The history. Actually, the most interesting part of the story was the part about St. James Infirmary burning down. The last few times I’d been in Mountain View, I’d been wondering what happened to it.
Category Archives: Technology and Society
Doubling Lifespan
…with fullerene?
Salvation
I just got an email from Kim Kardashian that her celebrity stylists are going to pick out my shoes for me. I’m so excited that I haven’t even responded to her email yet. I may remain in that state of excitement for quite a while.
Lessons Of The Titanic
We’re still learning them. A lot of this applies to NASA and its “safety culture” as well.
Life In The Twenty-First Century
Actual headline: “Robot Helicopters To Hunt Pirates With Lasers.”
Apparently, no sharks involved, though.
Dyson Shells
Lunar Land Grants
More thoughts over at IPInSpace.
Water Depths
A great infographic from xkcd.
Innovation Starvation
Some thoughts on our seeming inability to any long do the big technological things, from Neil Stephenson.
The Uncanny Valley
Researchers still aren’t sure why it creeps us out.