Technology

Jeffrey Tucker does a pretty good job of decrying the recent criticism of the cell phone (e.g., it's an addiction). Link [http://www.mises.org/story/1849]. His main point: The criticism is just more of the intellectual, Commie-tainted, anti-free market psychobabble that we always

John Derbyshire on that monstrosity of wastefulness, the space shuttle, and our ongoing obsession. Link [http://www.nationalreview.com/derbyshire/derbyshire200506160749.asp]. Excerpts: > Like the monster in some ghastly horror movie rising from the dead for the umpteenth time, the space shuttle is back on the launch pad. This

Few things are more corrupt than the music industry: it's hedonistic, yes, but also big and manipulative of public taste. The whole American Idol phenomenon testifies to this: Network TV locates a talented singer and then the record company guarantees her/her massive success. How do they know

> Tampa General is joining an increasing number of hospitals showing surgeries on the internet. > "It's kind of cool, actually, watching it live," said Jean Mayer, Tampa General's vice president for strategic services. "As people use the Internet more and more to

No, it's not an experiment at the Kinsey Institute, it's an odd treatment for a sad disease. Link [http://www.forbes.com/lifestyle/health/feeds/hscout/2005/06/13/hscout526266.html] . Excerpt: > Viagra may come to the rescue of children with a rare and deadly

An op-ed by Louis Rene Beres in the Chicago Tribune tries to get to the root of cell phone mania. Link [http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chi-0506120303jun12,0,5646218.story?page=1&coll=chi-newsopinionperspective-hed] . She raises interesting points in a poetic way: > Talking

Scientists aren't objective. That has been established for years. But now it appears that many aren't even honest. Link [http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1894&e=2&u=/ap/20050608/ap_on_sc/misbehaving_scientists] . Excerpts: > One-third of

Dancing is an art, but dancing with a robot? Hey, if car racing is a sport, robotic dancing can be an art. Link [http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/06/07/robots.ballroom/index.html]. Excerpt: > The world's first ballroom-dancing robot is set to take to

A leading clone pioneer says human cloning is far, far away. Link [http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1539&e=1&u=/afp/20050607/sc_afp/healthsciencestemcellskorea_050607123400] . Excerpt: > South Korean cloning pioneer Hwang Woo-Suk said the cloning of human beings would remain

Japanese porn is coming . . . to Sony's PSP-friendly Universal Media Disc. Sony says it has no control what producers make for the device. Some think Sony doesn't object because its failure to embrace porn led to the demise of Betamax twenty years ago. Link [http://www.