2012

Doctor Who - Time-Flight

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“Time-Flight” is the last adventure of the nineteenth season of “Doctor Who” classic series which aired in 1982 featuring the Fifth Doctor, Tegan and Nyssa. It follows “Earthshock” and it’s a four parts adventure written by Peter Grimwade and directed by Ron Jones.

A portion of an IBM nanophotonic chip. In blue the optical waveguides transmitting high-speed optical signals and in yellow the copper wires carrying high-speed electrical signals (Image courtesy International Business Machines Corporation. All rights reserved)

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IBM announced that a significant step forward in what is called silicon nanophotonics, which the integration of optical communications with common silicon chips. This technology uses light pulses instead of electrical signals for communications and provides a kind of highway to transport large volumes of data between silicon chips.

Ben Browder at Dragoncon 2010

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Robert Benedict Browder was born on December 11, 1962 in Memphis, Tennessee. He’s famous for playing John Crichton in the TV show “Farscape”. He also played Cameron Mitchell in the last two seasons of the TV show “Stargate SG-1” and in the two Stargate movies produced later.

Dark Universe by Daniel F. Galouye

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The novel “Dark Universe” by Daniel F. Galouye was published for the first time in 1961. Jared Fenton is one of the survivors who live in caves relying above all on their hearing but also on their sense of smell and touch. His tribe lives on despite the threats of various creatures such as giant bats and other groups of humans, above all the Zivvers, who are very dangerous due to their extraordinary abilities.