ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE: How Google Plans to Solve Artificial Intelligence
Tom Simonite | MIT Technology Review
"It’s supposed to be just an early checkpoint in an effort Hassabis...
The story of “robots eating jobs” is pervasive in the manufacturing industry—but it doesn’t paint the whole picture.
We’ve seen automation eat up jobs, but...
On February 25, the White House hosted a forum on the National Institute of Health’s Precision Medicine Initiative. This is an ambitious research study...
Alzheimer’s may be the cruelest of brain diseases.
Decades before the first signs of dementia strike, toxic protein clumps called amyloid plaques have been slowly,...
SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY: Scientists Synthesize Bacteria With Smallest Genome Yet
Ewen Callaway | Scientific American
"Genomics entrepreneur Craig Venter has created a synthetic cell that contains the smallest genome of any known,...
On hearing words like “industry” and “manufacturing” most of us probably picture sprawling assembly lines, heavy machinery, groaning metal, and flying sparks. Few of...
ROBOTICS: How Emotion Research Is Pulling Robots Out of the Uncanny Valley and Into Our Lives
Selena Larson | The Daily Dot
"There are a number of reasons why...
Self-driving cars, delivery drones, 3D printing, robots, and artificial intelligence. All heavily used news headlines, and all technologies that will change the way people...
Unexpected convergent consequences…this is what happens when eight different exponential technologies all explode onto the scene at once. This post (sixth in a series of seven) is a...
ROBOTICS: Deep Learning Helps Robots Perfect Skills
KurzweilAI
"Deep learning enables the robot to perceive its immediate environment, including the location and movement of its limbs. Reinforcement...
We go to the movies to immerse ourselves in film. Cinematic surround sound, huge high-definition screens, total darkness. But it’s not full immersion. To...
Unexpected convergent consequences…this is what happens when eight different exponential technologies all explode onto the scene at once. This post (five of seven) is a look at...
A cognitive neuroscientist and his team at HRL Laboratories in Malibu, California, seem to have achieved the impossible.
According to a press release, the team...
The battle between the FBI and Apple over the unlocking of a terrorist’s iPhone will likely require Congress to create new legislation. That’s because...
Historically, the only way to get anything into orbit has been by rocket; a process that is massively expensive, cumbersome, and presents a slew of constraints.
So,...
Reports released reveal that one of Google’s Gen-2 vehicles (the Lexus) has had a fender-bender (with a bus) with some responsibility assigned to the...
Unexpected convergent consequences...this is what happens when eight different exponential technologies all explode onto the scene at once. This post (four of seven) is a look...
In the next month, scientists from RetroSense Therapeutics will inject a virus deep into the retina of legally blind human volunteers.
The virus will carry...
Does life exist beyond Earth? Scientists have a few reasons to be optimistic.
For one, there are an estimated 100 billion billion Earth-like planets in our...
The way information is stored and shared may now be forever changed thanks to a recent major five-dimensional (5D) digital data recording and retrieval...
If you aren’t convinced the pace of robotics is accelerating, you need only check out the new video from robotics pioneer Boston Dynamics. The group's...
"In your virtual world, everything is smooth." — from Lost Memories 2.0
In our Digital Age, we are experiencing the coming together of physical and digital worlds. Yet, it...
Unexpected convergent consequences…this is what happens when eight different exponential technologies all explode onto the scene at once.
This post (the third of seven) is a...
The world’s biggest technology companies are handing over the keys to their success, making their artificial intelligence systems open-source.
Traditionally, computer users could see the...
Lets face it: Love it or hate it, exercise is good for our brains.
Feeling stressed? Hit the trails: running boosts the fight-or-flight brain chemical...
Recent alarmist headlines this week claim artificial intelligence (AI) will put half of us out of work.
These headlines—and there were several—stem from comments by...
Most of today's robot hands can perform easy tasks. They’re uber-practical grippers, simple and useful. But is it really so much to ask for robotic masterworks...
The family of nuclear reactors found on the seven seas is about to grow—China recently announced plans to build a floating, ship-based nuclear power...
Among niche groups of computer scientists, the buzz surrounding blockchain has reached levels normally designated for Elon Musk. The technology is in its early...
Unexpected convergent consequences…this is what happens when eight different exponential technologies all explode onto the scene at once.
This post (the second of seven) is a...
Do you consider yourself an entrepreneur aspiring to launch a startup? Increasingly, you’re not alone. Developing technologies are opening entrepreneurship up to more people,...
It’s no longer a radical question.
The aging literature is replete with treatments that could prolong lifespan by 20-40%, at least in lab animals. Interventions...
Social life is defined by connections, and more than ever, the fabric of our social lives are woven digitally. Before the Internet picked up speed, local hubs like neighborhoods,...
