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The Singularity is the point at which computer intelligence exceeds human intelligence, and the future course of humanity becomes more difficult to predict. Photo: Daniele Zedda/Flickr/CC-BY-2
Why the Singularity Might Not Happen: Predictive Apocalypse Analytics

Singularity or Apocalypse? We've mentioned the concept of the Singularity a few times in these pages, but it's not a...

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Caveman design keychain: blog image to 18K gold jewelry 3D print!

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Our Thanksgiving photo: This is a Boston Colonial law book. This is the printed law book used by the pilgrims. Publication Boston 1685. (If you look at the text of the first section, however, it says the laws were announced 1626 and revised 1671). So this brings together a lot of recent themes: book printing, navigation (the Mayflower, right?) --- more on that in bit --- the Conquistadors, and, of course, Thanksgiving. Photo credit: Wikimedia/public domain
Thanksgiving post: Boston colonial law book

Our Thanksgiving post: This is a Boston Colonial law book. This is the printed law book used by the pilgrims....

Ancient book publishing tech: notary seals and stamps are 5 millennia old! Most people think Gutenberg invented book publishing. In reality, he made mass production of books very economical, but he didn't inventing book printing. It is a much older technology. This is a replica of the Nabonidus Cylinder in the British Museum Collection in London, UK. It is an ancient Babylonian historic text from around 540BC that references Belshezzar, a historical figure is also mentioned in the Book of Daniel of the Bible. There are older examples of cylindrical seals going back to 3500BC. Photo credit: Wikimedia/public domain
Ancient book publishing tech: notary seals & stamps are 5 millennia old!

Ancient book publishing tech: notary seals and stamps are 5 millennia old! Most people think Gutenberg invented book publishing. In...

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