There are exciting things happening in the field of artificial intelligence. One promising approach is reverse engineering of the brain in order to emulate biology.
Contrast this technological wonderland with the linear perspective of the driving forces in business and the economy, measurements such as energy costs, commodity prices, and capital investment.
The linear view and the [...]
The field of nanotechnology is producing phenomenal results that respond to what Einstein is reputed to have said, ?any fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a genius?and a lot of courage?to move in the opposite direction.?
Atoms and molecules are measured in nanometers.
Scientists at Texas A&M are moving in the [...]
The meaning of exponential (an extremely rapid increase) is demonstrated dramatically in the world of optical discs. No sooner did the in-the-know public get used to the idea of Blu-ray and its impressive 50 gigabytes of storage than another giant leap is in the making.
Blu-ray discs hold five times more data than a standard DVD. [...]