It all comes down to genetics – which determine blood proteins, aging and antibodies. It all comes down to the blood. The ongoing mutations of an already virulent virus – those are the real metaphorical 12 Monkeys, of the movie title. Ebola was originally spread by bat guano, in a cave and monkeys – different … Continue reading Plague Rat: An Outbreak Caused by a Stowaway
Tag: science fiction
The Love App Environment
Love Alarm, a Korean show, on Netflix, is like social media meets science fiction - Ghost in the Shell, for the romantic drama genre. The titular app works on various indicators like heart rate, respiratory rate, perspiration, and so forth. Love Alarm and Heart Shield are fictional apps that operate like the mind and the … Continue reading The Love App Environment
Virus World and Zombie Fictions
Viruses Zombies tend to operate using a rudimentary hive mind. The individual zombies aren't smart, but the virus's collective unconscious is – like a kudzu creeping vine or a mold colony – or the Mind Flayer, in Season 2, of Stranger Things. Misidentification of the zombies as simply expired or as having rabies, Ebola, Mad … Continue reading Virus World and Zombie Fictions
Hologram Love
"My Holo Love" is really good; this show is everything I was talking about, in my last post: augmented reality, Google glass/smart glasses, driverless cars, smart homes and the Internet of things. Holograms marry advancements in AI, since the widespread use of digital personal assistants, like Siri and Alexa, with augmented reality, already in some … Continue reading Hologram Love
Tech World 2020
Google Glass should be banned, like drones are banned on military installations. Casinos and those concerned with film piracy should also ban it. Any (LED) light, that comes on to say the device is recording, can easily be worked around by software, like the ban on facial recognition apps, that Google originally placed in the device. … Continue reading Tech World 2020
The Last Skywalker Awakens
Rey is the avatar, for all of the Jedi. Rey is also a grandchild of not a Skywalker, but Senator Palpatine/Darth Sidious. She could have become a Sith Empress. She is a Jedi, but she can also shoot Force Lightning. Nothing is ever in black and white. Rey didn't end up with Finn or Kylo/Ben … Continue reading The Last Skywalker Awakens
