Archive for February, 2011

man, machine, and a clueless Gumbel

Posted: 17th February 2011 by Adam in Uncategorized

If Wintermute wins, he/it will . . . do very well on Jeopardy?   But before there was Watson, there was The Today Show, asking the hard-hitting questions and wondering what the hell that internet thing was:

mapping the cyberspewspace

Posted: 15th February 2011 by Adam in Uncategorized

xkcd’s attempts to visualize the territory that is cyberspace:

man’s best friend?

Posted: 3rd February 2011 by Adam in Uncategorized

It would be irresponsible to discuss weaponized animals without covering sharks with laser beams on their heads, so:   On a slightly more serious/relevant note, a friend of mine pointed me to Boston Dynamics’ BigDog project (it’s even made wikipedia):   Pretty wild.

transmogrified

Posted: 1st February 2011 by Adam in Uncategorized

As we dive into the ethics of cloning, it’s impossible not to tip our collective hat to Calvin and Hobbes and the transmogrifier: