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Transcurve is a website dedicated to the technological singularity, including information technology, robotics, genetics and artificial intelligence. Transcurve is a social network for transhumanism on Ning. read more »
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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 read more »
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We've all seen black and white footage of astronauts on the moon hot doggin' it over craters and dunes in a trick electric buggy, but that was over thirty years ago. In 2020, when a new generation of astronauts head there, they'll need a new generation of whip too, and that's just what NASA recently demonstrated to the public. read more »
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We compare a lot of things to Minority Report around here — since it's so damn cool and all — but most of the technology we come across simply approximates the almost ridiculous amount of gesture controls presented by the movie. Tom Cruise was spinning his hands, position his fingers every-which-way, and using iPhone-like pinch commands to manipulate all of the ghostly windows hovering before him read more »
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The ‘green movement’ has swept the world and architecture is at the forefront of the new industrial revolution - buildings being by far the biggest energy-sappers in the world. Many contemporary architects are limited by the confines of budgets, time tables and constricting clients. Some industrious innovators, however, are breaking convention and collaborating to launch our imaginations into the read more »
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Researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have created a molecular computer that can run calculations inside a living cell. Project leaders Maung Nyan Win and Christina Smolke have revealed that, so far, they have tested the living computer on a living yeast cell. read more »
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Antibiotics are one of the greatest things ever discovered by humans. They've saved countless lives, they're the cornerstone of our modern "not dropping dead of minor infections" society, they were discovered by accident and they're not going to work forever. Sorry to end on a downer but this stuff is kind of important. read more »
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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... read more »
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