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Monday, September 9, 2002

Future of copyright -- Comment()
How should copyright be enforced online?: "Spiked Online, a UK tech site, is hosting a debate about the appropriate way for copyright infringement to be dealt with online." [Boing Boing Blog]

This is a discussion which should be higly prominent in media, but so far there hasn't been too much of discussion, just arguments. Of course, within a few years we'll see what the decision were and what kind of world we'll live in. A prisoner cage, or a creative paradise?

Bioinformatics Blog -- Comment()
Bioinformatics Blog is available for discussing topical subjects. There are about 4000 members, so this seems to be a big thing. Not too bad at all. Perhaps this kind of thing would be useful for many other kinds of research topics as well. Probably many such things already exist.

Watching over you -- Comment()
Feds plan cybersecurity center. The world of Big Brother and Brave New World is getting close. Some day the authorities will know better than you what you have done today? Where do you want be watched today? Is this the world we wanted to build with our technology?

The Brain as a User Interface -- Comment()
The Brain as a User Interface. Would you like Microsoft to install their new YQ terminal in your head? It seems that the world of science fiction (see The Last Rebel Coders) is increasingly becoming a reality.

Promises of nano -- Comment()
What Can Nanotech Do for You?. Nanotechnology for computing, for human bodies, for everything. Perhaps this all is hype, perhaps not. However, I believe progress is achieved with small steps, so it is not much use to speculate about the promises of nanotechnology in a 5-10 years timescale. Those of use who are then alive will see fascinating things, and usual things, but nobody now knows what will be the big new thing.