Star Trek Tech
Many of the inventors of the technologies we now find indispensable admit they were inspired by first seeing the futuristic gadgets in the hands of Captain Kirk and pointy eared Mr. Spock on Star Trek. Forty years ago the first episode of the television space fantasy was broadcast to millions of viewers. To everyone’s surprise its impact on our planet has been as great as if we really had encountered spaceship riding aliens. [column width="53%" padding="3%"] The creators of the cellular phone, personal computer, Magnetic Imaging Resonance (MRI) scanner, and even top NASA engineers and scientists all acknowledge the role Star Trek played ...
Real Life “Iron Man”
Who wouldn’t want to be Iron Man? The Hollywood blockbuster film starring Robert Downey Jr. tapped into something deep within us that longs to be invincible. Imagine being able to walk through fires, shrug off any blow and simply ignore bullets. Troy Hurtubise, a Canadian inventor, doesn’t have to imagine – he’s done it. For the past twenty years the rugged Canadian outdoorsman and martial artist has used every spare moment being set on fire, beaten up by gangs of bikers armed baseball bats, picking fights with bears in the Canadian wilderness, and shot at by various military grade weapons. [column width="53%" ...
Verichip to Implant Alzheimer’s Patients
Over 2,500 people worldwide have had a microchip implanted under their skin that promises to do for humans what bar codes readers have done for packages. The sick will be spared dangerous hospital mix-ups by having their entire medical history ready at the click of a scanner, policemen and soldiers wounded in the line of duty will have advantages a dog tag could never give, and missing persons who are either unconscious or suffering from dementia will be returned to their families with the ease of a letter being returned to sender. [column width="53%" padding="3%"]But fears of a Big Brother future where ...
War on Fat Won?
Losing weight may have just become as easy as taking vitamins. A new category of drugs, originally designed to fight cancer, have the unexpected benefit of safely melting away fat without diet or exercise - as much as 2.5 kilos a day. The discovery was made by Dr. Maria Rupnick, a top US research scientist working out of The Children’s Hospital in Boston. When Rupnick first announced her initial findings in 2002 she was met by a storm of criticism from weight loss experts and skeptical scientists. But her results have recently been confirmed by two other labs proving she was ...
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Star Trek Tech
Many of the inventors of the technologies we now find indispensable admit they were inspired by first seeing the futuristic gadgets in the hands of Captain Kirk and pointy eared Mr. Spock on Star Trek. Forty years ago the first episode of the television space fantasy was broadcast to millions of viewers. To everyone’s surprise its impact on our planet has been as great as if we really had encountered... [Read more]
Real Life “Iron Man”
Who wouldn’t want to be Iron Man? The Hollywood blockbuster film starring Robert Downey Jr. tapped into something deep within us that longs to be invincible. Imagine being able to walk through fires, shrug off any blow and simply ignore bullets. Troy Hurtubise, a Canadian inventor, doesn’t have to imagine – he’s done it. For the past twenty years the rugged Canadian outdoorsman and martial... [Read more]
Verichip to Implant Alzheimer’s Patients
Over 2,500 people worldwide have had a microchip implanted under their skin that promises to do for humans what bar codes readers have done for packages. The sick will be spared dangerous hospital mix-ups by having their entire medical history ready at the click of a scanner, policemen and soldiers wounded in the line of duty will have advantages a dog tag could never give, and missing persons who... [Read more]
Robo-Rats Hunt Landmines
Rats with brain implants that turn them into remote controlled drones could soon be unleashed on the countryside of Colombia as a secret weapon to combat deadly landmines planted by rebels and drug lords. The ‘robo-rats’ were created by top American brain scientist doctor John Chapin shortly after 9/11 when it became clear rescue dogs were inadequate to search the rubble of the World Trade Center.... [Read more]
War on Fat Won?
Losing weight may have just become as easy as taking vitamins. A new category of drugs, originally designed to fight cancer, have the unexpected benefit of safely melting away fat without diet or exercise - as much as 2.5 kilos a day. The discovery was made by Dr. Maria Rupnick, a top US research scientist working out of The Children’s Hospital in Boston. When Rupnick first announced her initial... [Read more]
How Bad Was Saddam’s Son?
Only by living as one of Saddam’s sons can you truly understand the full evil of the Hussein regime. So says the former body double of Uday Hussein, Saddam’s eldest son and heir. Saddam Hussein was hanged in 2006 but shocking details of the former Iraqi dictator’s reign of terror are still coming to light. Iraqi prosecutors charged Saddam Hussein with 147 murders in a Shiite village in 1982... [Read more]
Brain Music Therapy
Russian scientists have joined forces with a Manhattan psychiatrist to unlock the hidden, healing melodies of the human brain. Now, in a complete reversal of Cold War Era paranoia, thousands of Americans and Europeans are eager for these Soviet trained doctors to record what is going on inside their heads. It is not thoughts they are recording, however, but the rhythms of the brain itself – and they... [Read more]
Ocean Rowing
“When I told my mother I was going to row across the Atlantic Ocean she started to cry,” says Andreu Mateu. She screamed, “You are going to die!” Despite his mother’s concern, the 44 year-old business man from Barcelona, Spain will take a small boat and start rowing from the island of La Gomera off the coast of Spain across the ocean towards Antigua on the other side of the Atlantic. For... [Read more]
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