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For 2010, IDC Predicts an Apple iPad and Battles in the Cloud
Predictions for next year were presented on Thursday by the technology research firm IDC…Click here for an article found...
Predictions for next year were presented on Thursday by the technology research firm IDC…Click here for an article found...
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Invisible power
Marin Soljacic couldn’t sleep. The problem was his wife’s Nokia cell phone. The tyrannical device beeped on the...
Marin Soljacic couldn’t sleep. The problem was his wife’s Nokia cell phone. The tyrannical device beeped on the...
Fabien Chetty posted a blog entry
MySpace And The Pace Of Change – Part 2
Yesterday, the subject of discussion was the decline of MySpace in comparison to its rival Facebook. Today, we will analyse how...
Yesterday, the subject of discussion was the decline of MySpace in comparison to its rival Facebook. Today, we will analyse how...
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A Growing PayPal Could Soon Overshadow Parent eBay
“This week PayPal opened its system to third-party developers, which will mean PayPal can be built in to all sorts of...
“This week PayPal opened its system to third-party developers, which will mean PayPal can be built in to all sorts of...
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A Twitter Founder Turns to Electronic Payments
Jack Dorsey, who came up with the idea for Twitter and is now its chairman, has unveiled Square, his new start-up. The idea:...
Jack Dorsey, who came up with the idea for Twitter and is now its chairman, has unveiled Square, his new start-up. The idea:...
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Genetically Enhance Humanity or Face Extinction
In his talk at the Festival of Dangerous Ideas, philosopher and bioethicist Julian Savulescu, Uehiro Professor of Practical Ethics at the University of Oxford., examines the nature of human beings as products of evolution, in particular their limited...
In his talk at the Festival of Dangerous Ideas, philosopher and bioethicist Julian Savulescu, Uehiro Professor of Practical Ethics at the University of Oxford., examines the nature of human beings as products of evolution, in particular their limited...
Spare parts
A bionic eye, a new heart grown in the lab, spinal implants that will help quadriplegics walk again… Will we soon be able to replace any body part at will?Things have certainly come a long way since Australian scientists first developed the bionic...
A bionic eye, a new heart grown in the lab, spinal implants that will help quadriplegics walk again… Will we soon be able to replace any body part at will?Things have certainly come a long way since Australian scientists first developed the bionic...
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Semiconducting Nanowires Bring New Generation Electronics Closer to Reality
A new generation of ultrasmall transistors and more powerful computer chips using tiny structures called semiconducting...
A new generation of ultrasmall transistors and more powerful computer chips using tiny structures called semiconducting...
6 days ago
Blogging the Singularity
| Topics: Advanced..., Scientific..., Accelerating..., semiconduc...
Blogging the Singularity
| Topics: Advanced..., Scientific..., Accelerating..., semiconduc...thesingularity posted a blog entry
Glasgow scientists predict the unpredictable to guide future nano-chip design
Scientists at the University of Glasgow, in collaboration with colleagues from Edinburgh, Manchester, Southampton and York...
Scientists at the University of Glasgow, in collaboration with colleagues from Edinburgh, Manchester, Southampton and York...
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One giant leap for ocean exploration… what the world’s first ’space station of the sea’ will look like
It looks more like the Starship Enterprise sinking in the sea - but this huge vertical vessel could be the future of ocean...
It looks more like the Starship Enterprise sinking in the sea - but this huge vertical vessel could be the future of ocean...
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Infographic: the compleat and astounding history of storage
Geekologie's superb "Evolution of Storage" infographic traces the history of data, music and photo storage from the wax cylinder to the 2TB hard drive. I think I'll print this out and hang it on the wall of my office, for the same reason poets kept...
Geekologie's superb "Evolution of Storage" infographic traces the history of data, music and photo storage from the wax cylinder to the 2TB hard drive. I think I'll print this out and hang it on the wall of my office, for the same reason poets kept...
6 days ago
Google Reader
| Topics: Gadgets, accelerati..., data, design | Add google reader to your profile
Google Reader
| Topics: Gadgets, accelerati..., data, design | Add google reader to your profilethesingularity posted a blog entry
Teachers Begin Using Cell Phones for Class Lessons
Click here for an interesting Associated Press article documenting how some teachers are beginning incorporate cell phone usage...
Click here for an interesting Associated Press article documenting how some teachers are beginning incorporate cell phone usage...
thesingularity posted a blog entry
China to Launch Second Lunar Probe Next October
Click here to read an Associated Press article detailing the status of the growing Chinese space program.
Click here to read an Associated Press article detailing the status of the growing Chinese space program.
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Genetically Enhance Humanity or Face Extinction
In his talk at the Festival of Dangerous Ideas, philosopher and bioethicist Julian Savulescu, Uehiro Professor of Practical...
In his talk at the Festival of Dangerous Ideas, philosopher and bioethicist Julian Savulescu, Uehiro Professor of Practical...
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Cambridge’s ProFORMA does 3D scanning with any stationary webcam
Via Engadget:Never mind that silly name: ProFORMA (which stands for ‘Probabilistic Feature-based On-line Rapid Model...
Via Engadget:Never mind that silly name: ProFORMA (which stands for ‘Probabilistic Feature-based On-line Rapid Model...
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Intel: Chips in brains will control computers by 2020
Brain waves will replace keyboard and mouse, dial phones and change TV channelsBy Sharon GaudinNovember 19, 2009 02:40 PM...
Brain waves will replace keyboard and mouse, dial phones and change TV channelsBy Sharon GaudinNovember 19, 2009 02:40 PM...
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“Big Bang” experiment advancing fast
GENEVA (Reuters) - After a year’s delay, scientists at the world’s biggest accelerator have restarted an experiment...
GENEVA (Reuters) - After a year’s delay, scientists at the world’s biggest accelerator have restarted an experiment...
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Central Nervous System for Earth: HP’s Ambitious Sensor Network
If you follow the Singularity then you’ve already seen this coming:HP Labs has joined the race to build an...
If you follow the Singularity then you’ve already seen this coming:HP Labs has joined the race to build an...
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IBM’s Blue Gene Supercomputer Models a Cat’s Entire Brain
Using 144 terabytes of RAM, scientists simulate a cat’s cerebral cortex based on 1 billion neurons and 10 trillion...
Using 144 terabytes of RAM, scientists simulate a cat’s cerebral cortex based on 1 billion neurons and 10 trillion...
thesingularity posted a blog entry
What if…Human Tissue Could Be Used to Make Objects?
Bone tissue cultivated outside a patient’s body will soon be used in reconstructive surgery. As the bioscience behind...
Bone tissue cultivated outside a patient’s body will soon be used in reconstructive surgery. As the bioscience behind...
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Spare parts
A bionic eye, a new heart grown in the lab, spinal implants that will help quadriplegics walk again… Will we soon be able...
A bionic eye, a new heart grown in the lab, spinal implants that will help quadriplegics walk again… Will we soon be able...
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‘Universal’ Programmable Two-Qubit Quantum Processor Created
ScienceDaily (Nov. 16, 2009) — Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated the...
ScienceDaily (Nov. 16, 2009) — Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated the...
20 days ago
Blogging the Singularity
| Topics: Advanced..., Scientific..., Accelerating..., processor
Blogging the Singularity
| Topics: Advanced..., Scientific..., Accelerating..., processorthesingularity posted a blog entry
Contact Lenses to get Built-In Virtual Graphics
A contact lens that harvests radio waves to power an LED is paving the way for a new kind of display. The lens is a prototype...
A contact lens that harvests radio waves to power an LED is paving the way for a new kind of display. The lens is a prototype...
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Haptic Ring Lets You Feel Virtual Objects
Hat tip to Singularity Hub
Hat tip to Singularity Hub
thesingularity posted a blog entry
Rise of the Molecular Machines
What Ralph Merkle explains is one of the weirdest, scariest, most promising technologies on the horizon: molecular...
What Ralph Merkle explains is one of the weirdest, scariest, most promising technologies on the horizon: molecular...
thesingularity posted a blog entry
The 50 Best Inventions of 2009
From a rocket of the future to a $10 million lightbulb, here are TIME’s picks for the best new gadgets and breakthrough...
From a rocket of the future to a $10 million lightbulb, here are TIME’s picks for the best new gadgets and breakthrough...
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Open University Talks Clouds with MS and Google
The Open University is in negotiations with Microsoft and Google about cloud computing services for students and...
The Open University is in negotiations with Microsoft and Google about cloud computing services for students and...
lb posted a blog entry
Accelerating Change through Invention - RadialWaveAnimatron
The office door sign reads as follows.Accelerating Change through InventionRadialWaveAnimatronThe year is 2012 and the world...
The office door sign reads as follows.Accelerating Change through InventionRadialWaveAnimatronThe year is 2012 and the world...
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A future beyond 2012
In a future beyond 2012 Invent Tex Incorporated could very well be a good name for a future technology company that pursues...
In a future beyond 2012 Invent Tex Incorporated could very well be a good name for a future technology company that pursues...
33 days ago
2012 Predictions Review
| Topics: evolving..., accelerating..., nanotechno..., future...
2012 Predictions Review
| Topics: evolving..., accelerating..., nanotechno..., future...thesingularity posted a blog entry
Microsoft Doesn’t Believe Google Apps Numbers
Google Apps has been picking up some steam recently — announcing a huge deal with the city of Los Angeles, and revealing...
Google Apps has been picking up some steam recently — announcing a huge deal with the city of Los Angeles, and revealing...
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Google’s Eric Schmidt on What the Web Will Look Like in 5 Years
Click here for the article.
Click here for the article.
thesingularity posted a blog entry
U.S. Newspaper Circulation Falls 10%
The two-decade erosion in newspaper circulation is looking more like an avalanche…Click here for the complete article...
The two-decade erosion in newspaper circulation is looking more like an avalanche…Click here for the complete article...
40 days ago
Blogging the Singularity
| Topics: Publications, Accelerating..., circulation, newspaper
Blogging the Singularity
| Topics: Publications, Accelerating..., circulation, newspaperthesingularity posted a blog entry
Ian Goldin: Navigating our Global Future
As globalization and technological advances bring us hurtling towards a new integrated future, Ian Goldin warns that not all...
As globalization and technological advances bring us hurtling towards a new integrated future, Ian Goldin warns that not all...
42 days ago
Blogging the Singularity
| Topics: Social..., Singularity..., Ethics/Dan..., Accelerating...
Blogging the Singularity
| Topics: Social..., Singularity..., Ethics/Dan..., Accelerating...thesingularity posted a blog entry
The Future Internet: Service Web 3.0
With over a billion users, today’s Internet is arguably the most successful human artifact ever created. The Future...
With over a billion users, today’s Internet is arguably the most successful human artifact ever created. The Future...
thesingularity posted a blog entry
High-Speed Chase Ends When OnStar Halts Stolen SUV
California Carjacking Suspect Nabbed After GM’s OnStar Halts Fleeing SUV - It was the first time since OnStar began...
California Carjacking Suspect Nabbed After GM’s OnStar Halts Fleeing SUV - It was the first time since OnStar began...
thesingularity posted a blog entry
Scientists Observe Live Human Cells Communicating For the First Time
Scientists from the University of Copenhagen have… Click here for the article found on the Popular Science website.
Scientists from the University of Copenhagen have… Click here for the article found on the Popular Science website.
lb posted a blog entry
What doomed the Mayan ?
This might explained what doomed the Mayan ancient civilization says Tom Sever. The Maya set themselves up for a doomsday of...
This might explained what doomed the Mayan ancient civilization says Tom Sever. The Maya set themselves up for a doomsday of...
John posted a blog entry
Farewell to the Average American
Looking at demographic trends across the United States, Advertising Age came to a conclusion that will be stunning for most...
Looking at demographic trends across the United States, Advertising Age came to a conclusion that will be stunning for most...
thesingularity posted a blog entry
Did You Know 4.0
This is another official update to the original “Shift Happens” video. This completely new Fall 2009 version...
This is another official update to the original “Shift Happens” video. This completely new Fall 2009 version...
56 days ago
Blogging the Singularity
| Topics: Just for Fun, Singularity..., Accelerating..., economist
Blogging the Singularity
| Topics: Just for Fun, Singularity..., Accelerating..., economistthesingularity posted a blog entry
Car Makers Use Tech to Battle ‘Impaired Driving’
The Department of Transportation’s recent conference on distracted driving drew considerable attention to…Click here...
The Department of Transportation’s recent conference on distracted driving drew considerable attention to…Click here...
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