Please do not get the impression that I am using the popular media trend of
fear-mongering to try and rally you into a global fight against the evils of
technology. I will probably take a nap after this.
It's just that I have
a terrible habit of looking forward to a brighter side of the future. So to be fair, I offer you five future technologies that might wipe out humanity (or change it dramatically). Have a great day! Five Terrifying Future Technologies (Flash)
Nanotubes have slipped into my sunscreen with the stealth of a cloned kitten. Why are products that use nano or bio technologies not clearly labeled?
Labeling the Future
Some of the smartest individuals I know, suddenly remember their kids
have soccer practice when I mention the latest tech breakthrough.
Future Technology and Society
They're Just Not That Into Us
SETI projects have scanned the sky for over 40 years looking for an intelligent signal. Could our level of
intelligence be unique in the universe? Intelligent life
Wealthy, Healthy and Wise
When they first hit the market, future technologies like memory implants and longevity drugs, may only be affordable to a small percent of the population. What scenarios could lead to
human enhancement technologies for all?
Transhumanity
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Ready or not, here it comes. In the next 20 years, nanotechnology
will touch the life of nearly every person on the planet. The potential
benefits are mind boggling and brain enhancing. But like many of the
great advancements in earth's history, it is not without risk. Here are
some of the risks posed to society by nanotech.
Nanotechnology risks
Smart Homes
My home is not very smart. It does not know when to start my coffee or how to clean the
floor. It has difficulty distinguishing between a roaring grease fire and a steamy shower, which
makes it a good thing it can't remember the number to call in an emergency. What can we
expect to experience in the smart home of the future?
Smart Home
Approaching the Singularity
Surfing the web for The Singularity gives me a gnarly headache.
No doubt a reaction to asking my brain to find ways of
replacing itself. Both intriguing and frightening, my approach to the Singularity is
to treat it like a dessert tray--the further it is away, the less I am infatuated by it. The Singularity
Human Like Robots
A life-like robot girl greets visitors at a world expo. To make it easier for us to warm up to a cold machine,
future robots will look, feel and act more human.
Robotics
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ZeroN - Levitated Interaction Element - Youtube video. Amazing magnetic levitation technology.
05.09.12 -
Dalai Lama Supports 2045's Avatar Project - PRWeb
GMO Risks - GMO Awareness
Hover Car concept - Cool video
The Very Real Danger of Genetically Modified Foods - The Atlantic
05.08.12 -
Genetically modified rice created to produce human blood - The Telegraph
05.02.12 -
Genetically modified crops' results raise concern - SF Chronicle
Just Label It - Movement to require the labeling of genetically engineered (GE) foods
05.01.12 -
NanoTech 2012 - Tech Connect World
LA opens rooftops for solar energy installations - Gizmag
Kilobots are leaving the nest - Swarm of tiny, collaborative robots will be made available to researchers, educators, and enthusiasts
Green Roofs -- Science Nation video
04.30.12 -
Loving the Stars- Telescopes, from Galileo to James Webb - Library of Congress
The Chemistry of CO2--Carbon Dioxide - NSF
A Tour of the Cell - NSF
04.26.12 -
The Consent to Research project - seeks to create the world's largest pool of openly available, user-contributed data about health and genomics.
How could you create artificial gravity? - io9
04.25.12 -
Moore's Law Lives Another Day - Three-dimensional transistors
Asteroid mining plans - Planetary Resources, Inc.
Finding ET may require giant robotic leap - KurzweilAi.net
Scientists propose a solution to a critical barrier to producing fusion - Princeton
04.23.12 -
Airborne wind turbine - turbine operates at higher heights where winds are much stronger
04.22.12 -
Happy Earth Day!
04.20.12 -
XNA is synthetic DNA that's stronger than the real thing - New research has brought us closer than ever to synthesizing entirely new forms of life. - io9
04.20.12 -
Rubber Chicken Flies into Solar Radiation Storm - High school students inflated a helium balloon and used it to send the fowl, named "Camilla," to an altitude of 120,000 ft where she was exposed to high-energy solar protons at point blank range.
04.17.12 -
What are your Six Words for the Planet? - "Many nations. One planet. Our home." Write your six-word essay and share it
New microscope captures nanoscale structures in dazzling 3D - KurzweilAi.net
04.16.12 -
"Our results show that memories really do reside in very specific brain cells," says says co-author Xu Liu, a postdoc in Tonegawa's lab, "and simply by reactivating these cells by physical means, such as light, an entire memory can be recalled. - Total recall reported at KurzweilAi.net
04.16.12 -
Engineers set their sights on asteroid deflection - University of Strathclyde
Experts discuss geothermal energy - NSF Video. Better than a sleeping pill.
Excuse Me, But Is Your Leg Ringing? - IEEE Spectrum
04.13.12 -
Support mandatory labeling of genetically engineered foods (GMOs) - Petition at We the People
Udacity - Free online university classes for everyone. This is how we make a future for all
Project Reach - To enter this contest, create a new mobile application to aid homeless people in need of services, caregivers who support them, and essentially anyone looking for local resources within their community.
04.11.12 -
McAfee Hacker Says Medtronic Insulin Pumps Vulnerable to Attack - From Bloomberg. This article is a good indicator of why we are headed for trouble in the future. The plain fact that we must figure out ways to prevent hackers from dumping insulin directly into diabetics' bloodstreams, says a lot about the human race. Doesn't it?
04.10.12 -
Productivity Future Vision (2011) - YouTube video. I like the see-through fridge.
04.09.12 -
'Super-Turing' machine learns and evolves - KurzweilAi.net
Proposed Satellite Would Beam Solar Power to Earth - Space
New Discoveries in Brain Structure and Connectivity - YouTube
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