A smaller version of the Big Dog robot:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=wPxXwYGZmd8
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.
Monday, October 31, 2011
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
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
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
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=rhu2xNIpgDE
Thursday, October 20, 2011
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
http://www.kurzweilai.net/kurzweil-responds-dont-underestimate-the-singularity?utm_source=KurzweilAI+Daily+Newsletter&utm_campaign=c82ecb7c28-UA-946742-1&utm_medium=email
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
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
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-15305579
Monday, October 17, 2011
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
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
Friday, October 7, 2011
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
http://futureoftech.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/09/02/7576086-a-nano-sized-electric-motor
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
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.
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.
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