Between 2008 and 2014, the US government funded nearly $ 1 billion in synthetic biology research. From 2012 onwards, most of the relevant funds came from the infamous DARPA and …
Close contacts of the known type.
They have their reasons to hide them; or, at least, not to advertise them. The hard core of the (American) state is a very good customer, and it has its …
More ventilations, more deaths?
One more, devastating “medical mistake”? Agony and counter-therapeutic panic in hospitals? If you look into it, and if you understand what this “we do something because if we don’t and …
Open sesame!
Some people thought that by wearing surgical masks they become unrecognizable. Maybe even invisible. To their friends maybe. But not to biometric technologies! The well-known Japanese NEC group developed and …
Alliance on the moon
On March 9, Zhang Kejian on behalf of the “China National Space Administration” (CNSA) and Dmitry Rogozin on behalf of the Russian Roscosmos signed an inter-state cooperation agreement for the …
Ηave faith and doubt not
Deception is part of the job; especially when the “job” is to impose massive techno-scientific applications that, at best, would be considered dangerous. Therefore, there is a surplus of kibitzers …
Robotic melancholy
When it premiered, in 2016, it cut a big swath… “Her” company, Hanson Robotics, based in Hong Kong, specializes in high social intelligence machines. As self-presented on its website: Robots …
Pharmacovigilance…
A new word, in a handful of similar ones, which have one main purpose: to cultivate the mysticism of power… What exactly is this “pharmacovigilance” that came up for the …
Bioprinting
Every 1 to 2 seconds, somewhere on the planet, a diabetic will get an ulcer somewhere on the tip of his or her feet. Half of these ulcers become infected …
No prisoners!
The news is of american origin; it obviously serves american purposes. (The news is that) the chinese army that invests in the technological upgrade of the infantry, has made, among …
Swarms…
Many species have group behaviors without “leaders”. This “anti-authoritarian” behavior has for years attracted the attention of developers in the fields of artificial intelligence and “machine learning”. And their efforts …
mRNA OS
What is more difficult? For someone to follow names and developments in the Middle East (or in Asia, or anywhere outside the “national village” and its demagogy)? Or to follow …