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Thoughts on travelling

David Saliba — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 22:49:19 +0000

I always liked travelling, born in a small island Just a few hundred square kilometers, any excuse is great for some change.I have been to London for a workshop a while ago. While I have been to London before, i was never alone, but this time it was different and besides the great work mates [...]

First steps to a better life

admin — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 22:52:23 +0000

We all have parts of our lives we are not happy with. When there are aspects we want or at least feel we should change some third party guidelines might help. When you need help the first you need to ask is yourself.. 1 ) Look for your true desires Society has a way, I have learnt, [...]

Robot that flies like a bird!

admin — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 23:06:00 +0000

Man long dreamt of flying “Like a bird”. While many said over the millennia that either God forbade man from flight, or it’s impossible the bird’s wings are too intricate or complex to reproduce. Leonard designed long ago an avian inspired wing. This has now changed thanks to Markus Fischer and his team from Festo a [...]

An exercise in empathy

David Saliba — Sun, 05 Jun 2011 08:35:11 +0000

This video left me speechless.. It will take you through an exercise in understanding other people’s point of view. This world needs more teachers of this kind in schools.

The feelings of machines

David Saliba — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 21:02:41 +0000

Have you ever heard of human rights or animal rights ? Obviously yes .. Have you ever considered the moral implications of formatting a hard disk or throwing a dvd away. The first knee jerk reaction is “nonsense” . This might change in the near future. New trends in robotics can convey complex behavior and expressions. The following [...]

The lost astronauts

David Saliba — Sun, 27 Feb 2011 12:03:01 +0000

A parable from somewhere deep in space .. Report on Biosphere 1983275490245 …. year 13751234530.432 cosmological local oscillatory time far away in the distant cooler centre, the biosphere travelling at a calm pace of 600Km/s in synchrony with its Galaxy and Cluster stationed it’s self in orbit around a small sun at a distance just right to [...]

Karma

admin — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 23:22:48 +0000

So do you believe the saying “what goes around comes around” ? I used to; but lately I started believing or rather thinking that this is just another simplification and generalization we like to keep under our pillow as a comfortable feeling of divine retribution. I came clear on this when, after telling my daughter Michelle “what goes [...]

Is Science just a new religion ?

David Saliba — Sun, 12 Dec 2010 23:16:07 +0000

Every religion starts small and usually sounds like raving lunatics, weird prophets, strange unintelligible writings that “magically” start making sense on hindsight. The sects tend to be secluded and often rejected and even pursued elites for quite an extended period of time. Once the older institutions wear off their charm on the younger smarter individuals, these turn [...]

On Growth

David Saliba — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 00:39:03 +0000

The fact that we grow is taken for granted. It’s a process of accumulation and expansion of possibilities. We grow in many ways, positive and negative. There are some types of growth I think are fundamental, some are natural and some are self enforced. Different people grow at different rates (if any) and stop and decline [...]

The beauty of beauty

David Saliba — Sun, 10 Oct 2010 21:27:41 +0000

One of the most important aspect of human cognition that rules a vast majority of our emotions is Beauty. It is such an ephemeral property but we attribute to almost all objects, places, and people to some degree or another in the positive or negative. The famous statement: “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder” [...]