Jessica Meyer

MIT Invention Turns Salt Water Into Drinking Water Using Solar Power | Popular Science

' ... USAID recently announced the winners of the Desal Prize, part of a competition to see who could create an affordable desalination solution for developing countries. The idea was to create a system that could remove salt from water and meet three criteria: it had to be cost-effective, environmentally sustainable, and energy efficient. ... '

http://www.popsci.com/award-winning-team-cleans-water-supplies-power-sun

Securing Water for Food: A Grand Challenge for Development Announces Winners of the Desal Prize | Press Release | U.S. Agency for International Development
http://www.usaid.gov/news-information/press-releases/apr-22-2015-securing-water-food-grand-challenge-development-announces-winners
http://www.popsci.com/award-winning-team-cleans-water-supplies-power-sun

#transhumanism #neuroscience

#transhumanism #neuroscience

Originally shared by Giulio Prisco
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/quest-upload-mind-into-digital-space-180954946/#OL8gv450oRp2a2pr.30

#robotics #economy #automation

#robotics #economy #automation

Originally shared by Alex P

the future of farming:)

One more reason why robotics research (and science in general) is amazing. :) Having humans do these automatic exhausting tasks for 8-12 hours a day is a waste of human potential and harmful to human health too, these workers get sun burns, etc. Computers were slow first, nowadays they are a million times faster. Imagine how much faster than human pickers these robots will become! :) Maybe 10 times!

What about the jobs lost? Well, to make robots we need far more than robot designers, we need factories that make parts for robot factories, factories that make materials for robot parts, factories and robots that recycle materials to be used for new robots, etc... you need a whole industry. We need robot maintenance, robot repair, etc - so these will be new jobs. Hundreds of human made or hand made industries were replaced by automation last 100 years and unemployment is still the same. :) The only thing that changed last 100 years is that we work less every week, have higher standard of living, live longer. As tech advances, robots will do a lot of the work and we will have more time to research other dimensions, meditate, take care of our health, bring world peace. :)

These robotic farming technologies are transition technologies, in the far future humans will not eat, due to nanobots allowing us to live on energy - as Nikola Tesla predicted - recycling nutrients. Humans will enjoy longer lives of 7 centuries at least one day too. In the nearer future powder shakes will all nutrients needed will replace conventional food - but even that is far off.

That's why it would be nice if instead of so much warfare, we would use our trillions for medicine, science, robotics, etc. :)

#google #collections #googleplus

#google #collections #googleplus

Originally shared by Rob Jongschaap

Google+ is Testing a New “Collections” Feature That Seems to be Part Pinterest, Part Blogging | Droid Life

' ... In Collections, which should be available on mobile and the web when it launches, users can create collections of photos, links, and videos, or follow other users’ collections. ... '

http://www.droid-life.com/2015/04/23/google-plus-collections-pinterest/
http://www.droid-life.com/2015/04/23/google-plus-collections-pinterest/

#google #maps

#google #maps

Originally shared by Android Authority

Sending directions to your phone is as simple as a Google search

Google is making the process of sending route directions from your PC to your phone simpler. Much simpler.

By Bogdan Petrovan
http://www.androidauthority.com/send-directions-pc-phone-google-603663

#ICRA15 just released a trailer featuring some of the highlights from the conference.

#ICRA15 just released a trailer featuring some of the highlights from the conference. It’s a nice sneak peak at the latest robots that will be presented in Seattle this May.

#robotics

Originally shared by Sabine Hauert
http://robohub.org/icra15-video-trailer-preview-the-latest-in-robotics-and-ai/

#artificialintelligence

#artificialintelligence

Originally shared by Singularity 2045

Whether or not human level #artificialintelligence will be safe or dangerous, it should be clear it's logically impossible to justify a supposed AI risk via citing human treatment of animals. The #logicalfallacy of AI danger based on animal-human relationships should not be allowed to continue.

Wozniak recently cited pet dogs to justify AI fear. Tegmark cited tigers to justify AI fear. Yudkowsky in the past cited wolves. Hugo de Garis cited mosquitoes and ants. Bostrom cited gorillas.

AI #scaremongering by the aforementioned people is a joke. Their logical fallacies are via irrational, highly unintelligent, but nobody until now has exposed their fallacious reasoning concerning their animals-analogy.

After considering the following quotes, do you agree comparing human treatment of animals cannot remotely define hypothetical super-AI treatment of humans?

Wave Chronicle (23 Apirl 2015): "Analogies regarding tigers would only be valid if tigers had helped design human minds. Tigers show zero intelligent engineering of AI human brains. There is no AI design of precursor human brains by tigers. The point is our intelligent engineering of AI makes humans utterly different to any unintelligent species below us. Animals unable to create higher intelligence cannot be compared to humans creating AI."

"When pets, tigers, ants, spiders, wolves, gorillas, or any other animal can create greater intelligence than themselves, intelligence that dominates it, only then will the analogy be valid."
http://wavechronicle.com/wave/?p=5780

#artificialintelligence

#artificialintelligence

Originally shared by Pratik Mukherjee

In-depth interview on the future of AI with Berkeley computer scientist Stuart Russell, writer and first signatory of an open letter calling for researchers to look beyond the goal of merely making artificial intelligence more powerful.
https://www.quantamagazine.org/20150421-concerns-of-an-artificial-intelligence-pioneer/

#health #technology

#health #technology

Originally shared by Singularity 2045

#BioTech startup wants to #3Dprint eyes. They say such #3Dprinting #bioprinting will be possible sometime around 2027. In addition to standard eye replacements, super-human bio-eyes are forecast.

Daily Mail (21 April 2015): "Italian bio-designers MHOX has unveiled project is has been working on to 3D print organic tissues to produce working body parts that can replace the eyes of people suffering from disease." http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3048797/Would-3D-print-new-EYES-instead-getting-glasses-Synthetic-organs-used-enhance-vision-turn-eyes-cameras.html

PopSci (20 April 2015): "The concept is called Enhance Your Eye (EYE, of course) and are made from a 3D bioprinter, which uses a special needle to drop different types of cells into the appropriate alignment and structure. Bioprinters can already make organs such as ears, blood vessels, and kidneys, but eyes remain elusive because of their complexity." http://www.popsci.com/biotech-startup-wants-replace-your-eyeballs-synthetic-ones

See also: http://rt.com/news/251761-3d-printed-eyeballs-camera/?amp;amp
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3048797/Would-3D-print-new-EYES-instead-getting-glasses-Synthetic-organs-used-enhance-vision-turn-eyes-cameras.html

#robotics

#robotics

Originally shared by Stratos Koumantakis

Known as Ham, this humanoid is made using specialized software and can recognize and respond to facial expressions.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3044955/Aye-robot-Amazingly-lifelike-humanoid-incredible-range-facial-expressions.html

#technology #economy

#technology #economy

Originally shared by Rob Jongschaap

Ten more years of real money? -- ScienceDaily

'We will still be using "real" money for at least the next 5 to 10 years, but financial transactions carried out using mobile electronic devices, such as smart phones and tablet computers, will increasingly become the norm during that time period, according to research published in the International Journal of Electronic Business.'

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/04/150421084403.htm
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/04/150421084403.htm

#immortality

#immortality

Originally shared by Singularity 2045

#Immortality #lifeextension

People who think living forever would be boring ARE boring. Immortality is not the problem, the problem is some people have boring thoughts, their perspective is boring. If you ever become bored with life the problem is your boring mind, thus you'd likely discover the nature of your boring mind after only 20 years of life.

We have all met boring people for time to time, they have no passion, no zest for life, thus these people would probably be happy to die after 100 years because life is so boring from their boring viewpoint.

I seriously don't know who to become bored. I do become weary, very depressed, regarding the BS in the world but I am never really bored. I could stare into empty space for hours without becoming bored because my mind is far from boring. My mind paints a fabulous picture into the most dull aspects of our world, thus I am not really bored by boring people, I actually find boring people incredibly interesting because I am perplexed, utterly intrigued, regarding how a supposedly self-aware and intelligent brain can exhibit such a mindless deficiency of vibrancy, their brain-dead stoical nothingness is in utter contradiction to the reality of the functioning human genome, which is perplexing.

When I sleep my dreams are utterly fabulous adventures even when I experience nightmares (nightmares are sadly common in this horrific world of deficient intelligence), but despite the horrors I am never bored, furthermore I would be at least 1000 times more intrigued with life if the horror regarding deficient technological intelligence was utter eradicated.

io9 wrote: "Some futurists predict that we'll be able to halt the aging process by the end of this century — if not sooner. The prospect of creating an ageless society is certainly not without its critics, with concerns ranging from the environmental right through to the spiritual. One of the most common objections to radical life extension, however, is the idea that it would be profoundly boring to live forever, and that by consequence, we should not even attempt it."
http://io9.com/5933409/would-it-be-boring-if-we-could-live-forever

In other #immortality news The Daily Beast wrote: "We all want to live forever, but some of us have the means to actually do something about it. Adam Gollner, author of The Book of Immortality, profiles five billionaires pouring money into longevity research." http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/08/20/the-immortality-financiers-the-billionaires-who-want-to-live-forever.html
http://io9.com/5933409/would-it-be-boring-if-we-could-live-forever

#humor #humour #technology #wearabletech #smartwatch

- April 21, 2015

#humor #humour #technology #wearabletech #smartwatch

Originally shared by null

The Dangers of Wearable Tech

Despite all the fanfare of the recently released #applewatch there is a clear and present danger that nobody is discussing.

Namely, the chances that you receive a call while cutting or chopping food and accidentally stab yourself in the chest.

Obviously we're joking and this #webcomics strip (via Pandyland) is in jest as well. But it does give you something to think about. We can't be the only ones who have ever waiting until a friend with a #watch had a full drink, only to ask them what time it is and have them spill said drink by tilting their wrist to check the time.

We sincerely hope everyone is careful when utilizing #wearables such as the #apple watch - and we also hope nobody actually chops food with their hand open-side up as in this comic.

#funny #lol #wearabletech #wearabletechnology #fiberhub Fiberhub

Rise of the machines: robots in the real world

- April 16, 2015

Rise of the machines: robots in the real world

Robots are making moves into everyday life - even on our roads and in our homes. What does that mean for us? How will they change our lives and what should we be thinking about?

Join our panel of experts from both of Bristol's universities for an entertaining and informative evening of quizzes, discussion and demonstrations - down the pub!

We'll hear about cutting edge research and have plenty of opportunity for Q&A.

#robotics #bristol #brl #pintofscience #uwe
http://pintofscience.co.uk/event/rise-of-the-machines/

#artificialintelligence #neuroscience #ibm #brain

#artificialintelligence #neuroscience #ibm #brain

Originally shared by Михаил «Mike» Опенков

#robotics #industry #china

#robotics #industry #china

Originally shared by Михаил «Mike» Опенков

#NewSuperpower #China
http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2015/04/01/why-china-may-have-the-most-factory-robots-in-the-world-by-2017/?utm_content=buffere4bf7&utm_mediu

#intelligence #health

#intelligence #health

Originally shared by Михаил «Mike» Опенков

Hacking the brain often conjures up ideas of electrical hardware such as implants and trans-cranial stimulators. But it might be the case that a simple change in diet can shift your brain up a gear. The transhumanists and body hackers who believe that technology is the sole way to improve human ability would do well to pay as much attention to the living augmentation that already resides in their gut.
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20140221-can-gut-bugs-make-you-smarter?ocid=twfut

#artificialintelligence

#artificialintelligence

Originally shared by Михаил «Mike» Опенков
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20131217-weve-created-alien-intelligence

#health #food #organic #fruit #fruitsandveggies

#health #food #organic #fruit #fruitsandveggies

Originally shared by Before It's News

Eating Pesticide-Laden Fruit Found to Cause Infertility http://b4in.org/qIbT

A recent study is showing that pesticide contaminants found in produce is having a negative effect on male fertility. The study from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health in Boston says that the pesticide left over on some fruits and veggies is lowering sperm counts.

For the study, researchers used the USDA Pesticide Data Program to determine which out of over 30 different types of fruits and vegetables had the most pesticide residue, and then categorized them for test subjects. Produce with higher pesticide exposure included apples, potatoes, spinach, blueberries, strawberries and peppers. Foods with lower levels of pesticides included peas, onions, avocados, beans, and grapefruit.

Researchers examined over 300 different semen samples from males with varying age groups, habits, and diet over a five year period. They found that normal diets with balanced fruit/vegetable intake had no noticeable effect on sperm count, and that eating more helpings of produce with the least amount of pesticide residue could actually help improve fertility.

However when participants ate more servings fruits and vegetables in the high pesticide category, their sperm counts were decreased up to 49%, and the morphology of sperm, or the size, and shape was 32% more abnormal or deformed.

More http://b4in.org/qIbT

Just heard of Cat-7 cable today. Maybe it's time to upgrade.. at least the TV and laptop cables.

Just heard of Cat-7 cable today. Maybe it's time to upgrade.. at least the TV and laptop cables.

#technology #internet #speed #ethernet #cable
http://blog.loxone.com/enuk/cat7-cable/

OMG. Better take your (healthy) popcorn from home..

OMG. Better take your (healthy) popcorn from home..

#health #popcorn #movies #cinema #snacks

Originally shared by Mallory Grubler

#robotics #drones #dogs

#robotics #drones #dogs

Originally shared by Nick Dotcom

The Future is Now!

#health #japan

#health #japan

Originally shared by Before It's News

Media Pushing the Idea That Fukushima Radiation Is Just Fine So Why Not Go Swim in It for Six Hours a Day http://b4in.org/sIag

The mainstream media and their experts are finally openly admitting that radiation from the crippled nuclear reactor at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, the initial meltdown of which was equivalent to 168 of the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima during World War II, has reached North American shoes, but don’t worry.

Everything, according to the system, is just fine and dandy.

Via the Statesman Journal, April 6, 2015:

It’s the first time radioactivity from the March 2011 triple meltdown has been identified on West Coast shores.

Woods Hole chemical oceanographer Ken Buesseler emphasized that the radiation is at very low levels that aren’t expected to harm human health or the environment.

“Even if the levels were twice as high, you could still swim in the ocean for six hours every day for a year and receive a dose more than a thousand times less than a single dental X-ray,” Buesseler said. “While that’s not zero, that’s a very low risk.”

Yeah. That’s a “very low risk.” The risk is so incredibly low in fact, that the EPA collectively shrugged and went, “Eh, no big deal, who cares” as they shut off radiation monitors back in 2011 not long after the 9.0 earthquake hit Fukushima.

Also hurry up and forget the fact that the government found it within their infinite wisdom to raise the limits for radiation exposure post-Fukushima as well. Can’t be bad for you if it’s “within [continuously raised] safety limits.”

More http://b4in.org/sIag

#genetics #technology

#genetics #technology

Originally shared by David Fuchs
http://www.wired.co.uk/magazine/archive/2015/04/features/usb-gene-sequence

This sounds good, well the reboot-free kernel patching, not the skynet..

This sounds good, well the reboot-free kernel patching, not the skynet..

#linux #technology

Originally shared by Chris Hoffman

Linux 4.0 is almost here -- prepare for Skynet!
http://www.pcworld.com/article/2908892/linux-40-brings-skynet-closer-to-existence-offers-reboot-free-kernel-patching.html

#artificialintelligence

#artificialintelligence

Originally shared by Singularity 2045

One day people will see how utterly #idiotic #artificialintelligence scaremongers were. The following link (Aug 2014) features a quote from Daniel Dewey, Future of Humanity Institute research fellow.

Daniel thinks humans could be #ants from the viewpoint of AI, which is a truly mindless analogy.

Let me explain. The latest common ancestor for humans and ants was around 670 or 500 million years ago. Instead of hundreds of millions of years separating humans and AI, the evolution of AI will happen no later than 2045, which means time dilution regarding human-AI creator relationships will not happen, the relationship will not be forgotten.

Human-AI relationships are utterly different to ant-human relationships because ants provided zero intelligent engineering input into the human mind. Natural evolution, devoid of intelligent and artificial engineering of higher intelligence, is utterly inapplicable to how humans are engineering AI minds. The relationships (human-AI and ant-human) are utterly dissimilar.

It is chalk and cheese. It is nonsense similar to stating rust attacks metal therefore this proves AI will kill or enslave humans.

Daniel Dewey stated: “An AI might want to do certain things with matter in order to achieve a goal, things like building giant computers, or other large-scale engineering projects. Those things might involve intermediary steps, like tearing apart the Earth to make huge solar panels. A superintelligence might not take our interests into consideration in those situations, just like we don’t take root systems or ant colonies into account when we go to construct a building.” http://qz.com/244334/here-are-some-of-the-terrifying-possibilities-that-have-elon-musk-worried-about-artificial-intelligence/

See also: http://aeon.co/magazine/philosophy/ross-andersen-human-extinction/

A short 30 year evolutionary peroid regarding intelligent engineering of higher intelligence, progressing from non-living to greater than human, is utterly unrelated to 500 million years of evolution where lower life did not create higher intelligence (a situation where there is zero intelligent engineering of higher intelligence).

#DanielDewey #FHI
http://qz.com/244334/here-are-some-of-the-terrifying-possibilities-that-have-elon-musk-worried-about-artificial-intelligence

#quantumcomputers #bristol #cloud

#quantumcomputers #bristol #cloud

Originally shared by Daniel Lamb

Want to try programming with photons? The University of Bristol is offering access to a quantum processor! They also provide a simulator and step-by-step guide with example quantum physics experiments.

http://www.bristol.ac.uk/physics/research/quantum/qcloud

#robotics #amazon #drones

#robotics #amazon #drones

Originally shared by WIRED

The FAA says Amazon is free to test its delivery drones in the United States.
http://wrd.cm/1GTuDNm

#artificialintelligence #robotics

#artificialintelligence #robotics

Originally shared by Singularity 2045

The irrationality #artificialintelligence scaremongers exposed.

Tim Oates, the author of the linked article, is a genius. PAY ATTENTION TO HIM.

A truly brilliant quote, TechCrunch (8 April 2015): "As yet another tech pioneer with no connection to artificial intelligence steps out to voice his fears about AI being catastrophic for the human race, I feel the need respond. While I respect Steve Wozniak’s technological contributions to our culture, I fear that he, like so many others (Musk, Hawking, Gates), is poisoning the well for fear of something he doesn’t truly understand." http://techcrunch.com/2015/04/08/stop-fearing-artificial-intelligence/

Another illuminating gem: "Conflating facts of technology’s rapid progress with a Hollywood understanding of intelligent machines is provocative (honestly, it’s a favorite in my most-loved science fiction books and movies), but this technology doesn’t live in a Hollywood movie, it isn’t HAL or Skynet, and it deserves a grounded, rational look."

Let's emphasize that point.. A RATIONAL LOOK, with the clear inference that Hawking, Musk, Gate, and Wozniak are irrational.

About Tim Oates: "Dr. Oates' research focuses on artificial intelligence, machine learning, robotics, and natural language processing. He recently held a Post-doc position at the MIT AI Laboratory (http://www.ai.mit.edu/)." http://www.csee.umbc.edu/people/faculty/tim-oates/

STOP FEARING AI
http://techcrunch.com/2015/04/08/stop-fearing-artificial-intelligence

Lacking Energy? You Need More of This

Lacking Energy? You Need More of This

B vitamins are collectively known as the powerhouse vitamins because they are involved in many important processes in our bodies that involve the creation of both new cells and energy. All of the B vitamins play a different and important role in the body

#health #vitamins #energy #vitaminb
http://www.rebootwithjoe.com/b-vitamins-for-energy/

#health #vegetarian #food #nutrition #vegan #juicing

#health #vegetarian #food #nutrition #vegan #juicing
http://www.rebootwithjoe.com/vegetarian-diet-tips/

This one sounds very interesting!

- April 09, 2015

This one sounds very interesting!

#robotics #swarmrobotics #swarmintelligence #ants

Originally shared by Science on Google+

Dr. Theodore (Ted) P. Pavlic, Assistant Professor of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research in the School of Computing, Informatics, and Decision Systems Engineering at Arizona State University. Ted Pavlic received his PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering in 2010 from The Ohio State University where he learned to combine behavioral ecology and control theory to build algorithms that allow automation to make flexible decisions that are rational with respect to the current environment. Inspiration came from optimal foraging theory and cooperative breeding, and target applications ranged from military to the sustainable built environment. From 2010 to 2012, he worked as a postdoctoral scholar in Computer Science and Engineering studying cyber-physical systems of the future composed of fully autonomous and human driven cars operating in parallel in the cities of the near future. Since 2012, he has worked as a research scientist at Arizona State University in the social-insect laboratory of Stephen Pratt studying the collective decision-making processes of ants and honeybees. Not only have these studies inspired novel stochastic programming techniques for swarm robotics, but these animal models are also providing insights into the information structures that emerged at the origins of life. In August of 2015, he will join the engineering faculty of Arizona State University where he will use a variety of theoretical, computational, and empirical methods to study decision-making and organization across a wide range of artificial and natural systems. Potential graduate students interested in trans-disciplinary explorations of decision making are welcome to contact him to discuss opportunities.

Links
Personal website in desperate need of updating:
http://www.tedpavlic.com/

Current host (Stephen Pratt) laboratory for ant work:
http://pratt.lab.asu.edu/

Collaborator (Sara Imari Walker) laboratory for info. theory work:
http://emergence.asu.edu/

Recommended Readings
Sean Wilson, Theodore P. Pavlic, Ganesh P. Kumar, Aurélie Buffin, Stephen C. Pratt, and Spring Berman. Design of ant-inspired stochastic control policies for collective transport by robotic swarms. Swarm Intelligence, 8(4):303–327, December 2014.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11721-014-0100-8

Theodore P. Pavlic, Alyssa M. Adams, Paul C. W. Davies, and Sara Imari Walker. Self-referencing cellular automata: A model of the evolution of information control in biological systems. In: Proceedings of the Fourteenth International Conference on the Synthesis and Simulation of Living Systems (ALIFE 14), pages 522–529, July 31 – August 2, 2014.
http://dx.doi.org/10.7551/978-0-262-32621-6-ch083

Theodore P. Pavlic and Stephen C. Pratt. Superorganismic behavior via human computation. In: Pietro Michelucci, editor, Handbook of Human Computation, pages 911–960. Springer, 2013.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-8806-4_74

#artificialintelligence #robotics #future

- April 09, 2015

#artificialintelligence #robotics #future

Originally shared by James Barrat

Pls read my essay in the Huffington Post http://huff.to/1Cm0wZJ
http://huff.to/1Cm0wZJ

#technology #robotics #drones #dogs #cats

Originally shared by Off The Leash Dog Cartoons

The Christmas Present...
#Dogs #Iloveofftheleash dog cartoons
#Dogcartoons

check out more cartoons at
http://bit.ly/Off_The_Leash_Cartoons

Even some of our brightest minds are worried about a world where robots eventually become smarter and stronger than...

Even some of our brightest minds are worried about a world where robots eventually become smarter and stronger than humans.

#robotics

Originally shared by Grizwald Grim

In general, the rhetoric around robots and artificial intelligence has taken on a vaguely xenophobic slant as they edge closer and closer to reality.
For me, the scariest notion is that we'll make AI human-like. Have you met humans?

#obsoletehumans

#robotics #drones

#robotics #drones

Originally shared by Singularity Hub

An autonomous drone system where no pilots are required, drones fly themselves to and from destinations, and can carry 2/3s of all everyday deliveries?

Yes please.
http://singularityhub.com/2015/04/07/pilots-need-not-apply-matternet-launches-autonomous-drone-delivery-system

Genetic Doping Is the Next Frontier of Cheating

Genetic Doping Is the Next Frontier of Cheating

The change in muscle performance for an elite athlete could be substantial. The actual effect would depend on a number of factors (including the intensity of training), but in tests, lab rats who were injected and then made to do resistance exercises increased their muscle mass by 15 percent on top of what they would have normally achieved with exercise alone. More important to an athlete, the effects could last for years, if not decades. Researchers tested it on monkeys some 15 years ago and still haven't seen the induced changes drop off.

Dr. Charles Yesalis, a professor emeritus at Penn State who's researched performance-enhancing drugs, says he expects this "cascade" method of doping — in which athletes trick their bodies into releasing more of something that would increase performance — will become increasingly common as new advances are made. And while he says there are different ways athletes could use such a method, "The No. 1 thing that comes to mind is genetic doping."

#health #transhumanism
http://nym.ag/1C8pfD5

#robotics #consciousness #automata

#robotics #consciousness #automata

Originally shared by Sabine Hauert
http://robohub.org/automata-review/

#amazon #android

#amazon #android
http://google.com/newsstand/s/CBIw04_toxI

#robotics #drones #amazon

#robotics #drones #amazon

Originally shared by Sabine Hauert
http://robohub.org/robohub-digest-mar-2015-eu-drone-framework-amazon-drones-in-canada-cancer-fighting-nanotech-google-goes-surgical/

#health

#health

Originally shared by Corina Marinescu

Nature’s pharmacy – plant-based active substance kills renal cancer cells
Extracted from the Phyllanthus engleri tree, englerin A kills the cancer cells by increasing their calcium concentration, says a new study involving researchers from the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology. The scientists now want to find out whether englerin A could potentially be used as an innovative drug to treat kidney cancer in the future.

Source & further reading:
http://www.mpg.de/9039542/renal-cancer-englerin-a

Article:
http://phys.org/news/2015-03-rare-african-bush-kidney-cancer.html

#cancerresearch #maxplanck

#eco #green #technology #electriccar

#eco #green #technology #electriccar

Originally shared by Gizmodo

Affordable electric cars are coming soon, study says: http://trib.al/laJ091Y

#robotics #europe

#robotics #europe

Originally shared by Sabine Hauert
http://robohub.org/robots-podcast-european-robotics/

#technology

#technology

Originally shared by Andrij “Andrew” Harasewych

This Week in Technology
Autonomous drones, better storage, 3D printed thyroid, robot personalities, photonic quantum computing, desalination and more. http://www.futurism.co/tech-weekly/

DARPA wants an army of drones to overwhelm the enemy
http://www.engadget.com/2015/03/31/darpa-sosite-drone-uav-warfare/

Scientists create quick-charging hybrid supercapacitors
http://phys.org/news/2015-04-scientists-quick-charging-hybrid-supercapacitors.html

First Ever 3D Printed Thyroid Gland Announced by Russia’s 3D Bioprinting Solutions
http://3dprint.com/54159/3d-printed-thyroid-mouse

Google Patents Customisable Robot Personalities
http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2015-04/01/google-robot-personalities

Quantum computers could greatly accelerate machine learning
http://phys.org/news/2015-03-quantum-greatly-machine.html

Study demonstrates desalination with nanoporous graphene membrane
http://phys.org/news/2015-03-desalination-nanoporous-graphene-membrane.html

#ScienceSunday #EasterSunday #Science #Technology #DARPA #Defense #Drones #DroneWarfare #Nanomaterials #Materials #MaterialsScience #Storage #3dPrinting #Google #Robots #AI #Physics #MachineLearning #QuantumEntanglement #Desalination #Graphene

Watching later.

Watching later.

#quantumcomputers

Originally shared by Rob Jongschaap

What Can Quantum Computers Do? - YouTube

'Published on Apr 3, 2015 What Can Quantum Computers Do? Insight into the developments of quantum computing focusing on Superconducting Quantum Computing, Silicon and Photon Quantum Computing/Quantum Information Processing, Diamond NV- Quantum Computing and Topological Quantum Computing using Majorana Fermions in Topological Insulators. Also an insight into the nature of quantum entanglement for communications systems and cryptography. Also includes an introduction to the history and discovery of the physics of Quantum Entanglement, Einstein's "Spooky Action" which he proposed as a way to counter Quantum Theory but which was proven to be indeed possible by the so-called Bell Inequalities which were implemented on experiments with entangled particles such as laser photons'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-PSKtNeug8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-PSKtNeug8&feature=share

#eco #green #solarpower #solarenergy

#eco #green #solarpower #solarenergy

Originally shared by null

France decrees new rooftops must be covered in plants or solar panels

All new buildings in commercial zones across the country must comply with new environmental legislation

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/mar/20/france-decrees-new-rooftops-must-be-covered-in-plants-or-solar-panels?

apparently toronto has had a similar bylaw for years...
http://www1.toronto.ca/wps/portal/contentonly?vgnextoid=3a7a036318061410VgnVCM10000071d60f89RCRD

#sustainability

#technology #ssd #win7 #windows7

#technology #ssd #win7 #windows7
http://www.maketecheasier.com/12-things-you-must-do-when-running-a-solid-state-drive-in-windows-7/

Too many Europeans cannot use online services that are available in other EU countries.

Originally shared by European Commission

Too many Europeans cannot use online services that are available in other EU countries. Such discrimination cannot exist in a Single Market.

Tackling Geo-blocking is just one of the objectives of our #DigitalSingleMarket Strategy. Discover more here: http://ec.europa.eu/priorities/digital-single-market/index_en.htm

#meat #vegetarian #vegan #technology

#meat #vegetarian #vegan #technology

Originally shared by Laston Kirkland

Significant price drop. Growing beef without growing cows.
http://www.sciencealert.com/lab-grown-burger-patty-cost-drops-from-325-000-to-12

#technology #scifi

#technology #scifi

Originally shared by Singularity 2045

PhysOrg wrote (1 April 2015): "The Tricorder is no longer science fiction. An invention by Tel Aviv University researchers may be able to turn smartphones into powerful hyperspectral sensors, capable of identifying the chemical components of objects from a distance. Prof. David Mendlovic of TAU's School of Electrical Engineering and his doctoral student, Ariel Raz, have combined the two necessary parts of this invention: an optical component and image processing software." http://phys.org/news/2015-04-tau-star-trek-fictional-tricorder.html

Fox News (2 April 2015): "This tech, soon to be revealed in Israel, works with your phone to scan any object and reveal its chemical composition." http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2015/04/02/how-your-smartphone-could-become-star-trekstyle-tricorder/

KurzweilAI (2 April 2015): "The technology combines an optical component and image processing software, according to Prof. David Mendlovic of TAU’s School of Electrical Engineering and his doctoral student, Ariel Raz." http://www.kurzweilai.net/a-hyperspectral-smartphone-based-star-trek-tricorder

Daily Mail (1 April 2015): "According to Professor Mendlovic, Unispectral is currently in discussions with major smartphone makers, car companies, and wearable device makers to move the technology forward." http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3022053/The-Tricorder-Gadget-works-phone-study-chemical-makeup-object-released-June.html

#Tricorder #smartphone

You may be interested in a previous post about early phones circa 1983: https://plus.google.com/+Singularity-2045/posts/ezBMNa4LjiJ
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3022053/The-Tricorder-Gadget-works-phone-study-chemical-makeup-object-released-June.html

#health #technology

#health #technology

Originally shared by michael barth

Major media is reporting on what is being billed as a landmark agreement for the physically disabled community. A court has ordered the city of Los Angeles to spend $1.3 billion dollars over the next three decades to fix its dilapidated network of sidewalks and access ways, many of which are in disrepair and present challenges for handicapped people to traverse.

Such a massive amount of money sets a precedent for other similar lawsuits to take place in America. If we take the largest 50 cities in the US, and just half of them agree to similar actions over the next decade, there might be another $25 billion dollars going to giving disabled people better sidewalks.

On the surface, this seems like great news for those who have mobility issues. However, with so much radical transhumanist technology being invented in the 21st Century—like exoskeleton suits—should society instead try to use that money to eliminate physical disability altogether?

America has long history with what can be called bandage culture—the idea that quick fixes are acceptable, even if they don't eliminate the root of the problem. Take heart disease for example, the #1 killer in America. We spend approximately $500 billion every year treating cardiovascular disease. However, with a market cap of only about $300 million dollars, French company Carmat could change the entire field with its new robotic heart. Carmat recently successfully installed a permanent artificial heart in a patient. If all goes well, in 10 years time, humans may have the option to electively replace our biological hearts for better robotic hearts—thereby possibly wiping out heart disease.

The question is: Why hasn't America, its government, and its numerous multi-billion dollar healthcare and biotech companies actually ended heart disease, instead of just treating it? Clearly, we haven't been tackling these issues in the best way possible, as Carmat is doing.
http://motherboard.vice.com/read/in-the-transhumanist-age-we-should-be-repairing-disabilities-not-sidewalks

#googleglass #technology

#googleglass #technology

Originally shared by Mike Elgan

Three lies about Google Glass.

(Read my column: http://goo.gl/gDPFTd )

Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt shocked everyone last week by telling The Wall Street Journal that Google isn't killing Google Glass.

Schmidt's comments were viewed as a surprise and a revelation, even though he was repeating what Google had said previously about its smart glasses project.

People thought Google was sunsetting the Google Glass project because they believed the press.

I love my peers in the tech press -- individually. But as a herd, we can get it wrong.

In general, the great masses of tech journalists and bloggers are a band of trendy and easily influenced conformists who sometimes care more about staying in tune with the echo chamber than about objective reality.

The perfect example for this is how the tech press mob convinced everyone about three Google Glass lies: That Google Glass was an unacceptable invasion of privacy; that it was an overpriced elitist plaything; and that it was a failed and now dead project.

Here's why they were wrong on all counts:

http://www.computerworld.com/article/2905974/three-lies-about-google-glass.html

#GoogleGlass

#robotics #swarmintelligence #swarmrobotics

#robotics #swarmintelligence #swarmrobotics

Originally shared by Singularity 2045

#Festo has 3D-printed BionicANTS to compliment their eMotionButterflies. The two robots will be on display at in Germany, at the Hannover Fair 13-17 April 2015.

You may remember Festo regarding robotic dragonfly (bionicopter) drones: http://www.engadget.com/2013/03/29/bionicopter-dragonfly-drone/

3Dprint.com (27 Mar 2015): "Just imagine 3D printed colonies of ants, commanded to work together just as their live counterparts do naturally. Not only are they highly functional, they are stunningly beautiful with intricate details and vibrant color — almost jewel-like in their aesthetics, thanks to the use of 3D MID technology on laser-sintered shaped body parts. They are also powered by electronics, and part of their beauty is actually lent due to the strategic design of the golden-hued electrical components, which cause the 3D printed ants to function in myriad ways."

#robots #robotics #3Dprinting

Note the following S45 post from March 2013 regarding various mini dones, which you may also be interested in: https://plus.google.com/+Singularity-2045/posts/WnQxdxA4SnF

Here is the source regarding the ants: http://www.festo.com/cms/en_corp/14252.htm (https://archive.today/kmSxH).
http://3dprint.com/54023/festo-3d-printed-bionicants

#eco #technology

#eco #technology

Originally shared by Wayne Radinsky

"Neodymium is no rarer than copper or nickel and quite evenly distributed throughout the world's crust. While China produces 90% of the global market's neodymium, only 30% of the world's deposits are located there. Arguably, what makes it, and cerium, scarce enough to be profitable are the hugely hazardous and toxic process needed to extract them from ore and to refine them into usable products. For example, cerium is extracted by crushing mineral mixtures and dissolving them in sulphuric and nitric acid, and this has to be done on a huge industrial scale, resulting in a vast amount of poisonous waste as a byproduct. It could be argued that China's dominance of the rare earth market is less about geology and far more about the country's willingness to take an environmental hit that other nations shy away from."

The neodymium and cerium used in tech products start in mines in Inner Mongolia, the province of northern China that borders Mongolia, such as the Bayan Obo mines just north of Baotou. Then they are processed in Baotou, and the "tailings," the toxic waste, are dumped in a "tailings pond", a big toxic lake.
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20150402-the-worst-place-on-earth

#robotics

#robotics

Originally shared by Sabine Hauert
http://robohub.org/peter-asaro-challenges-and-approaches-to-developing-policy-for-robots/

#robotics

#robotics

Originally shared by James Barrat
http://for.tn/1vEL9y7

#robotics #drones #parks

- April 03, 2015

#robotics #drones #parks

Originally shared by Barry “Chillibaz” Johnstone

No droning in the parks.

This could be the start of something.

#robotics #cloudcomputing #artificialintelligence

#robotics #cloudcomputing #artificialintelligence

Originally shared by Superb Internet Corporation

"Cloud technologies that were pioneered to help human beings process information appear to be the key for making robots act more intelligently, too."

An interesting article by Sean Gallagher for Ars Technica worth a read: http://gplus.ly/1DplNHL

#cloudcomputing #robotics #artificialintelligence
http://gplus.ly/1DplNHL

Letting Robots Build Their Own Bodies And Make Their Own Minds

Letting Robots Build Their Own Bodies And Make Their Own Minds

A 3 minutes presentation about my PhD research on the co-evolution of morphology and behavior in swarm robotics.

#robotics #swarmrobotics #swarms #coevolution #morphologicalcomputation #3dprinting #geneticalgorithms #evolution #artificialintelligence #artificialevolution #jessicameyer #uwe #brl #bristol #3mt #epuck
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTx1itvOjKg&feature=share

#technology #health #walking #exoskeleton

#technology #health #walking #exoskeleton

Originally shared by Ward Plunet

This passive mechanical exoskeleton makes walking more efficient

For the first time, researchers can improve the way humans walk without using an external power source, according to a study published in Nature today. A boot-like exoskeleton that fits into a regular running shoe reduces the energetic costs of walking by about 7 percent. In short, it makes walking less tiring without resorting to a battery pack or a motor — something that could really come in handy for people who have trouble walking, or military personnel in remote areas.
http://www.theverge.com/2015/4/1/8326143/mechanical-exoskeleton-makes-walking-easier

Wonder what happened since.

Wonder what happened since.

#artificialintelligence #google #quantumprocessor

Originally shared by Singularity 2045

Expanding #artificialintelligence at #Google via quantum processors:

ZD Net wrote: "Hartmut Neven, Google's director of engineering, announced the initiative on the tech giant's research blog. The team, led by physicist John Martinis from the University of California Santa Barbara (UCSB), will research and develop new quantum information processors based on superconducting electronics with the aim of expanding artificial intelligence technologies."

http://www.zdnet.com/google-launches-quantum-processor-artificial-intelligence-project-7000033241/
http://www.zdnet.com/google-launches-quantum-processor-artificial-intelligence-project-7000033241

Seems to be legit news. Sounds good!

Seems to be legit news. Sounds good!

#chromebit #google #gadgets

Originally shared by The Hacker News

Turns Any TV Into a Computer with #Google's $100 #ChromeBit. This is Ridiculously Small.
http://thehackernews.com/2015/03/google-chromebit-computer.html

#technology #usb #gadgets

#technology #usb #gadgets

Originally shared by The Todd Lohenry Page

Genius Faceplate Puts USB Ports on Your Wall With No Wiring Needed http://bit.ly/1bNsbMV

#artificialintelligence

#artificialintelligence

Originally shared by null

‪#‎AI‬ ARTICLE -- GREAT article about ‪#‎ArtificialIntelligence‬, where we are, where we are heading, what to fear...
http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/nov/29/artificial-intelligence-how-clever-do-want-machines-to-be

Nice guide.