SciTech

"Minority Report" Now: Iris Scan Everybody
Steven Spielberg's 2002 movie Minority Report shows Tom Cruise's character strolling through a mall, continuously identified by iris scanning devices and targeted for personalized real-time Video: 
Android Steals The Show In Japanese Play
"It may not be that a robot replaces human beings on stage; it's more like a new type of actor has emerged into the theatrical world"
In Cybertherapy, Avatars Assist With Healing
“Even if this approach works, there will be side effects that we can’t anticipate” — Jaron Lanier, co
Wall Street's Real Wizards: Who Can Keep Up?
It may surprise you to learn that most of the stock trades in the US are no longer being made by human beings
"The Lights in the Tunnel"—Hi-Tech and the Future Economy
Where will advancing technology, job automation, outsourcing and globalization lead?
Institute for Responsible Technology: Keeping Food Safe
Scientists and biotechnologists have been modifying the genes of food crops you depend on without adequate testing for public safety Video: 
We're Living in Screenworld, Reality Isn't in the Real World Anymore
Back in 1980 when Reagan was elected, our world would have seemed dizzying, ridiculous, scary, technologically promiscuous, and appallingly lacking in privacy
Beck to Kurzweil: "Are We Ready For This!" (Part 2)
We can now treat our biology as information processes. Video: 
The New Thought Police
The NSA wants to know how you think—maybe even what you think Video: 
Are Digital Devices Overloading Your Circuits?
Is the Digital Age enhancing our creativity or depriving the brain of downtime that could be used to come up with new ideas?
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