While incredible technologies are being developed to treat various diseases, the wisest startups seem to focus on preventative measures, anticipating a world—and marketplace—where diseases...
As far back as 3,500 years ago ancient Egyptian doctors were performing invasive surgeries. Even though our tools and knowledge have improved drastically over...
Next year, we may see the launch of the first true quantum computers.
The implications will be staggering.
This post aims to answer three questions:
What...
Artificial intelligence is learning to take on an increasing number of sophisticated tasks. Google Deepmind’s AI is now able to imitate human speech, and...
What are the limits of human perception?
Take a second and concentrate on your surroundings: the subtle flickering of your laptop screen, the faint whiff...
We now live in exponential times. Technological ability is accelerating. Communication is instant. Interconnection is global. Great change is coming hard and fast. To...
Some people wear their hearts on their sleeves. Others, meanwhile, measure their heartrate on their wrists.
The latter group is growing exponentially, ushering in a...
The United States has on its Aegis-class cruisers a defense system that can track and destroy anti-ship missiles and aircraft. Israel has developed a...
When scientists looked at Mars through early telescopes, they saw a fuzzy, rust-colored globe scored by mysterious dark gashes some believed were alien canals. Later, armed with...
Recently, we looked at how exponential tech impacts sex and dating.
In this post, we'll look at:
Reproduction without sex
Freezing your eggs to extend...
Machines enrich and enhance our lives, whether it’s the smartphones that allow us to stay connected or the supercomputers that solve our toughest computational...
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE: Tech Titans Join Forces to Stop AI From Behaving Badly
Will Knight | MIT Technology Review
"A new organization called the Partnership on Artificial Intelligence...
The exploration of Europa begins under the ice in Antarctica.
That’s where a team of researchers, led by the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech),...
The Who’s lead singer Roger Daltrey and his wife Heather are auctioning a selection of rare mechanical devices called automata in Edinburgh, Scotland. Automata...
Massive reductions in insurance costs are coming, along with a wave of disruption.
Traditionally, insurance premiums are determined by actuaries, a function of big numbers,...
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE: Chat Bots Aren't a Fad. They're a Revolution.
Chris Messina | Medium
"It’s a rare moment when it becomes clear that a technological revolution is upon us,...
Over time, technology offers solutions to old problems while creating new issues in the process. The more powerful the technology, the greater its potential...
What is learning?
Tony Robbins asked this question in a talk he gave on strategies for learning quickly. His answer is quite interesting: “Whenever you...
They are wise-cracking companions, able to communicate in more than six million languages. Others are bent on enslaving or destroying humanity, deeming themselves better,...
Sex is one of the most powerful, fundamental human drives.
It's caused wars… built and destroyed kingdoms.
It occupies a significant percentage of most people's thoughts.
As...
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This is wild: a team of Israeli scientists developed a contraption that uses a person’s brain waves to remotely control DNA-based nanorobots — while...
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE: Video Games Are So Realistic That They Can Teach AI What the World Looks Like
Jordan Pearson | Motherboard
"Games these days are so...
In 2013 the world’s first cell-cultured hamburger was cooked and tasted live on air.
Following that event, there have been many mentions of cultured meat...
As technology progresses in medicine, humans are increasingly gaining more sovereignty over their health. Soon, instead of visiting doctors infrequently to fix health issues...
When I hear the word 'drone', the first thing I think of is a top-secret mission: spying, rescues, clandestine deliveries, and other James Bond-worthy...
I confess: while writing this, I was intermittently procrastinating by browsing the overwhelming number of wireless headphone options on the market.
As you may have...
People are often surprised to learn that many of the most capable and high-tech robots are kept in cages away from humans. This isn't because the machines...
