Category Archives: Innovation/Creativity

Is Dylan god (at least in the Battlestar Galactica universe)?

Posted on March 24, 2009 by Kevin A. Barnes

In the late ‘70s while I was in high school, it wasn’t that unusual to see “Clapton is God” scrawled on a wall. Less frequently seen1 was the message “Dylan is God.” As my musical horizons expanded after high school, … Read the rest of this entry →

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Happy Birthday, Mac!

Posted on January 24, 2009 by Kevin A. Barnes

It was 25 years ago today (January 24, 1984) that Apple unveiled the first Macintosh personal computer.  On that day a quarter century ago, Steve Jobs stood in front of a crowd of early Apple faithful and literally let the Mac out … Read the rest of this entry →

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A Cure for the “Radiation Space Travel Blues”?

Posted on April 14, 2008 by Kevin A. Barnes

Science magazine has just published a peer-reviewed article examining the radioprotective (or anti-radiation) abilities of an emerging class of drugs. [1] This follows the recent announcements that two pharmaceutical/biotech companies have received government funding to further develop their respective anti-radiation … Read the rest of this entry →

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