The Consciousness Industry Flexes Its Muscles

Two weeks ago, when we were still ramping up to any Congressional vote over health care reform, I wrote the following remark about the impact of the “consciousness industry” on any likely outcome: Thus, the future of health care will rest...

LaserMotive of Seattle Wins $900,00 in the NASA Power Beaming Challenge Competition

NASA has awarded $900,000 in prize money to a Seattle company that successfully demonstrated new wireless energy beaming technology which could one day be used to help power a “space elevator.”

US Astronauts Complete Space Walk

Mission Specialist Richard Linnehan checks out the spacesuits in the Quest airlock prior to the third spacewalk of the STS-123 mission, 17 Mar 2008 Astronauts at the International Space Station have finished installing a Canadian robotic device to help...