A real-life implementation of the evergreen arcade game Tetris was obtained by optically trapping 42 glass microspheres (1 ?m diameter) in a 25 ?m x 20 ?m sized field under a microscope. Their positions are then steered with a computer.
The generation of multiple traps, as well as the computer-steering, is accomplished by the use of acousto-optic deflectors: devices that tune the deflection of a laser beam that have very fast response.

This page contains real-time videos and images of a ?- Tetris game, played live from the computer keyboard. (The appearance of the microspheres is influenced by the use of a contrast-enhancing microscopy technique called differential interference contrast or DIC.)

Physics of Complex Systems

Alexander Shulgin affiliated NPO which does interesting projects wrt free thought.

The Center for Cognitive Liberty & Ethics is a nonprofit education, law, and policy center working in the public interest to foster freedom of thought. The CCLE’s projects are critically important at a time when developments in pharmacology and other technologies hold both enormous promise and peril for cognitive liberty.

The CCLE defines cognitive liberty as the right of each individual to think independently and autonomously, to use the full spectrum of his or her mind, and to engage in multiple modes of thought. Any law or cultural mandate that restricts the freedom of an individual to form his or her own world view, or which restricts his or her freedom to think, perceive, or understand the world, raises a cognitive liberty issue.

Cognitive Liberty

Re-recommending it with a note that suggests that you use "cpunk" for username and password when this link gives you a username/password prompt.

Language is a uniquely human trait likely to have been a prerequisite for the development of human culture. The ability to develop articulate speech relies on capabilities, such as fine control of the larynx and mouth, that are absent in chimpanzees and other great apes.

FOXP2 is the first gene relevant to the human ability to develop language.

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Molecular evolution of FOXP2, a gene involved in speech and language