singularity technology

Synthetic Life Video Presentation

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This is a 20 min TEDMED video of Craig Venter who talks about his work on digitizing the genetic code, synthetic genomics and software making its own hardware — all with the goal of creating synthetic life. Craig Venter points out himself that things such as moving genetic software across the branches of life, and [...]

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Do you want to live forever? (the full documentary)

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Here is the full documentary film directed by Christopher Sykes about the eccentric and radical gerontologist Dr. Aubrey de Grey and his quest for immortality: So, how about you? Do you want to live forever?

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Regenerative Medicine on TEDMED

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Dr. Anthony Atala from the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine in an amazing video demonstrating the promise of regenerative medicine in general and artificially grown organs, in particular. Here is the timeline description of the video as posted by Singularity Hub. 1:46 – Atala alerts the audience to the scope of the problems with [...]

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Remote Car Stopper by Eureka Aerospace

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Here is a video demo of a prototype for a remote car disabling or car stopping Electro Magnetic Pulse (EMP) device called HPEMS (High Powered Electro Magnetic System). The device is currently being developed by Eureka Aerospace for the US Police, Airforce, Marine Core and other interested parties. It has the ability to stop cars [...]

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Artificial Intelligence: Its Meaning and Its Future

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Professors Noel Sharkey and Kevin Warwick discuss what AI is, and what it might become… Video: Artificial intelligence: Will machines ever out-think us? | silicon.com Related articles by Zemanta the Rise of Robotic Artificial Intelligence (singularityblog.singularitysymposium.com) Call for debate on killer robots (news.bbc.co.uk) Military killer robots ‘could endanger civilians’ (telegraph.co.uk)

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IBM: 5 Innovations that will Change Cities in the Next 5 Years

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Buildings that know when they need to be fixed before something breaks; sensors that tell the fire department details of a fire before they receive the emergency phone call; smart water and sewage systems that filter and recycle water. . . See the modern city as it will be in 5 years time as foreseen [...]

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Robo Library

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The British Library gets robotized. Reuters Television has an exclusive first look at the high-density, oxygen-controlled facility built to house seven million items from the UK’s national library’s collection.

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Smart Contact Lenses and Artificial Retinas

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In the last few years Genetics, Robotics and Nanotechnologies have all become Information Technologies and are often quoted as singularity precursors. Vernor Vinge’s sci fi novel Rainbows End, set in what he calls “a slow take-off” pre-singularity period, describes wearable computers and smart contact lens technology for augmented reality. But is this science fiction? Is [...]

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