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Library without books I am sure most of you have heard of ebooks the electronic equal of what we commonly refer to as hard-back books. Or what people in the e-book community refer to as dead-tree books. =) The real question this raises are people going to pay for a $400 e-book reader, when they can go buy a paper-back ...

No Chip in Arm, No Shot From the Gun This is a great article about a new technology that could all effect us very soon. Bio-implants or smartchips that sit under a person’s skin and either monitor their actions or health or in this case serve as the “key” for a very intresting lock. Read the story to see what ...

A Fantasy That’s Never Final Online Communites are growing more and more. Check this article out to see exactly how videogame worlds sink up. Does real life imitate the video game world? This is the first time ever that PC gamers can now play online with Console gamers. How will the change affect the diverse population that already meets online. ...

The first item—“A Glimpse at the Future of DNA: M.D.’s Inside the Body”(and thanks to Eric Smith for the tip)—is about using DNA sections to encode a sequence of events that might identify a specific molecular maker for a cancer and then trigger a therapeutic response. That’s interesting, but if you couple it with the second item—“UCLA chemists develop new ...