Category Archives: Humanity

Vernal Equinox on Wednesday, March 20

Posted on March 4, 2013

▲ ▲ ▲ Wednesday, March 20, 2013 at 7:02 a.m. EDT (11:02 a.m. UTC) will mark the vernal equinox, the exact time when the sun shines directly on the equator and the length of day and night is nearly equal. The … Continue reading →

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Last of the Curlews: A Lost Bird’s Life

Posted on March 3, 2013

▲ ▲ ▲ Eskimo Curlew, Courlis esquimau (Numenius borealis) March, 1962 on Galveston Island, Texas Photo by: Don Bleitz, Copyright held by Western Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology, CA The Eskimo Curlew is a “modern extinction” along with the Passenger Pigeon, … Continue reading →

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Monkey Controls Robot With Thoughts, Then Enters Virtual Reality

Posted on February 24, 2013

▲ ▲ ▲ The profound accomplishment of robotic thought control by a monkey was years ago. Aurora the monkey controlled a robotic arm with her thoughts. This was the first time a “brain intention was liberated from the physical domain … Continue reading →

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Ray Kurzweil Joins Google to Create a Mind

Posted on February 5, 2013

▲ ▲ ▲ Ray Kurzweil has joined Google as Director of Engineering to improve artificial intelligence – or transbiological intelligence as Kurzweil terms it. Known for his latest book, How to Create a Mind, Kurzweil has literally teamed with Google … Continue reading →

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Russell Means: Remembering the Names of the Clouds

Posted on February 3, 2013

# # # If You Have Forgotten the Names of the Clouds, You Have Lost Your Way Russell Means, the American Indian activist, philosopher, and human rights activist, died October 22, 2012. His last public video on his YouTube channel … Continue reading →

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The New Era of Cognitive Computing

Posted on January 27, 2013

▲ ▲ ▲ The New Era of Cognitive Computing is upon us. This is not an incremental change and increase in technology. This is a fundamental and exponential rise in non-biological or artificial intelligence. New Era of Cognitive Computing We … Continue reading →

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Wall Street Banksters: Too Big To Jail?

Posted on January 26, 2013

۩ ۩ ۩ Wall Street Banksters: Did They Get Away With Financial Terrorism?   Has justice been served on Wall Street for the fraud perpetrated on the world that culminated in the 2008 financial crisis? FRONTLINE investigates why Wall Street’s … Continue reading →

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Economic Evolution: Robots Taking Human Jobs

Posted on January 20, 2013

▲ ▲ ▲ Economic evolution has become robots taking human jobs. Artificial intelligence is replacing human intelligence. Technology, specifically algorithms, continues to replace humans in more and more complex jobs. These include military, financial, industrial, and service applications. In fact, … Continue reading →

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Cairn Terriers Playing in the Snow!

Posted on January 16, 2013

▲ ▲ ▲ Please support local dog and animal rescue groups. Cairn Terriers are the Best Dogs in the World, by the way. Cairn Terriers Playing in the Snow Cairn Terriers were originally bred in Scotland so it is no … Continue reading →

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Roboy the Humanoid Robot to Be Born in March 2013

Posted on December 30, 2012

▲ ▲ ▲   Roby the robot is coming. Roboy is a soft robot, i.e. with soft skin and natural movements, to enable living and interacting with humans. User-friendly assistance to humans is the primary purpose of Roboy, which would … Continue reading →

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December Solstice 2012 on Friday the 21st

Posted on December 15, 2012

▲ ▲ ▲ December Solstice at Stonehenge Friday, December 21, 2012 at 6:12 a.m. EST will mark the December solstice. The December solstice occurs when the sun reaches its most southerly declination of -23.5 degrees. In other words, it is … Continue reading →

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