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For a smart material to be able to send out a more complex signal it needs to be nonlinear. If read more
For a smart material to be able to send out a more complex signal it needs to be nonlinear. If you hit a tuning fork twice as hard it will ring twice as loud but still at the same frequency. That's a linear response. If you hit a person twice as hard they're unlikely just to shout twice as loud. That property lets you learn more about the person than the tuning fork. - When Things Start to Think, 1999.
This problem, too, will look simple after it is solved.
This problem, too, will look simple after it is solved.
The facts of the present won't sit still for a portrait. They are constantly vibrating, full of clutter and confusion.
The facts of the present won't sit still for a portrait. They are constantly vibrating, full of clutter and confusion.
For my confirmation, I didn't get a watch and my first pair of long pants, like most Lutheran boys. I read more
For my confirmation, I didn't get a watch and my first pair of long pants, like most Lutheran boys. I got a telescope. My mother thought it would make the best gift.
The dedicated physician is constantly striving for a balance between personal, human values, scientific realities and the inevitabilities of God's read more
The dedicated physician is constantly striving for a balance between personal, human values, scientific realities and the inevitabilities of God's will.
Computers are magnificent tools for the realization of our dreams, but no machine can replace the human spark of spirit, read more
Computers are magnificent tools for the realization of our dreams, but no machine can replace the human spark of spirit, compassion, love, and understanding.
Surgery is the red flower that blooms among the leaves and thorns that are the rest of medicine.
Surgery is the red flower that blooms among the leaves and thorns that are the rest of medicine.
Relying on the government to protect your privacy is like asking a peeping tom to install your window blinds.
Relying on the government to protect your privacy is like asking a peeping tom to install your window blinds.
A man sits with a pretty girl for an hour, it seems like a minute. He sits on a hot read more
A man sits with a pretty girl for an hour, it seems like a minute. He sits on a hot stove for a minute, it's longer than any hour. That is relativity.
