More Technology - It is Early

It's still early here so I thought I would drop a couple of extra links and words. We will start with this from Science Daily - Totally RAD: Bioengineers Create Rewritable Digital Data Storage in DNA. The article is about how some scientist has been able to program binary code into living DNA cells or turn them on or off at will. The inventor of this process says in the article that he doesn't even care how this might be used.

I also came across this from MSNBC - Gadgetbox - That 'Minority Report' interface? It's now only $70 away. It is about a new visual motion detector that allows you to interact with things without actually touching them physically. The article includes a video that shows how it works. You won't even have to know how to spell to use the internet in the future. I want to talk about this for a minute, the importance of writing.

While I enjoy the spoken word and am a good public speaker, it is not the same as writing. When one writes out one's thoughts, you have time to consider what you are saying and go back and modify it before presenting your final word on the matter. We are more and more using videos to communicate and relying less and less on the written word. We have already given up on teaching cursive handwriting to kids and it is easier and quicker than block writing.