Yearly Archives: 2011

Singularity Summit 2011 Part II – Artificial Intelligence and the Brain

This is part II of our coverage of Singularity Summit 2011, focusing on the topics of artificial intelligence and the brain. After reading this article,...

Singularity Summit 2011 Part I – Longevity and Health

In this first part of three covering last weekend's Singularity Summit 2011, we'll highlight the speakers who discussed the various aspects of health related...

Singularity Summit 2011 Part III – Singularity And The Future

In this Part III of our Singularity Summit 2011 coverage, we'll highlight the speakers who talked about such topics as robotics, economics, and engaging...

Lego Robot Beats Human World Record For Solving the Rubik’s Cube!

“Dr. Jones. Again we see there is nothing you can possess which I cannot take away.” ---Raiders of the Lost Ark, 1981 Solving the Rubik's...

Endless Windmills In the Ocean Powering Our Cities? It’s Not SciFi, It’s Here…At Least in the EU

From a distance they look like white toothpicks standing up out of the ocean. Up close they are towering engines of motion, whirring in...

Are You BioCurious? Now You Can Join the Club, Use the Lab, Hack Your Biology.

The Do It Yourself community is breaking new ground. Forget learning how to knit, building your own computer, or fixing the molding in your...

Immersive Labs Creating the Future of Intelligent, Scanning Ads – But Don’t Call Them Minority Report

Talk to any human face to face and right away they'll be able to guess your age, gender, and interest in the conversation. Now...

Origo’s 3D Printer Could Be The Last Toy Your Ten Year Old Will Ever Need

Origo may be the last toy you ever have to buy for your child. The prototype 3D printer under development by Artur Tchoukanov and...

The Battle Over Genetically Modified Food Continues – FDA Petitioned To Require GM Labels

Okay, think fast: how often do you eat genetically modified foods? *buzzer* I'm sorry, but the answer we were looking for is: “no one...

Another Step Towards Dr. iPhone – High Quality Blood Pressure Monitoring On the Go

You know the drill – the doctor slides the cuff onto your arm, pumps it up, and then tells you your blood pressure is...

Singularity Summit 2011 – A State of the Future

New York City was host to geeks from all walks of life this past weekend, as scientists, engineers, futurists, and other forward-thinkers converged for...

India Produces World’s Cheapest Tablet for less than $50. 10k Made, Millions More To Come

What's the cost of a world class education? Less than $50. Thanks to the vision of Kapil Sibal, India's telecommunications minister, there is...

The Alpha Dog Is Out of Its Cage – New Walking Robot From Boston Dynamics Destined For Battle?

The Alpha Dog is like any large puppy - it doesn't mind you shoving it around, but when this thing grows up it's going...

From Pap Smears To Mammograms, More Robots Are Stepping Up to Play Doctor

If you want to find a utopia of humans and machines worker together in harmony, look no further than your nearest medical laboratory. A...

Need 30 Seconds of Laughter? Check out This Awesome Daycare Robots Commercial

Do I trust robots? Sure. Would I trust a robot to look after my children? Um...okay, let me think about this. Insurance provider Geico,...

Four Years After Cloning, Drug-Sniffing Dogs Celebrate Remarkable Success in South Korean Airport

Some dogs are one in a million...so why not clone a million of them? Dogs are a staple in airports around the world, helping...

iPhone Wristband Tracks Your Sleep, Vibrates You Awake, and Lets Your Mate Sleep In

How well did you sleep last night? If you don't know you could try asking your mate, or you could ask your iPhone. Lark,...

Robot See, Robot Do…Robot Understand. Machine Vision Is Changing The World – Here Are The Details

Open up your webcam and look at its unblinking eye. If you catch a glimmer of intelligence don't be surprised - computers are understanding...

The Art of Transhumanism…Part II

Every day Singularity Hub reviews some of the emerging technology that could drastically alter humanity's future. This is some exciting science, to be sure,...

IROS 2011 – The Robots Rule San Francisco

For the past few days I've been hanging out with robots. I know, I know, how is that different than normal? Well, this time...

Google Digitizes The Dead Sea Scrolls – Like Taking a Time Machine To 2000+ Years Ago

An elite team of tech specialists have taken one of the world's most precious historic relics and given it to people for free. Sound...

Forget The Big Banks, BankSimple Will Provide The Same Services Without Screwing You Over

Overdraft penalties, hidden charges, ATM fees – mainstream banks have come up with a myriad of ways for separating you from your money. BankSimple...

Hanson Robotics’ RoboKind – Small Bots With Human Faces

As a child who watched way too many 80s horror movies, I grew up fearing any small creature with an expressive face. Chucky, Gremlins,...

Sphero, The Robot Ball You Control With Your Phone, Is Getting Ready To Roll Into Your Home

Orbotix has the hottest set of robot balls out there, and it's finally showing what they really look like to the public. The Boulder-based...

Awkward Much? Why Missouri Lawmakers Can’t Stop Student-Teacher Friending on Facebook

Over the past few months, government officials in Missouri have been bogged down in the social networking world as they sought to define how...

Brain Scans On The Go – EEG Hooked Up To Your Smart Phone

Human brains are like wild animals, you learn more when you can watch them in their natural habitat. That's why five scientists in Milab...

In 3 Weeks Video Gamers Defeat Biochemical Puzzle That Scientists Couldn’t Solve for Years

When someone whines that your playing video games is a waste of time, tell them you're doing it for science. Researchers at the University...

U.S. Homes Consume Less Power, But Electricity Bills Not Predicted To Drop Anytime Soon

Tough economic times forces people to reevaluate where their money is going, and for most people, the cost of electricity takes a sizeable bite...

Can Magnets On Your Brain Keep You From Lying?

Could telling the truth be as easy as holding a magnet to your head? Researchers at the University of Tartu in Estonia recently published...

Vocre Turns Your iPhone Into a Real Time Translator With Just a Flip of the Wrist

Strap on your Spock ears Star Trek fans, the age of universal translators is approaching. The Disrupt SF conference recently wrapped up and...

Sonia Arrison Brings Longevity To the Masses With Her Book 100+

What would you do with another 75 years on this Earth? Not as a pain wracked wizened elder in a nursing home, but as...

From Jeopardy! to Insurance – IBM’s Watson AI Hired by WellPoint For Medical Expertise

Ever feel like the people reviewing your claims at the insurance company are a bunch of faceless, mindless drones? Well it turns out your...

Welsh Scientist Wants Robot To Carry Olympic Torch in 2012

Every parent wants the best for their child, and so it's not terribly surprising that James Law might ask for his to receive the...

AI Journalist Writes Sports and Now Everything Else. StatSheet Raises $4M, Changes Name and Focus

I have met my replacement and it is a robot. A robot obsessed with sports. AI journalism pioneer StatSheet gained a name for itself...

Thin Film Transforms Any Surface Into a Massive Multitouch Screen

Open up a cardboard tube, roll out a transparent film just millimeters thick, apply it on a flat object and *tada* you've got an...

World’s Smallest Triathlete – Evolta Robot To Tackle 230km of Ironman in Hawaii

For decades it's been an honor, and a life-changing accomplishment to compete in the Ironman Triathlon in Hawaii. 140+ miles (230km+) of swimming, biking,...

Singularity University Executive Programs Coming Oct 1-8 and Dec 3-10. Enroll Now!

They'll give you seven days to change the world. Hot on the heels of their successful third summer program, Singularity University is gearing up...

Apple’s New ‘Mothership’ Headquarters Looks Incredible. Coming in 2015

They've lost a king, but they're still building Camelot. Apple's CEO Steve Jobs may be stepping down from his position, but one of his...

Nike Makes Shoes From Back To The Future 2 – To Cure Parkinson’s!

Would you pay $4000 for a pair of sneakers? What if they glowed and came from the distant year 2015? ...What if they could...

Robotic Labor Taking Over the World? You Bet – Here Are the Details

Let's not be silly here, robots don't want to kill all humans...they just want to take all their jobs. The accelerating rise in robot...

Google Reveals the Numbers Behind Its Massive Hunger for Electricity, and Its Plan for the Future

Google recently revealed that their data centers and operations around the world consume a whopping 260 million watts, or roughly the equivalent of 200,000...

Billions and Billions Helped. Singularity University’s Graduating Class Presents Their Ideas For Changing the World

Every year Singularity University gets better and better. The school that leverages cutting edge technology to help billions of people around the world just...

Augmented Reality Browser Makes Your Mobile A Portal Into the Digital World

I don't know if you noticed, but a parallel Earth has merged with our own, overlapping our reality no matter where we go. I'm...

From the Creator of the Webby Awards, A New Film About Our Addiction To All Things Digital

Good documentaries ask tough questions. Director Tiffany Shlain wants to know: how much internet is too much internet? Or maybe: have our digital lives...

iPad: “All Your Cash Registers Are Belong To Us”

Part of the magic of the iPad is that we keep coming up with new ways in which it can revolutionize entire industries. From...

IBM’s Watson Will Take Center Stage at Singularity Summit 2011 in New York City Oct 15-16

Watson, Watson, Watson. Your computer wiles have really seduced all of us technophiles this year. Singularity Summit, the annual TED-style gathering of scientists,...

MakerBot Raises $10 Million in Funding! (And Sends Stephen Colbert’s Head Into Space)

Holy replicating robots, Batman! MakerBot has raised $10 million in venture funding! The New York based startup makes open source desktop scale 3D printers...

IBM: PCs Are Yesterday’s Technology. China: Sure, But Give Us Millions More.

"My primary computer now is a tablet." --- Mark Dean CTO of IBM Middle East and Africa, 2011 Here's a classy move for you: sell...

Vinod Khosla and Salim Ismail Explain the Future at Singularity University Graduation 2011

Singularity University graduation has rapidly become one of my favorite times of the year. When else can I hear dozens of stellar presentations about...

AI vs. AI – What Happens When You Make a Chatty Computer Talk To Itself? Cornell Finds Out

I can think of few things as annoying as being forced into a conversation with an idiot. But when that idiot you're talking to...
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