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Drug Delivery Microchip Implanted in Patients, Passes Human Trial

Written by: Peter Murray 15 hours ago

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A remote drug delivery system has successfully been tested in a human trial. A microchip was implanted in 8 women [...]

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Starting March 1st, A Red License Plate in Nevada Means the Driver is a Robot!

Written by: Aaron Saenz 16 hours ago

Nevada DMV and Google Car

An extended campaign in Nevada by Google has led to a new host of provisions which will allow automated cars [...]

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SH Membership Program Update – Carl Zimmer, Ray Kurzweil, Ekso Bionics, and More

Written by: Keith Kleiner 2 days ago

Go SH!

During the last few weeks the Singularity Hub Membership program has continued to offer an awesome experience for its members. [...]

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U.S. Being Left In The Dust Of The Global Telecommuting Revolution

Written by: David Hill 2 days ago

The workplace of the future is closer than you think.

A recent poll from Ipsos/Reuters shows the extent of workplace evolution as well as the fallout of globalization. Nearly 1 [...]

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“Heart Stop Beating” – New Film Documents Heartless Man

Written by: Peter Murray 2 days ago

Dr. Bud Frazier and colleague Dr. Billy Cohn of the Texas Heart Institute replaced the hearts of 50 calves with a pump before trying the procedure on a human.

By criteria doctors conventionally use to analyze patients, Craig Lewis was dead. He had no heartbeat, no pulse, his EKG [...]

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A Vintage Toy Robot Website For The Nostalgic Nerd In All Of Us

Written by: Peter Murray 6 days ago

You remember SH Horikawa Gear Robot, don't you?

There’s nothing like vintage toys to take us back to days gone by, and there’s nothing like vintage robot toys [...]

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Gene Therapy For Blind Again A Success, More Patients To Be Treated

Written by: Peter Murray 7 days ago

Drs. Albert Maguire and Jean Bennett followed up their promising 2009 gene therapy trial by injecting in the other eye, and again improved the vision of blind participants.

In 2009, 12 people participated in a clinical trial through which they received an experimental gene therapy for an inherited [...]

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Scientists Use Brain Waves To Eavesdrop On What We Hear

Written by: Peter Murray 8 days ago

This X-ray/CT scan shows the placement of electrodes over the temporal lobe that scientists used to decode what the patient was hearing.

The day we can scan a person’s brain and “hear” their inner dialogue just got closer. Scientists at the University [...]

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While Average Lifespans Increase, 114 Remains A Stubborn And Mysterious Upper Bound. Why?

Written by: Peter Murray 9 days ago

Old grizzled man standing on hand.

Ray Kurzweil predicts that in the coming decades the term “life expectancy” will become irrelevant. By then medical advances and [...]

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Special FX Guru Aaron Sims Unveils ‘Archetype’ – New Short Film on Robots With Memories

Written by: Aaron Saenz 10 days ago

ARCHETYPE-interrogation

What good is a killing machine that’s developed a conscience? In Aaron Sims‘ exciting new short film Archetype, RL7 is [...]

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Ray Kurzweil for President (Seriously?)

Written by: Aaron Saenz 11 days ago

Kurzweil for President 2012

Ray Kurzweil has made a name for himself by forecasting important trends in consumer technology, global politics, and computer intelligence. [...]

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Want to Prepare Your Kids for the Singularity? Read Jonathan Mugan’s The Curiosity Cycle

Written by: Aaron Saenz 12 days ago

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In the future your children won’t just be competing against other children, they’ll be pitted against robots and computers too. [...]

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Meet The Author Of “Robots Will Steal Your Job, But That’s OK”

Written by: Peter Murray 13 days ago

Federico Pistoni argues that the drive for economic growth is driving us into the ground.

Growth is a good thing, right? It’s the buzzword on seemingly every politician’s lips, the answer to our economic woes. [...]

Debate Central

Aren’t we already innudated by previous alien singularity fields? Why not?

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gahlinger

We are indeed 'innudated' by aliens -- perhaps this undefined term is perfect to describe the equally undefined nature of these singularity fields.

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Matthew

to clarify; i agree that absurd was not the best word choice. no scientific question is absurd, no matter how irrelevant or inapplicable it seems. even if [...]

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IvoryTowerScientist

I can not help but think if singularity-level civilizations had come to Earth and seen human civilization in the past ten thousand years they might have stepped [...]