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The Singularity Summit 2008
Nested Universe | 15 hours ago by Chris Haley
The Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence will hold The Singularity Summit 2008 on October 25, 2008 at the Montgomery Theater in San Jose, California. read more
Intel: Computers Win by 2050
Joe Duck | August 29th 2008 by Joseph Hunkins
Intel’s Chief recently explored some of the innovations that are shaping technology, and suggested that computers will surpass humans in intelligence by 2050. Although I think that is a pessimistic time frame, it is encouraging to see the read more
Why are we alone? The Fermi paradox.
Nested Universe | August 28th 2008 by Chris Haley
Possible solutions to the Fermi Paradox - the contradiction between estimates of life in the universe and a corresponding lack of evidence of extraterrestrial life. read more
Technology That Outthinks Us: A Partner or a Master?
Singularity & The Price of Rice | August 28th 2008 by Barry Mahfood
NYT - August 25, 2008 by JOHN TIERNEY In Vernor Vinge’s version of Southern California in 2025, there is a school named Fairmont High with the motto, “Trying hard not to become obsolete.” It may not sound inspiring, but to the many fans of Dr. read more
The Exponential Evolution of Technology.
Gary William Murning Online | August 27th 2008 by Gary William Murning
Inventor and futurist Ray Kurzweil, talking about some of the things that fascinate me. (Lottie — this is especially for “John”. I think he might find it interesting ) © 2008 Gary William Murning read more
Designing the Singularity: Intel receives the Overreaching Statem…
ArsGeek | August 22nd 2008
"We're making steady progress toward Ray Kurtzweil's singularity," says Justin Rattner, CTO of Intel. THE Singularity, that's what he's talking about. You know, the point where machine intelligence jogs past human intelligence and brings us to a n read more
Advancing machine intelligence - Photos
Singularity & The Price of Rice | August 22nd 2008 by Barry Mahfood
CNET News - August 22, 2008 Intel Chief Technology Officer Justin Rattner agrees with futurist Ray Kurzweil's assessment that the "singularity," when machine intelligence surpasses human intelligence, is nigh. To provide some evidence that technolo read more
Robot aircraft will ride thermals to save fuel
Singularity & The Price of Rice | August 22nd 2008 by Barry Mahfood
NewScientist.com - August 21, 2008Glider pilots harness upward-moving thermal air currents to keep them aloft for hours, while soaring birds use them to save energy. Uncrewed aerial vehicles may soon borrow the same technique to save precious fuel, u read more
Intel, Yahoo to Offer Software for Web Access on TV
Singularity & The Price of Rice | August 21st 2008 by Barry Mahfood
Bloomberg.com - August 20, 2008 by Ian King Intel Corp. and Yahoo! Inc. are creating software to give televisions the ability to display the Web without interfering with the programming, allowing a viewer to check the bio of an actor in the movie on read more
Lifelike animation heralds new era for computer games
Singularity & The Price of Rice | August 19th 2008 by Barry Mahfood
TimesOnline - August 18, 2008 by Jonathan Richards'Emily' will set a new precedent for photo-realistic characters in video games and films, says her creator, Image MetricsExtraordinarily lifelike characters are to begin appearing in films and compute read more
The Brain Unmasked - New imaging technologies reveal intricate ar…
Singularity & The Price of Rice | August 17th 2008 by Barry Mahfood
Technology Review - Wednesday, August 06, 2008 by Emily SingerThe typical brain scan shows a muted gray rendering of the brain, easily distinguished by a series of convoluted folds. But according to Van Wedeen, a neuroscientist at Massachusetts Gener read more
Beyond 3G: Ultra-fast Mobile Radio Networks Of The Future
Singularity & The Price of Rice | August 16th 2008 by Barry Mahfood
ScienceDaily - August 8, 2008Today’s growing third generation (3G) of mobile data services are only a taste of what is to come. Now, European researchers are paving the way to a world where ultra-fast internet access is available from every mobile read more
Virtual hand gets under the skin
Singularity & The Price of Rice | August 15th 2008 by Barry Mahfood
NewScientist - August 14, 2008 by Colin Barras These new amazingly realistic animations of the human hand go way beyond the demands of Hollywood (see video, right). They are detailed enough to shed light on the mystery of how the tendons and mus read more
BigDog - Do these gadgets foretell the end of days?
Singularity & The Price of Rice | August 14th 2008 by Barry Mahfood
MSNBC.com by Daniel HarrisonSay hello to your future robot overlord: BigDog. His designers at Boston Dynamics hail him as, "The Most Advanced Quadruped Robot on Earth." I'm calling him "death on the hoof."If I've learned anything from watching too ma read more
'Slow' light to speed up the net
Singularity & The Price of Rice | August 14th 2008 by Barry Mahfood
BBC News - August 13 2008 by Jason PalmerA huge increase in the speed of the internet could be produced by slowing parts of it down, say researchers.Applying the brakes could be the "metamaterials" that may make it possible to create invisibility clo read more
A 'Frankenrobot' with a biological brain
Singularity & The Price of Rice | August 13th 2008 by Barry Mahfood
Breitbart.com - August 13, 2008 Meet Gordon, probably the world's first robot controlled exclusively by living brain tissue. Stitched together from cultured rat neurons, Gordon's primitive grey matter was designed at the University of Reading by s read more
2028 vision for mechanical engineering - bio- and nanotechnology…
Singularity & The Price of Rice | August 13th 2008 by Barry Mahfood
Nanowerk News, August 12, 2008Mechanical engineers over the next two decades will be called upon to develop technologies that foster a cleaner, healthier, safer and sustainable global environment. According to the ASME report, 2028 Vision for Mechani read more
Reaching Singularity
Jar of Juice | August 13th 2008 by Kinan Jarjous
My feet felt the earth, coldly warm and moist; a fertile earth that speaks of many tongues: that of the lemon, the olives, the oranges, the bay leaves. The earth let out a sigh whispering to the wind its secrets. Senses awakened, Winds caress the lak read more
Science close to unveiling invisible man
Singularity & The Price of Rice | August 10th 2008 by Barry Mahfood
The Sunday Times - August 10, 2008 by Jonathan Leake, Science EditorINVISIBILITY devices, long the realm of science fiction and fantasy, have moved closer after scientists engineered a material that can bend visible light around objects.The breakthro read more
Bionic eye heralds cyborg revolution
Singularity & The Price of Rice | August 9th 2008 by Barry Mahfood
Telegraph.co.uk - August 6, 2008 by Roger Highfield, Science Editor An electronic eye that works like the real thing foreshadows the development of a new generation of bionic eyes and other "cyborg" technology seen in the film "Terminator" and other read more
Material bends, stretches, conducts electricity?
Singularity & The Price of Rice | August 8th 2008 by Barry Mahfood
MSNBC.com - August 8, 2008 by Julie Steenhuysen Elastic conductor could help mount circuits in places that were impossible CHICAGO - In the latest twist on electronics, Japanese scientists said on Thursday they have developed a rubbery material th read more
Want to Live Forever?
Singularity & The Price of Rice | August 7th 2008 by Barry Mahfood
Hartford Advocate - August 7, 2008 by Adam Bulger The human-life-extension movement sees a glorious future for us all "Transhumanism is the idea that it's OK to transcend the limitations of the body and brain and take control of reproduction," said read more
Microsoft taking a sip of Midori
L . i . n . k . e . r | August 6th 2008 by Premnath Sah
Midori is related to Singularity, a research project that dates back to 2003 and is basically a look at how one might architect an operating system from the ground up, given what we know now about computing and where things are headed in terms of par read more
Puppies of hero pit bull Booger are world's first commercial clon…
Singularity & The Price of Rice | August 5th 2008 by Barry Mahfood
Times Online - August 5, 2008South Korea has carried out the first commercial cloning of a pet dog, creating five identical copies of Booger the pit bull terrier for an American client.Bernann McKinney, 57, a film scriptwriter from Hollywood, blinked read more
Toyota tests Segway-like stand-up-and-ride machine
Singularity & The Price of Rice | August 5th 2008 by Barry Mahfood
Physorg.com, August 1, 2008 A model demonstrates Japanese automaker Toyota Motor Corp.'s new motorized ride "Winglet" during a press conference in Tokyo Friday, Aug. 1, 2008. Toyota will start testing the stand-up-and-ride contraption, that travels read more
Survival of the Machines - David Sachs
Singularity & The Price of Rice | August 3rd 2008 by Barry Mahfood
The Gazette, Saturday, July 19In the movie The Terminator, set in the not-too-distant future, computers become smart enough to break free of the tyranny of their human masters. Of course, the computers round up and kill the humans. It doesn't look li read more
White House advised of pending NASA announcement regarding "poten…
Nested Universe | August 2nd 2008 by Chris Haley
White House advised of the potential for life on Mars after recent provocative findings. read more
Upcoming Singularity and Artificial Intelligence Events of Intere…
Nested Universe | August 1st 2008 by Chris Haley
Upcoming events for the remainder of 2008 of interest to the Singularity, Artificial Intelligence and Robotics communities. read more
Are Virtual World and MMO Developers, um Nuts?
Dusan Writer's Metaverse | July 31st 2008
In Hamlet Au’s ground breaking book on the history and Making of Second Life, he wraps up his summary of gender-bending avatars, tax revolts, mirrored flourishing and beautiful prims with a recap of a conversation he had with Philip Rosedale, t read more
Is Midori Microsoft's post-Windows OS?
Tales from the bits | July 31st 2008
Midori is a componentized non-Windows operating system which is architected from the ground up by Microsoft. Midori is an offshoot of Microsoft Research’s singularity operating system, the tools and libraries of which are completely managed code. M read more
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