Technology..... using it to save or waste

Technology is a double edge sword. As new technology makes it possible to create innovations like cost effective solar panels to support and sustain us, we get closer using technology for achieving a more renewable and sustainable planet. Unfortunately, for every step forward, it is human nature to stray.

Russia recently tested a vacuum bomb ..... from this article it says that this new and bigger bomb is made possible via nanotechnology.

The bomb is smaller than the MOAB, employing nanotechnology to double the heat from a blast, according to the Russian military officer.

I have always though of advances and applications in nanotech as positive advancements form mankind (e.g. nanofilters for water filtration to remove the need for chemical treatment, reduce petroleum usage, etc) ..... I guess this adds a new twist to it

Flying penguins on SIA

It not often that Singapore gets positive limelight in IT news (Yup I am refering to Odex...) but this article certainly sounds like something which will make IT people take a second look.

To make flying more enjoyable for its passengers, Singapore Airlines Ltd. is adding bigger screens, more in-flight movies and a PC, running Red Hat Inc.'s distribution of the Linux operating system, in every seat on its newest planes.

That by itself is nothing really special, but the following is what I guess really makes it stand out.

KrisWorld can also be used as a PC and includes Sun Microsystems Inc.'s StarOffice application suite, which offers a word processor, spreadsheet, and a presentation program. Every seat is fitted with a USB (Universal Serial Bus) port that lets passengers access documents carried on a thumb drive or portable hard disk.

Understanding an individual, technology takes a leap

For technology, there is always a point when its utility value takes a huge upturn. Like for the Internet, it was the intervention of WWW, for mobile devices, it was when your local Telco providers started providing affordable prices and plans. Just seen an article in New York Times.

JAMES D. WATS ON, who helped crack the DNA code half a century ago, last week became the first person handed the full text of his own DNA on a small computer disk. But he won’t be the last.

Having such information about our DNA at an affordable cost will signal a new era on how medical treatment and services will work. General practitioners role in medical treatment will evolve to studying an individual's DNA and understanding what specific hybrid of medication works best. The demand for technology that provides manageable access to this wealth of data will skyrocket and whole industries will be spun round using/abusing this data.

But until then, this milestone in genetic studies, will be as how Amy Harmon reported it

Until then, even Dr. Watson, who posted his genome on the Internet last week, has to wait. At a ceremony marking the occasion, he stared at the disk containing his genome for a few seconds, then stuck it in his pocket.