Audience of One is the weblog of Matthew Weston, a UK student, Christian, technophile and musician.
Scientists have made a device that gives the illusion of being bilingual.
Two issues. Firstly, why have the BBC filed it under “health”? Secondly, the Tower of Babel was when God confused all the people, giving them different languages so that they couldn’t communicate. Wrong name to give a translation device, surely?
Currently listening to Samuel Barber’s Excursions for Piano
Matthew @ 12:05, October 26, 2006 | Permalink | Comments (6)
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Well, I for one think this new product from Google is fantastic. But don’t take my word for it. See for yourself.
Matthew @ 09:22, April 1, 2005 | Permalink | Comments (0)
With apologies for continuously writing about my friends, I bring you word of Martin Halstead, a former member of my tribe (read “church small group”). To quote from the article:
His feet are on the ground but his ambition is sky high. Our correspondent meets Martin Halstead, the entrepreneur who has just launched Britain’s latest passenger airline… at the of age of 18.
And a bit later on:
So this week, while Jamie proved that 29-year-old chefs know more about kids’ nutrition than the nanny state, an 18-year-old called Martin Halstead launched an airline. From April 18 there will be two flights a day between Oxford and Cambridge, which, as academics and business people know, happen to be only 65 miles (105km) apart, but are separated by 118 miles of road and an even sillier train journey that goes through London. So for £49 a journey that takes between two-and-a-half and four hours will be possible in 18 minutes’ flying time, or 70 minutes when you add in a free shuttle service that deposits passengers in the city centres.
Congratulations Martin! Finally, the secret project that everyone seems to have known about has emerged. It’s been reported by the BBC, the Telegraph and the Times, and now this blog. Good on ya, mate. Now, if I want to visit Cambridge do I get mates’ rates?
Matthew @ 18:51, March 24, 2005 | Permalink | Comments (15)
Charles Townes, the man who didn’t quite invent the laser legally even if he did technically, was awarded the Templeton Prize recently. Just one example of what I keep on saying to people: being a Christian doesn’t mean you can’t be a scientist. The evolution debate has often encouraged people in this belief. I’d just ask them to look back previous to that debate, where the Christian faith of scientists including Isaac Newton drove their investigative endeavours. They believed God was amazing, and had made an amazing world. They studied his creation. Science grew out of faith. They’re not incompatible, in fact they’re complementary and self-referential. (Just look at quantum physics for an example of the latter…)
Matthew @ 07:52, March 10, 2005 | Permalink | Comments (8)
