[ExI] 20 yrs ago vs now

[Tomaz Kristan]

Cool, yes. But you know what isn't cool?  People who are "too cool to pay
any attention".

Technology for the must unthankful and dismisive generation ever.


On Tue, Mar 18, 2014 at 4:54 AM, spike <spike66 at att.net> wrote:

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> Those of you who have been hanging out on ExI-chat for a long time,
> remember the kinds of stuff we were talking about here less than 20 yrs
> ago, how ethereal it seemed, so far off.  These are the top five stories
> today in the most mainstream news source there is, CNN:
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> *Science news*
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> *FDA considering '3-parent babies' *<http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/26/health/ivf-mitochondria/index.html?iid=article_sidebar>
>
> *updated 7:06 PM EST, Thu February 27, 2014 *
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> *[image:
> http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/111012042456-newborn-baby-birth-video-tease.jpg]*<http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/26/health/ivf-mitochondria/index.html?iid=article_sidebar>
>
> A promising way to stop a deadly disease, or an uncomfortable step toward
> what one leading ethicist called eugenics?
>
> *Huge mammoth tusk discovered*<http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/14/us/seattle-mammoth-tusk/index.html?iid=article_sidebar>
>
> *updated 8:07 PM EST, Fri February 14, 2014 *
>
> *[image:
> http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/140214124404-mammoth-seattle-0214-video-tease.jpg]*<http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/14/us/seattle-mammoth-tusk/index.html?iid=article_sidebar>
>
> Seattle paleontologists safely removed the largest fossilized mammoth tusk
> discovered in the region from a construction site.
>
> *Human lung made in lab for first time *<http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/14/health/texas-lungs-grown/index.html?iid=article_sidebar>
>
> *updated 4:37 PM EST, Fri February 14, 2014 *
>
> *[image:
> http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/140214150321-lung-comparison-video-tease.jpg]*<http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/14/health/texas-lungs-grown/index.html?iid=article_sidebar>
>
> For the first time, scientists have created human lungs in a lab -- an
> exciting step forward in regenerative medicine.
>
> *Scientists control motors inside cells*<http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/12/health/nanomotors-cells-science/index.html?iid=article_sidebar>
>
> *updated 7:55 AM EST, Wed February 12, 2014 *
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> *[image:
> http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/140211120350-nanoparticles-video-tease.jpg]*<http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/12/health/nanomotors-cells-science/index.html?iid=article_sidebar>
>
> Tiny rocket-shaped metal particles might one day take a wild ride inside
> your body.
>
> *Artificial hand lets amputee feel *<http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/05/health/bionic-hand/index.html?iid=article_sidebar>
>
> *updated 3:11 PM EST, Thu February 6, 2014 *
>
> *[image:
> http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/140205153125-bionic-hand-video-tease.jpg]*<http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/05/health/bionic-hand/index.html?iid=article_sidebar>
>
> Ten years ago on New Year's Eve, Dennis Aabo Sorensen was launching
> fireworks when a defective rocket blew up. He was rushed to the hospital,
> and his left hand was amputated.
>
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> Cool, ja?
>
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>
> spike
>
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