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We are called to be architects of the future, not its victims. ~ R. Buckminster Fuller

Seems like a banner day. First stem cells, now Intel is announcing in Nature they have found ways to build fiber optics into chips using fairly conventional materials and techniques. This should make it possible to bring down the cost of high-bandwidth telecommunications gear radically. Paul S. Otellini, the president of Intel, said on Wednesday: “Think of it either bringing ...

Who’s behind the next breakthrough office product invention? Staples is using the voice of customers to find the answer. Inventors hoping to create the next office product to make work life easier are selected by staples to present their invention on a promotional web site. Customers then, vote for their favorite. The winning inventor gets $25,000 in cash – plus ...

Wired News is reporting that it was announced at the AAAS meeting that an article to be published in the Feb. 13 Science will show that researchers have managed to produce a human clone by nuclear transfer that is the first one reported to have produced hundreds of stem cells. No sperm, no embryo from fertilization. This is a huge ...