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Managing Energy with Swarm Logic: REGEN Energy has has come up with a way to reduce energy use by mimicking the self-organizing behavior of bees.
Teleporter sends ions on long-distance journey: University of Maryland researchers have built a teleporter capable of sending the state of ytterbium ions from one side of the lab to the other; something that until now had only been possible with photons.
Innovation: Speech prediction software:
The software could make speech-rocognition software more powerful by increasing the speed and accuracy with which you can dictate long and difficult words and common phrases.
Microscopic bio-robot slaves:Shrinking robots allows them to carry out ever more delicate tasks. But even the smallest built so far are too big to be able to, say, imprint microscopic, or even nanoscale, patterns onto microchips.
Video: Revealing the technology of invisibility:If your superpower of choice would be to make things disappear, you may be surprised to see how close researchers are to making it come true.
This part covers the metaphysical consequences of the new technological revolution. On the one hand scientist start to use metaphysical concepts to describe the impact of their research, on the other hand, a surprisingly large number of scientific projects is inspired by religious aspirations and more and more theologians from any religious or spiritual belief are getting interested in these aspirations of new technology, making the discussion inextricable complex.
Part 2: Preparing for the Singularity
In this part advocates and opponents of a transhuman future are weighed against each other; prognoses are done when we can expect the transhuman revolution and how people are preparing for it already now.
Part 1 gives an overview of recent technological developments (biogenetics, artificial intelligence, robotics, implants, nanotechnology,AI) and prognoses made by leading scientists about the impact of these developments in the near future.
It's probably the most sophisticated teddy bear ever designed, but that doesn't stop MIT's companion robot called "the Huggable" from being pretty adorable, as well. The Huggable is the latest project to come from the MIT Media Lab, and could one day be used for healthcare, education, and social communication applications...Continue
A new design allows this robot to either jump or roll over obstacles. Because it can cope with rocky surfaces, it could be ideal for space exploration.
via www.newscientist.com
Visions of the Future: The Biotech Revolution. 2nd part of 3 part miniseries on the BBC hosted by Michio Kaku. In this new three-part series, leading theoretical physicist and futurist Dr Michio Kaku explores the cutting edge science of today, tomorrow, and beyond. He argues that humankind is at a turning point in history. In this century, we are going to make the historic transition from the 'Age of Discovery' to the 'Age of Mastery', a period in which we will move from being passive observers of nature to its active choreographers. This will give us not only unparalleled possibilities but also great responsibilities. Genetics and biotechnology promise a future of unprecedented health and longevity: DNA screening could prevent many diseases, gene therapy could cure them and, thanks to lab-grown organs, the human body could be repaired as easily as a car, with spare parts readily available. Ultimately, the ageing process itself could be slowed down or even halted. But what impact will this have on who we are and how we will live? And, with our mastery of the genome, will the human race end up in a world divided by genetic apartheid?
Michio Kaku explores the intelligence revolution
Michio Kaku speaks about the mind reading! What that's not science you say, well I guess you have to view this video to find out what he is talking about...
The memristor is the fourth element in integrated circuitry. Scientists are discovering the mathematic equations used to govern memristors are similiar to those which govern synapses in the brain.
In addition, memristors do not "forget" the voltage charge channeled through them. This will yeild billion-fold times the capacity/performance than current hard drives. That, however, is just one of the multitude of products yet to utilize this incredible new component.
Not one of my favorite documentaries, but it is fair and balanced because it shows both sides of the singularity movement. But I would still recommend this one simply because it is fascinating. Grab some popcorn and enjoy because this one is long..
Inventor and futurist Ray Kurzweil explains how and why in the 2020s, we will reverse-engineer the human brain and completely transform the human mind as we now know it. He then talks about how nanobots will be apart of us. He explains how nanobots in the future will be operating your consciousness and your body.
