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For a smart material to be able to send out a more complex signal it needs to be nonlinear. If read more
For a smart material to be able to send out a more complex signal it needs to be nonlinear. If you hit a tuning fork twice as hard it will ring twice as loud but still at the same frequency. That's a linear response. If you hit a person twice as hard they're unlikely just to shout twice as loud. That property lets you learn more about the person than the tuning fork. - When Things Start to Think, 1999.
Not even computers will replace committees, because committees buy computers.
Not even computers will replace committees, because committees buy computers.
For my confirmation, I didn't get a watch and my first pair of long pants, like most Lutheran boys. I read more
For my confirmation, I didn't get a watch and my first pair of long pants, like most Lutheran boys. I got a telescope. My mother thought it would make the best gift.
It stands to the everlasting credit of science that by acting on the human mind it has overcome man's insecurity read more
It stands to the everlasting credit of science that by acting on the human mind it has overcome man's insecurity before himself and before nature.
As nuclear and other technological achievements continue to mount, the normal life span will continue to climb. The hourly productivity read more
As nuclear and other technological achievements continue to mount, the normal life span will continue to climb. The hourly productivity of the worker will increase.
The digital revolution is far more significant than the invention of writing or even of printing.
The digital revolution is far more significant than the invention of writing or even of printing.
If the automobile had followed the same development cycle as the computer, a Rolls-Royce would today cost $100, get one read more
If the automobile had followed the same development cycle as the computer, a Rolls-Royce would today cost $100, get one million miles to the gallon, and explode once a year, killing everyone inside.
Take young researchers, put them together in virtual seclusion, give them an unprecedented degree of freedom and turn up the read more
Take young researchers, put them together in virtual seclusion, give them an unprecedented degree of freedom and turn up the pressure by fostering competitiveness.
An error is the more dangerous the more truth it contains.
An error is the more dangerous the more truth it contains.
