March 2005
14 Wild Ideas: Five Of Which Are True!
by mikepower & 1 other
Many Worlds, Medicine Useless, A.I. via Common Sense, Cryonics, Uploads, I'm in Sim, Fast Growth, Growth Stops, Colonize Galaxy, No Aliens, Aliens Came & Left, Private Law, Futarchy, No One Honest.
February 2005
Can This Black Box See Into the Future?
by mikepower & 1 other
Deep in the basement of a dusty university library in Edinburgh lies a small black box, roughly the size of two cigarette packets side by side, that churns out random numbers in an endless stream...
Vanishing Point: How to disappear in America without a trace
by mikepower
Satellites can bounce LASER light off of your windows and, by measuring the minute distance differences between a vibrating window and the satellite, reconstruct your speech -- from orbit!
January 2005
An Apology: To the Girl in the Parking Garage
by mikepower
It was late. We happened to be walking on the same path. I knew you were nervous--I would be too if I was a petite female, walking alone on a desolate and dark city street at 1:00 a.m.
Brain Processes Whistled Language Just as Spoken
by mikepower
The rare Canarian whistled language called the Silbo Gomero is processed by the brain just like a spoken language
December 2004
Mind Hacks: Hack 101: Make Eyes (or Anything) in Pictures Follow You
by mikepower
How can you design pictures of faces with eyes that will follow you round the room?
November 2004
Oh My God It Burns! Practical Applications of the Philosophers stone. For drunks.
by mikepower & 1 other
Turn cheap, nasty vodka into a smooth drinkable spirit using just a Brita filter.
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