Tag: technology
Mimicking Seahorse Tails Could Lead to Better Robots
The best way to study the operation of these structures is to treat them as engineered systems that are designed with some kind of a purpose.
Listen: Intelligent Designs in Nature Make Engineers Envious
An emerging science of imitating nature, known as biomimetics, has attracted extensive research and led to new technologies.
John Holdren, White House Science Adviser, Hedges on Human Germline Engineering
His statement expresses zero moral opposition to the genetic engineering of the human genome.
As Clay in the Potter’s Hand, Eugenicists Would Edit Human Genes
One Oxford bioethicist says germ-line experiments are no different from having cell phones and computers.
Could a Computer Experience Consciousness? Why Not a Typewriter?
Here’s one way to appreciate the problem human consciousness poses for Darwinism or any other mechanical theory of evolution.