Dean Kamen has won numerous awards and honorary degrees from some of the most prestigious institutions around the world. He holds over a 100 US patents and more than 400 world wide. Most of his patents and inventions are in…
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Born in 1951, Dean Kamen is an inventor an entrepreneur from New Hampshire. He holds more than 440 patents. Many of his inventions are for medical devices, although he is probably best known as the inventor of the Segway Human…
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Close encounters, in regards to UFO’s and extraterrestrial life, are broken down into four main categories which were primarily outlined by astronomer J. Allen Hynek. While there is always a level of disagreement as to whether UFO’s or ET’s exist,…
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Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931) earned the reputation as “The Wizard of Menlo Park” because of his work as an inventor and scientist. Though he is best known for inventing incandescent light bulbs, Edison was a prolific inventor who held more…
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Transhumanism is a movement supporting the use of new science and technology to enhance human mental, and physical abilities, and ameliorate what it regards as undesirable and unnecessary aspects of the human condition. Examples of such being, death, aging, suffering…
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In 1972, astronomer J. Allen Hynek proposed that there are three types of close encounters that humans can have with beings that we would refer to as extraterrestrial in his book, The UFO Experience: A Scientific Inquiry. The aim of…
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Thomas Edison became known as the father of invention from the time he created the incandescent light bulb in the late 19th century. As the 20th century commenced, other inventors began creating items to make life easier for the working…
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What next is a question asked the phrase makers? The first question is what is trans-humanism and what are its social implications? Trans-humanism is a concept whereby technology is used ethically to “expand human capacity” say writers at the trans-human…
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Thomas Alva Edison’s impact on the modern world was so great that, when he died in October 1931, people all over the world dimmed their lights, or switched off their electricity in tribute to the man who literally lit up…
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How does one choose only ten notable inventions of the Twentieth Century when there are literally hundreds? Do we pick inventions that make life easier or do we choose inventions that save lives? Do you choose the light bulb over computer? Or, moving pictures over a MRI machine? Without the earlier…
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