One for All: Five Entangled Photons Collectively Choose a Path to Follow: Scientific American

One for All: Five Entangled Photons Collectively Choose a Path to Follow: Scientific American

My Comment: This fact of nature, to me, is one of the cornerstones of religion.

DNA could be backbone of next-generation logic chips

DNA could be backbone of next-generation logic chips

My Comment: Just plain thought provoking.

Israel's Better Place and Renault partner in first mass-market electric vehicle

Israeli electric car infrastructure company Better Place will start importing and distributing Renault's first passenger electric vehicle - the Fluence ZE, five-seat sedan - to Israel in the first half of 2011 and will market it via subscriptions to customers from the Renault network in Denmark.

Better Place and French car manufacturer Renault are committed to a volume of at least 100,000 vehicles for both countries by 2016, under the terms of a new agreement.

The agreement marks nearly two years of development effort in creating the world's first mass market zero-emission vehicle with switchable battery.

The battery for the Fluence ZE can be completely re-charged via a standard charge (between four and eight hours) or an immediate solution (under five minutes).

The Israel operations for multi-national companies including Cisco, FedEx and IBM (representing approximately 35,000 ICE, or internal combustion engine, vehicles) have committed to convert a portion of their ICE fleets to Better Place when commercially available in 2011.

Based in California and privately held, Better Place has operating companies in Israel, Denmark and Australia and partnerships in North America.

My Comment: To oil or not to oil. Weather tis nobler....

Reverse Engineering A Quantum Compass - Science News

Reverse Engineering A Quantum Compass - Science News

My Comment: I really hate to blow my own horn here, but I've described these effects in a novel, A Brief History of Howard. However, my characters all tend to exhibit behavior than can either be explained using Quantum Mechanics and other bits or New Physics, OR their characteristics can be explained using bits of ancient philosophy from Asia and Jewish thought. One of my goals is to help us to notice the effects that are constantly around us, not just located in the animal kingdom, microscopic world, or in the gaze of an astrophysicist.

Blinking neurons give thoughts away

Blinking neurons give thoughts away

My Comment: There are no secrets, since what we sense is much greater than what we see.

Arthur Clarke - Fractals - The Colors Of Infinity 3 of 6

My Comment: This section of the longer show about Fractals is the perfect example of why I believe that science and religion need to work together, in this case, to define words. For instance, when the Torah speaks of a sign on the hand, what is the definition of sign? Is it like a street sign, or a name on a door? I would wager that's how most people define that word, unconsciously, even most people who are quite religious. But this does seem simplistic, doesn't it? What if the definition of 'sign', is actually a Fractal. And that the relationship between the Shel Yad and the Shel Rosh is really that give and take, that Yin and Yang of the Fractal? If we change this definition, then our concept of tefillin changes from symbolic to technological. Our concept of Gd grows, it reverses direction from the reductionist view that is so popular. Just a thought.

Wash away your doubts when you wash your hands

Wash away your doubts when you wash your hands

My comment: Any questions about the notion of ritual hand handwashing, which has been around for thousands of years?