M.J. Rose

(from Viewzone.com)

“Given that Tesla’s inventions generally possessed an element of social conscience, of doing good for humanity, it may seem surprising that he created a number of devices with military applications. And the notion of the Tesla harnessing his mind for purposes of war may seem immensely frightening. After all, this is the man who boasted that with his resonance generator he could split the earth in two… and no one was ever quite sure whether he was joking.

The first Tesla invention with a proposed military use was his automaton technology, with which the labor of human beings could be performed by machines. Specifically, Tesla produced remote-controlled boats and submarines. He demonstrated the wireless ship at an exposition in Madison Square Garden in 1898. The automaton apparatus was so advanced, it used a form of voice recognition to respond to the verbal commands of Tesla and volunteers from the audience.

In public, Tesla spoke only of the humanitarian virtues of the invention: it would lessen the toils and drudgery of mankind and keep human lives out of harm’s way. But Tesla actually had his hopes on a contract with the U.S. military…”

For the complete article click here. Be sure to watch the video below for some very interesting background on the mystery…

It seems like almost every day we hear about something completely new out there in our grand, mysterious universe.

A star-less, ‘homeless’ planet is finally discovered after much searching…

An artist’s impression of lonely ‘homeless’ planet CFBDSIR2149 Photo: European Southern Observatory

By Hannah Furness

A young “homeless planet”, up to seven times the size of Jupiter and with no gravitational ties, has been spotted by scientists for the very first time.

The lonely planet, called CFBDSIR2149 at the moment, is deemed “homeless” as it does not orbit a star.

It is the first isolated planet of its kind ever to be discovered by scientists, after more than a decade of searching in a process described as “looking for a single needle in amongst thousands of haystacks.”

Up to seven times the size of Jupiter, it is free-floating with no gravitational link and meets the specific criteria of mass, temperature and age to be designated as a “planet”…

For the complete post click here to go to The Telegraph.

Readers, this is one of the most interesting and mysterious articles I have read in ages. It makes me want to pack my bags for a “blue zone”! What do you think this geographical “fountain of youth” is about? The air, the water, the people, the lifestyle, the napping, or something else more inexplicable or supernatural? Please share your ideas in the comments – we’re excited to hear from you.

The Island Where People Forget to Die

By DAN BUETTNER

In 1943, a Greek war veteran named Stamatis Moraitis came to the United States for treatment of a combat-mangled arm. He’d survived a gunshot wound, escaped to Turkey and eventually talked his way onto the Queen Elizabeth, then serving as a troopship, to cross the Atlantic. Moraitis settled in Port Jefferson, N.Y., an enclave of countrymen from his native island, Ikaria. He quickly landed a job doing manual labor. Later, he moved to Boynton Beach, Fla. Along the way, Moraitis married a Greek-American woman, had three children and bought a three-bedroom house and a 1951 Chevrolet…

Read the rest here at The New York Times.