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Scientists to attempt time travel experimentation.

This is too science-fiction for Cyberpunkwatch, which means I get to post it here. So if we all suddenly cease to have ever existed, you will have known why.

Linked to me by theferrett.

Story here.

To steal a phrase from one of my favorite teachers, if that's not true, it should be.

For the first time, scientists have produced conclusive evidence that it exists. And it comes from the Bullet Galaxy. What a name!

Since this is my journal, and not cyberpunkwatch, that's all the commentary you get.

Would someone please explain to me why the United States is building NEW ATOMIC BOMBS?!

Well, there goes the SALT treaties! And by all means, let's ignore the hypocrisy of demanding that other nations cease producing nuclear weapons while we not only fail to eliminate our arsenal, but start building it back up!

Honestly, this makes me furious!

How can you not respect a man with the balls to do this?

Stolen from Websnark, which you should all be reading.

Anyway, here's the scoop, in letter Jordan wrote to Locus magazine. Although his prospects don't look good, Jordan is determined to beat his condition and finish not just the Wheel of Time, but the rest of the 30 years' worth of books he has planned.

... Maybe I should just rename my journal "Cyberpunk Watch" because these days, it seems like even the political links I'm posting have that cyberpunk edge. At any rate, I give you integrated circuits connected to neurons for the first time. If a brain jack or an complete integrated neural computer is ever going to happen, this is the first step

... and I'm not even exaggerating all that much. Ganked from Slashdot comes an article about DRM, wherein the BSA, RIAA, and MPAA (that's Business Software Alliance, Recording Industry Association of America, and Motion Picture Association of America) decline to allow exemptions for digital rights management that might "threaten critical ( Read more... )

Broke your arm? Severed your optic nerve? You need a nano-pack! Courtesy of Scientific America, scientists have used nanotubes to successfully repair the optic nerve in hamsters. These nanotubes are actually promoting regeneration! Note that vision doesn't seem perfect, but holy cow - this is a marked improvement over the computerized attempts ( Read more... )