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Dec 23, 2015

Chip combining optics and electronics could mean faster, more energy-efficient computing

Posted by in categories: computing, electronics

For the first time, researchers have used existing manufacturing technology to make a complex processor that uses energy-efficient optical connections.

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Dec 23, 2015

Milestone for Space Exploration: We Just Made Plutonium

Posted by in category: space travel

ORNL researchers successfully produced 50 gm of plutonium-238.


The quest for the stars just got a huge boost — for the first time in 27 years, the United States produced plutonium-238.

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Dec 23, 2015

Airborne innovation | The Economist

Posted by in categories: big data, business, drones, governance, satellites

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“The most successful drone firms could be those that do not make them”

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Dec 22, 2015

These robots will handwrite your holiday cards

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

How bad is your handwriting? A startup from NYC has made a robot that can write your holiday cards — legibly.

Full video » http://cnnmon.ie/1S6oFhX w/ Bond.

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Dec 22, 2015

Could you pass Astronomy 101? Take the quiz!

Posted by in category: space

How much do you know about astronauts, meteorites, planets, stars, and galaxies?

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Dec 22, 2015

The Robot Cars Quietly Get Closer, The Noise They Make Will Change The World

Posted by in categories: robotics/AI, transportation

With a reported tie-up between Google’s self-driving car efforts and the automaker Ford, the era of autonomous vehicles is getting closer. The impact is likely to shake up the balance of power in the global auto industry and among the technology elite. At stake is nothing less than trillions of dollars.

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Dec 22, 2015

HappyHolidays: Happy Holidays from Boston Dynamics

Posted by in category: futurism

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Dec 22, 2015

Inside the weird world of cryonics — By Courtney Weaver | Financial Times

Posted by in category: singularity

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“From the US to Russia, companies are freezing people hoping for a second shot at life”

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Dec 22, 2015

X-Ray Vision? New Technology Making It a Reality for $300

Posted by in categories: health, military

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) – X-ray vision, a comic book fantasy for decades, is becoming a reality in a lab at MIT.

A group of researchers led by Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor Dina Katabi has developed software that uses variations in radio signals to recognize human silhouettes through walls and track their movements.

Researchers say the technology will be able to help health care providers and families keep closer tabs on toddlers and the elderly, and it could be a new strategic tool for law enforcement and the military.

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Dec 22, 2015

Leaving Planet Earth: Zoltan Istvan talks human future

Posted by in categories: geopolitics, transhumanism

I’m excited to announce a 5-part series of short video interviews I did last week in New York City with the Daily Mail. Here’s one of them:


Presidential candidate Zoltan Istvan from the Transhumanist Party speaks to Ellie Zolfagharifard from DailyMail.com.

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