Welcome to Prometheus’ Dream

Once upon in a time a titan, called Prometheus, fell in love with the humankind and, disobeying the rules imposed by the gods of the Olympus, stole the sacred fire and offered it to the humanity, enlightening the darkness and chasing away the shadows of the ignorance. During he history of the civilization , […]

The power of thinking different

“Think different.” was an advertising slogan for Apple, Inc. (then Apple Computer, Inc.) in 1997 created by the Los Angeles office of advertising agency TBWA\Chiat\Day.The slogan has been widely taken as a response to IBM’s motto “Think“. It was used in a television commercial, several print advertisements, and a number of TV promos for Apple products. Apple’s use of the slogan was discontinued with the start of the iMac G4 in 2002.

Friedrich Hayek: the spontaneous order of life

If there is one twentieth-century economist who can be tagged as the Renaissance man, it has to be Friedrich Hayek, the Austrian born British economist who made substantial contributions in the realms of political theory, psychology, and economics. Hailing from “Austrian School of Economics”, Hayek’s contributions in economics have been so noteworthy that even today […]

Organs cloning: a step foward to inmortality

How would you like a clone of yourself stowed away somewhere in case you need a new heart or liver, like a spare tire in the trunk of a car? That, in a nutshell, was the plot of the 2005 high-dollar, low-attendance sci-fi movie, “The Island.” Hollywood heartthrobs Scarlett Johansson and Ewan McGregor play dual […]

Steve Jobs: how to change the world being a hippie.

“You can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something — your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference […]

SpaceX: reaching the stars

What is SpaceX? Everything you need to know about SpaceX The Falcon 9 unmanned rocket made the news recently when it successfully landed in an upright position following a mission to space. So what’s the story behind the company that launched it, SpaceX? It’s an important and fascinating story, as SpaceX could well spearhead the […]

Madame Curie: X-ploring under the skin

Marie Curie was a Polish-born French physicist famous for her work on radioactivity and twice a winner of the Nobel Prize. She and her husband, Pierre, discovered the elements polonium and radium. Together, they were awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1903, and she received another one, for Chemistry, in 1911. Her work with radioactive […]

Latest news: Scientists create touch-sensitive bionic finger

Dennis Aabo Sørensen can feel the difference between a rough and smooth surface, which is impressive when you consider he lost his hand. Advances in prosthetics give hope to amputees around the world that they can continue living normal lives after losing a limb. Even the intricacies of the hand are being worked out with advanced robotics. However, the […]

Latest News: Man vs. machine: Google computer wins first match against world ‘Go’ champion

Computer 1, human 0. A computer program built by Google has won the first round against the world’s top player of the ancient Chinese board game Go, signifying a significant advancement in artificial intelligence. Click here to see the full new in it’s original web site (CNN) Lee Se-dol, the global Go champion, lost his […]

Hyperloop: bullets as trains.

We live in an age of unbelievable progress in the field of computing, with the internet having revolutionized the way information is exchanged on a global scale. It seems like every day the chips get smaller and the storage space gets larger. One would think such changes would have brought about a new age of […]

Leonardo da Vinci: more than a ninja turtle

Synopsis Born on April 15, 1452, in Vinci, Italy, Leonardo da Vinci was the epitome of a “Renaissance man.” Possessor of a curious mind and keen intellect, da Vinci studied the laws of science and nature, which greatly informed his work as a painter, sculptor, architect, inventor, military engineer and draftsman. His ideas and body […]

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