Andy (אברהם נפתלי) Blumenthal Leadership, Technology, Life, and Faith ✡

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The mind's eye can see what the real eye's don't. Perhaps, we see something (or not) and then rationalize it away or use any oth...

Just wanted to share this saying (translated from Hebrew) that I like: On taste and smell, there is no argument. What tastes or smells...

So earlier in the week, I had a great opportunity to visit the NIST Center for Neutron Research (NCNR).  It was fascinating to see the...

So this is a funny story from today. I had a wonderful opportunity to tour a couple of labs at NIST today. One of them does work in co...

So there was another collision of a U.S. Navy Destroyer. The Navy destroyer collided early today with an oil tanker off of Singapore.  ...

Hey, I'm not for erecting walls when there is no need for them. Who instead doesn't love to build bridges--full of peace and bro...

I was so excited by this photo in the Wall Street Journal today. YuMi, an industrial robot by ABB, is adroitly writing Chinese calligra...

What beauties these purple flowers are? Tall on the thin green stem.  And then ballooning and budding out into these futuristic spheri...

This picture is an older version of Oculus Rift --larger, heavier, more clunky than the streamlined version coming out this April for $599...

Very short, but cool video of this spooky kinetic art that I took today. It is by artist, Tim Tate and it's called  The Guardian . We...

Awesome robotic sentry being deployed by South Korea along the DMZ. Ubergizmo reports that the Samsung SGR-A1 costs just $200,000 and su...

I liked this concept reported on in BBC Technology  about using swarms of sensors to create a type of electronic or "smart skin....

I like this short video on advances in Augmented Reality by Applied Research Associates (ARA). ARA supports DARPA's Urban Leader Tact...

Great new medical examination device from Tyto Care . Handheld, mobile, cloud-based solution for performing a basic medical examination, ...

Some really great ideas here for the highway of the future. These are the inspiration of interactive artist Daan Roosegaarde. To save e...

So I'm not the biggest fan of Disney theme parks -- maybe that is not a popular thing to write. But to me, the rides alternate bet...

Absolutely amazing development in robotics... According to the Wall Street Journal , Harvard University researchers have developed autono...

So excited about the Army's experimental Tactical Assault Light Operator Suit (TALOS).  This is really our fast, strong, and agile fi...

This is a wonderful new product available from Lift Labs . It is a spoon for people that suffer from hand tremors, like those from Parkin...