Storified by Sigalon · Thu, Oct 27 2011 02:04:33

THE first internet boom, a decade and a half ago, resembled a religious movement. Omnipresent cyber-gurus, often framed by colourful PowerPoint presentations reminiscent of stained glass, prophesied a digital paradise in which not only would commerce be frictionless and growth exponential, but democracy would be direct and the nation-state would no longer exist. One, John-Perry Barlow, even penned “A Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace”.

— economist.com · Wed, Apr 27 2011 23:02:58

French President Nicolas Sarkozy has a fairly tempestuous relationship with the Internet. He’s the man who backed the controversial ”Hadopi” laws that kick copyright infringers offline — the model for “three strikes” legislation around the planet. He’s proposed taxes on Internet use and has talked regularly about creating a “civilized” Internet. And now he’s taking his campaign global.

— gigaom.com · Wed, Apr 27 2011 23:04:48

6 Web Pioneers on What the Internet of the Future Will Look Like

Founders of AOL, MapQuest, Yelp, Drupal, WordPress, and Joomla! respond to the question: "What is the future of the Internet?"

Q&A: Vinton Cerf on the Internet’s Future - Digits - WSJ

Vinton Cerf is widely recognized as one of the founding fathers of the Internet and currently holds the title of "chief Internet evangelist" at search giant Google.

HowStuffWorks "What is the future of the Internet?"

Can we predict the future of the Internet? See how communication, transactions and entertainment might develop in the future of the Internet.

Blog The Future of the Internet — And How to Stop It

April 25th, 2011  |  by Jennifer  |  Published in filtering, opennet initiative  |  Click to comment Last month the OpenNet Initiative published a report that shines light on one of the more sensitive business practices of Western Internet security and filtering companies. These companies – including McAfee (an Intel subsidiary), Websense, and Netsweeper – promote their filtering technologies in the West as tools for parents and schools trying to shield children from online pornography and e...

House bill to expand Internet sales tax collection | AP Texas News | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle

AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas House approved a bill on Tuesday that would expand the number of Internet companies required to collect sales tax. The bill, which passed on a 122-23 vote, would change the definition of what it means to have a physical presence in Texas. State Rep. John Otto, R-Dayton, said it would force Internet-based companies like Amazon.com to collect sales taxes if they pay marketers in Texas to advertise for them. Under a U.S. Supreme Court ruling, a company does not have to...

The Future of the Internet - National Geographic | Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project

New findings from the Pew Internet Project's recent survey of experts about the state of the internet in the year 2020

Branded Data: Visualizing the Internet's Future | Endless Innovation | Big Think

It all started with the humble infographic - those charming representations of well-designed data that are fast becoming ubiquitous across the Web. Infographics, in fact, have become so popular as a way of telling complex stories very elegantly (and generating massive page views) that they've spawned a whole new generation of increasingly sophisticated data visualization tools that are making it possible to view the data behind very complex political, financial and socio-economic trends in r...

Internet:History and future - virtualMVwiki

1970’s -[71 ARPANET 4 Nodes, eMail, 75 ARPANET operational] 1980’s - [83 MILNET, 85 NSF Net, 89 ARPANET retired] 1990 - [91:Berners-Lee Hypertext; 92: Veronica. 93:Mosaic, InterNIC] 1994 - Navigator, IE, Java, Browser wars 1998 [Google, NZ:Telecom trials broadband] 1999 [First Blog, Napster, NZ:TradeMe, Jetstream] Internet2, Abilene backbone and performance ('03) 2007 Japan has the world's fastest Internet connections Internet growth in New Zealand 1999-2004 6 Predictions for the internet Hi...

China and the future of the Internet | Davos Notebook

Participants at the WEF talk candidly about the challenges to shared values of privacy and freedom posed by the Chinese government's approach to the Internet. At the same time, the economic potential of doing business in and with China can be overwhelmingly alluring. How do you take a stand against the dragon when it will also buy a billion units of anything you can send it?

Future of Internet in Question | Censorship Watch

The Internet as we know it may soon be HistoryNot long ago we saw an unparalleled attack on the freedom of our Internet by the U.S. government, partially in retaliation to the Wikileaks fiasko. It began with the seizure of 82 domains and ended with a whole variety of moves to bring down WikiLeaks and/or block access to it. Clearly the government of the United States has launched a new campaign to control the Internet.The U.S. government has been able to seize, not only block domains, taking ...

Storified by Sigalon · Thu, Oct 27 2011 02:07:32

Nuclear power - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia See also: Nuclear energy and Nuclear binding energy "Atomic Power" redirects here. For the film, see Atomic Power (film). This article is about the power source. For nation states that are nuclear powers, see List of states with nuclear weapons. is the use of sustained Nuclear fission to generate heat and do useful work. Nuclear Electric Plants, Nuclear Ships and Submarines use controlled nuclear energy to heat water and produce steam, while in space, nu...

The IAEA is the world's center of cooperation in the nuclear field. It was set up in 1957 as the world's "Atoms for Peace" organization within the United Nations family. The Agency works with its Member States and multiple partners worldwide to promote safe, secure and peaceful nuclear technologies.

— iaea.org · Tue, Apr 26 2011 13:23:41

Our Work: Nuclear Energy

The IAEA is providing regular updates on the Fukushima Nuclear Accident in Japan. Read updates Over 3.3 million bibliographic records and more than 280,000 full-text non-conventional documents are now fully indexed and searchable on the Internet using Google-based technology. Search INIS here International Status and Prospects of Nuclear Power describes the interest in nuclear power around the world, current projections about its future, new technological developments and the challenges face...

Chernobyl disaster - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia This is the latest accepted revision, accepted on . This article is about the 1986 nuclear plant accident in Ukraine. For more, see Chernobyl (disambiguation). The nuclear reactor after the disaster. Reactor 4 (center). Turbine building (lower left). Reactor 3 (center right). Pripyat, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union, now Ukraine Location of Chernobyl nuclear power plant The abandoned city of Pripyat with Chernobyl plant in the distance Radio-operated bulldoz...

Tjernobyl och Kärnkraftsbloggen

Fakta: Celsium, sievert och becquerel Cesium-137 har en halveringstid på 30 år, men ofta minskar halterna i djur och växter snabbare än förväntat eftersom det radioaktiva ämnet binds i jorden. På så sätt tas inte ämnet upp av växterna och djuren får inte i sig det via födan. Sievert (Sv) är måttenheten för den stråldos som en människa får i sig. 1 sievert är en hög stråldos som ger på gränsen till allvarliga skador. Vanligtvis används enheterna millisievert (mSv) — en tusendels sievert och m...

Fukushima I nuclear accidents - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia "Fukushima nuclear accidents" redirects here. For the incidents at Fukushima II (Fukushima Daini), see Fukushima II Nuclear Power Plant. Fukushima I nuclear accidents Satellite image on 16 March of the four damaged reactor buildings 11 March 2011–ongoing INES Level 7 (ratings by Japanese authorities as of 11 April) 37 with physical injuries, 2 workers taken to hospital for radiation exposure The Fukushima I nuclear accidents ( Fukushima Dai-ichi () gensh...

Hur säkra är de svenska kärnkraftverken? - Vetandets värld | Sveriges Radio

Hur säkra är de svenska kärnkraftverken? Ett kärnkraftverk behöver omfattande säkerhetssystem, inte bara för att reaktorhärden ska kunna hållas i sch...

Tokyo Water Radiation Falls to Zero for First Time Since Crisis - Businessweek

Radiation from the Fukushima Dai- Ichi nuclear power plant fell to undetectable levels in Tokyo’s tap water for the first time since March 18, the capital’s public health institute said.

Kropp & Själ är programmet för dig som vill veta hur du ska göra för att må bra och leva länge. Vi vänder oss till dig som har hälsa som hobby, men också till dig som inte alls känner dig som en sportig typ. Vi står för en helhetssyn där kroppen och själen intimt hänger samman, med frågor om träning, mat, sex, psykologi och medicin.

Storified by Sigalon · Thu, Oct 27 2011 02:08:20

Bli smartare! - Kropp & Själ | Sveriges Radio

Bli smartare! Vem kan rabbla tyska prepositioner och briljera med kunskaper om svenska regenter idag när är det enda du behöver lära dig utantill är k...

Mind Event – Toward a Science of Consciousness, 1-8 maj, 2011

Idag kan ni lyssna på mig på P1 klockan 10.00 i programmet Kropp och Själ där jag kommer att prata om Mind Event. Missa inte det mina vänner! /Christer Perfjell   Vi välkomnar BIG Travel som sponsor av annonsering i Expressen, Kvällsposten och GT! Nu är det klart att Mia-Marie Hammarlin kommer att vara en av våra moderatorer  under TSC-konferensen. Mia-Marie har en PhD i entnologi och arbetar idag som forskare och lektor vid  institutionen för Kommunikation och Medier på Lunds Universitet. H...

Sjukt och friskt i litteraturen - Kropp & Själ | Sveriges Radio

Sjukt och friskt i litteraturen Sjukdomar och hälsoråd har blivit ett vanligt inslag i litteraturen. Kropp & Själs redaktion har gjort en djupdyk...