Category Archives: Learning

What’s your Brain Performance Index (BPI)?

Posted on February 16, 2012 by NealWalters

A few weeks ago, I found a sight that practically claims it will help you improve your brain health and performance.  It’s called Lumosity.com. They allow you to play a few games, for free, then encourage you to upgrade to … Continue reading →

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Google Reveals Stats in “Amicus Curiae” Brief

Posted on January 27, 2011 by NealWalters

Google recently filed an “amicus curiae” brief in a New York federal court case where EMI (record label) is suing MP3tunes.  An amicus curiae is someone, not a party to a case, who volunteers to offer information to assist a … Continue reading →

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What if you could remember everything? (Book Review of “Total Recall”)

Posted on October 24, 2010 by NealWalters

“Total Recall” is the concept that in today’s digital world, you can save and retrieve massive amounts of data. Gordon Bell and Jim Gemmell are both researchers at Microsoft. Gordon is putting all of his atom- and electron-based bits in … Continue reading →

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Doubling Knowledge and the IT Professional

Posted on September 25, 2009 by NealWalters

Ray Kurzweil, author of “The Singularity” forecasts geometric growth in knowledge and technology to a point in approximately 2045, beyond which we are unable to see. Consider for example, my first computer had a 10 megabyte hard-drive that cost about … Continue reading →

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What if?

Posted on January 3, 2009 by NealWalters

Discovered on: http://thefischbowl.blogspot.com/2007/03/2020-vision-on-designshare.html

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