IBM scientists have created a 3D map of the earth so small that 1,000 of them could fit on one grain of salt.
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Garden of Cosmic Speculation
Open to the public only one day a year, the Garden of Cosmic Speculation takes science and maths as its inspiration. Quite simply, there isn’t another garden like it in the world.
The Garden of Cosmic Speculation was set up by Charles Jencks and is located at Portrack House near Dumfries, Scotland. It was set up in 1989 without the usual ideas people have when they create a garden. Instead, it is designed with ideas in mind – and to provoke thought (or at least speculation) about the very nature of things.
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Thoughts on Time Travel
UFO Houses and the Ruins of the Future
Some buildings are way ahead of their time, blazing their own trail decades ahead of the curve. Sanzhi Pod City is one such place – abandoned two years after it was begun, it lay abandoned for 28 years before finally being torn down. Up until that time, it was known as the mysterious “ruins of the future”.
Infection VS Resurrection
Where once they shuffled, now they run. Initially born of forbidden voodoo rituals or the sign of a religious apocalypse, for the past decade zombies have slowly metamorphosed into the by-products of something else entirely.
McKenna on Culture, Art, and Fighting the System
Evacuating 70,000 Sports Fans in Less Than an Hour? Rehearse It With 70,000 Avatars
What sports fan hasn’t grumbled while waiting in a long, snaking lines to get into the stadium for the big game? It’s enough to discourage even a diehard fan. But if you think it’s a hassle getting into a sold-out game, imagine trying to get out after a bomb explodes — or even to get out under a bomb threat, for that matter.
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Humans or Cyborgs in Space?
Computer-enhanced vision adds a ‘sixth sense’
Or this: You have been spotted on the street by an old friend whose name suddenly eludes you. But even before there is time to shake hands, a glance at your smartphone reveals her identity and the date of your last encounter.
Welcome to the world of augmented reality, the here-and-now enhancement of everyday experience through virtual, interactive technology.
