Dr. Geek: Smart Clothes and Cybernetic Fashions

One of my favorite movies of all time is Robert Zemeckis’ Back to the Future.  When I was young, the movie blew me away, and I had a total crush on Michael J. Fox.  I even tried to conceptualize how to make the flight conversion on cars work, and sent a letter to the President of the United States with my […]

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Dr. Geek: 3D Printers, Replicators, and the End of Consumerism

‘Tis the holidays.  Thanksgiving has just past.  Christmas is down the line.  Black Friday and CyberMonday are testaments to our drive towards consumerism.  But what if in 10, 20 years, you no longer had to shop for things?  What if all those presents people fight for in the wee hours after Thanksgiving, those must-have toys made in China, would be replaced […]

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