Meet Roboticist Hiroshi Ishiguro And His Robot DoppelgängerJuly 21st, 2006 Japanese roboticist Hiroshi Ishiguro created a robot clone of himself. His incredibly lifelike mechanical double, "Geminoid HI-1," sometimes takes his place in meetings and classes.
Human Cloning: The Final FrontierDecember 3rd, 2003 Q. Are we playing God in attempting to clone humans?
No, but we sure are playing God in trying to decide what God wants, in trying to ban cloning. Last I checked God hasn't delegated anyone the responsibility to be his mouthpiece!
If God doesn't wan't cloning, being omnipotent as he is, he will not make it happen.
4 Simple Rules for Balancing Life & Work...October 6th, 2007 Everyone talks about balancing work with life. It is not easy as anyone who tried knows.
Smartphone+NetBook=SmartBook?June 2nd, 2009 Six years ago, when Psion announced their netBook, it was an irreplaceable breakthrough for mobile enterprise market. Excuse the geeks for they must have hallucinated of the next big thing, probably a cloned descendant of Mactini.
A Poem I LoveJune 25th, 2006 The Vagabond
Give to me the life I love,
Let the lave go by me,
Give the jolly heaven above
And the byway nigh me. Bed in the bush with stars to see,
Bread I dip in the river -
There's the life for a man like me,
There's the life for ever.
Deep Thoughts from Steve JobsJuly 26th, 2005 I came across this excellent piece of commencement address from Steve Jobs, Founder of Apple Computer. You can see that it came from his heart and he said many things which are close to my heart.
Cheating Wives, Girlfriends and MySpaceMay 9th, 2007 I get tons of requests to hack MySpace so someone can spy on their wife / husband / girlfriends / spouse / daughter. The requests are varied but the overall theme is same.
Bone Marrow, Stem Cell, Cord Blood Transplants offer hope of remission in life-threatening blood, genetic or immune system disordersAugust 24th, 2005 In recent years, cord blood transplants, peripheral blood stem cell transplants and bone marrow transplants have become mainstream treatments for patients with certain life-threatening blood, genetic or immune system disorders. They offer hope of remission or cure for people with diseases such as leukemia, lymphoma, multiple myeloma, severe aplastic anemia, severe combined immunodeficiency, Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome, thalassemia major and sickle cell disease.
Sorting Priorities in LifeMarch 13th, 2008 Here is a nice story on sorting the priorities of life:
A professor stood before his Philosophy class and had some items in front of him. When the class began, wordlessly, he picked up a very large and empty mayonnaise jar and proceeded to fill it with golf balls.
How To Judge A ManJune 25th, 2006 The true worth of a (wo)man is not how much he has accomplished when things are going in his favor, when fortune is smiling on him. His true worth is revealed when in stress, how he stands up against his enemy, elements and nature and fights.
"Education is not the amount of information that is put into your brain and runs riot there, undigested all your life."April 17th, 2007 "Education is not the amount of information that is put into your brain and runs riot there, undigested all your life. We must have life-building, man-making and character-making assimilation of ideas.” said Swami Vivekananda.
When Batman Grew Old - Short StoryNovember 5th, 2006 Batman has grown old, very old. Most of his crime-fighting colleagues have passed on years ago.
Man adopted as baby finds real family on Facebook after 33 years!June 5th, 2009 LONDON - A man who was put for adoption when he was just three-days-old has found his biological family after 33 years, thanks to popular social networking website Facebook. Richard Marks had been living with his adopted parents, unaware of the fact that his real family resided just two miles away.
The Truth Behind Stem Cell Research & VetoJuly 21st, 2006 Dr. Charles Hux, MD, high risk Ob/Gyn and a geneticist, commented on the stem cell veto by US President Mr. Bush and the impact of stem cell research.
The Right To Kill & The Right To LiveAugust 12th, 2007 I recently started exploring a rather alarming phenomenon, which was there all along but has very recently been highlighted to me. Let's say a person has been attacked by members of a particular community.
December 3rd, 2005 at 6:44 am
[...] As I said before I would be happy to be cloned. The whole argument of ethics against reproductive cloning is baseless. [...]
July 21st, 2006 at 11:12 am
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