http://youtu.be/RamrO0omvmc space, commercial space exploration, space travel, escape dynamics, external propulsion Right there in the grainy films of the first successful guided missile launches — achieved, alas, by the Nazis at the height of World War II — you see it: The million-dollar first-stage launch rocket falls back to ground just as the missile takes... Continue Reading →
Thought-Controlled Robotic Arm Returns the Sense of Touch to Amputees
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6T9tD7rQEA A team of Italian and Swiss researchers have developed the LifeHand 2, the first artificial hand thatrestores a sense of touch to patients with a missing limb. The limb is wired up to electrodes implanted into the nerves at the point of amputation to allow easy control with no more than a thought. While... Continue Reading →
The Case for a Basic Guaranteed Income for AllThe Case for a Basic Guaranteed Income for All If you have to pay taxes for existing, you should be guaranteed a basic minimum income for surviving.It wouldn’t amount to much, but guaranteeing every American citizen 18 and older $1,000 per month, or $12,000 a year, is the... Continue Reading →
The Case for a Basic Guaranteed Income for All
FCC commissioner calls for delay in net neutrality vote The U.S. Federal Communications Commission should delay its scheduled May 15 vote on a new net neutrality proposal because of public outcry that the rules aren't strong enough, a commissioner said. Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel joined the dissenting voices of FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler's fellow Democrats when... Continue Reading →
FCC commissioner calls for delay in net neutrality vote
New Trailer for DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES
http://youtu.be/rf5e7Xc1Hwk 20th Century Fox has released a new Dawn of the Planet of the Apes trailer for director Matt Reeves’ (Let Me In) sequel. The follow-up takes place 10 years after the events of the first film and finds Caesar (Andy Serkis) attempting to assert his dominance over the apes while a small human colony... Continue Reading →