A former professor of mine from City has been a strong proponent of science and teaching it to the masses. Along with other such popular authors in the field Professor Kaku uses his keen understanding of the fundamentals of reality and his excellent speaking skills to spread the wonder of technology and science. Currently on several cable channels (I am watching it on "The Science" channel) Professor Kaku is tackling the idea of "time" , what it is and what it means from a scientific , geological, human and universal perspective. I recall well the class I took with him , "The Physics of Science Fiction" he was always willing to discuss and explain concepts and did so in a such a way that you just got it. Check your local listing to see if you can catch the episodes ...or they might be on youtube. ;) http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/documentaries/features/time.shtml
A chronicle of the things I find interesting or deeply important. Exploring generally 4 pillars of intense research. Dynamic Cognition (what every one else calls AI), Self Healing Infrastructures (how to build technological Utopia), Autonomous work routing and Action Oriented Workflow (sending work to the worker) and Supermortality (how to live...to arbitrarily long life spans by ending the disease of aging to death.)