Wolfram Alpha Knows the Secret of Time Travel
Wolfram Alpha launched late Friday afternoon, giving everyone, including bloggers, a weekend to play with the “computational knowledge engine”. The service uses the back-end of Stephen Wolfram’s...
View ArticleALT/1977: If Today’s Gadgets Had Been Made in the 70s
What if you could travel back in time to the 1970s? What would you do? That is the question asked by Alex Varanese in his wonderful ALT/1977 project. His answer? [G]rab all the modern technology I...
View ArticleHow to Make a Clock Run for 10,000 Years
High on a rocky ridge in the desert, nestled among the brush, is the topmost part of a clock that has been ticking for thousands of years. It looks out over the ruins of a spaceport, built by a rich ...
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