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The original version of this article was presented at the VISION-21 Symposium sponsored by NASA Lewis Research Center and the Ohio Aerospace Institute, March 30-31, 1993. A slightly changed version appeared in the Winter 1993 issue of Whole Earth Review . Within thirty years, we will have the technological means to create superhuman intelligence. Shortly after, the human era will be ended. Is such progress avoidable? If not to be avoided, can events be guided so that we may survive?
Vernor Vinge on the Singularity
Altered vision: This laptop is running augmented-reality software developed by Microsoft engineers.
Singularity and Futurism: augmented reality
A Doctor's Vision of the Future of Medicine - The Daily Beast
It's June 2018. Sally picks up a handheld device and holds it to her finger. With a tiny pinprick, it draws off a fraction of a droplet of blood, makes 2,000 different measurements and sends the data wirelessly to a distant computer for analysis.
The Institute of Unlearning is first and foremost a "cyberspace classroom" dedicated to promoting the visions of its creator, Patrick Mooney. The Institute intends to draw people from all ages and walks of life to this site for the purpose of stimulating the unlearning process, which is a crucial component in transforming yourself (and therefore the world) into a more fully human living experience.
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The Kure table can be closed as a sphere (looks like a egg) when not in use. It is designed like a flower that opens up to a full-fledged dining table. The table with sphere lighting rises from the center of the table and the the base glows with blue light. A great concept!! I’m keepin’ my fingers crossed
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A bionic prosthetic eye that speaks the language of your brain | ExtremeTech
On the grand scale of things, we know so very little about the brain .Eliezer S. Yudkowsky
Welcome to the website of a man who wears more than one hat. One Eliezer Yudkowsky writes about the fine art of human rationality . Over the last few decades, science has found an increasing amount to say about sanity.
Picture Source: Tedtalks.com He points out that Bruce Bueno de Mesquita does not provide the details of the models he uses for the predictions. Moshe produced the presentation: Black Swans, Modern Nostradamuses, Voodoo Decision Theories, and the Science of Decision-Making in the Face of Severe Uncertainty ( PDF ), with a detailed review of his objections and arguments in a examination of the body of work. Read More>>> moshe-online.com
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Oh, man. Lots of transhumanists in the news these days making quite a stir. First it was Julian Savulescu having to defend his decision to include a paper about infanticide in the Journal of Medical Ethics , and now Anders Sandberg is under the gun for his claim that we should bioengineer humans to tackle climate change. Here's the rundown from The Guardian : Earlier this week, The Atlantic ran an eye-catching, disturbing interview with a professor of philosophy and bioethics at New York University called S. Matthew Liao.
Transhuman/futurism
Wirehead hedonism versus paradise-engineering
Within a few centuries, it will be technically if not ideologically feasible to abolish suffering of any kind. If we wish to do so, then genetic engineering and nanotechnology can be used to banish unpleasant modes of consciousness from the living world . In their place, gradients of life-long, genetically pre-programmed well-being may animate our descendants instead. Millennia if not centuries hence, the world's last aversive experience may even be a precisely dateable event: perhaps a minor pain in an obscure marine invertebrate.Working with many early stage inventors, I often have the privilege of seeing some truly remarkable inventions and innovations. A few days ago I was shown a technology that snugly fits into that remarkable category, one that has the potential to radically transform the way cars and other vehicles are powered. In fact, vehicles using this power source will never need to stop and refuel. I’m not at liberty to explain this technology in detail, but using this power source to fuel what is otherwise an electric vehicle, these cars will have 70% fewer moving parts – no ignition, gas tank, oil filter, catalytic converter, or muffler – and in this case, a highly efficient, non-traditional battery that will outlive the life of the rest of the car.
FuturistSpeaker.com – The personal blog of Futurist Thomas Frey
The Hedonistic Imperative
The Hedonistic Imperative outlines how genetic engineering and nanotechnology will abolish suffering in all sentient life. The abolitionist project is hugely ambitious but technically feasible.One reason people are frequently caught by surprise by the future — be it the emergence of a new technology, the disruption of an old business model, or an unexpected shift in human behavior — is because they make the assumption that just because something has never happened in the past that it never will happen in the future. “ We must unlearn the constellation to see the stars .” –Jack Gilbert from the poem “Tear it Down”
Jack Uldrich – Keynote Speaker, Futurist, Future Trends, Strategic Consulting, Global Trends
Future Possibilities