For most of the last century, the study of emotions was not considered serious science. The problem was subjectivity. Science is objective, rigorously objective....
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ROBOTICS: Sawyer: Rethink Robotics Unveils New Robot
Evan Ackerman & Erico Guizzo | IEEE Spectrum
"According to Rethink, labor costs in Chinese factories are rising...
Update: India's Global Impact Competition Announced Winning Entry Focused on Pollution Free Cities for India. 24-year-old Shubhojit Mallick won the contest for his innovative...
“What is the greatest challenge humanity faces today?”
This question was posed by Nick Haan, Director of Global Grand Challenges at Singularity University, to the...
How you buy real estate is changing. Forever.
This post is about the two key exponential technologies converging to eliminate the middle-man (i.e. the real estate...
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ROBOTS: China’s factories are building a robot nation
Li Xuena, Wang Xinci & Zhang Boling | MarketWatch
"'At first, robots replaced workers who had jobs...
The Founding Fathers of the United States considered intellectual property so important that they gave it a special place in the Constitution: “To promote...
We see a lot futuristic concept sketches from architects. Spiraling Japanese ocean cities; skylines like dinosaur eggs on golf tees; or a Paris of 2050...
Morpheus, Gear, Rift, Vive—the list of prospective virtual reality devices is growing longer. And although this latest chapter in virtual reality was born in...
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ROBOTS: Why Robots Will Be The Biggest Job Creators In World History
John Tamny | Forbes
"Robots will ultimately be the biggest job creators...
There are many things right with online education—like the plethora of free and easily accessible content developed by Udacity, Coursera and others. In particular,...
On Feb. 19, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration took a huge step towards patient-centric medicine when it approved the marketing of genetics testing...
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ROBOTS: Will Robots Be Able to Help Us Die?
Graham Templeton | Motherboard
"From robo-assisted suicide to commercial drone use in urban areas, robots...
Exponentially advancing technologies (networks and sensors, infinite computing, artificial intelligence, robotics, synthetic biology, 3D printing, etc.) are producing disruptive growth and have begun transforming...
This blog is about the downside of exponential technology: digital crime.
Normally, I choose to focus on the immensely positive impact technology has on humanity...
Bitcoin, the digital currency and network protocol, has commanded a great deal of attention lately. Investors have poured money into bitcoin related businesses. Many...
Rapid advances in emerging technologies are raising intriguing questions:
How is computing opening new opportunities for all in manufacturing, education, and healthcare?
What will the future of...
Telepresence robots are awesome, but the experience can be frustrating at times. The reason? They lack arms. Whether you want to examine an object yourself, open a door, or pretend...
If there's a theme running through the best tech stories this week, it's convergence.
There's a tendency to track tech trends in isolation (for example, the iterative steps...
The world Marc Goodman outlines in exhaustive detail in his forthcoming book, Future Crimes, is as real, gritty, and frightening as life outside the...
ROBOTS: The robot trade is booming in China
Georgina Prodhan | Business Insider/Reuters
"A race by carmakers to build plants in China along with wage inflation...
How will you positively impact billions of people?
At Singularity University, this question is often posed to program participants packed into the classroom at the NASA Research Park in the heart...
Imagine a future when promising drugs won't take a decade to develop, when early success more often translates to later adoption, and when we no longer need to...
