“Ray Kurzweil’s vision of the “singularity” — when nanobots make humans immortal and computer progress is so fast that the future becomes profoundly unknowable — is a bad idea. That’s the perhaps surprisingly contrary opinion of Joichi Ito, who as a high-tech investor and director of the MIT Media Lab might be expected to be a natural ally. The lab, after all, aims to be at the center of today’s technology revolution”
Gerd adds: I totally agree with Joi on this issue - watch the video!
February 09, 2013 at 11:11AM
This friend of yours, this cybernetic friend, that knows that you that have certain questions about certain health issues or business strategies. And, It can then be canvassing all the new information that comes out in the world every minute and then bring things to your attention without you asking about them January 07, 2013 at 11:15AM
2019: A Future Imagined (by Jim Hunter)
Visual Futurist Syd Mead (“Blade Runner,” “Aliens,” “Tron”) reflects upon the nature of creativity and how it drives the future. Photographed in P2 High Definition, this featurette provides insight into the fascinating mind of one of the most influential artists of modern cinema and automotive design.
A landmark paper was published in May showing quadriplegic patients controlling a robotic arm. “We now show that people with longstanding, profound paralysis can move complex real-world machines like robotic arms, and not just virtual devices, like a dot on a computer,” said one of the lead researchers, Brown University neuroscientist John Donoghue.
IT WASN'T RAINING WHEN NOAH BUILT THE ARK
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