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Ghost in the Shell: Why Our Brains Will Never Live in the Matrix | h+ MagazineWhen surveying the goals of transhumanists, I found it striking how heavily many of them favor conventional engineering. This seems inefficient and inelegant, since such engineering reproduces slowly, clumsily and imperfectly, what biological systems have fine-tuned for eons, from nanobots ...
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Essay - Doomsday Isn’t Coming, NASA Says; At Least Not in 2012 - NYTimes.comScientists give many reasons not to worry about predictions based on the Mayan calendar that the world will end in three years. ################ There are hundreds of books devoted to 2012, and millions of Web sites, depending on what combination of “2012” and “doomsday” you type into Google. Al...
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High oil prices are good for U.S. culture | Marketplace From American Public MediaHigh oil prices are good for U.S. culture Fluctuating gas prices haven't caused too much change in the way we view energy. But if gas prices rise to $6, $10, or $12 per gallon, author Chris Steiner says the effects would change everything from the way we drive to how we shop. TEXT OF INTERVIEW ...
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Cap-and-trade: “Green Jobs” or Job Killer? | FactCheck.orgCap-and-trade: “Green Jobs” or Job Killer? Government energy economists predict job growth would likely slow, but how much is uncertain. October 27, 2009 Summary A TV ad sponsored by business groups claims a bill to curb carbon emissions "will cost up to 2.4 million U.S. jobs" if ...
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La révolte des billets | The ObserversEntre les manifestations, l'opposition iranienne ne se tourne pas les pouces. Les jeunes Iraniens ont en effet trouvé un moyen très efficace de faire tourner les autorités en bourrique : la révolte des billets.
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Eric Giler demos wireless electricity | Video on TED.comEric Giler wants to untangle our wired lives with cable-free electric power. Here, he covers what this sci-fi tech offers, and demos MIT's breakthrough version, WiTricity -- a near-to-market invention that may soon recharge your cell phone, car, pacemaker.
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Flickr Photo Download: We will be here - Map of the Future -The Italian magazine WIRED asked us to draw a map based on the scenarios developed by the Institute for the Future in Palo Alto to help the reader in the net of ideas and hypothesis built by 7000 influencers from all over the world.
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Le revenu de base en Namibie : une alternative à l'aide au développement ? | BIEN-CHUne idée fait le tour du monde : la faim et la pauvreté peuvent être combattues par un revenu de base, versé à chaque citoyen, sans conditions. Philanthropie ? Communisme ? Utopie ? Dans un village de Namibie, le revenu de base est testé depuis plus d’un an.
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GOOG CEO Predicts A Predictable Future Web - Stunning Absence Of Any Real Insights - SiliconValleyWatcherGOOG CEO Predicts A Predictable Future Web - Stunning Absence Of Any Real Insights Marshall Kirkpatrick at ReadWriteWeb writes about Eric Schmidt's predictions about the future of the Internet, delivered at a Gartner conference. I'm rarely impressed by Mr Schmidt's predictions or analysis ...
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Japanese solar car wins 2009 Global Green ChallengeJapan’s Tokai Challenger solar vehicle has taken victory against a strong international field in the 2009 Global Green Challenge.
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