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"a term of art used in philosophy for sensory occurrences of all kinds. (...) Clarence Irving Lewis, who considered them distinct from the properties of objects. To carry the definition further than the non-committal phrase ‘sensory occurrences’ is at once to enter into controversial territory."
"Singularity University aims to assemble a world class community of thought leaders, academics, and entreprenuers across the many fields of exponentially advancing technologies (nanotechnology, genetics, medicine, artificial intelligence, etc.) in order to address humanity’s grand challenges."
on wikipedia
"Brain scientists have succeeded in fooling people into thinking they are inside the body of another person or a plastic dummy."
lulz.. but these guys have imagination ;)
Robot Arm
"The world's first exhibition of 'extinct and impossible' smells is under way, from the metallic fallout of the first atomic bomb to the aroma of cloves and oranges from the first aid kit of a medieval plague doctor."
ok, wow, omg ! we're well living in a damn sci-fi book
a book published in 1963 by General Dynamics Astronautics. The book asked politicians, military commanders and scientists to speculate as to where humanity would be, a hundred years hence, in the great push towards space.
BioFEM (for finite element problems); BioTensor (for post-processing and visualization of DWI MRI data); BioImage (for the processing and visualization of 3-dimensional data); and FusionViewer (for visualizing 3D scalar and vector magnetic fusion data).
"Why are numbers beautiful? It's like asking why is Beethoven's Ninth Symphony beautiful. If you don't see why, someone can't tell you. I know numbers are beautiful. If they aren't beautiful, nothing is." aww <3
microformats as proteins, webistes as finite-state machines, abstraction modifier drugs, etc...
is nitric oxide
derive from an oil exuded by certain plants during dry periods, whereupon it is adsorbed by clay-based soils and rocks. During rain, the oil is released into the air along with another compound, geosmin, producing the distinctive scent.
"You must spend the entire day in costume and character. The only rule is that you cannot actually tell anyone that you are a time traveler. Other than that, anything's game. "