If anybody wants to read Ray Kurzwiel’s take on Avatar, just follow this link:
Cameron’s conception of technology a hundred years from now was incredibly unimaginative, even by Hollywood standards. For example, the munitions that were supposed to blow up the tree of life looked like they were used in World War II [...]
I love new technological ideas, even if they turn out to be wrong; no failure is wasted in the world of technology or science. Progress tends to come of a lot of people trying a lot of different things in an independent environment; in the world of technology this is even more so.
This ‘new’ idea [...]
This odd little video has been floating around the internet for awhile, thought I’d share it. It’s a weird way to give tribute to Carl Sagan, but it grows on you: