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Late last week, it was announced that NASA had, pardon the pun, pissed away $154 million by creating a urinal/water fountain system that didn’t work. To witness how a more simple technology can have huge implications down here on this planet, watch this amazing video (Note: it is a little graphic, but one must remember that these are the real life conditions under which billions of people must ac
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This essay explores some of the social, political, economic and technological issues that the world may have to face in the mid-21st century. A central theme is the need to regulate molecular nanotechnology because of its immense abuse potential. Advanced nanotechnology can be used to build small self-replicating machines that can feed on organic matter - a bit like bacteria but much more...
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Ian Neild, BT Group Chief Technology Office, for his big predictions for the year 2017.
“Thinking of what the next generation of game consoles and the way we interact with them, the rise of big high definition displays and the uptake of broadband means it is going to be a fun 10 years.
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The magazine is edited by RU Sirius, former editor of the seminal gonzo transhumanist magazine Mondo 2000. The first issue includes essays by Aubrey de Grey, Ramez Naam, Michael Anissimov and many others.
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After celebrating my 78th birthday recently, I began thinking about how technologies have changed my life. In the early 1930s President Hoover announced that “Prosperity is just around the corner,” but he could not have been more wrong. The 1929 Stock Market Crash had just brought America into the Great Depression.
My five siblings and I were raised on a farm near Hermiston, Oregon. Our hom read more »
My five siblings and I were raised on a farm near Hermiston, Oregon. Our hom read more »
The concept of the coming technological singularity is going to enter mainstream discourse, and won't go away. It will stop being something that can be dismissed as freaky or outlandish - something that is of interest only to marginal types and radical thinkers. Instead, it's going to become something that every serious discussion of the future is going to have to contemplate. Writing a long-term
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In the first talk of the day, Hugo Award-winning Science Fiction Author Vernor Vinge opens up by stating that achieving the Singularity by 2030 is still going to happen.
His conviction is very impressive. He states that the Singularity is still on track because Moore’s Law is still working. If technology continues to exponentially increase, 2030 is his best date. read more »
His conviction is very impressive. He states that the Singularity is still on track because Moore’s Law is still working. If technology continues to exponentially increase, 2030 is his best date. read more »
Our most recent C-R-Newsletter includes a feature essay from Jamais Cascio, CRN's Director of Impacts Analysis.
Here is how it begins:
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Here is how it begins:
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