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Dec 31
2016

Solar Panels Now So Cheap Manufacturers Probably Selling at Loss

Solar manufacturers led by China’s Trina Solar Ltd. are probably selling at a loss after prices fell to a record low this week.

Dec 31
2016

Favourite Interviews of 2016

I’m excited to have my #transhumanism interview included in Marc Fennell’s favorite 2016 interviews, with lots of other people like Matt Damon, Quentin Tarantino, Jodie Foster, Steve Wozniak, the South Park creators, etc. Marc Fennell is one of Australia’s favorite tv journalists:

These interviews are the most fun thing I do. I love getting lost in someone’s work, I love editing them and I love getting to show them to you. Here is my 2015 list.

Dec 31
2016

NASA R5: Valkyrie

There are robotic arms for amputees, robotic legs for the paralyzed. Duchenne is a disease that could be changed fundamentally by this technology.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/DuchenneExoskeleton/

Dec 31
2016

Insurance firm to replace human workers with AI system

Fukoku Mutual Life Insurance Co. is planning to slash nearly 30 percent of its payment assessment department’s human staff after it introduces an artificial intelligence (AI) system in January 2017 to improve operating efficiency.

Dec 31
2016

A Very Short History Of Artificial Intelligence (AI)

A nice roadmap of Ai Cham http://www.forbes.com/sites/gilpress/2016/12/30/a-very-short…1264d4188d

Key milestones in the evolution of artificial intelligence, machine learning, and robotics.

Dec 31
2016

Thousands of jobs lost as Apple supplier Foxconn fully automates its factories

Apple supplier Foxconn is moving away from human labor and toward full automation — and it’s doing so in three phases. The move is controversial, as the company has already eliminated thousands of jobs.

Dec 30
2016

Humans will soon control SWARMS of robots using their MIND

HUMANS can now control swarms of robots using just their thoughts and eye movements.

In an incredible feat for science, a human has successfully guided a collection of robots using just their brain power.

Dec 30
2016

Banks are using mind reading technology to interview graduates

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Every business is becoming a technology business and nowhere is that truer than in the financial services industry, now as banks try to compete with start ups and established technology companies for tech talent they could find themselves getting into warm water…

Dec 30
2016

A Robotic Suit to Update Your Granny

Cannot wait to get one especially when I need to move my household again.

The elderly may toss their walkers for this robotic suit.

Dec 30
2016

World’s highest bridge opens in China

I must see this. Wonder if anyone will try glide off the bridge with a wingsuit?

The world’s highest bridge has opened to traffic in China, connecting two provinces in the mountainous southwest and reducing travel times by as much as three-quarters, local authorities said Friday.

The Beipanjiang Bridge soars 565 metres (1,854 feet) above a river and connects the two mountainous provinces of Yunnan and Guizhou, the Guizhou provincial transport department said in a statement on its official website.

The bridge cut travel times between Xuanwei in Yunnan to Shuicheng in Guizhou from more than four hours to around one, a truck driver surnamed Duan was quoted by the official news agency Xinhua as saying after the bridge opened Thursday. It was “very convenient for people who want to travel between these two places”, he added.