Afflictor: Sensing Bill Clinton just returned to the podium for the second half of his speech.
- Thoughts about the Democratic National Convention:
Opening night + Bill Clinton’s speech + President Obama’s speech.
- Old Print Article: Medical student shows off severed ear, throws it away (1900) + A vampiric religious cult grows in Kansas City (1890).
- Classic Photography: Houdini and Lincoln, Reading a Book (1920s).
- Featured Videos: Rev. Sun Myung Moon gets sassed by Al Capp (1972) + Pink Floyd jammed during the first Apollo moon walk (1969) + BBC show about the emergence of “smart” prosthetics (1979) + Artist-scientist Patrick Tresset considers the meaning of robotics + Alfred Hitchcock talks to Merv Griffing as Topaz is released (1969) + A new hovercraft is tested + Mike Douglas receives a demo in holography (1977) + Bobby Fischer thought he could predict his future (1972) + Muscle magnate Charles Atlas on What’s My Line? (1956).
- Recently Posted on NYC’s Craigslist: I am the only person on Earth adding land lines + Despite my firm grip on reality, I have financial woes + Most likely, I will turn out to be a sore winner + I’m already a sore winner.
- Venkat Rao explains how simple inventions can upset conventions.
- Freeman Dyson thinks by 3000 the solar system will civilized.
- Should rich Americans have to give away their money or leave?
- A European consortium attempts to turn the Sahara into a solar farm.
- John C. Lilly explains his 1954 invention, the isolation tank.
- High-speed trains will probably only increase air traffic.
- Neurosurgeon Henry Marsh writes about operating on brains.
- Sandy Pentland thinks Big Data should improve our decisions.
- Baseball historian Mitchell Nathanson thinks all players are using PEDs.
- One way to measure the way human ability progresses.
- What made Donald Trump become so ugly?
- How cosmonauts readjusted after falling back to Earth.
- A look at how human-machine interfaces will change society.
- Human-machine interfaces may help the paralyzed walk again.
- Driverless cars need a defense against theft and terrorism.
- Predicting what smartphones will be like in the year 2020 and beyond.
- A brief note from 1902 about a sore throat.
- A brief note from 1896 about free love.
- A brief note from 1890 about a grocery store.
- This week’s Afflictor keyphrase searches.