Frank Whittemore on March 31st, 2012

Researchers attending one of the world’s major academic conferences ‘are scared to death of the anti-science lobby’… Click here to read the report titled “Attacts paid for by big business are ‘driving science into a dark era’”. And it’s not just big business… After a recent post on my blog, I suddenly found close to [...]

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Frank Whittemore on March 30th, 2012

A scientist recently reported on the development of “electronic skin” that paves the way for… Click here to read this article found in Science Daily. Click here for more information about monitoring health wirelessly.

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Frank Whittemore on March 29th, 2012

“Wouldn’t it be wild if you called for a taxi and a car showed up with no one in it?” Click here to view the complete Fox News report. Click here to learn more about driverless cars.

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Frank Whittemore on March 28th, 2012

Learn about Sebastian Thrun, Peter Norvig, The Stanford Education Experiment, Udacity and more… Click here for the complete report. Also, the book Abundance: The Future Is Better Than You Think by Peter H. Diamandis and Steven Kotler contains an entire chapter detailing experiments in and the future of education. Also, the book That Used to [...]

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. Kevin Warwick is Professor of Cybernetics at the University of Reading, where he carries out research in artificial intelligence, control, robotics and cyborgs. Click here to see a list of books by Kevin Warwick. Note that Kevin’s research is frequently referred to by other authors – recent examples being in books by Robert Winston, [...]

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Frank Whittemore on March 26th, 2012

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) and IBM have announced an agreement to… Click here to access the complete report. Click here to learn more about personalized cancer care.

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Frank Whittemore on March 25th, 2012

Using a blood sample to detect circulating endothelial cells that sloughed off damaged vessel walls could help save at-risk patients who had normal stress tests… Click here to read the entire Los Angeles Times news report. Click here to learn more about heart attacks.

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Frank Whittemore on March 24th, 2012

Results from early studies have shown that 60 percent of mice with melanoma were cured in fewer than three months with minimal side effects… Click here to see the entire report. Click here to learn more about skin cancer.

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The announcement was made at a press conference in Seattle… Click here to read the entire Forbes article. Click here to learn more about brain research.

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Frank Whittemore on March 22nd, 2012

As our technologies become increasingly integrated with our biological selves… Click here to read the entire World Future Society article. Click here to learn more about transhumanism.

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