Big Dog has graduated to the new Alpha Dog prototype:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=SSbZrQp-HOk
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.
Friday, September 30, 2011
Friday, September 23, 2011
Alternative Energies Update
Producing hydrogen efficiently from waste water and a little salt to create an unlimited supply of essentially free, carbon-neutral energy:
http://www.kurzweilai.net/inexhaustible-source-of-hydrogen-may-be-unlocked-by-salt-water?utm_source=KurzweilAI+Daily+Newsletter&utm_campaign=4694bd72c7-UA-946742-1&utm_medium=email
So...what's the catch?
http://www.kurzweilai.net/inexhaustible-source-of-hydrogen-may-be-unlocked-by-salt-water?utm_source=KurzweilAI+Daily+Newsletter&utm_campaign=4694bd72c7-UA-946742-1&utm_medium=email
So...what's the catch?
Monday, September 19, 2011
Artificial Intelligence Update
How long till we achieve true artificial general intelligence?
http://hplusmagazine.com/2011/09/16/how-long-till-agi-views-of-agi-11-conference-participants/
http://hplusmagazine.com/2011/09/16/how-long-till-agi-views-of-agi-11-conference-participants/
Computing Update
A computer game taps the gaming community in order to solve some of the most difficult puzzles in protein folding:
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Computing Update
Computers are now able to mimic the writing of journalists:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/11/business/computer-generated-articles-are-gaining-traction.html?_r=1
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/11/business/computer-generated-articles-are-gaining-traction.html?_r=1
Alternative Energies Update
How thorium could make nuclear power cheaper and safer:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/williampentland/2011/09/11/is-thorium-the-biggest-energy-breakthrough-since-fire-possibly/
http://www.forbes.com/sites/williampentland/2011/09/11/is-thorium-the-biggest-energy-breakthrough-since-fire-possibly/
Robotics Update
A quick, graphic overview of the state of robotics today and in the near future:
http://singularityhub.com/2011/09/12/robotic-labor-taking-over-the-world-you-bet-here-are-the-details/
http://singularityhub.com/2011/09/12/robotic-labor-taking-over-the-world-you-bet-here-are-the-details/
Monday, September 12, 2011
Computing Update
Computers are now able to mimic the writing of journalists:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/11/business/computer-generated-articles-are-gaining-traction.html?_r=1
"Mr. Hammond cited a media maven’s prediction that a computer program might win aPulitzer Prize in journalism in 20 years — and he begged to differ.
“In five years,” he says, “a computer program will win a Pulitzer Prize — and I’ll be damned if it’s not our technology.”"
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Quantum Teleportation Becomes Reality on Active Internet Cables
https://scitechdaily.com/quantum-teleportation-becomes-reality-on-active-internet-cables/
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http://www.sltrib.com/home/3898355-155/albuquerque-weighs-getting-more-solar-power
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"An experimental demonstration of a quantum calculation has shown that a single molecule can perform operations thousands of times fast...