Boom! That is the sound skittering across the information industry landscape this week as IBM has suddenly stepped into the ring, proposing that its...
"Does God exist? Well, I would say, 'Not yet." --- Ray Kurzweil, Transcendent Man, 2009
It's not every documentary that predicts humanity will someday create...
If you're like me, Jurassic Park taught you two valuable lessons: genetic engineering has to be dangerous, and the coolest scientists are chaos obsessed...
This week Transcendent Man, a documentary about the life and vision of singularity evangelist Ray Kurzweil, is enjoying its world premier at the Tribeca...
Pop quiz! What's weirder than dead organs sitting around in glass jars? Live organs moving around in glass domes.
For patients with late-stage respiratory diseases,...
Nothing transforms scientific gurus into excited SciFi geeks quicker than the mention of a robotic exoskeleton. Iron Man, RoboTECH, Exosquad, Starship Troopers (the book),...
"We have developed a magnetically levitated micro-robot.” -Prof. Mir Behrad Khamesee
Simplify, Man
Recently, we've shown you robots that are complex enough to take care of...
MIT continues to spin out awesome ideas and technology. Recently, Singularity Hub highlighted the creation of a new human interface. Now, MIT's Computer Science...
Genetics blogger Daniel MacArthur points out that personal genetics pioneer deCODEme is in serious financial straits. The company is going to run out of...
