Technology is advancing at an exponential rate often called the "Law of Accelerating Returns." If futurist predictions prove correct, we'll have advanced molecular manufacturing by around 2025, and possibly the replacement of humanity by vastly advanced machines a decade or two later.
This is a chronicle of our journey to that future, one advancing technology article at a time. I post the more significant and interesting articles as I come across them.
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Virtual Reality Update
(Also a Robotics Update)
Scientists are studying the "uncanny valley" of almost human-looking animated characters and robots to try and eliminate the creepiness factor:
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