Most mathematicians and physicists agree that there are at least 8 additional dimensions beyond the dimensions we know.

We know there is time and space (distance).

What might the other dimensions be?

Some thoughts:

Maybe there is a dimension where time is not relative and forward moving, but where time moves in reverse, or where there is no time (and if we could tap into this dimension, we could time travel).

Or, a dimension where there is no space and no distance (and if we could tap into this dimension, we could teleport…)

These things are relatively easy to imagine, because they are based on existing known concepts.

But, it’s hard to imagine something with which you have no relative concept.

What does the world look like to a blind person, who has never seen. What do they imagine? Do they see colors in their imagination? Or, a related question, how does a deaf person conceptualize music?  [I have not done any research on this, so if you have insights, please let me know in comments.]

What if love is not a mental construct, but a dimension.  A dimension where nothing exists but love. The bible says God is love.  Maybe this dimension is heaven.

If this is the case, maybe hell is another dimension, where there is no matter, no air, no space, and no time. An infinity of nothingness.

Check out this decontamination point at the Maun airport in Botswana. Imagine in the future airport screenings for biological agents, as well as for viruses like SARS and bird flu, to contain epidemics, and reduce the threat of bio-terror.

Scientists have developed a computerised mind-reading technique which lets them accurately predict the images that people are looking at by using scanners to study brain activity.

For more information, click here for source article [the Guardian].

check this out.

A Lab in Switzerland is using one of the world’s most powerful super computers to reproduce a fully functioning brain.

Link here.

We’re hearing a lot about alternative energy these days. But ethanol, wind and wave energy, and fuel cells, so far have many negative externalities. Solar power is still inefficient and expensive. Why don’t we hear more about the potential of free energy, the energy that exists freely in air, and is available to all nations equally? Check out this link to see all the potential technologies that can tap free energy.

I’ve also been thinking about the fresh water problem. At least one-third of the planet faces severe water shortages. More than one billion people worldwide lack access to safe and sufficient water for their household needs, subsistence and livelihoods.

Now, here’s a wild thought – what if free energy could power atmospheric water generators, a developing technology that can produce water from the humidity in air (link)?

Check out this CNBC segment featuring Lego’s innovation efforts. The Company actively solicits ideas from its customers, and customers even vote on the products they would buy, to assist Lego with product development priorities.

You can imagine the advertising possibilities with this 3M display technology…

A Discovery Channel feature on the possibility of developing a time machine.

Finally, a 1939 video for the World’s Fair, which presents a vision of the futuristic world of 1960!

Scientists and engineers and a Cornell design student are developing clothing that has the potential to eliminate viruses before giving you a cold, eats smog, so you can breath cleaner air, and never have to be washed. Microscopic nanoparticles coating the garments can actively eliminate viruses and bacteria.

For more information, click here.

One of my favorite television shows growing up was “Beyond 2000″ – hopefully, Wired Science will be as good!

[UPDATE: the Wired Science website has the pilot video]