Several things are turning around in my head in recent developments.
1) The successful launch of the private venture Sapce Ship to the ISS:
In a way, things are going well till this point in time. What sends shudders down my spine is the prospect of such technology (which till recently was only in hands of legitimate and responsible governments) falling into the hands of greedy business behemoths.
It reminds me of the cute animated film: "Wall-E", where the story stretches the imaginated scenerio of how humans can venture to deep space in wait for Earth to become Habitable centuries after it degenrates into a Dingy polluted hell.
2) In a related development- the official incorporation of a space Dredging Corporation for Space Mining:
I know there are entire planets made of Diamonds in space (we are told) and that many of the exotic minerals found after great and costly mining and purification on earth are simply found in plenty on space rocks.
However, what I dont understand is who owns the universe? Are we slowly going to sell materials brought from space? Is wealth being created from free and natural resources which till now were untapped? Is this the beginging of the New Gold Rush?
The implications on Humanities greed are too scary to mention. Remember what happens in the name of resource hunting on earths now extinct Tribes, forests, natural ecosystems ....? We currently dont know the side effects of these small steps of Man, and Big leaps of Mankind- untethered!
3) Back to my favourite domain- tech gadgets.
I saw an ad on a G+ posting for the Samsung smart TV, where you interact with the TV by gestures, no remotes or buttons. That would be a lovely feature on all arefacts that amuse us in the living room today.
Another interesting tech nugget was the new hands-free computing interface by Leap Motion. Those few who still dont know do google it up. Its worth the time.
Hope to bring you up to speed on Whats UP and Down soon.
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