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Architectural visions of the future
cakebelly
by cakebelly  2-27-2009   
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We must ride technology – or be swamped by it
wildcat
by wildcat  1-3-2009    2
 The year is 2004. You are Karl Lagerfeld. And technology is about the make a fool of you. This, obviously, is a hypothetical scenario.
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Grasshopper-inspired Jollbot rolls, collapses, jumps
wildcat
by wildcat  12-16-2008   
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Scientists on Brink of Creating Synthetic Life
wildcat
by wildcat  12-9-2008    2
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Create Your Own Currency
wildcat
by wildcat  12-6-2008    1
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Talking Web, memory assistants and solar-powered cell phones headed mainstream, IBM says
wildcat
by wildcat  12-1-2008   
 IBM's 'Next Five in Five' predicts innovations that will change our lives
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6 Cool European Electric Cars Never Coming to the US
wildcat
by wildcat  11-19-2008   
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Top Ten Forecasts for 2009 & Beyond
wildcat
by wildcat  11-11-2008   
 Each year since 1985, the editors of THE FUTURIST have selected the most thought-provoking ideas and forecasts appearing in the magazine to go into our annual Outlook report. Over the years, Outlook has spotlighted the emergence of such epochal developments as the Internet, virtual reality, and the end of the Cold War. All of these forecasts plus dozens more were included in the report that scanned the best writing and research from THE FUTURIST magazine over the course of the previous year. The Society hopes this report, covering developments in business and economics, demography, energy, the environment, health and medicine, resources, society and values, and technology, will assist its readers in preparing for the challenges and opportunities in 2009 and beyond.
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Top Visionaries - Agenda Setters 2008
wildcat
by wildcat  10-29-2008   
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Jacking into the Brain--Is the Brain the Ultimate Computer Interface?
wildcat
by wildcat  10-28-2008    2
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Internet use could improve brain function and speed up decision-making
wildcat
by wildcat  10-27-2008   
 Previous studies have warned that too much computer use could be responsible for increasing levels of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Dr Gary Small, director of the memory and ageing research centre at the University of California, Los Angeles, said: "Young people are growing up immersed in this technology and their brains are more malleable, more plastic and changing than with older brains," he said.
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Packs of robots will hunt down uncooperative humans
wildcat
by wildcat  10-24-2008    7
 "What we have here are the beginnings of something designed to enable robots to hunt down humans like a pack of dogs. Once the software is perfected we can reasonably anticipate that they will become autonomous and become armed.
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E.O. Wilson Returns to the Hive With Superorganism Tome
wildcat
by wildcat  10-24-2008    1
 Group evolution meant that altruism and self-sacrifice — i.e., morality — might be as much a part of our genetic heritage as hair and eye color.Many prominent biologists, led by Richard Dawkins, author of The Selfish Gene, said no, there was no such thing as a superorganism: Evolution worked on the genes of self-serving individuals only, not groups.
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Berlin Protest Organizers Call European ISP Rules "Stasi 2.0"
wildcat
by wildcat  10-20-2008    1
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Open-Source Voting
wildcat
by wildcat  10-19-2008   
 as we said before, open source everything..
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We'll all be citizens of virtual worlds
wildcat
by wildcat  10-3-2008    1
 What is the point of all this? It is quite likely that it will be a natural thing for future generations to meet their friends in worlds such as these, where they can watch the same music or videos while chatting to each other. And if that is where youngsters will be hanging out, then brands and media, including newspapers, will have to be there. Other life-mimicking worlds about to be released include shopping malls such as themall.tv, which aims to emulate an entire shopping mall with scores of high street shops. It claims to have signed up 500 brands.
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The Landscape of Possible Intelligences
wildcat
by wildcat  9-15-2008    1
 If we imagine the levels of intelligence as a ladder with unevenly spaced rungs, there may be jumps that some intelligences are not able to complete, or their derivatives are not able to jump. So a type 3 mind may be able to jump up four levels of bootstrapping intelligence, but not five. Since I don't believe intelligence is linear (that is I believe intelligence grows in many dimensions), a better illustration may be to view the problem of bootstrapping super intelligence as navigating across a rugged evolutionary landscape.
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The second enlightenment project
wildcat
by wildcat  9-15-2008    1
 just discovered and exploring
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Standing on the Shoulders of Giants
wildcat
by wildcat  9-9-2008   
 Video games are reshaping how we perform and promote science. A review by Seed Mag
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The Coming Convergence
wildcat
by wildcat  9-9-2008   
 The message is clear: the choices we make now will converge to create a near and distant future that will be almost unbelievably wonderful or unimaginably catastrophic, or both. This knowledgeable, fascinating glimpse into the future is a must read for everyone interested in technology, upcoming innovations in business, science fiction, and the future.
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Brave New World of Digital Intimacy
wildcat
by wildcat  9-6-2008    11
 It is easy to become unsettled by privacy-eroding aspects of awareness tools. But there is another — quite different — result of all this incessant updating: a culture of people who know much more about themselves. Many of the avid Twitterers, Flickrers and Facebook users I interviewed described an unexpected side-effect of constant self-disclosure. The act of stopping several times a day to observe what you’re feeling or thinking can become, after weeks and weeks, a sort of philosophical act. It’s like the Greek dictum to “know thyself,” or the therapeutic concept of mindfulness. (Indeed, the question that floats eternally at the top of Twitter’s Web site — “What are you doing?” — can come to seem existentially freighted. What are you doing?) Having an audience can make the self-reflection even more acute, since, as my interviewees noted, they’re trying to describe their activities in a way that is not only accurate but also interesting to others: the status update as a literary form.
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Futurese- English in 3000 AD
wildcat
by wildcat  9-4-2008    4
 So how far will another thousand years take it?
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Say wow! the flying jellyfish
wildcat
by wildcat  9-4-2008    2
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One hundred tesla without self-destructing
wildcat
by wildcat  9-2-2008    3
 Why would anyone need a magnet that strong? Greg Boebinger, director of the Magnet Lab, says that this magnetic field strength is the only way to test the properties of newly discovered high-temperature superconductors like iron oxyarsenide, which may improve the performance of MRI machines and high-voltage power lines while lowering their cost. A 100‑T magnet would also let you conduct certain zero-gravity experiments without traveling into space and let you develop magnetic propulsion systems that could eventually replace those that burn rocket fuel.
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Telepresence Robot TiLR at the X PRIZE Foundation
wildcat
by wildcat  8-31-2008    1
 revolutionary technology
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Michael Phelps: ‘Naturally’ transhuman
wildcat
by wildcat  8-27-2008    2
  * He has proportionately short legs relative to his long, powerful trunk; this large upper body is the engine that powers his long arms. Moreover, his unique physique reduces drag through the water and allows for maximum propulsion. * Phelps has a greater-than-average lung capacity allowing him to execute his underwater dolphin kicks longer than the competition. * He has a genetic advantage that cause his muscles to produce 50% less lactic acid than other athletes. This means he can work at higher work loads for longer periods. * With a low body fat of 4%, he is better able to convert his effort into speed. Looking at this list it’s as if Phelps was designed to swim. Which leads to an interesting question: Given the potential for genetic modification and gene doping, should it be acceptable for other athletes to acquire the same physiological endowments through artificial means? If not, what makes it so acceptable to come by these traits ‘naturally?’ And how
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Brainloop
cyberwiz
by cyberwiz  8-19-2008   
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Surge in Food Nanotechnology Worries Consumers
wildcat
by wildcat  8-4-2008   
 Davies quoted David Rejeski of the Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies, who advocates a U.S. investment of $150 million a year in such research by 2010, to benefit from an industry that will involve “15 percent of globally manufactured goods, worth $2.6 trillion, by 2014.”
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Gordon Moore's Next Act
wildcat
by wildcat  8-4-2008   
 The man behind Moore's Law is tackling biodiversity, the future of engineering education, and the secrets of the galaxies
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Where Is Human Evolution Heading?
wildcat
by wildcat  8-3-2008    2
 The race's DNA is changing faster than ever; what it means for our descendants
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The Role of Meaning in Human Thinking
wildcat
by wildcat  8-1-2008    8
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Building 'The Matrix'
wildcat
by wildcat  7-31-2008    2
 Feynman envisioned, a general purpose, programmable quantum computer could itself carry out quantum simulations. But such machines are still decades away, most researchers say, while machines designed only for quantum simulations may become available sooner.
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Toward a Type 1 civilization
wildcat
by wildcat  7-30-2008    1
 Along with energy policy, political and economic systems must also evolve. Michael Shermer, one of the most trusted voices in todays world.
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They're Putting Anti-Aging Enzymes in the Water
wildcat
by wildcat  7-30-2008    9
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Europe, Japan join forces to map out future of intelligent robots
wildcat
by wildcat  7-30-2008   
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HYPERPOLITICS (AMERICAN STYLE) A Talk By Mark Pesce
wildcat
by wildcat  7-29-2008    1
 The power redistributions of the 21st century have dealt representative democracies out. Representative democracies are a poor fit to the challenges ahead, and 'rebooting' them is not enough. The future looks nothing like democracy, because democracy, which sought to empower the individual, is being obsolesced by a social order which hyperempowers him.
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The Mind Ball
wildcat
by wildcat  7-29-2008   
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The Implications of Robot Cars and Taxis
wildcat
by wildcat  7-28-2008   
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How Many Silicon Valley Startup Executives Are Hopped Up On Provigil?
wildcat
by wildcat  7-25-2008    3
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How one day we may all be eternally young
wildcat
by wildcat  7-25-2008    2
 "We found a normal developmental programme that works in young animals, but becomes unbalanced as the worm gets older. It accounts for the lion's share of molecular differences between young and old worms." If ageing is not a cost of unavoidable chemistry, but is instead driven by changes in regulatory genes, the ageing process may not be inevitable, he added.
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