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POPSArtists stage street scenes to lurk in Google maps Like many first-time Street View users, Kinsley and Hewlett, then roommates, typed in their address and found their house. Kinsley and Hewlett soon found themselves discussing surveillance and virtual reality, and began considering how they might explore those issues and Street View through art. "But instead of dwelling on the darker undertones of these issues, we began to think about ways of playing with the system," Kinsley said in an e-mail interview from Iceland, where he is participating in an artist residency. The "Street With a View" project was his master of fine arts thesis project at Carnegie Mellon University. "We were interested in interjecting something staged, something fictional, into Street View and playing with - and subtly questioning - the notion of reality in something that we perceive as a factual representation of our world," said Kinsley, 26.
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POPSUS Army invests in 'thought helmet' Strange future tech. The Army 'assures' us that they don't have plans for reading minds, but it would not take much to realize that is the direction they are going with this.
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POPSUS Army Invests in 'Thought Helmet' Technology for Voiceless Communication For people concerned about the ethics of the technology, Elmar Schmeisser, the Army neuroscientist overseeing the program, reassures that the technology will not allow mind-reading. As he explains, since every user has to be trained with the system, it would be impossible to use the technology against an individual´s will and without their cooperation.
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POPSRandy Pausch Last Lecture: Achieving Your Childhood Dreams Carnegie Mellon Professor Randy Pausch (Oct. 23, 1960 - July 25, 2008) gave his last lecture at the university Sept. 18, 2007, before a packed McConomy Auditorium. In his moving presentation, "Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams," Pausch talked about his lessons learned and gave advice to students on how to achieve their own career and personal goals. For more, visit www.cmu.edu/randyslecture.
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POPSTransformers - The Nature of Alien Life
The driving factor is a pragmatic desire to improve mental capacity. Alien beings may have already reached a point in their evolution where, having exhausted the potential of their biological brains, they have taken the next logical step and opted for robotic brains equipped with artificial intelligence. This brain swap may not be as far off for humans as one might think. In only a few decades, the computer revolution here on Earth has produced supercomputers capable of performing more than a quadrillion calculations per second. According to research by Hans Moravec, an artificial-intelligence expert at Carnegie Mellon University, that rate trumps the human brain’s estimated top speed of 100 trillion calculations per second. Some scientists speculate that in a few decades, an event called the technological singularity will occur, and machines armed with computer brains will become sentient and surpass human intelligence. Civilizations equipped with technology light-years ahead
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POPSA Quote from Randy Pausch Here's a tremendous quote from Randy Pausch, the inspirational former Carnegie Mellon professor who's "Last Lecture" was one of YouTube's most watched videos. Randy died this past Friday, 7/25/08, and I pray he is now resting with our Lord in heaven. He truly inspired me to live life by finding joy in every moment. Blessings to him and his family. May his legacy live on through them. Here's a link to his "Last Lecture". I promise you'll enjoy all 75 minutes of it.: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ji5_MqicxSo
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POPSHis "Last Lecture" "By the book's end, Pausch sounds like a parent imparting advice as fast as he can. The chapters grow shorter as he tries to fit it all in: Don't obsess over what people think. No job is beneath you. Tell the truth."
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POPSDying with Grace If you have not heard/viewed his speech, I cannot recommend it enough. Wonderful man. Will be sorely missed.
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POPSRandy Pausch La mejor manera de ser recordarlo Dos videos con subtítulos en español de la ULTIMA LECCION del profesor Randy Pausch, profesor informático de la universidad Carnegie Mellon, muestra la fortaleza para hacer frente a una enfermedad terminal.
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POPSRandy Paush Last Lecture Here in this clip Professor Randy Pausch gave his last lecture at Carnegie Mellon University Sept 18, 2007. R.I.P Randy Pausch Born Oct. 23, 1960 - Died July 25, 2008
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POPSOur Paradoxical Attitudes Toward Privacy “The cues that we rely on through culture and evolution to tell us there is a privacy issue are not present on the Internet,” he said. Meanwhile, “the same technology magnifies the risk.”
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POPSRobots inspired by animals Robots inspired by animals, ranging from a robotic salamander, mechanical cockroaches to swarms of tiny robots that can be manipulated with electromagnetic forces to create various forms.
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