Robotics Update

A smaller version of the Big Dog robot:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=wPxXwYGZmd8

Robotics Update

A robot can now solve a Rubik's Cube in five seconds, beating the human world record:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=_d0LfkIut2M

Robotics Update

A passive walking robot can walk using only its own weight (and a slight downward slope), no power source:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=rhu2xNIpgDE

Singularity Update

Ray Kurzweil responds to Paul Allen's criticism of the Law of Accelerating Returns and the singularity:

http://www.kurzweilai.net/kurzweil-responds-dont-underestimate-the-singularity?utm_source=KurzweilAI+Daily+Newsletter&utm_campaign=c82ecb7c28-UA-946742-1&utm_medium=email

Cybernetics Update

Bio fuel cell successfully created to run off the body's own stores of glucose and oxygen to provide power to powered implants:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-15305579

Robotics Update

Robot biologist solves complex problem from scratch:

http://www.kurzweilai.net/robot-biologist-solves-complex-problem-from-scratch?utm_source=KurzweilAI+Daily+Newsletter&utm_campaign=bf586560f8-UA-946742-1&utm_medium=email

Nanotechnology Update

Proof of concept of a nano-scale electrical motor:

http://futureoftech.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/09/02/7576086-a-nano-sized-electric-motor

Cybernetics Update

A damaged part of a rat's brain was successfully replaced by a machine component that communicates bi-directionally with the rat's brain!

http://gizmodo.com/5844245/scientists-restore-lost-brain-functions-with-electronic-implant

This is an important proof of concept for replacing our biological brains with machines.