Man and Machine
Is a pc like a human mind or is a human mind like a pc? When machines enable us to increase our skills, are we enhancing our humanness or changing into extra machine-like? What are the significant distinctions between people and machines and the way do these impression our every day pursuits of well being, […]
Coming Up for Air
Both Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States, and Charles Darwin, author of The Origin of Species and creator of the theory of natural selection, were born on February 12, 1809. Modern evolutionary theory, of course, is based on Darwin’s theory of natural selection. The evolutionary history of humans traces the family history of […]
Your Personal Cloud
The concept of cloud computing has become a buzzword in recent years. The notion of “the cloud” originally referred to data storage. You could backup your computer files or even an image of your hard drive to a server bank in some remote location. Now you can access fully featured software programs via the cloud, […]
Your Nerve System and You
Your nerve system is your body’s master communication system. Your brain – your body’s central processing unit – receives information from every other system. Information on sight, sound, touch, taste, and smell is constantly bombarding your brain. Information on muscle activity, placement of your arms and legs and fingers and toes, and the positioning of […]
Your Hardware / Your Software
The metaphor linking the human brain with computer hardware is now so well known that it features regularly in news media stories. But computers have only been with us since Colossus and ENIAC (electronic numerical integrator and computer) were constructed in the mid-1940s. The metaphor linking the code embedded in human DNA and computer software […]
Your Brain and You
You are the lucky owner of a magnificent piece of biological machinery – the human brain. Your brain is always on, performs lightning-fast calculations, and is a whiz at making connections between seemingly unrelated factors and observations. The only downside is that your brain didn’t come with an owner’s manual. Fortunately, your brain has no […]