Dreams change but all sleep is one

French Prints Show the Year 2000 (1910)

Luxury Real Estate of The Future

Luxury Real Estate of The Future

The invisible and the non-existent look very much alike

The US Department of Homeland Security is developing a system designed to detect "hostile thoughts" in people walking through border posts, airports and public places. The DHS says recent tests prove it works.

'Pre-crime' detector shows promise

A 2005 DARPA report... proposes to "image through multiple walls and even penetrate whole buildings using distributed sensors on or around buildings," with UAVs assisting ground forces. A 2007 Army Research Lab study explores the ability of ground sensors, working with UAVs, to capture "images from different angles," thereby providing "intelligence on the configuration, content, and human presence inside enclosed areas (buildings)."

Nowhere To Hide - Killer drones that can see through walls

Benedict Redgrove - Bertone

Benedict Redgrove

MEDUSA (Mob Excess Deterrent Using Silent Audio)

The device – dubbed MEDUSA (Mob Excess Deterrent Using Silent Audio) – exploits the microwave audio effect, in which short microwave pulses rapidly heat tissue, causing a shockwave inside the skull that can be detected by the ears. A series of pulses can be transmitted to produce recognisable sounds...

MEDUSA involves a microwave auditory effect "loud" enough to cause discomfort or even incapacitation. Sadovnik says that normal audio safety limits do not apply since the sound does not enter through the eardrums.

Microwave ray gun controls crowds with noise

I don't get it, are they all random quotes or something?

Extravagant Designs by Luigi Colani

4.6 Billion Years of Love

If the Great Filter is ahead of us, we have still to confront it. If it is true that almost all intelligent species go extinct before they master the technology for space colonization, then we must expect that our own species will, too, since we have no reason to think that we will be any luckier than other species. If the Great Filter is ahead of us, we must relinquish all hope of ever colonizing the galaxy, and we must fear that our adventure will end soon--or, at any rate, prematurely. Therefore, we had better hope that the Great Filter is behind us.

Where are they?

Neural Predictors

By watching how different neural circuits light up or go dark during the buying process, the researchers found they could predict whether a person would end up purchasing a product or passing it up. They concluded, after further analysis of the results, that "the ability of brain activation to predict purchasing would generalise to other purchasing scenarios".

Neuromarketing could make mind reading the ad-man's ultimate tool

"Who's there? Who's there?" she whispers. I look around but can't figure out where it's coming from. It seems to emanate from inside my skull.

Was I going nuts? Nope. I had simply encountered a new advertising medium: hypersonic sound. It broadcasts audio in a focused beam, so that only a person standing directly in its path hears the message.

Why the Next Civil Rights Battle Will Be Over the Mind

stupid universe

The Universe, Expanding Beyond All Understanding

To destroy is always the first step in any creation.

9 unique structures yet to be built

In nature there are neither rewards nor punishments — there are consequences.

Scientists in Switzerland working with IBM researchers have shown that their computer simulation of the neocortical column, arguably the most complex part of a mammal's brain, appears to behave like its biological counterpart. By demonstrating that their simulation is realistic, the researchers say, these results suggest that an entire mammal brain could be completely modeled within three years, and a human brain within the next decade.

http://www.technologyreview.com/Biotech/19767/

Trauma Pod

A single human will operate the robot remotely during surgery, but Trauma Pod will be able to perform a number of functions, such as fluid administration and surgical assistance, autonomously. The goal is to stabilize injured soldiers as quickly as possible, and previous Trauma Pod designs have included related systems that evacuate the patient... a prototype will be delivered to troops within two years.
http://www.popularmechanics.com/blogs/technology_news/4220163.html