Tag: “biotech and theology”
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Building a Society with a Robot demographic
Imagine demographic studies of urban areas in the future. Might they one day include robot populations in their data? Tokyo’s Robot Restaurant is a novelty eatery populated by robots. And, Henn-na Hotel, the world’s first hotel staffed by robots is open for business. And now, with the introduction of RoboCab, Japan is leading the world […]
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Scientist Declares the Discovery of Earth 2.0 is Bad News for God
We’ve recently discovered a planet that is very similar to Earth in orbit around a star very similar to our Sun. It’s truly exciting to imagine the possibility that somewhere in the universe there may be others who are both like and unlike us. A recent Huffington Post piece titled, Earth 2.0: Bad News for God, […]
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Smile: the humanizing power of technology
Recently, Listerine commissioned the creation of an app that allows the blind to “see” a smile. This is an example of how technology amplifies our humanity. And this is just the beginning. What might a future in which technology makes us more human look like?
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David Eagleman: Perceiving More of Reality
I’ve been following Brain Scientist, David Eagleman, since I heard him lecture at the PopTech conference about 3 years ago. I’ve pasted below two presentations. The first, Welcome to Your Future Brain, is Eagleman in 2012 on Bigthink about how technology can enhance human perception of reality. The second video, Can We Create New Senses […]
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Makers of Fire by Alex McManus
Thanks to missional maven, Alan Hirsch, global peacemaker, Bob Roberts, and professional futurist, Jay Gary, for their kind words featured in the Makers of Fire Video Trailer below. Thanks to those of you who’ve purchased my book — now available on Amazon amzn.to/1rjTqzJ — or have emailed me encouraging notes. Thanks!
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And Man Made Life
And Man Made Life The title of today’s post is the same as the title of the latest edition of the magazine, The Economist. Their full title is: And Man Made Life: the first artificial organism and its consequences. A new world emerged recently and many of us missed it. On Thursday, May 20, 2010 […]
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