I Heart My Souless Robot
Posted on March 2nd, 2008 by Carlos
Sci-Fact, There Is Hope, Cool Technology // Have your say »Courtesy of Wired:
A study by Saint Louis University found that a lovable pooch named Sparky and a robotic dog, AIBO, were about equally effective at relieving the loneliness of nursing home residents and fostering attachments.
I’ve written about humans getting pretty attached to their robots before, so I have to say this doesn’t much surprise me. […]
I Am Just Copying and Pasting This Story Because It Is So Freakin’ Amazing That Anything I Added To It Would Just Dimish Its Awesomeness
Posted on February 28th, 2008 by Carlos
Sci-Fact, Awesome, There Is Hope // Have your say »Blind Irishman sees with the aid of son’s tooth in his eye
Thu Feb 28, 1:30 AM ET
DUBLIN (AFP) - An Irishman blinded by an explosion two years ago has had his sight restored after doctors inserted his son’s tooth in his eye, he said on Wednesday.
Bob McNichol, 57, from County Mayo in the west of […]
Just the most dazzling follow-up to my cutaneous horns research
Posted on January 26th, 2008 by Carlos
Yikes!, There Is Hope // Have your say »First post of the new year! I took January off from posting, mostly because I had so much class prep. to do for the course I am piloting this semester, which will use the Diplomacy game board to teach persuasive writing (!). More about that on another post.
So I noticed, when checking out my poor, […]
Need to know if the world has been destroyed?
Posted on October 19th, 2007 by Carlos
Yikes!, There Is Hope, Hilarious Technology // Have your say »This handy-dandy website will let you know.
Armor For the Fight Against Terror
Posted on July 28th, 2007 by Carlos
There Is Hope, Culture // Have your say »Ready to lay the smackdown on those e-vile terrorists, but not sure what you should wear? Cory Doctorow has the answer: this spiffy tee! Note: be sure to click on the image so you can read the small print around the image of the eagle. ZOMG!
When I went to the web page, they were already […]
The Green Revolution’s Guru
Posted on July 17th, 2007 by Carlos
There Is Hope // Have your say »The gentleman on the right is Norman Borlaug, and he has just been awarded the Congressional Gold Medal for being one of the principle architects of the “Green Revolution.” It’s not exactly the kind of “Green” you’re thinking; it specifically has to do with fighting hunger, not generic environmentalism. His work on improving wheat yields […]
