Five for the Future 11-07-08
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- End of the web?
- Lasers for finding organic alien life
- Food in pill form
- Cloaking objects at a distance
- Ion shield for protecting spacecraft
Blogs
Scum Swarm Artwork
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This piece by Bruno Werneck shows a swarm of Scum ships. The Scum are a faction of nomads with a strong libertarian streak and a fascination with body modifications. Scum barges are large colony ships that have been retasked as wandering black markets, traveling from habitat to habitat. They are typically accompanied by a swarm of smaller spacecraft. Click for a larger version.
End of the Week, End of the World 10-31-08
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The Earth is in the midst of it's sixth mass extinction period: 50% of all species dying out.
"The current extinction event is due to human activity, paving the planet, creating pollution, many of the things that we are doing today,"
Go humans. Rah team.
obEP: Researchers send hired scavengers down to a dangerous ruined Earth to retrieve genetic samples of lost Terran plant or animal life.Catalyst Comms
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If you've ever wondered how we do things internally at Catalyst, Adam has a post covering how we handle internal communications as a virtual office on the Shadowrun blog.
I would also add that we use some internal forums and wikis for our freelancers, allowing them to discuss things as a group and share information.Five for the Future 10-30-08
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- Plug-n-play synthetic RNA
- How amateur efforts may drive space colonization
- Microwave amnesia beams
- Optic flow navigational senses for bots
- The Open Cognition Project for beneficial AI
These and other links can be found at http://delicious.com/infomorph