For your military SF medic needs.
Originally shared by Singularity Hub
It sounds like science fiction: with a light zap of electricity, a tiny stamp-like device transforms your skin cells into reservoirs of blood vessels or brain cells, ready to heal you from within.
As the great C.L. Moore taught us, relationships and emotions make SF better. Here are some reflections on SF in which those elements are central.
Originally shared by Cora Foerstner
Future romance: how science fiction is predicting our relationships
#scifi #love
A less dramatic way of putting it would be “Civilization is in a traumatic transition”.
And I wish he hadn’t framed things in terms of male-female stereotypes (even if he calls them archetypes). But the point is still valid: as we move into a world where abundance is, in many areas, replacing scarcity, we need a fundamentally different way of organising to deal with the new reality effectively. And many of our current problems are a result of dealing with new situations as if they were old situations.
Originally shared by Singularity Hub
Not the most uplifting intro. But the good news is, Ismail had some pretty unique insight to share about the nature of the problems society is facing, and plenty of thoughts on how to fix them too.
For my fellow steampunk authors who want to feature alternative computers in their stories.
Originally shared by HACKADAY
We’ve always been fascinated at the number of ways logic gates can spring into being. Sure, we think of logic gates carrying electrons, but there are so many other mechanical means to do the same thing. Another method that sometimes has a practical use is…
http://hackaday.com/2017/08/19/logic-gates-under-air-pressure/
Via a private share. Nonviolent resistance is more effective, history seems to indicate.
The Vikings had extensive trading networks and were strongly connected to the Mediterranean world and beyond.
Originally shared by Laura Gibbs
This comes via Paul Hodson: very cool!
http://irisharchaeology.ie/2013/12/the-helgo-treasure-a-viking-age-buddha/#Vikings
To read later.
Originally shared by Singularity Hub
“Thousands of years from now whatever we evolve into, whatever we become, we’re going to look back at these next couple of decades as the moment in time that the human race moved off the planet irreversibly,” Diamandis said. “It’s on our watch. It’s right here, right now that we’re becoming a multiplanetary species which is an extraordinary thought.”
Remarkable stuff. I want to look more into the group helping people with disabilities enter the workforce when I have time.
Originally shared by Singularity Hub
The Singularity University Global Summit in San Francisco this week brought brilliant minds together from all over the world to share a passion for using science and technology to solve the world’s most pressing challenges.
Via Dave Higgins.
There are plenty of angry people on the Internet right now who will tell you that their way to feel, to believe, to act about current events is the only right and proper way, and anyone who doesn’t do it exactly their way without the smallest deviation is a traitor to the cause, and part of the Other Side.
This article is a necessary corrective.
Originally shared by Austin Hackney
Note the specific mention of a closed door on certain science-fictional scenarios (though who’s to say that door will remain closed)?
Originally shared by Singularity Hub
Gene Editing in Human Embryos Leaps Forward—Here’s the Science http://suhub.co/2wNjH3y