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Helen Strong

Take the tube to New York

Posted: 17 May 2012 1 Comment

Dream it. Do it. Why stop at New York. Time to open a whold new global metro.

TAKE THE TUBE TO NEW YORK

Vacuum tube transport gets you there in double-quick time

Dateline: 15 May 2022

Doug Vining

Lawyers can ruin any experience!

Posted: 17 May 2012

If the lawyers from Facebook, Apple and Microsoft got together, then the Singularity would be a seriously depressing experience.

Welcome to, err … Life?

The video is hilarious:

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What if we achieved The Singularity - but lawyers got there first?

If the contents of our brains get uploaded into a computer, then surely someone is going to have to pay to keep it all working. That'll be you. But what if ...

FACEBOOK TIME-SHARES HUMAN BRAINS

First AI computer relies on sleeping students

Dateline: 18 May 2017

Hermann Goethe is asleep at home. A dense network of electrodes is attached to his head and neck. It may look like some bizarre behavioral psychology ...

MindBullets Editors

TAKE THE TUBE TO NEW YORK

Posted: 17 May 2012

Vacuum tube transport gets you there in double-quick time

Dateline: 15 May 2022

It's been a decade in the building, but yesterday the super high speed tube line was officially opened. Four times faster than a jet plane, the SpaceTube links Washington DC with New York and Boston. "It's a bit like taking a limo or the subway," enthused a lobbyist who popped into the city for a quick meeting, "but it gets you from DC to NYC in minutes!" The concept is straightforward - by creating a partial vacuum in the tunnel, the maglev pods have zero wind resistance and can travel at Mach 3 - ...

Doug Vining

Is Facebook a fad?

Posted: 15 May 2012

If so, it will undoubtedly prove to be a wonderful money-spinner for its founders.

Like all unexpectedly popular creations, Facebook will eventually come to an end. Will it fall out of favour with the next generation, as suggested by this MindBullet from five years ago, or will it be replaced by something even ...

Facebook is a fad, say half of people polled

Half of Americans surveyed by the AP and CNBC see the social network as a fad, while half believe the asking price of its IPO is too high.

FACEBOOK TO CLOSE: GEN Z REJECTS DIGITAL LIFESTYLE

Flower children of the twenties look for analogue bullet

Dateline: 12 January 2021

In what might be considered a typical anti-establishment rebellion of youth, teenagers of the 2020s seem to be disenchanted by their parents' excessive ...

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