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Monthly Archives: July, 2011

PayPal Predicts Wallets Will Die by 2015…Thanks, but I’ll Keep Mine for Now

Aaron Saenz -
PayPal's Scott Thompson caused a bit of stir earlier this month by predicting the death of his competitors. Well, sort of. Thompson, both in...

Humanity Struggles With Augmentation Addiction in Mind-Blowing Deus Ex Trailer

Aaron Saenz -
Holy Crap, this thing is awesome. Straight from Comic Con comes one of the most amazing and enthralling video game trailers I've ever seen....

TED Talk Audience Wowed as Robotic Bird Takes Flight (video)

Peter Murray -
It was one of those TED talks that the audience is sure to remember – except, it’s not the talk that they’ll remember. In another testament...

Jawbone Raises $70M, Readies To Launch A Health Tracking Wristband Later This Year

David J. Hill -
Jawbone, the sleek line of innovative Bluetooth headsets, is seriously on the move raising funds from venture capitalists who have opened the coffers. Only...

Anybots Ramps Up To Bring Telepresence Robot Revolution

Aaron Saenz -
Are you ready to test drive your robot? At $15,000 Anybots' QB telepresence platform is priced like a car, drives like a Segway, and...

Don’t Look For Me On Facebook, I’ve Moved To Google+

Aaron Saenz -
It's time to pack my bags and move to a new social network. Who's with me? Google+ has been available for less than a...

The End of Borders Is A Win For Technology, Authors and Readers

David J. Hill -
We’re witnessing the end of an era as Borders, the second largest brick-and-mortar chain bookstore behind Barnes & Noble, liquidates its inventory and closes...

UK Plans for Human-Animal Genetic Hybrids

Aaron Saenz -
Britain is planning for a future present when human and animal genes are mixed. As scientists continue to use human genes implanted in animals...

Shazam Keeps Rolling — Popular App Names Songs and Shows Just By ‘Listening’

David J. Hill -
If you’ve never heard of the mobile app, Shazam, here’s how a late-night TV ad might pitch it: How annoying is it when you...

Researcher Makes a Career Developing Cocaine Vaccine, But Pharmaceutical Companies Won’t Produce It

David J. Hill -
Imagine if you came up with a simple but powerful idea: create a vaccine against the most addictive drugs. It could therapeutically help countless...

CivWorld, The Civilization-Building Game, Helps Facebook Further Advance As A Social Gaming Platform

David J. Hill -
Facebook seems to be the platform of choice for social gaming these days, and so it’s no surprise that established game franchises are looking...

Facebook, Picasa, Twitter and More – Memolane Makes a Timeline of Your Social Activity

Aaron Saenz -
What did you tweet on the morning of your Wedding? What was your Facebook status when your first child was born? Where are the...

Nanotechnology On The Internet – Videos of 25th Anniversary Foresight Reunion Now Online

Aaron Saenz -
Don't worry if you missed it, you can time travel and attend the Foresight Institute's 25th Anniversary Reunion through the magic of the internet....

Arrested For a Crime, Get DNA Profiled — Even More States Now Collect Samples at Booking

David J. Hill -
It's getting harder to be a criminal...at least a career criminal. That's because 25 states now collect DNA for certain felony arrests, such as...

Hilarious and Surprising Predictions of the Future…From the 1960s! (video)

Aaron Saenz -
Nothing should make a futurist more wary than looking at the history of the profession and seeing how hilarious its mistakes have been. Jetpacks,...

This Robot Can Learn To Run Anywhere, Just Try and Stop It!

Aaron Saenz -
From infancy, humans slowly figure out how to adjust the tension in their legs to maintain their balance and speed while walking. Now a...

Dubai’s Weather Wizards Create Rain, Wrestle Power From Mother Nature

Peniel M. Dimberu -
Throughout history, mankind has strived to control the weather. Back in the day, you could sacrifice an animal or do a rain dance in...

Fat America Keeps Getting Fatter

Peter Murray -
If America’s shorelines begin shrinking at an alarming rate, it may not be due to global warming. It may just be that we’re so...

Quadriplegic Regains Control, Independence With Robot Helper (video)

Aaron Saenz -
For ten years, Henry Evans couldn't even scratch his nose. Now he has a $400,000 robot do it for him. A mute quadriplegic since...

A Bit of Coin: The Bitcoin Revolution

Louie Helm -
What your future wallet could look like When was the last time you paid cash for something? Even though a few vendors still prefer cash,...

Exclusive Video of Q&A With Aubrey de Grey on How To Live Forever

Aaron Saenz -
If you're watching a movie and someone from the film suddenly appears before you in person, there are two likely explanations: 1) you're in...

Pixar Ex-Designer Creates Stunning Interactive Book for iPad. Blurs Lines Between Books, Film, Games

Aaron Saenz -
What do you do after conquering Pixar, Disney, and Dreamworks? You revolutionize tablet reading, of course. Designer William Joyce created a name for himself...

Maine Schools Give iPads To All Kindergarten Students (video)

Peniel M. Dimberu -
Starting kindergarten is a milestone in a kid’s life as it signifies the start of formal education. But as of next fall, this rite...

Transcendent Man Movie Blowout August 3 – Ray Kurzweil, Steve Wozniak, Michio Kaku, and Many More!

Aaron Saenz -
The future is coming to the 49 out of 50 of the United States (sorry, Wyoming). On August 3rd, Transcendent Man: A Conversation About...

Patient Medical Records in the UK Headed into the Cloud

David J. Hill -
The British have a long history of bravely venturing off into the unknown, and with cloud computing as their new frontier, they are forging...

10,000 Year Clock Begins Construction Thanks to $42 Million from Amazon’s CEO

David J. Hill -
The construction of a modern wonder of the world is now underway in western Texas as the plans for a clock that will tick...

Belgian Blues Will Blow Your Mind, These Cows Are Totally Ripped

Aaron Saenz -
It's been more than a decade since humans have cracked their own genetic code, but we've yet to wake up to a world of...

Yes, We Got Hacked But We Fixed It – No More Malware Messages

Singularity Hub Staff -
So about 12 hours ago everyone started getting warning messages from their web browsers that they should not go to Singularity Hub because it...

Miracle Powder Regrows Fingers, Now Thigh Muscle for Marine

Peter Murray -
It was only a year ago that ACell's "miracle powder" was sprinkled on amputated fingers and shown to stimulate the regeneration of fingertips. The...

If You’re Happy and You Know It—FACEBOOK WILL DETECT IT

Aaron Saenz -
Does the internet know when you're smiling? That's a rhetorical question. Of course it can. Face.com, makers of a top notch facial recognition API,...

Hockey’s Wayne Gretzky Pimps Hi-Tech Muscle Supplement – Is The Science Real?

Aaron Saenz -
To hockey fans Wayne Gretzky is The Great One, but to body builders he may soon become The Guy Who Got Me to Buy...

Get Your Daily Dose Of Singularity Hub With Pulse

Singularity Hub Staff -
Singularity Hub has been selected as a featured source in Pulse, a seriously popular news application for iPhone, iPad and Android devices.  Pulse is...

Players Rule Their Real Neighborhoods with Shadow Cities, a Location-Based MMORPG for the iPhone (VIDEO)

David J. Hill -
When Steve Jobs unveiled the first iPhone in 2007, he described it as a revolutionary and magical product. Fortunately, the founders of the Finnish...

Paraplegics Walk With Exoskeleton – Exclusive Video of Berkeley Bionic’s eLegs in Action

Aaron Saenz -
Robotic legs may get paraplegics walking again, and in more ways than one. Exoskeleton startup Berekely Bionics has partnered with ten of the top...

Japan’s Virtual PopStar Hatsune Miku Rocks Los Angeles!

Aaron Saenz -
July 2nd, 2011: the day a software program became an internationally touring pop sensation. Hatsune Miku gave a blowout concert at the Nokia Theater...

Come Watch How To Live Forever Movie With Me in San Francisco This Friday!

Aaron Saenz -
If you could take a pill that would let you live 500 more years, would you? That's one of the many questions director and...

Google+ is Awesome. Facebook Maimed, Twitter Mortally Wounded?

Singularity Hub Staff -
I´ve spent the last week playing with the new Google+, and I´m here to tell you the service is pretty damn awesome.  Dozens of...

South Korea: We’re Spending $2 Billion To Put Our Textbooks on Tablet PCs by 2015. What Are You Doing?

Aaron Saenz -
In a bold move towards digitizing education, South Korea's Ministry of Education Science and Technology has announced it is spending 2.2 trillion Wan ($2...

A Horde of 4.5 Million Zombie Computers Is Marching Towards You

Aaron Saenz -
It's name is TDL-4, and they say it's invulnerable. Known as a botnet, this malicious software has infiltrated an estimated 4.5 million PCs around...

After a Bumpy Ride China’s New High-Speed Rail Takes off at Almost 200mph

Peter Murray -
The world is poised for another railroad revolution, and China intends to lead the way. On July 1st China’s new CRH380 high-speed train began...

Canada’s New Polymer Banknotes Aim To Foil Counterfeiters…for the Time Being

David J. Hill -
In an age when online banking, electronic transfers, RFID-based payments, and digital currency are becoming exponentially popular among consumers, "paper" money can seem like...

Virtual People Watching Virtual Movies In Virtual Space – Recursively Delicious!

Aaron Saenz -
Locating your indie film festival in the real world? Meh, that's so mainstream. The fourth annual Machinima Expo is coming this November to a...
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