Yearly Archives: 2012

Biomedicine Update: An Innovation That Will Change The Way We Treat Heart Disease

In the December 29 issue of The Wall Street Journal an article authored by Ron Winslow describes a number of major advances in medicine...

Biomedicine Update: The Future of Medicine is the iDoctor

If some pundits are right, 80% of doctors will find themselves replaced by machines in the 21st century. What kind of machines? Well more...

Headlines at 21st Century Tech for December 28, 2012

On this our last headlines posting for 2012 I have selected the following five stories: Wind Power Tax Policies Have Worked to Increase Capacity; Robockey -...

Human Resolutions for Lifeboat Earth in 2013

We live on Lifeboat Earth. Our sea is the Universe. To be ignorant of this is to ignore the potential consequences of our bad...

Fishing Update: GMO Salmon to Get FDA Approval in the United States

When we think of genetically modified organisms we tend to talk about corn and soybeans. But aquaculture is turning out GMOs in the shape...

In Pursuit of a Global Technical Society

Here we are in the last week of 2012 with another 88 years before we see the end of the current century and I...

Gizmos & Gadgets: The GravityLight Lamp

A large number of us don't have access to electricity. Those in the know put the number at 1.5 billion. That's more than the...

The Pursuit of the Millennium Still Drives So Many of Us – From Mayan Myths to Second Comings

Every once in awhile I rant. Today's verbal tirade is about millennial myths and millennial thinking. It seems appropriate to do this the day after...

Headlines at 21st Century Tech for December 21, 2012

This week's five stories look at: New 3D Display Represents Advance in Augmented Reality; More Evidence that Fracking Causes Earthquakes; Seeding the Ocean to Sequester Carbon a...

Energy Update: Artificial Tornadoes? What Are They Thinking?

Sometimes you come across a technology concept that just sounds like a bad idea. I'm not sure if this one is or isn't but...

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