The Analytical Engine
From “computers� in the Encyclopædia Britannica online:
“While working on the Difference Engine, Babbage began to imagine ways to improve it. Chiefly he thought about generalizing its operation so that it could perform ...
We are today in the midst of a technological upheaval greater then any we have seen in human history, including developments in information, computers, AI, virtual reality, material science, nanotechnology, biotechnology, genetic engineering, brain and ...
We need to distinguish between “post humanism� and “post human.� Post humanism refers to a change in culture, along the lines of the change from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance, or from the Baroque ...
Quantum Theory
Quantum theory, dealing with the strange behavior of subatomic particles and the role of the observer, came into focus by the late 1920s in the Copenhagen Interpretation. Until recently, it remained in the ...
A few years ago discussions of information theory usually started with Claude Shannon:
From Wikipeida:
“Claude Elwood Shannon (April 30, 1916 - February 24, 2001) has been called “the father of information theory�…. He innovated the ...
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Genomic architecture is based on the manipulation of the architectural genome. Like its biological counterpart, this genome is universal and encompasses all architecture — past, present and future. ...
Coming Together
I caught a post over on Future Feeder (Link) a couple of days ago officially announcing the SketchUp plug-in for Google Maps (it’s actually been in beta for a while now - Link). If you recall, I posted about another Google Maps plug-in not long ag…
Wireless World: New roaming standard?
CHICAGO, Jan. 20 (UPI) — Consumer interest in mobile Internet access continues to climb, and computer industry leaders including Intel Corp. and others are now calling for the creation of a global roaming standard for wireless, experts tell United Press International’s Wireless World.
Current standards like WiFi and WiMax cannot take wireless to the next level — international roaming — because convergence of technologies is creating new demands on networks. By Gene Koprowski