We often think that bigger is what the military wants. After all, the military often holds the records for the biggest aircraft, fastest plane, highest flying plane, etc. While some of these, like the C-5 Galaxy is a transport plane, it is used by the US Military and allies. Sometimes a specialized civilian aircraft such…
One of the tech areas that the military likes to focus on is survivability. That is making sure their troops, planes, ships, tanks, and even munitions can survive encounters with the enemy. Understand that different countries take different approached based upon preferred tactics, technology know how, manufacturing capabilities, etc. Some countries are even better at…
OK, if you’re going to talk about the military and technology, you cannot not talk about War. And it’s been asked, “What is it Good for” – Now you can get philosophical about this and say it is not good for anything. Or you can be like Carl von Clausewitz in his book On War….
Gene editing, raises a host of ethical considerations and concerns. Here are some of the key ethical considerations regarding gene editing: Now in a best case scenario, we use something like CRISPR to reduce our chances to catching diseases, cancer, etc. We edit out genes that can cause us to gain unhealthy weight, and the…
Over time, there are a lot of potential manipulations that one can do to their body. These include now both pre-birth as well as after birth. We’re going to look at three common things. CRISPR and Gene Editing “Genes consist of DNA, which determines what an organism is like, its appearance, how it survives, and how…
While we’ve looked at some advantages of a cashless society, we should also look at some disadvantages. Here are some common issues people have: Less Privacy If I want to buy a present for my wife, I will often pay in cash at the store so she doesn’t go asking “What did you buy at…
In order to properly discuss this topic, we’d like to look at what is a cashless society, and what do we mean by that? Cashless can refer to any method of payment that doesn’t require physical bank notes (cash and coins). This could be debit cards, credit cards, mobile pay apps, or even facial recognition…
A cashless society is where people rely more on electronic forms of payment, such as credit cards, debit cards, and mobile payments, rather than using cash. Seeing how many people already have mobile phones, and credit and/or debit cards, this might seem to make sense to move people to. This requires people to have access…
