Transhumanism; a 'secular spirituality'?

For those who are uninitiated, Transhumanism(>H, H+) is a movement rooted in the concept of lengthening, improving, and eventually transcending humanity through the pursuits of science and technology. This includes virtual and augmented reality which can eventually be used to digitize consciousness, gene therapy, cryonics and designer drugs to extend the human life span, and a dazzling array of techniques that are on the bleeding edge and are being pushed every day to the limits of imagination.

It sounds like a Gibsonesque sci-fi plot, but it's every day science, and it's growing.
Now, I'm Christian, and region not being a trait very common in any room full of Western scientists, atheism gets tossed in my face quite often. I, however, have to admit that the concept of a godless, faithless spirituality is quite interesting, if not appealing. What do you think?

Read up.

Mind the gap.

What is 'beatjazz"?

The product of Onyx Ashanti (quite possibly the blackest name since Darkie McBlackface), BeatJazz is his invention which combines a HUD, two button interfaces that allow for gesticular control, and an input mouthpiece. The combination of devices allow for a type of improvisational performance never before possible. Are you ready for six minutes of the future in music?




One of my biggest peeves with sci-fi is their depiction of music of the future. It always ruins it for me when the writer comes up with something trite. Not now. Oh this is a very good day for me. Damn good day.

BeatJazz. Remember that you heard it here first.

-Mind the gap

Paraplegic man now moving!

How? NEUROSCIENCE!

I heard this story on NPR this morning. Truly amazing stuff.


Now, to get a Robospine™ and a MechaFist™ to go with my ZombieHand™

Kickin some Shell!!

So apparently, IDW is relaunching Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and if these images mean anything, they are going back to their roots.


My girlfriend has a thing for Donatello. Me? Pff. We all know who is the baddest, raddest Turtle.



Shell yeah.


Hitting stands in August FULL COLOR. I can't wait! For good measure, check out Fight the Foot, a test trailer by Richard Krause


-Mind the gap.

Someone pass me a chainsaw-

Because I'm getting new hands!! This kid lost control of his left hand after a work accident, and got it amputated, then UPGRADED.


I want a matching set.


You know you want one, too.

-Mind the gap

Ooh, a shameless plug!

My girlfriend, for the longest time, reeled in horror if anyone called her a geek, even while she was in the middle of doing geeky shit. Then she started playing Magic: The Gathering. Then there was the video games, oh, and comics.

Lord, does she love comics.

I feel bad, because it's my fault. She was such a cute little undercover geek (that watches the IT Crowd... and gets the jokes), and now she lets her freak flag fly.

Just recently, she has crossed over into the realm of the... wait for it... hollllld...
uber-geeky. She writes a geeky blog about geeky shit. I know that I'm biased, but she's funny as hell, and has a really fresh insight.

I find it refreshing to see what someone who is relatively new to sci-fi and fantasy and manga and comics and such has to say about them from not being immersed in them their whole lives. Check it out.

That, and she makes a mean snickerdoodle.


-Mind the gap.

Mortal Mon-er, Tuesday

Namaster, Bitches! With the latest Mortal Kombat video game in development and forcing drool from the faces of gore-happy fanboys more every day, we are given another treat.

Do you remember the pitch footage of a little gem called Mortal Kombat: Rebirth from last year? Don't remember?
Here you go

Well, they didn't get Warner Bros. to bite, so they turned it into a web series Called Mortal Kombat Legacy.
And it's so good my ass hurts.

I can't believe I have to wait a week till the next one.


-Mind the gap


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Trade-off

What I should be doing is writing. What I am doing is reading.

I know, I know- it's fundamental, I'm the first to say it. The problem is that I am reading Walter Mosely's Futureland, re-reading Orson Scott Card's Ender's Game and Warren Ellis' Transmetropolitan , and like an idiot, I decided that today would be a good time to open Gibson's Neuromancer.

So, instead of giving you the super-delicious, oh-so juicy articles and comics that I have been promising, I'm thigh-deep in reading three of the best pieces of sci-fi... period. It could be worse. At least I'm not blowing you off for the demon seed of Stephanie Meyer's(lack of) imagination.

If I catch a lull, or finish early, I promise to spend all of my time giving you that thing you like so much.

And you know you do.

-Mind the gap

Bollywood Matrix- Endhiran.

You haven't seen this movie. You haven't heard of it, and no-one that you know is remotely aware of its existence, but it's your future new favorite movie.

I could tell you about the frequent, full-blown music videos, but I won't.

I could, instead, let you in on the INSANE fight scenes, but that, too would be a disservice to you.

Instead, I'm just going to leave this right here.

Enjoy the trailer for the Tamil language sci-fi flick, Endhiran.

And you are so, so freaking welcome.

Mind the gap.