Saturday, January 31, 2009

I never thought that I would be typing about this topic!

http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1874760,00.html

CRAZY STUFF.

So, I was searching for an article to write about for this blog and I came across something interesting.
FIRST: the University of California Berkeley developed the beginning stages of an Invisibility Cloak. Okay, wait. Really? What would the world be like if we seriously had people running around, invisible... with cloaks. That is really sweet yet extremely creepy.
SECOND: At Harvard University they levitated a microscopic piece of gold. I think that is a little weird.
FINALLY: At JIQ (which i have never heard of before...) the scientists have been working on a project involving teleportation. mmmm. yes, you heard right, teleportation folks. Apparently they have been able to teleport things up to 3 feet so far. They feel confident that they will get this process down to a science. No punn intended.
This raises an interesting question. Has technology gone too far? These new inventions/methods, if in the wrong hands can cause serious destruction and harm. I mean, I think it's really really sweet that they have the ability to do these things, don't get me wrong. But as our good friend Newton would say: for every reaction, there is an equal or opposite reaction. So friends, think on that.

1 comment:

  1. It's always important to consider what could be the implications (both positive and negative) of any new technologies or scientific discoveries. It doesn't look like they'll be able to teleport people anytime soon though. Looks like it will actually have more positive impact on computer science.

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