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Tag Archives: China
Will The Future of the Internet be Written in Chinese?
photo © 2009 Hygiene Matters | more info (via: Wylio) English is the most spoken language on the internet, with [...]
China Owns the Fastest Supercomputer …Now What? (video)
Early in October, China revealed that they have developed the world’s fastest supercomputer at their National Supercomputing Center in Tianjin. [...]
Posted in Computer Interfaces
Tagged China, intel, Jack Dongarra, Jaguar, nVidia, Steven Koonin, supercomputer, supercomputing, Tianhe-1a, US
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China’s 10 Day Traffic Jam – Exponential Growth at its Worst
Now for a traffic update – if you’re on the G110 highway north of Beijing, don’t expect to do anywhere [...]
Posted in Singularity
Tagged 10 days, 60 miles, Beijing, China, Chinese jam, mega jam, mega traffic jam, traffic jam
22 Comments
The Growing Robot Culture: China Builds Giant Optimus Prime Out of Junk (video)
As if you needed convincing that the world loves robots, China’s given us 6 tons of more evidence. That’s the [...]
Posted in Art, Robots
Tagged Bi Heng, China, Kwansformer, Optimus Prime, robot statue, transformer
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Sorry China, No More ‘Sexting’
Censorship in China just got a little kinky. Chinese mobile phone users wanting to send that special someone a scandalous [...]
Posted in Singularity
Tagged China, Global Times, monitoring, sexting, SMS, Southern Metropolis Weekly, Telegraph, TEXT, TXT
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Genetically Modified Rice and Corn To Grow in China, then the World
China grows a lot of rice – about 60 million tonnes a year. It also consumes most of that, only [...]
Chinese Woman Surgically Modifies Fingerprints to Illegally Enter Japan
When people really want to enter a country, they’ll try anything. Chinese national Lin Rong, 27, reportedly paid surgeons 100,000 [...]
Posted in Singularity
Tagged biometrics, China, fake fingerprints, japan, lin rong, scanners
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China: “We Don’t Use Executed Prisoners for Organs…Not Anymore”
The Chinese government has many strengths, but I don’t think that international PR is one of them. In a report [...]
Posted in Genetics, Longevity And Health, Stem Cells
Tagged artificial organs, China, organ tourism, organ trafficking, organs, Red Cross, Stem Cells
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Genetic Testing of Chinese Children: Fraud and Future
Depending on who you ask the genetic testing of children is a nightmare, a science fiction ploy, or a day [...]
Posted in Genetics
Tagged aptitude, Children's Palace, China, Chinese children, Chongqing, fraud, Gattaca, Genetic Future, genetic testing
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Britain vs. The Organ Black Market
Nations tend to fight over land, minerals, ideologies…and now organs. Public outrage spread through the UK earlier this year when [...]