How habitable is the Earth? Defining posthuman sentience Designing generation ship society for posterity Tasers with extra range, longer shock Our galaxy smells like rum and raspberries
Category Archives: RL: Five for the Future
Five for the Future 10-27-09
Placebo effect pinpointed in spinal cord Economics of the singularity the economic effects of intelligent machines Flight through a wormhole Using augmented reality to see through walls
Five for the Future 10-23-09
Catching up on some older news items that I saved but didn’t get a chance to post: Brain scans reveal what you’ve seen Searching for exotic alien life More powerful non-binary quantum computing Quantum creatures? Quantum electric motors
Five for the Future 10-20-09
Cognitive liberty and the right to one’s mind Nanofabrication and economics Europa’s seas have enough oxygen for life “Project Gaydar” and online privacy Using wireless network signals to see through walls
Five for the Future 10-14-09
Science in microgravity Stross on “overhumanism” (fascist transhumanism) Sniffer bees Soft, shape-shifting blob robots PRISMS and consciousness