Monthly Archives: April 2004

A Texas town is upgrading their police cars to include digital video feeds of activity that will eventually be sent wirelessly to headquarters for storage. The idea is to keep a video record of police activity for use as evidence … Continue reading →

All of today’s “problems” are the side effects of friction in the transfer of information. As friction is lessened through technology, these problems vanish. The Internet has opened up the dating pool from those in your general area to basically … Continue reading →

NASA recently decided to extend its successful Mars Exploration Rover mission by an additional five months. Since all the primary science objectives were reached during the first three months of the mission, scientists are allowing the rovers Opportunity and Spirit … Continue reading →

Most of the specific technologies, companies, and people I write about here on Frontier Channel will at most be a footnote in the history of some other technology, company, or person that transforms our world. Some may fizzle before they … Continue reading →

There is little or no scientific evidence for a supernatural or extrasensory telepathic ability, despite claims to the contrary throughout human history. However, there is scientific proof that brain signals can be used to operate robotic arms via wires and … Continue reading →

The previous entry was based on a news story published on the Betterhumans website. The article includes a link to the study abstract published in the New England Journal of Medicine. Unfortunately, if you want to read the full text … Continue reading →

Here is a link to videos of a new robot performing various activities. Of course I found it on Marshall Brain’s Robotic Nation Evidence blog. The robots are here, and they are planning to stay.

Cassini-Huygens is less than 80 days away from Saturn and has already sent back some breathtaking images of its target. The latest sequence of images shows two gigantic storms colliding in the atmosphere of Saturn.

High-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol is good for you. Low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol is not. Lipitor is a drug used by doctors to lower a patients LDL level, but this does not affect the level of HDL in the body. The … Continue reading →

I once gave a speech in class about the future of Internet technology based on a (then) recent breakthrough in pairing neurons with a microchip. One classmate said he would shoot himself in the head before allowing anyone to put … Continue reading →