Robot spiders
by Luke Rodgers on May 5, 2008
“Troops to use electronic insects to spot enemy ‘by end of the year’”
I knew I was a man
by Luke Rodgers on May 2, 2008
A short poem, inspired by this BBC news article.
I knew I was a man when
I read in the paper:
“Man tries to cash cheque for $360 billion”
World’s oldest living root-system
by Luke Rodgers on May 2, 2008
Nice story from one of my favourite blogs, Long Views.
This little guy is nearly 10,000 years old. Reminds me of the ancient cedars adorning Mazinaw rock at Bon Echo park.
Income inequality and happiness
by Luke Rodgers on May 2, 2008
Two interesting and somewhat related items of interest on income inequality and happiness/well-being.
First, a collection of short essays from various Canadian writers (economists, political scientists, philosophers) from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA), entitled, Why Inequality Matters in 1,000 (…)
Self-re-assembling robots – cue the Terminator references
by Luke Rodgers on May 1, 2008
Modular robot reassembles when kicked apart
Nerdy and awesome
A new low for Google
by Luke Rodgers on May 1, 2008
Playing scrabulous today, I stumbled across an… interesting ad, that appears to have been served up by Google. They generally do a good job of abiding by their motto (“do no evil”)–and you can call me old-fashioned–but I’m just not (…)
