By: Jason Dorrier – Singularity Hub Headlines recently exploded with news that a computer program called Eugene Goostman had become the first to pass the Turing test, a method devised by computing pioneer Alan Turing to objectively prove a computer can think. The program fooled 33% of 30 judges into thinking it was a 13-year-old… Continue reading How Will We Know When Computers Can Think for Themselves?
Lifeboat Foundation Worldwide Ambassador White Swan Update and Published Amazon Author by Andres Agostini at www.amazon.com/author/agostini
8 Ways The Internet Of Things Will Change Everyday Life https://blogs.sap.com/innovation/innovation/8-ways-the-internet-of-things-will-change-everyday-life-01253438?source=social-Ariba-LinkedIn-NetworkedEconomy-Blog-IoT&campaigncode=CRM-XH14-GRO-NTECLPLIS Billions To Soon Be Invested In 3D Printing Research and Development http://3dprint.com/7599/billions-rd-3d-printing/ Iraq Says Russian Experts Have Arrived to Help Prepare Jets for Fighting http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/30/world/middleeast/iraq.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&version=HpSum&module=first-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news Encouraging News Headlines on the Renewable Energy Front http://www.21stcentech.com/encouraging-news-headlines-renewable-energy-front/ Facebook tinkered with users’ feeds for a massive psychology experiment… Continue reading Lifeboat Foundation Worldwide Ambassador White Swan Update and Published Amazon Author by Andres Agostini at www.amazon.com/author/agostini
Lifeboat Foundation Worldwide Ambassador White Swan Update and Published Amazon Author by Andres Agostini at www.amazon.com/author/agostini
The quantum cryptography arms race has begun http://www.infoworld.com/d/security/the-quantum-cryptography-arms-race-has-begun-244907 A 36-core chip design with an Internet-style communication network http://www.kurzweilai.net/a-36-core-chip-design-with-an-internet-style-communication-network Wearable computing gloves can teach Braille, even if you’re not paying attention http://www.kurzweilai.net/wearable-computing-gloves-can-teach-braille-even-if-youre-not-paying-attention Ultrasonic waves allow for precision micro- and nano-manufacturing of thin-film chips http://www.kurzweilai.net/ultrasonic-waves-allow-for-precision-micro-and-nano-manufacturing-of-thin-film-chips Microsoft Makes Bet Quantum Computing Is Next Breakthrough http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/24/technology/microsoft-makes-a-bet-on-quantum-computing-research.html?_r=0 Nuclear-Leak Investigators Shift… Continue reading Lifeboat Foundation Worldwide Ambassador White Swan Update and Published Amazon Author by Andres Agostini at www.amazon.com/author/agostini
Lifeboat Foundation Worldwide Ambassador White Swan Update and Published Amazon Author by Andres Agostini at www.amazon.com/author/agostini
A self-powered cardiac pacemaker http://www.kurzweilai.net/a-self-powered-cardiac-pacemaker Google innovations at Google I/O http://www.kurzweilai.net/google-innovations-at-google-io Ray Kurzweil – Biologically inspired models of intelligence http://www.exponentialtimes.net/videos/ray-kurzweil-biologically-inspired-models-intelligence Are the robots about to rise? Google’s new director of engineering thinks so… www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/feb/22/robots-google-ray-kurzweil-terminator-singularity-artificial-intelligence Michio Kaku (2014) “The Future of the Mind” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUVw6Pn6GTg Five Ways IBM Watson is Revolutionizing Health http://bionicly.com/2014/06/five-ways-ibm-watson-is-revolutionizing-health/ NASA Preparing Satellite to… Continue reading Lifeboat Foundation Worldwide Ambassador White Swan Update and Published Amazon Author by Andres Agostini at www.amazon.com/author/agostini
Lifeboat Foundation Worldwide Ambassador White Swan Update and Published Amazon Author by Andres Agostini at www.amazon.com/author/agostini
Watch this: prototype NASA robot prowls the underside of frozen lakes, oceans http://www.theverge.com/2014/6/24/5839902/watch-this-prototype-nasa-robot-prowls-the-underside-of-frozen-lakes Limb regeneration: do salamanders hold the key? http://www.kurzweilai.net/limb-regeneration-do-salamanders-hold-the-key A super-stretchable yarn made of graphene http://www.kurzweilai.net/a-super-stretchable-yarn-made-of-graphene Modeling how neurons work together to perform movements: not as random as we thought http://www.kurzweilai.net/modeling-how-neurons-work-together-to-perform-movements-not-as-random-as-we-thought Woman or machine? New robots look creepily human http://news.yahoo.com/woman-machine-robots-look-creepily-human-091317930–finance.html Russian billionaire… Continue reading Lifeboat Foundation Worldwide Ambassador White Swan Update and Published Amazon Author by Andres Agostini at www.amazon.com/author/agostini
Lifeboat Foundation Worldwide Ambassador White Swan Update and Published Amazon Author by Andres Agostini at www.amazon.com/author/agostini
Global Ocean Commission Tells Us What We Don’t Want to Hear http://www.21stcentech.com/global-ocean-commissions-latest-report-hear/ Gallup Examines the State of the American Consumer http://thegallupblog.gallup.com/2014/06/gallup-examines-state-of-american.html This Band Of Small Robots Could Build Entire Skyscrapers Without Human Help http://www.fastcoexist.com/3032003/this-band-of-small-robots-could-build-entire-skyscrapers-without-human-help#2 15 Ways The World Will Be Awesome In 2050 http://www.businessinsider.com.au/the-world-in-2050-2014-6 These Beautiful Charts Show The Emerging Technologies That Will Change The… Continue reading Lifeboat Foundation Worldwide Ambassador White Swan Update and Published Amazon Author by Andres Agostini at www.amazon.com/author/agostini
Superradiant’ discovery opens new path to superfast quantum computing
Kurzweil AI Washington State University researchers have used a super-cold cloud of atoms that behaves like a single atom, opening a new experimental path to potentially powerful quantum computing. Physicist Peter Engels and his colleagues cooled about one million atoms of rubidium to 100 billionths of a degree above absolute zero. Read More
Tax haven Jersey now wants to become ‘Bitcoin Island’
Ryan Morrison – BBC News A campaign has been launched to make Jersey a world leader in digital currencies. Bitcoin payments are already accepted in a handful of places but an industry expert says, if the States allow banks to accept and trade with it, Jersey could become a magnet for new business. Robbie Andrews,… Continue reading Tax haven Jersey now wants to become ‘Bitcoin Island’
Consumer Robotics Is Finally Ready For Prime Time
Rudina Seseri (@rudina11), Wan Li Zhu (@zhurama) – Tech Crunch The robotics revolution has been in the making for decades, but market expectations have historically outpaced technology readiness. While industrial and military sectors have adopted a number of high-priced robotics solutions, the consumer sector has lagged due to lack of technological maturity and high costs.… Continue reading Consumer Robotics Is Finally Ready For Prime Time
Why Billionaire Elon Musk Is Worried About Artificial Intelligence
Elizabeth Kreft – The Blaze Billionaire Elon Musk has a passion for advancing technology; he recently announced plans to create the world’s single largest solar production and told CNBC he wants to put humans on Mars by the end of the 2020s. But it appears there’s one area of technology he isn’t ready to push:… Continue reading Why Billionaire Elon Musk Is Worried About Artificial Intelligence