I couldn't help myself. I laughed out loud and watched this again. Total nerdy bliss for me. Vader's dancing? Too funny. Two of my favorite things in life - Star Wars and Cello music. Thanks Piano Guys! Enjoy!
Tuesday, December 18, 2012
Monday, April 2, 2012
Mind Altering Zombie Gun? It's not sci-fi anymore.
I wish this were science fiction, but it's not. The BBC ran an article recently on Russian President Putin's public go-ahead for use and further development of weapons meant to alter your mind.
Psychotronic weapons, they're being called. And according to the article, they've been in development in both the USA and Russia since the 1950's. They use electromagnetic waves, shot straight at your brain, to change your psychological state, fry your brain, leave you comatose, or, I'm sure, kill you...depending on their goal.
To quote the Russian defense minister, Mr. Serdyukov, who made the announcement: "The development of weaponry based on new physics principles – direct-energy weapons, geophysical weapons, wave-energy weapons, genetic weapons, psychotronic weapons, and so on – is part of the state arms procurement program for 2011-2020."
So, I don't know about anyone else out there, but this is just creepy. Imagine someone able to sit across a room and fry your brain, make you lose your mind, or subtly manipulate you into committing a crime, like murder. According to this article, it's actually possible for these weapons to, "...transmit suggestions and commands directly into someone’s thought processes."
And here I used to think nuclear weaponry was bad news.
Being cursed with this knowledge, my thoughts go back to Jason Russell's very public meltdown just days after the release of the Kony 2012 video. If you read the reports, this husband and father stripped in public, ran around naked, masturbating and incoherent in the street. His family said he had an emotional breakdown brought on my dehydration and too much stress. Yeah...right. That's just what I do when I get thirsty and stressed out. No drugs in his system, either and the police decided not to press charges.
Is it just me, or does this incident shine in a whole new light this morning? It definitely makes me ask the big, WHAT IF, question. And to think, my new book, Silver Storm, features an attack by a geomagnetic/dark matter weapon. Hmmm. And here I thought I was writing science FICTION. Now we can only cross our fingers and pray for sanity to be restored. Where does this end?
Look, I'm no world leader or elite scientist, but doesn't anyone out there have the common sense to say, "NO?" Hey, Mr. President. Yes, you too, Mr. Secretary of Defense and all of you bickering Politicians. Oh, yes, and YOU scientists who are actually working on this stuff. Hey, superspy, black-ops hero, GOOD GUY...yeah, you - the people who know and are in a position to help the rest of humanity - please stop this insanity. Zombie movies are a blast to watch, but I'd prefer not to become one. I'm sure the rest of humanity would really appreciate someone honorable to run interference for us as well.
Thanks.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2123415/Putin-targets-foes-zombie-gun-attack-victims-central-nervous-system.html#ixzz1qtb5Udjq
Psychotronic weapons, they're being called. And according to the article, they've been in development in both the USA and Russia since the 1950's. They use electromagnetic waves, shot straight at your brain, to change your psychological state, fry your brain, leave you comatose, or, I'm sure, kill you...depending on their goal.
To quote the Russian defense minister, Mr. Serdyukov, who made the announcement: "The development of weaponry based on new physics principles – direct-energy weapons, geophysical weapons, wave-energy weapons, genetic weapons, psychotronic weapons, and so on – is part of the state arms procurement program for 2011-2020."
So, I don't know about anyone else out there, but this is just creepy. Imagine someone able to sit across a room and fry your brain, make you lose your mind, or subtly manipulate you into committing a crime, like murder. According to this article, it's actually possible for these weapons to, "...transmit suggestions and commands directly into someone’s thought processes."
And here I used to think nuclear weaponry was bad news.
Being cursed with this knowledge, my thoughts go back to Jason Russell's very public meltdown just days after the release of the Kony 2012 video. If you read the reports, this husband and father stripped in public, ran around naked, masturbating and incoherent in the street. His family said he had an emotional breakdown brought on my dehydration and too much stress. Yeah...right. That's just what I do when I get thirsty and stressed out. No drugs in his system, either and the police decided not to press charges.
Is it just me, or does this incident shine in a whole new light this morning? It definitely makes me ask the big, WHAT IF, question. And to think, my new book, Silver Storm, features an attack by a geomagnetic/dark matter weapon. Hmmm. And here I thought I was writing science FICTION. Now we can only cross our fingers and pray for sanity to be restored. Where does this end?
Look, I'm no world leader or elite scientist, but doesn't anyone out there have the common sense to say, "NO?" Hey, Mr. President. Yes, you too, Mr. Secretary of Defense and all of you bickering Politicians. Oh, yes, and YOU scientists who are actually working on this stuff. Hey, superspy, black-ops hero, GOOD GUY...yeah, you - the people who know and are in a position to help the rest of humanity - please stop this insanity. Zombie movies are a blast to watch, but I'd prefer not to become one. I'm sure the rest of humanity would really appreciate someone honorable to run interference for us as well.
Thanks.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2123415/Putin-targets-foes-zombie-gun-attack-victims-central-nervous-system.html#ixzz1qtb5Udjq
Friday, March 16, 2012
Crazy Science - Skydiving From Outer Space?
Anyone remember the scene where James T. Kirk and Sulu dive onto the top of the Romulan's planetary drill from their space shuttle as Captain Pike is on his way over to talk to the bad guys? (New Star Trek movie, not the old ones - although I love all of them, too.)
I though it looked completely insane and like something so far beyond our current tech I woudln't see it in this lifetime.
Not only is it in this lifetime, it already happened. Wow. I don't even know what to say. This guy jumped from 71,500 feet and was in free fall for eight minutes. He's planning an even higher jump soon.
Good luck.
I though it looked completely insane and like something so far beyond our current tech I woudln't see it in this lifetime.
Not only is it in this lifetime, it already happened. Wow. I don't even know what to say. This guy jumped from 71,500 feet and was in free fall for eight minutes. He's planning an even higher jump soon.
Good luck.
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Plants that smell bombs? Insanely Cool Scientist June Medford
June Medford, a biologist at Colorado State University is creating plants that change color when they are exposed to environmental contaminants or explosives. Think this is science fiction? It's not. It's happening right now in a little lab in Fort Collins, Colorado. These new allies are being called "Plant Sentinals."
Imagine, a plant that turns from green to white as it grows on top of buried landmines, or when exposed to toxic chemicals? Think of the implications in countries where land mines cost thousands of lives and limbs each year, the poor troops being hit by IED's on the roadside, or perhaps even carbon monoxide or radon poisoning in our homes.
Dr. Medford is a busy lady. According to the article I read she has thirty or more post-doctoral researchers, assistant professors, and students in her labs on campus at any given time. They are busy "re-wiring the natural signaling process" native to plants so that they will turn white when exposed to toxins in the air or in the soil. They used computers to redesign the naturally occuring receptors in the plants to detect common toxic chemicals, explosives, and other agents used by terrorists.
Imagine, a plant that turns from green to white as it grows on top of buried landmines, or when exposed to toxic chemicals? Think of the implications in countries where land mines cost thousands of lives and limbs each year, the poor troops being hit by IED's on the roadside, or perhaps even carbon monoxide or radon poisoning in our homes.
Dr. Medford is a busy lady. According to the article I read she has thirty or more post-doctoral researchers, assistant professors, and students in her labs on campus at any given time. They are busy "re-wiring the natural signaling process" native to plants so that they will turn white when exposed to toxins in the air or in the soil. They used computers to redesign the naturally occuring receptors in the plants to detect common toxic chemicals, explosives, and other agents used by terrorists.
The federal government hasn't passed by unaware. The Defense Threat Reduction Agency gave her a $7.9 million grant to continue moving forward and take these plants from the lab into the real world for testing. So, if you see a white plant somewhere, run...
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