Biology

These auto-tune mash-ups use technology to satire the news.  You can even enjoy these if you have a predisposed political persuasion because “both sides” get “hit” by the mash-up machine.  Don’t be afraid to laugh! Here are the links to a few … [Read more...] about Auto-tune the News

Concerned about looking like a fool in a digital age?  Enter Brad Pitt with pointers on tech etiquette.  The Hollywood superstar is on the cover of Wired as a Mr. Manners for technology.  Who is more qualified that one of the coolest guys around to offer tech advice on hot topics including "Facebook Faux Pas, Twitter Tribulations and Blogging Blunders?" Actually, in typical … [Read more...] about Brad Pitt Gets Wired

Technology and the Web have given the First Amendment freedom-of-speech an upgrade.  Call it Freedom of Speech 2.0 or Freedom of e-Speech.  But there are cyber-nuts out there who try to ruin it.  Let’s exercise our right of free speech and label them e-idiots, and then quit listening to them so they can’t spoil it for the rest of us. And good example is the MySpace suicide … [Read more...] about Freedom of e-Speech

Stem cell treatments are moving forward with amazing promise, if you are a dog or a horse.  But for us humans, stem cells are caught in the political machine, much like the rest of health care in the USA. Stem cell research has been a tale of two technologies in that it has exited the medical community yet inflamed political forces. On the positive side stem cell … [Read more...] about Stem Cell Research goes to the Dogs

The latest thing with the cyber-generation is…hugging.  But some see this as a dangerous trend.  WHAT!  So why the war on hugs? As the online generation comes of age there has been much speculation about how they will turn out.  This is a generation that doesn’t know a world without the Web.  They all have cell phones, mastered texting, and created a new form of flirting … [Read more...] about Why the War on Hugs