#robotics

#robotics  

Originally shared by SciFi Author: Lacerant Plainer

Bar2-D2 : Bar2-D2 is the complete package. Made by a hobbyist and salesman, Bar2-D2 can serve beers, make cocktails, and wheel over to someone badly in need of some refreshment. It also serves ice!

BaR2D2 is a mobile bar that features a motorized beer elevator, motorized ice/mixer drawer, computerized drink mixing, and sound activated neon lighting. The robot is drivable so you can take the party on the road! It was garage-built in about 8 months.

Article link: http://www.popsci.com/technology/gallery/2013-05/11-robots-will-tend-your-party?image=6

Product details: http://www.jamiepricecreative.com/bar2d2about.html

#sciencefiction #scifi #science #scienceeveryday #sciencesunday #robot #bar #r2d2  

Khan? ;)

Khan? ;)

#artificialintelligence   #intelligence   #enhancement   #startrek   #kahn  

Originally shared by Singularity 2045

I think the "us" versus "them" divide regarding #AcceleratingIntelligence of AIs and humans is misguided. We will all be equally intelligent. Every being (natural or "artificial") will be able to expand their mind if they want to, although some people lean towards humans or AIs being superior.

"Unlike efforts to develop artificial general intelligence (AGI), or even an artificial superintelligence (SAI), the human brain already presents us with a pre-existing intelligence to work with. Radically extending the abilities of a pre-existing human mind — whether it be through genetics, cybernetics or the integration of external devices — could result in something quite similar to how we envision advanced AI."

#artificialintelligence #IntelligenceAmplification
http://io9.com/humans-with-amplified-intelligence-could-be-more-powerf-509309984

#artificialintelligence

#artificialintelligence  

Originally shared by Singularity 2045

"In his article – - Welcome, Robot Overlords. Please Don’t Fire Us? – Drum put forward the case that as humans we are increasingly forced to compete against machines designed to perform better and smarter than us. The idea that machines may one day take over is not new but the article argues that this trend has already started and it is merely the blindness of statisticians and economists that has prevented it from being seriously discussed so far."

#PostScarcity #technologicalunemployment   #artificialintelligence  
http://hplusmagazine.com/2013/05/16/humans-need-not-apply-the-economics-of-ai/

#health #neuroscience

#health   #neuroscience  

Originally shared by Ward Plunet

Vicious Cycle: Obesity Sustained by Changes in Brain Biochemistry

...researchers show that in the brain cells of rats, obesity impedes the production of a hormone that curbs appetite and inspires calorie burning. The root cause appears to be a breakdown in the protein-processing mechanism of the cells. In the lab, the researchers showed they could fix the breakdown with drugs.

#sciencesunday  
#obesity  
#health  
#brain  

Journal Reference:
I. Cakir, N. E. Cyr, M. Perello, B. Patedakis Litvinov, A. Romero, R. C. Stuart, E. A. Nillni. Obesity Induces Hypothalamic Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Impairs Proopiomelanocortin (POMC) Post-translational Processing. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2013; DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M113.475343
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130516105511.htm

Google has been pushing self-driving car technology for much of the last few years, and Audi showed off its own...

Originally shared by Rob Jongschaap

Google has been pushing self-driving car technology for much of the last few years, and Audi showed off its own self-driving vehicle at the last CES, and now Mercedes-Benz is throwing its hat into the ring. According to The New York Times, the automaker showed off its "virtual chauffer" technology in its new $100,00 S-Class in Hamburg, Germany — it's a car that Mercedes-Benz says can steer itself in city traffic or keep it in its lane going over 120MPH on a highway, under the right conditions. It can also park itself, brake automatically to avoid hitting pedestrians or other cars, and can even tell when a driver is becoming dangerously fatigued. Mercedes compared it to a plane's autopilot system, in which the plane can perform many of the routine tasks necessary to get it from point A to point B while a human keeps its eye on things to watch out for trouble.
http://www.theverge.com/2013/5/18/4341656/mercedes-benz-shows-off-self-driving-car-technology

#technology #gaming #games #neurogaming #neuroscience

#technology   #gaming   #games   #neurogaming   #neuroscience  

Originally shared by Singularity 2045

"Driven by explosive growth in computer processing, affordable sensors, and new haptic sensation technology, neurogame designers have entirely new toolkits to craft an immersive experience  that simulates our waking life. Lucid journeys into the dreamscapes depicted in films like Inception may soon become possible."

#gaming #haptic #virtualreality  
http://singularityhub.com/2013/05/12/the-future-of-gaming-it-may-all-be-in-your-head/

#robotics #artificialintelligence #humankind

#robotics   #artificialintelligence   #humankind  

Originally shared by Singularity 2045

#Singularity

LOL the experts. They think Intelligent #robots will overtake humans by 2100. Wake up, it will 2045 at the latest.

"Some believe in a utopian future, in which humans can transcend their physical limitations with the aid of machines. But others think humans will eventually relinquish most of their abilities and gradually become absorbed into artificial intelligence (AI)-based organisms, much like the energy making machinery in our own cells."

#artificialintelligence  
http://www.livescience.com/29379-intelligent-robots-will-overtake-humans.html

#5g #internet #technology #samsung #4g

#5g   #internet   #technology   #samsung   #4g  

Originally shared by Redmond Pie

Forget About 4G, Samsung Tests 5G Mobile Network Technology With Whopping 1Gbps Download Speed http://www.redmondpie.com/samsung-tests-5g-mobile-network-technology-with-whopping-1gbps-download-speed/
http://www.redmondpie.com/samsung-tests-5g-mobile-network-technology-with-whopping-1gbps-download-speed/

#science #artificialintelligence #künstlicheintelligenz #germany #deutschland #journal ...

#science   #artificialintelligence   #künstlicheintelligenz   #germany   #deutschland   #journal   #springer   #robotics  
http://www.springer.com/computer/ai/journal/13218

#health #food #calories

#health   #food   #calories  

Originally shared by Ward Plunet

Heightened sensitivity to cheap, high-calorie food is linked with obesity

... a new review of human brain imaging studies published by Cell Press in the journal Trends in Endocrinology and Metabolism suggests that a major reason for the dramatic increase in obesity may be a heightened sensitivity to heavily advertised and easily accessible high-calorie foods.

"The emerging imaging literature supports the view that although there is not a single pathway leading to obesity, it is a neurobehavioral problem: a disease that results from a vulnerable brain in an unhealthy environment," explains Dr. Dagher. "The demonstration that humans are sensitive to food cues, such as advertising, especially when these food cues are associated through past experience with high-calorie foods, cannot be ignored.
http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-heightened-sensitivity-cheap-high-calorie-food.html