Allowing Blind People to Drive Cars

Posted Aug 20, 2011 at 2:25 pm

I was thinking about how it was unfair that blind people aren’t allowed to drive cars just because they can’t see anything. I guess it is important to be able to see where you are going and where things are on the road. Not driving is one solution, but I have scienced together a better [...]

Natural Selection Vs. Technology

Posted Jul 28, 2010 at 1:22 pm

Natural selection is the process by which individuals of a species that are best suited to the environment survive to reproduce and pass on their beneficial traits. It is believed to be the primary mechanism that drives evolution. With the human species, one of the results of this is the increased intelligence required to develop [...]

High Tech = Obnoxious Beeping?

Posted Jan 7, 2010 at 4:18 pm

Why is it that whenever there is a computer in a show or movie, it has to make all kinds of beeping sounds? It seems to be most common in science fiction and action where things are supposed to be “high tech.” So why does high tech have to mean annoying? It’s not just the [...]