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Jul 31, 2015
Virtual reality is next mass trend – Facebook’s Zuckerberg
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in category: virtual reality
After Facebook’s video strategy turned out to be a success, the social network giant’s CEO is now eager to completely revolutionize the way we communicate by mastering virtual reality technologies.
Jul 31, 2015
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided | Official Announcement Trailer
Posted by Sean Brazell in categories: entertainment, singularity
This sequel to 2012‘s “Deus Ex: Human Revolution” (itself a reboot of the iconic original trilogy that debuted June 17, 2000, on the PC) looks to be yet another beautifully detailed, superbly written, and amazingly immersive look at both the promise and peril of the coming Technological Singularity.
Not to mention being a hell of a fun game to play!
HIGHLY recommended!
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Jul 31, 2015
Obama signs executive order to build first-ever exascale supercomputer
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in category: supercomputing
While the US has plenty of representation in the current TOP500 list of the fastest supercomputers in the world, it lost the #1 slot to China’s Tianhe-2 several years ago. President Obama wants to fix that immediately.
Jul 31, 2015
Scientists Think They Know the Exact Year Computers Will Render the Human Brain Obsolete
Posted by Zoltan Istvan in categories: computing, neuroscience, robotics/AI
Jul 31, 2015
The Seasteading Institute announces 2015 Floating City Project – Architectural Design Contest winners
Posted by Odette Bohr Dienel in categories: architecture, governance, innovation
Jul 31, 2015
WHO: Trials show new Ebola vaccine is ‘highly effective’
Posted by Bryan Gatton in categories: biotech/medical, health
A newly developed vaccine against the deadly Ebola virus being trialled in Guinea is “highly effective,” the World Health Organization said Friday.
Jul 31, 2015
Can a baby have three biological parents?
Posted by Bryan Gatton in categories: genetics, transhumanism
The genetic material from two parents combines to form a child. Can we throw a third set of genes into the mix?
RIP = “Return If Possible” is an excellent meme for Singularity, Cryonics & Longevity enthusiasts. [NB: phrase/acronym attributed to India’s former President, late Dr.A P J Abdul Kalam;- (15 October 1931 – 27 July 2015)].
Jul 30, 2015
Astronomers find star with three super-Earths
Posted by Sean Brazell in category: space
Astronomers said Thursday they had found a planetary system with three super-Earths orbiting a bright, dwarf star — one of them likely a volcanic world of molten rock. The four-planet system had been hiding out in the M-shaped, northern hemisphere constellation Cassiopeia, “just” 21 light years from Earth, a team reported in the journal Astronomy & Astrophysics. Super-Earths have a mass higher than Earth’s but are lighter than gas giants like Neptune, Saturn or Jupiter. They can be made of gas, rock, or both.
