Cool. I love steampunk stuff. Especially as quite a lot of the random junk equipment in my lab looks vaguely like it could belong in this genre. So here’s an exhibition you can go and see in Oxford:
Tech Know: Fast forward to the past
“The growing number of artists and amateurs who have built steampunk devices [...]
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Steampunk fun
Posted in artsey, fun and games, sci-fi on November 30, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Circuit diagrams of real neural systems
Posted in BCI, cool physics, learnin' stuff, psychological ponderings, sci-fi, transhumanism on April 16, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Via WIRED
How to Map Neural Circuits With an Electron Microscope
“This giant, and potentially revolutionary, task requires custom software, electron microscopes and an incredibly sharp knife. If everything goes right, the team may be the first to create a circuit diagram that explains how mammals see.”
Photo Credit: Marc Lab / Moran Eye Institute
This is just too [...]
Future technology
Posted in BCI, controversial..., fun and games, psychological ponderings, sci-fi, transhumanism on December 23, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Some food for thought over Christmas and the new year:
A few things I’d love to see developed in the future (organised in rough order of near-far future):
1.) Quantum Computers. Obviously. I believe we’re already well on the way to this goal And everything that comes with that development… quantum simulation, bio apps, problem [...]
Quarantine by Greg Egan
Posted in book reviews, psychological ponderings, quantum spookiness, sci-fi on November 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve just been reading Quarantine, a Science Fiction book by Greg Egan (1992). It was brilliant, I loved it! I’ll definitely be buying his other books.
— Warning – spoiler ahead! —
The first few chapters of the book introduce the idea that in the future earth has been quarantined by an extra-terrestrial species, but offers no [...]
Scifi
Posted in book reviews, film / tv / music, sci-fi on July 22, 2008 | 1 Comment »
So just as I’ve (possibly) got my head around the idea that there is Neuromancer film in the pipeline, which to be honest I’m trying to keep an open mind about (I love Gibson’s work but translation into screenplay hasn’t exactly been proven a success)…
I also find out that they are remaking Dune;
Another of my [...]
