This exoskeleton is now available in Japan for a $2,000/month rental fee. It allows the disabled to walk and can amplify human strength 5x!
http://tech.yahoo.com/news/ap/20081007/ap_on_hi_te/as_japan_robot_suit
And here is a video of the suit in action:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynL8BCXih8U
(Note: one commentator says artificial intelligence is virtually impossible to create. That is the case now...but just wait another decade or two.)
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.
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The 60,000-Cycle Battery That Could Make Australia An Energy Storage Superpower
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bx0VPn8EsRE
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Microchip manufacturers are working with different materials to carry Moore's Law beyond silicon: http://www.technologyreview.com/comput...
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"A computer chip that performs calculations using probabilities, instead of binary logic, could accelerate everything from online bank...
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