May 26, 2015 | Consciousness & Life, Science, Tech
(This is my 200th article for Alter Minds :D ) Anna Hunt, Waking Times | Brainwave entrainment is a way to train the brain to sync to a certain frequency, such as gamma, beta, deta, theta and alpha. Each frequency matches a certain state of consciousness. For example, deta is the brainwave dominant while in an unconscious…
May 24, 2015 | Science, Tech
The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has received government permission to field test its HELLADS laser weapon system. “The technical hurdles were daunting, but it is extremely gratifying to have produced a new type of solid-state laser with unprecedented power and beam quality for its size,” DARPA program manager Rich Bagnell said in…
May 23, 2015 | Etc, OMG, Tech, Video
The Dawn of The Planet of The Apes is here and we were fortunate enough to get an inside look at how the movie was made. Enjoy. 1. $120,000 million budget The movie cost $120 million to produce and created over 15,000 jobs. Huge budget, but check out the trailer. Totally worth it. 2. Same team…
May 21, 2015 | Science, Tech
February 11, 2015 marked five years in space for NASA ’s Solar Dynamics Observatory, which provides incredibly detailed images of the whole sun 24 hours a day. Capturing an image more than once per second, SDO has provided an unprecedentedly clear picture of how massive explosions on the sun grow and erupt ever since its…
May 17, 2015 | Science, Tech
Gigantic spiraling vortex appear in the skies of Norway and Sweden. Are they alien or ufo based? Are they some weird portal?…completely unexplainable. In the early hours of December 9th, 2009, thousands of people in northern Norway and Sweden were roused from their beds by concerned family and friends, to witness an incredible celestial event.…
Apr 30, 2015 | Tech
By Eric Draitser / truth-out.org Scientific and technological innovations have the power to fundamentally transform human civilization as new possibilities previously deemed impossible are made realities. However, it is not the technologies themselves that dictate the nature of the political, economic or social evolution. Rather, it is control over, and access to, technology that has…