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(TBT) From thumbprints to butt scans:
Technology, legality, and morality in biotech

Posted by admin on July 9, 2020 at 3:18 pm

This one is not quite a year old, originally posted August 1, 2019. But it’s still relevant, and I think the information and possibilities are intriguing. WAY BACK—well, five years ago—when Apple introduced iPhone 5s’s thumbprint scanner, fear mongers lost no time claiming that phone thieves would now take your phone and your finger. Never mind that […]

They only sound like Austin Powers villains

Posted by admin on July 6, 2020 at 1:52 pm

Here’s an interesting prediction from the February 25, 1966 issue of TIME magazine: “By 2000, the machines will be producing so much that everyone in the U.S. will, in effect, be independently wealthy.” I don’t think I’m being premature when I say I think the magazine missed the mark with that one. Not that I […]

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