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As many Phys.org readers undoubtedly know, Einstein famously said that imagination is more important than knowledge – but there’s more to it. The full quote reads:
I believe in intuition and inspiration. … At times I feel certain I am right while not knowing the reason. When the eclipse of 1919 confirmed my intuition, I […]
In its essence, technology can be seen as our perpetually evolving attempt to extend our sensorimotor cortex into physical reality: From the earliest spears and boomerangs augmenting our arms, horses and carts our legs, and fire our environment, we’re now investigating and manipulating the fabric of that reality – including the very components of life […]
Not just a sci-fi fantasy…
Abstract
We have improved upon the methodology and dramatically shortened the time required for accurate assembly of 5- to 6-kb segments of DNA from synthetic oligonucleotides. As a test of this methodology, we have […]
…sooner than I expected.
Today smokestacks, tomorrow bronchii: Progress in creating artificial virus.
I’m just sayin’…
In the Fall/Winter 2003 Issue of CIO Magazine, MIT’s Negroponte writes extensively about his dystopiean vision of future developments in GNR – genetics, nanotechnology and robotics. What surprised me is what he doesn’t mention – in fact, what I’ve yet to find explicitly published anywhere.
Homo Syntheticus. The ultimate GNR convergence. The species destined to supplant […]
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