'Atlantis' spotted on Google Earth

I don't know about this, but it does make for some interesting reading.

A British man has claimed to have spotted the lost civilisation of Atlantis using Google Earth.

Images show that there is a rectangular area filled with criss-crossing parallel lines on the sea bed, more than three miles below the surface.

Plato described Atlantis as an island civilisation that sunk into the sea because of flooding caused by an earthquake. It surely makes me think of the worldwide flood recorded in the first book of the Bible - Genesis.

It has been the subject of speculation for many ages as to where Atlantis may now lie, if it did ever exist.

Military Robots to learn warrior code

When you read articles like these, it seems like the days of “The Terminator” are not TOO far away. For those amongst us who always hoped it would stay a science-fiction movie only might experience something different not too far in the future.

As one of the commentators on this article notes, if we as people can’t even get ethics right – how will robots. I think it will be quite a LOT of coding before they will be able to code robots to battle in war the way we want them to. For humans I know that only the grace of God will teach us to live life in an ethical way.

When it comes to robots one can think about a lot of possible problems. Just think about all the viruses we find on our computers. Imagine what could go wrong with the robots. Imagine if hackers get hold of them.

Well – the US military wants to have more and more unmanned combat vehicles in the not too distant future. I guess this made them look into the strict warrior codes which they want all robots to follow.

I guess we will only have to wait and see what happens.

You can read the full story here.

Eclipse seen from moon as earth blocks the sun

Japan’s lunar orbiter send back an amazing movie of the earth eclipsing the sun as seen from the moon.

This was the first time that this was captured from the moon. I just find it awesome to be able to see something as phenomenal as this.

You can view the video and photos here.

TED: MIT Students Turn Internet Into a "Sixth Human Sense"

I thought this was pretty amazing. It can be a bit dangerous to have so much info about people around you - but the other applications to this can be AMAZING!

Students at the MIT Media Lab have developed a wearable computing system that turns any surface into an interactive display screen. The wearer can summon virtual gadgets and internet data at will, then dispel them like smoke when they're done.

It can for instance "look" at a book and then project the rating of the book on the book cover. It can also be used to take instant photos and then use a wall or any other flat surface to edit / organize the photos you took. It can even recognize people you see and display data about them on their t-shirt (this can be quite alarming to some). I think all in all it could be part of a nice new technology.

See the full story and videos here.