National Techies Day: Professions of Precision

Does Our Pursuit of AI Create Bad Advice, Fake Intelligence, and Unintentional Bias?

By Andy Green

Jul 10, 2020

Machines that think have long been the goal of artificial intelligence (AI) researchers. While today’s AI and machine-learning software has made impressive progress, it’s far from…

Sex, Love, and Robots: The Ethics and Emotions of Artificial Relationships

Science & Tech

Mind & Body

Sex, Love, and Robots: The Ethics and Emotions of Artificial Relationships

By Eden Arielle Gordon

Nov 07, 2019

From science fiction to the reality of robotic wives and therapists, artificial intelligence and robots are evolving rapidly, developing the ability to communicate and maybe even…

Science & Tech

Biography

Galileo the Disrupter: Father of Modern Science, Tech Entrepreneur, and Heretic

By Andy Green

Dec 08, 2020

Galileo was a philosopher, experimental physicist, and astronomer. Did you know he invented and sold a multi-function calculating device? He also cleverly used geometry to analyze…

Blind Faith: Religious Forgeries from the Middle Ages to the Age of Technology

Art & Culture

Early Modern

Blind Faith: Religious Forgeries from the Middle Ages to the Age of Technology

By Justine Damiano

Sep 06, 2019

Artifacts and relics have always been fascinating to the people who find or buy them. Many have tried to get their hands on relics since the Middle Ages. This demand creates the…

Ancient Tech: The Amazing Inventions of Hero of Alexandria

Ancient History

Science & Tech

Ancient Tech: The Amazing Inventions of Hero of Alexandria

By Kevin Martin

Oct 01, 2019

Our great age of technology and scientific advancement is hardly the first. In ancient Alexandria, one great mind of that era, Hero, is responsible for several amazing mechanical…

Inside the Hacker’s Mind: Sociopaths, Psychopaths, and Technology

Science & Tech

True Crime

Inside the Hacker’s Mind: Sociopaths, Psychopaths, and Technology

By Andy Green

Apr 06, 2021

Nerds may be introspective but that doesn’t mean they won’t make daring thieves. Black hat hackers use their computer knowledge to steal credit card numbers. Surprisingly they…

Modern Tech Cracks Secrets of Roman Concrete, the Voynich Codex, and the Antikythera Device

Science & Tech

Ancient History

Modern Tech Cracks Secrets of Roman Concrete, the Voynich Codex, and the Antikythera Device

By Joe Gioia

May 18, 2021

Over the ages, great discoveries and useful instruments have been lost and forgotten. There are persistent mysteries in the archeological record and medieval texts that…