Some people are born beautiful. Others become beautiful. The rest visit cosmetic surgeons as they wage a holy war against Father Time and their own genetic limitations. And when those people eventually choose the wrong surgeon, they’re disfigured for life, turned into freakish mutants who are a strange and distracting parody of beauty.
That’s what’s happening now with mobile phones.
With more and more things to remember every day, will we trust computers to back up our brains? Find out in this interview with Sunil Vemuri. (read more...)
Patents have spread from products to processes, algorithms and even genes. This documentary examines the dangers to society of patenting everything. (read more...)
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