Monthly Archives: September 2005

From Wired, via Digg.com. This could be huge. “Genetically altered mice discovered accidentally at the Wistar Institute in Pennsylvania have the seemingly miraculous ability to regenerate like a salamander, and even regrow vital organs. If the results can be translated … Continue reading →

What is up with the name change? “Leis On Life” did not exactly fit what I am trying to do with this blog. Sure, this is me commenting on life, but it has become a bit more specific than that. … Continue reading →

All the excitement of a Dan Brown bestseller, but real. The hot new obsession for the technology geek in the know is trying to figure out what Google is up to. While conspiracy theorists spend years weaving dire tales from … Continue reading →

Raymond Kurzweil’s latest book about the Technology Singularity, this time focusing on the merger of humanity with our technological creations, was official released today in bookstores everywhere. Reviews abound. read more | digg story http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=thefrontierch-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&asins=0143037889&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr

The announcement today that eBay was paying US$2.6 billion for Skype left many people scratching their heads. What in the world is an online auction retailer doing buying a two-year old VoIP telecommunications company? The mistake confused people are making … Continue reading →

I ran across this great news on Digg.com. Pay attention, folks. We are turning the exponential bend… “LifePort has received approval from the FAA test its space elevator prototype. In early fall, a balloon will carry a elevator ribbon up … Continue reading →

Mark McAllister is a twenty-year-old man with Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA), a rare condition that causes the degeneration of motor neurons and the weakening and wasting away of muscle. In a wheelchair since age 3, McAllister is fighting the inevitability … Continue reading →

The next orbiter mission to Mars was scheduled to launch on Wednesday, August 10, 2005 from Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA. Launch actually occurred two days later, in a flawless event that resulted in a healthy spacecraft heading to the Red … Continue reading →