Mind Body Decay in Our Two Lifetimes

By David W. Boles on November 19, 2008 8:29 AM | 28 Comments
In a recent article -- Medical Fakery and the Intentional Placebo Effect -- I argued in the comments stream that our minds and our bodies are failing us faster even as medicine advances quicker than ever while we live our two lifetimes.

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The Risk of Collective Google Intelligence

By David W. Boles on November 17, 2008 7:56 AM | 20 Comments
Google is tracking your every sniffle and sneeze beyond just the general health of your body.  If you aren't feeling well -- and i fyou have the flu, and if you happen to chance upon Google to help you find a remedy -- your want to feel better is indexed, quantified, and panopticonically reported to the CDC by Google.

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Nosocomial Infections: MRSA and Your MRI

By David W. Boles on November 12, 2008 9:39 AM | 26 Comments
"Nosocomial" means "hospital acquired" and few people believe you can get infected by bacteria lurking in a hospital.  We are often of the notion that hospitals and medical offices are always sanitary and cleaned every day.  Sometimes, though, other patients can infect us with their ills when we visit our doctors.  When your hospital makes you sicker, you have a nosocomial infection.

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The New Barack is Blue

By David W. Boles on November 10, 2008 8:01 AM | 10 Comments
Barack Obama turned the world Blue.  Red Republicans claim there is no Obama mandate, but we who won the world -- know the United States is forever changed -- but how can we semiotically prove the provenance of the Blue Mandate?

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Turning White at Thomas Pink

By Gordon Davidescu on November 6, 2008 8:05 AM | 15 Comments
Gordon Davidescu wrote this article.

Normally, when I am enveloped in a retail experience, I can hardly say that I am overwhelmed by the service. I am not all too fearful that things might go badly, but I do not expect to be overwhelmed either. As long as the people in sales are moderately awake when I arrive, and occasionally try to answer questions with more than a grunt, I am pleased.

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Up From the Grave

By David W. Boles on November 5, 2008 10:32 AM | 22 Comments
If you could be resurrected from the grave -- re-born by science to become your own twin in a never-ending cycle of life -- would you hope for that chance to live your life over again?  

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The Deaf in Nike Hindsight

By David W. Boles on November 3, 2008 8:21 AM | 22 Comments
The prototype for the Nike Hindsight shades is a transforming experience for Deaf consumers.

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Embedded Bluetooth Breadcrumbs Leading the Blind

By David W. Boles on October 29, 2008 8:56 AM | 8 Comments
Technology shapes us and betters us, but sometimes it can also belittle our best intentions.  The Talking-Points project is a new idea that hopes to use embedded Bluetooth tags placed strategically throughout a city to communicate with the blind to guide and provide geographic landmarks and local business information.

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Walgreens Knows Who's Your Daddy

By David W. Boles on October 22, 2008 9:11 AM | 14 Comments
Walgreens -- the largest drugstore chain in America -- announced this week that they are selling over-the-counter DNA home paternity tests.

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Panopticonic Thought and Military Thinking

By David W. Boles on October 20, 2008 9:29 AM | 12 Comments
Do we create our thoughts?  If we create them, do we own them?  The United States Army is working on new "thought helmets" where "thought synthesis" between soldiers will be immediate an unspoken. 

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