photo records into high-quality electronic records for the FBI.
Records processed through this program are submitted by state, local, and federal law enforcement agencies and used to populate the Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System (IAFIS) database, a national fingerprint and criminal history system maintained by the FBI CJIS Division. With this new contract, the FBI will also be able to automatically process paper fingerprint records submitted by foreign law enforcement agencies.
“We’re proud to continue our decade-long partnership with the FBI on the Card Scanning Service program,” said Barbara Humpton, vice president, Lockheed Martin Information Systems & Global Services. “Having secure, accessible records is a vital element in the Bureau’s ability to take quick and decisive actions for citizen safety. This new system will significantly improve how the FBI accesses traditional fingerprints as well as palm print and photo records.”
"This card scanning service contract will aid the FBI in establishing a more complete and up-to-date criminal history record in support of law enforcement and criminal justice efforts, while creating employment opportunities in West Virginia," added FBI CJIS Division Acting Assistant Director Jerome M. Pender.
Operations for the program will take place primarily in Fairmont, WV, with support from several small business partners across the country, including West Virginia-based IMTS; Communications Resource, Incorporated (CRI), a woman-owned small disadvantaged business located in McLean, Va.; Massachusetts-based Aware, Inc.; and BancTec, headquartered in Dallas, TX.
Eventually, the records processed through the CSS program will populate the FBI’s Next Generation Identification (NGI) program. NGI will further advance the FBI’s biometric identification services, providing an incremental replacement of current IAFIS technical capabilities while also introducing new functionality. Lockheed Martin is the lead industry partner on the NGI program.
Headquartered in Bethesda, Md., Lockheed Martin is a global security company that employs about 146,000 people worldwide and is principally engaged in the research, design, development, manufacture, integration and sustainment of advanced technology systems, products and services. The corporation reported 2008 sales of $42.7 billion.}
Media Contact: Kimberly Jaindl, 301-640-2053, e-mail, kimberly.jaindl@lmco.com
For additional information, visit: http://www.lockheedmartin.com/how/stories/biometrics.html
http://www.lockheedmartin.com/news/press_releases/2009/0622_FBI-Awards-LM-Biometric-Card-Scanning-Service.html
Records processed through this program are submitted by state, local, and federal law enforcement agencies and used to populate the Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System (IAFIS) database, a national fingerprint and criminal history system maintained by the FBI CJIS Division. With this new contract, the FBI will also be able to automatically process paper fingerprint records submitted by foreign law enforcement agencies.
“We’re proud to continue our decade-long partnership with the FBI on the Card Scanning Service program,” said Barbara Humpton, vice president, Lockheed Martin Information Systems & Global Services. “Having secure, accessible records is a vital element in the Bureau’s ability to take quick and decisive actions for citizen safety. This new system will significantly improve how the FBI accesses traditional fingerprints as well as palm print and photo records.”
"This card scanning service contract will aid the FBI in establishing a more complete and up-to-date criminal history record in support of law enforcement and criminal justice efforts, while creating employment opportunities in West Virginia," added FBI CJIS Division Acting Assistant Director Jerome M. Pender.
Operations for the program will take place primarily in Fairmont, WV, with support from several small business partners across the country, including West Virginia-based IMTS; Communications Resource, Incorporated (CRI), a woman-owned small disadvantaged business located in McLean, Va.; Massachusetts-based Aware, Inc.; and BancTec, headquartered in Dallas, TX.
Eventually, the records processed through the CSS program will populate the FBI’s Next Generation Identification (NGI) program. NGI will further advance the FBI’s biometric identification services, providing an incremental replacement of current IAFIS technical capabilities while also introducing new functionality. Lockheed Martin is the lead industry partner on the NGI program.
Headquartered in Bethesda, Md., Lockheed Martin is a global security company that employs about 146,000 people worldwide and is principally engaged in the research, design, development, manufacture, integration and sustainment of advanced technology systems, products and services. The corporation reported 2008 sales of $42.7 billion.}
Media Contact: Kimberly Jaindl, 301-640-2053, e-mail, kimberly.jaindl@lmco.com
For additional information, visit: http://www.lockheedmartin.com/how/stories/biometrics.html
http://www.lockheedmartin.com/news/press_releases/2009/0622_FBI-Awards-LM-Biometric-Card-Scanning-Service.html
Saturday, June 20, 2009
KINDLE and OTHER E-READERS
Amazon_Kindle DXEreaders, e-books, electronic_pages & e-texts is but a digital continuation of what Johannes_Gutenberg started.
https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Kindle
Friday, June 19, 2009
The iPhone, etc.
The idea of a pocket phone and computer has been around for decades.
http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/kindle/lassen/merch/night-books-1-1-lg01._V224843469_.jpg
It's just now that the tech is really making such things even more practical.
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The iPhone has been changing the world ever since June 29, 2007.
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Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Nokia and Tesla...
Prototype Nokia phone recharges without wires
By Christopher Null
{"Pardon the cliche, but it's one of the holiest of Holy Grails of technology: Wireless power. And while early lab experiments have been able to "beam" electricity a few feet to power a light bulb, the day when our laptops and cell phones can charge without having to plug them in to a wall socket still seems decades in the future.
Nokia, however, has taken another baby step in that direction with the invention of a cell phone that recharges itself using a unique system: It harvests ambient radio waves from the air, and turns that energy into usable power. Enough, at least, to keep a cell phone from running out of juice.
While "traditional" (if there is such a thing) wireless power systems are specifically designed with a transmitter and receiver in mind, Nokia's system isn't finicky about where it gets its wireless waves. TV, radio, other mobile phone systems -- all of this stuff just bounces around the air and most of it is wasted, absorbed into the environment or scattered into the ether. Nokia picks up all the bits and pieces of these waves and uses the collected electromagnetic energy to create electrical current, then uses that to recharge the phone's battery. A huge range of frequencies can be utilized by the system (there's no other way, really, as the energy in any given wave is infinitesimal). It's the same idea that Tesla was exploring 100 years ago, just on a tiny scale.
Mind you, harvesting ambient electromagnetic energy is never going to offer enough electricity to power your whole house or office, but it just might be enough to keep a cell phone alive and kicking. Currently Nokia is able to harvest all of 5 milliwatts from the air; the goal is to increase that to 20 milliwatts in the short term and 50 milliwatts down the line. That wouldn't be enough to keep the phone alive during an active call, but would be enough to slowly recharge the cell phone battery while it's in standby mode, theoretically offering infinite power -- provided you're not stuck deep underground where radio waves can't penetrate.
Nokia says it hopes to commercialize the technology in three to five years."}
http://ca.tech.yahoo.com/blogs/the_working_guy/rss/article/3638
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ericsson_Nikola_Tesla ,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikola_Tesla#Wireless_lighting ,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikola_Tesla#The_Nikola_Tesla_Company ,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikola_Tesla#Radio_remote_control ,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikola_Tesla#Other_ideas,_awards,_and_patents ,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikola_Tesla#Things_named_after_Tesla
By Christopher Null
{"Pardon the cliche, but it's one of the holiest of Holy Grails of technology: Wireless power. And while early lab experiments have been able to "beam" electricity a few feet to power a light bulb, the day when our laptops and cell phones can charge without having to plug them in to a wall socket still seems decades in the future.
Nokia, however, has taken another baby step in that direction with the invention of a cell phone that recharges itself using a unique system: It harvests ambient radio waves from the air, and turns that energy into usable power. Enough, at least, to keep a cell phone from running out of juice.
While "traditional" (if there is such a thing) wireless power systems are specifically designed with a transmitter and receiver in mind, Nokia's system isn't finicky about where it gets its wireless waves. TV, radio, other mobile phone systems -- all of this stuff just bounces around the air and most of it is wasted, absorbed into the environment or scattered into the ether. Nokia picks up all the bits and pieces of these waves and uses the collected electromagnetic energy to create electrical current, then uses that to recharge the phone's battery. A huge range of frequencies can be utilized by the system (there's no other way, really, as the energy in any given wave is infinitesimal). It's the same idea that Tesla was exploring 100 years ago, just on a tiny scale.
Mind you, harvesting ambient electromagnetic energy is never going to offer enough electricity to power your whole house or office, but it just might be enough to keep a cell phone alive and kicking. Currently Nokia is able to harvest all of 5 milliwatts from the air; the goal is to increase that to 20 milliwatts in the short term and 50 milliwatts down the line. That wouldn't be enough to keep the phone alive during an active call, but would be enough to slowly recharge the cell phone battery while it's in standby mode, theoretically offering infinite power -- provided you're not stuck deep underground where radio waves can't penetrate.
Nokia says it hopes to commercialize the technology in three to five years."}
http://ca.tech.yahoo.com/blogs/the_working_guy/rss/article/3638
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ericsson_Nikola_Tesla ,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikola_Tesla#Wireless_lighting ,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikola_Tesla#The_Nikola_Tesla_Company ,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikola_Tesla#Radio_remote_control ,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikola_Tesla#Other_ideas,_awards,_and_patents ,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikola_Tesla#Things_named_after_Tesla
Tuesday, June 02, 2009
The Answer Machine? Wolfram Alpha Debuts
Web site, Once Billed as 'Google Killer,' Computes Answers to Your Questions
By NED POTTER
June 1, 2009
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=7711568&page=1
http://www.wolframalpha.com/
By NED POTTER
June 1, 2009
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=7711568&page=1
http://www.wolframalpha.com/
Monday, May 25, 2009
IBM Roadrunner 2008 May 25
http://www.worldsmostunique.com/worldsfastestcomputer.php , http://www.top500.org/system/9485 ,
http://www.energy.gov/news/6321.htm , http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/24405.wss ,
http://www.top500.org/list/2008/06/100
SC vs. QC
'Universal' Programmable Two-Qubit Quantum Processor Created
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
The Foundation of Reality: Information or Quantum Mechanics?
https://www.technologyreview.com/s/413515/the-foundation-of-reality-information-or-quantum-mechanics
3D and 4D digital modeling will help to expand a fuller cosmic understanding of reality.
Its all part of exploring, The Nature Of Reality. (TNOR)
First 4D Virtual Human Created, Dubbed CAVEman
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/05/070527093838.htm3D and 4D digital modeling will help to expand a fuller cosmic understanding of reality.
http://medgadget.com/archives/2007/05/university_of_calgary_unveils_the_caveman_virtual_human.html ,
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Its all part of exploring, The Nature Of Reality. (TNOR)
Friday, May 15, 2009
The Ultimate Lock...
http://www.wired.com/techbiz/people/magazine/17-06/ff_keymaster
http://www.medeco.com/
Marc TOBIAS & TOBIAS Bluzmanis
http://www.wired.com/video/latest-videos/default-featured-lineup/1716500187/bumping-highsecurity-locks/23759278001
http://www.thesidebar.org/insecurity/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Locksmithing
http://www.medeco.com/
Marc TOBIAS & TOBIAS Bluzmanis
http://www.wired.com/video/latest-videos/default-featured-lineup/1716500187/bumping-highsecurity-locks/23759278001
http://www.thesidebar.org/insecurity/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Locksmithing
Friday, May 08, 2009
Tuesday, May 05, 2009
Two New Cloaking Devices Close In on True Invisibility
Richard A. Lovett
for National Geographic News
May 6, 2009
"Cloaking devices, like the Star Trek technology that can make whole Romulan warships disappear, came a step closer to reality last week."
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/05/090506-cloaking-device-star-trek.html
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/05/090506-cloaking-device-star-trek_2.html
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Invisibility Cloaks Possible, Study Says
Sean Markeyfor National Geographic News
May 25, 2006
"Rarely, if ever, does physics news pique the interest of Pentagon brass, Harry Potter fans, and aspiring Romulans—those cloaking-device-wielding Star Trek baddies."
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/05/060525-invisibile.html
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Invisibility Shields Planned by Engineers
James Owen in Londonfor National Geographic News
February 28, 2005
"In popular science fiction, the power of invisibility is readily apparent. Star Trek fans, for example, know that the devious Romulans could make their spaceships suddenly disappear."
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/02/0228_050228_invisibility.html
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http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2006/06/nanotechnology/thiessen-photography
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http://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/2009/05/blog-post.html
for National Geographic News
May 6, 2009
"Cloaking devices, like the Star Trek technology that can make whole Romulan warships disappear, came a step closer to reality last week."
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/05/090506-cloaking-device-star-trek.html
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/05/090506-cloaking-device-star-trek_2.html
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Invisibility Cloaks Possible, Study Says
Sean Markeyfor National Geographic News
May 25, 2006
"Rarely, if ever, does physics news pique the interest of Pentagon brass, Harry Potter fans, and aspiring Romulans—those cloaking-device-wielding Star Trek baddies."
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/05/060525-invisibile.html
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Invisibility Shields Planned by Engineers
James Owen in Londonfor National Geographic News
February 28, 2005
"In popular science fiction, the power of invisibility is readily apparent. Star Trek fans, for example, know that the devious Romulans could make their spaceships suddenly disappear."
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/02/0228_050228_invisibility.html
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http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2006/06/nanotechnology/thiessen-photography
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http://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/2009/05/blog-post.html
Friday, May 01, 2009
Invisibility cloak edges closer
Thursday, 30 April 2009
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8025886.stm
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{The Predator is an alien humanoid with advanced technology and a penchant for hunting difficult game. With interstellar travel capability, multi-spectrum vision enhancement (although the film only shows him seeing the infrared), and a light-bending armor suit...}
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Predator_(movie)#Overview
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Predator_(movie)#Special_effects
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093773/
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http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Cloaking_device
http://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/2009/05/blog-post_08.html
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Thursday, 30 April 2009 11:53 UK
Web tool 'as important as Google'
A web tool that "could be as important as Google", according to some experts, has been shown off to the public.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8026331.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8025886.stm
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{The Predator is an alien humanoid with advanced technology and a penchant for hunting difficult game. With interstellar travel capability, multi-spectrum vision enhancement (although the film only shows him seeing the infrared), and a light-bending armor suit...}
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Predator_(movie)#Overview
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Predator_(movie)#Special_effects
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093773/
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http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Cloaking_device
http://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/2009/05/blog-post_08.html
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Thursday, 30 April 2009 11:53 UK
Web tool 'as important as Google'
A web tool that "could be as important as Google", according to some experts, has been shown off to the public.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8026331.stm
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Blue Laser Could Lead to Autism Cure
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2009/04/29/brain-autism-laser.html
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Healing with the energy of light is an ancient idea.
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Healing with the energy of light is an ancient idea.
Monday, April 27, 2009
The Vast Scale of Things
http://www.trsiyengar.com/id07.shtml ,http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tx2S_WdhxL8&feature=related
http://www.astro-observer.com/solarsystem/compare/comparemoons.html ,
http://www.astro.psu.edu/users/niel/astro1/slideshows/class41/slides-41.html
http://www.randolph-automotive.com/energy/nanotechnology.htm
The perceived size of the universe is so vast in both directions.
Tripod from The_War of the_Worlds
The Tripod Walker_(machine)#Early_history
The Tripod Walker_(machine)#Early_history
http://www.n-base.org/news/index.html
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2007/05/nanotech_environment.php , http://www.uapconex.co.cc/2009/07/nanotechnology-%E2%80%93-the-future
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http://www.treehugger.com/files/2007/05/nanotech_environment.php , http://www.uapconex.co.cc/2009/07/nanotechnology-%E2%80%93-the-future
Saturday, April 25, 2009
The Nature Of Reality (TNOR)
What is, The+Nature+Of+Reality? (TNOR) Is this world part of a cosmic MATRIX?
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Reality , http://fusionanomaly.net/realities.html
This can be a personal quest as well as a general human cultural quest.
http://fusionanomaly.net/matrix.html , http://fusionanomaly.net/virtualreality.html
There are many questions and there are several answers about TNOR.
http://fusionanomaly.net/holographicuniverse.html , http://fusionanomaly.net/neuromancer.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matrix_(Doctor_Who) Since 1976.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Deadly_Assassin#Plot
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dreams_for_Sale 1985
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sentence_(The_Outer_Limits)#Plot 1996
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyberpunk#History_and_origins ,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirrorshades 1986
http://fusionanomaly.net/cyberpunk.html , http://fusionanomaly.net/memory.html ,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyberpunk#Film_and_television ,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Maddox
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Mnemonic_(1995_film) ,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHFOxciYklI
No_Maps_for_These_Territories 2000
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Maps_for_These_Territories#Background_and_premise
There have been some interesting intersections between William Gibson and U2 over the years.
https://www.atu2.com/news/connections/gibson
The William Gibson MATRIX certainly added to the concept of Big Data and Data-streams...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Gibson#Visionary_influence_and_prescience
"a.k.a. the matrix
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuromancer#Background
Of course by the early 1990s, U2 would end up doing their own version of the Cyberpunk music and entertainment theme and stream.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoo_TV_Tour 1992-1993
ZOO Station: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQbrNVAMTLQ
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/eb/Bono_as_The_Fly_Cleveland_1992.jpg
Even Better Than The Real Thing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qf5BWzQ2nHo
The U2 MATRIX on tour. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achtung_Baby#Zoo_TV_Tour ,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoo_TV:_Live_from_Sydney 1993
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0x_R2cv1o8
So of course The MATRIX has to be filmed in Sydney.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Matrix#Filming
The_Matrix_Poster 1999 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Matrix#Plot
So in the early 1990s, Bono was flying around The ZOO+TV MATRIX before people saw Neo doing his Superman thing in The MATRIX.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuM6ZwGunlE
{"Agent Smith: "Can you hear me, Morpheus? I'm going to be honest with you. I hate this place, this ZOO, this prison, this reality, whatever you want to call it...."}
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYL28a0LM_A
Digital_rain_animation_medium_letters_shine.gif ,
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Reality , http://fusionanomaly.net/realities.html
This can be a personal quest as well as a general human cultural quest.
http://fusionanomaly.net/matrix.html , http://fusionanomaly.net/virtualreality.html
There are many questions and there are several answers about TNOR.
http://fusionanomaly.net/holographicuniverse.html , http://fusionanomaly.net/neuromancer.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matrix_(Doctor_Who) Since 1976.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Deadly_Assassin#Plot
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dreams_for_Sale 1985
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sentence_(The_Outer_Limits)#Plot 1996
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyberpunk#History_and_origins ,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirrorshades 1986
http://fusionanomaly.net/cyberpunk.html , http://fusionanomaly.net/memory.html ,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyberpunk#Film_and_television ,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Maddox
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Mnemonic_(1995_film) ,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHFOxciYklI
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Maps_for_These_Territories#Background_and_premise
There have been some interesting intersections between William Gibson and U2 over the years.
https://www.atu2.com/news/connections/gibson
The William Gibson MATRIX certainly added to the concept of Big Data and Data-streams...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Gibson#Visionary_influence_and_prescience
"a.k.a. the matrix
A term coined by author William Gibson in his novel Neuromancer, it refers to a vast computer network or growing mass of interconnected networks." https://www.netlingo.com/word/matrix.php ,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuromancer#Background
Of course by the early 1990s, U2 would end up doing their own version of the Cyberpunk music and entertainment theme and stream.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoo_TV_Tour 1992-1993
ZOO Station: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQbrNVAMTLQ
Even Better Than The Real Thing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qf5BWzQ2nHo
The U2 MATRIX on tour. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achtung_Baby#Zoo_TV_Tour ,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoo_TV:_Live_from_Sydney 1993
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0x_R2cv1o8
So of course The MATRIX has to be filmed in Sydney.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Matrix#Filming
So in the early 1990s, Bono was flying around The ZOO+TV MATRIX before people saw Neo doing his Superman thing in The MATRIX.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuM6ZwGunlE
{"Agent Smith: "Can you hear me, Morpheus? I'm going to be honest with you. I hate this place, this ZOO, this prison, this reality, whatever you want to call it...."}
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYL28a0LM_A
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matrix_digital_rain#Background ,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Matrix_(franchise)#The_Ultimate_Matrix_Collection
The_Thirteenth_Floor_poster from 1999. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thirteenth_Floor#Plot
Obviously The_Matrix_(franchise) was intended to be on a much larger scale than The 13th Floor. However, The 13th Floor is just as fascinating in exploring TNOR.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_13th_Floor_Elevators 1965-1969
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You're_Gonna_Miss_Me In another context, this song could have been a warning about people opting out of their reality and going into Virtual Reality.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIVpHNEPzDM ,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Psychedelic_Sounds_of_the_13th_Floor_Elevators
"Slip Inside This House" by 13th Floor Elevators, as performed on the "Easter Everywhere" album.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwSA0Tckwbk ,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_13th_Floor_Elevators#The_first_two_albums
Question TNOR, indeed.
http://fusionanomaly.net/elevators.html
The Thirteenth_floor is a level that exists and yet doesn't exist in many buildings. It can be a mechanical floor or a service and storage floor or sometimes it's skipped or omitted. That just means it's not officially in the building floor count, but its still there.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simulated_reality_in_fiction#Literature ,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simulated_reality_in_fiction#Film ,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simulated_reality_in_fiction#Television
SF stories can help people to imagine and visualize various aspects of reality and alternate realities.
http://fusionanomaly.net/sciencefiction.html
http://fusionanomaly.net/arthurcclarke.html , http://fusionanomaly.net/quantummechanics.html
Themes of Reality, Divinity and Humanity in the Short Stories of Philip K. Dick (PKD)
http://users.ox.ac.uk/~ousfg/misc/pkd.html , http://users.ox.ac.uk/~ousfg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_K._Dick#Films , http://fusionanomaly.net/bladerunner.html
wikipedia/en/4/49/Blade_Runner_spinner_flyby.png
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Philip_K._Dick#Quotes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cosmic_Puppets (1956/1957)
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e0/Satellite_science_fiction_195612.jpg ,
http://fusionanomaly.net/dimensions.html , http://fusionanomaly.net/metaphysics.html
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8b/NASA_child_bubble_exploration.jpg ,
http://fusionanomaly.net/imagination.html , http://fusionanomaly.net/100thmonkey.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eye_in_the_Sky_(1957_novel)
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/49/Collage_Auge_im_Himmel_byL%C3%B6ser.jpg ,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VALIS_trilogy , http://fusionanomaly.net/valis.html ,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VALIS#Philosophical_and_cultural_references
http://fusionanomaly.net/williamgibson.html , http://fusionanomaly.net/stanleykubrick.html
http://fusionanomaly.net/davidlynch.html
http://fusionanomaly.net/terencemckenna.html , http://fusionanomaly.net/robertantonwilson.html
http://fusionanomaly.net/culturejamming.html , http://fusionanomaly.net/holograms.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoo_TV_Tour#Conception
ZOO TV was all about big time entertainment and emerging digital technology on the horizon. However from another perspective, what if this world is part of someones zoo?
In this movie the humans don't realize that they are on some ET laboratory ship. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_City_(1998_film)#Plot ,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoo_hypothesis#Appearance_in_fiction
http://fusionanomaly.net/alien.html ,
http://fusionanomaly.net/vortex.html , http://fusionanomaly.net/nodes.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Matrix_(franchise)#The_Ultimate_Matrix_Collection
Obviously The_Matrix_(franchise) was intended to be on a much larger scale than The 13th Floor. However, The 13th Floor is just as fascinating in exploring TNOR.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_13th_Floor_Elevators 1965-1969
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You're_Gonna_Miss_Me In another context, this song could have been a warning about people opting out of their reality and going into Virtual Reality.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIVpHNEPzDM ,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Psychedelic_Sounds_of_the_13th_Floor_Elevators
"Slip Inside This House" by 13th Floor Elevators, as performed on the "Easter Everywhere" album.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwSA0Tckwbk ,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_13th_Floor_Elevators#The_first_two_albums
Question TNOR, indeed.
http://fusionanomaly.net/elevators.html
The Thirteenth_floor is a level that exists and yet doesn't exist in many buildings. It can be a mechanical floor or a service and storage floor or sometimes it's skipped or omitted. That just means it's not officially in the building floor count, but its still there.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simulated_reality_in_fiction#Literature ,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simulated_reality_in_fiction#Film ,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simulated_reality_in_fiction#Television
SF stories can help people to imagine and visualize various aspects of reality and alternate realities.
http://fusionanomaly.net/sciencefiction.html
http://fusionanomaly.net/arthurcclarke.html , http://fusionanomaly.net/quantummechanics.html
Themes of Reality, Divinity and Humanity in the Short Stories of Philip K. Dick (PKD)
http://users.ox.ac.uk/~ousfg/misc/pkd.html , http://users.ox.ac.uk/~ousfg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_K._Dick#Films , http://fusionanomaly.net/bladerunner.html
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Philip_K._Dick#Quotes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cosmic_Puppets (1956/1957)
http://fusionanomaly.net/dimensions.html , http://fusionanomaly.net/metaphysics.html
http://fusionanomaly.net/imagination.html , http://fusionanomaly.net/100thmonkey.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eye_in_the_Sky_(1957_novel)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VALIS_trilogy , http://fusionanomaly.net/valis.html ,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VALIS#Philosophical_and_cultural_references
http://fusionanomaly.net/williamgibson.html , http://fusionanomaly.net/stanleykubrick.html
http://fusionanomaly.net/davidlynch.html
http://fusionanomaly.net/terencemckenna.html , http://fusionanomaly.net/robertantonwilson.html
http://fusionanomaly.net/culturejamming.html , http://fusionanomaly.net/holograms.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoo_TV_Tour#Conception
ZOO TV was all about big time entertainment and emerging digital technology on the horizon. However from another perspective, what if this world is part of someones zoo?
"The zoo hypothesis speculates as to the assumed behavior and existence of technically advanced extraterrestrial life and the reasons they refrain from contacting Earth and is one of many theoretical explanations for the Fermi paradox. The hypothesis is that alien life intentionally avoids communication with Earth, and one of its main interpretations is that it does so to allow for natural evolution and sociocultural development, avoiding interplanetary contamination, similarly to people observing animals at a zoo. The hypothesis seeks to explain the apparent absence of extraterrestrial life despite its generally accepted plausibility and hence the reasonable expectation of its existence.[1]
Aliens might, for example, choose to allow contact once the human species has passed certain technological, political, or ethical standards. They might withhold contact until humans force contact upon them, possibly by sending a spacecraft to planets they inhabit. Alternatively, a reluctance to initiate contact could reflect a sensible desire to minimize risk. An alien society with advanced remote-sensing technologies may conclude that direct contact with neighbors confers added risks to oneself without an added benefit." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoo_hypothesis
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoo_hypothesis#Appearance_in_fiction
http://fusionanomaly.net/alien.html ,
http://fusionanomaly.net/vortex.html , http://fusionanomaly.net/nodes.html
https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=The+13th+Floor
https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Cyberpunk
https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Cyberpunk
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