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• Richard Dawkins: The Greatest Show on Earth

  
  Blogging the Singularity — Authority: 130
  
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• Singularity Is Near. Video Conferencing Is Too.

  
  Video over Enterprise — Authority: 405
  A few weeks ago I attended the World Innovation Summit , a very interesting conference on innovation and technology, held right here in Tel-Aviv. Multi-national companies, emerging companies and promising start-ups presented their pieces of innovation in various fields, such as mobile communication, cloud computing, ...
  2 days ago

• Kurzweil Intros PC3LE6 Performance Controller

  
  Synthtopia — Authority: 541
  Kurzweil Music Systems has announced the PC3LE6 , the first of its new PC3LE line of performance control keyboards. The LE line includes the sound set from the PC3, in addition to many of the PC3’s most popular features like Setup Mode, Song Mode and Quick Access Mode. The LE’s streamlined user interface ...
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• Singularity University, Day One: Infinite, In All Directions

  
  Epicenter — Authority: 744
  Singularity University faculty and administration: Peter Diamandis, Salim Ismail, and Kurzweil front and center A security guard checks my driver’s license as I drive into the entrance to Moffet Field, a disused naval airbase that hosts the nascent Singularity University. Night has fallen, but it still feels like ...
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• Ray Kurzweil On Speech Recognition, Music Synthesis, Virtual Reality & The Future

  
  Synthtopia — Authority: 541
  Click here to view the embedded video. This is a deep interview with a deep guy – Ray Kurzweil – about some deep ideas. In the early 80’s, Kurzweil developed the Kurzweil K250 digital synthesizer, which developed into one of the most influential digital synthesis platforms. Kurzweil sold his music ...
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• Genetically Enhanced Humans?

  
  Prometheus Unbound — Authority: 142
  According to Oxford Today: The University Magazine , they’re coming: ‘There is a significant chance that my own children will live beyond the age of 120′, says Julian Savulescu, Director of Oxford’s Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics. ‘Thereafter we could be looking at two- or three-fold increases in ...
  6 days ago

• Here’s one way to work out health care solutions

  
  David Kirkpatrick — Authority: 143
  Via KurzweilAI.net – I’d say the X Prize has moved private space travel a good ways down the path to commercial viability. Peter Diamandis: the joy of taking risks New Scienist Space, Nov. 4, 2009 Peter Diamandis, CEO of the X Prize Foundation, wants to use our competitive  instinct s to make the world a ...
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• Genome 10K Project

  
  David Kirkpatrick — Authority: 143
  Via KurzweilAI.net — Interesting. And it is just amazing to think DNA sequencing costs are expected to go down by an order of magnitude or more over “the next couple of years.” Genome 10K: A new ark Science News, Nov. 4, 2009 The  Genome 10K Project aims to collect tissues or cells from at least ...
  6 days ago

• Singularity University Kicks Off First Executive Program Tomorrow

  
  Singularity University — Authority: 413
  After a great inaugural Graduate Studies Program this summer, SU is readying to welcome the first Executive Program class on Friday. SU chancellor Ray Kurweil will set the stage for the program in his opening keynote tomorrow evening. With world-class faculty, a inter-disciplinary, 9-day curriculum, and a few ...
  6 days ago

• Deep Inside DARPA

  
  Blogging the Singularity — Authority: 130
  Dr. James Hughes interviews Michael Belfiore on his book (The Department of Mad Scientists) about DARPA.
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• Improving Captchas

  
  David Kirkpatrick — Authority: 143
  Via KurzweilAI.net — And really anything — anything — that improved Captchas would be very welcome. Animated ink-blot images keep unwanted bots at bay New Scientst Tech, Nov 3, 2009 Captchas, the scrambled images used to separate humans from  software bots online, could become harder for bots to solve ...
  1 week ago

• Breakthrough in large-scale nanotube processing

  
  David Kirkpatrick — Authority: 143
  Via KurzweilAI.net — These manufacturing breakthroughs aren’t as exciting and sexy as a groundbreaking medical application or replacing copper wiring with carbon nanotubes or graphene, but they are key to turning nanotechnology into a viable industry. Breakthrough In Industrial-scale Nanotube Processing ...
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• ‘The Evolution of Confusion’ by Dan Dennett, AAI 2009

  
  Blogging the Singularity — Authority: 130
  Dan Dennett talks about purposely-confusing theology and how it’s used. He also describes his new project interviewing clergyman who secretly don’t believe anymore, and introduces a new term: “Deepity.” Dan Dennett is the author of many excellent books, including “Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural ...
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• Ray Kurzweil’s second talk at Singularity Summit 2009 — Critics of the Singularity

  
  Blogging the Singularity — Authority: 130
  Award-winning futurist, inventor, and author Ray Kurzweil on common criticisms of his concept of the Law of Accelerating Returns. Uploaded by Singularity Institute Media Director Michael Anissimov. Ray Kurzweil’s second talk at Singularity Summit 2009 — Critics of the Singularity from Michael Anissimov on ...
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• Larry Smarr - Supercomputing and the Human Brain

  
  Blogging the Singularity — Authority: 130
  Larry Smarr discusses the state of the art in supercomputing, with a focus on how current computation compares to the human brain and when supercomputers will surpass human processing power. Current supercomputers are estimated to match the human visual cortex and will reach human brain’s computational ability ...
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• Printable electronics from Xerox

  
  David Kirkpatrick — Authority: 143
  Via KurzweilAI.net — The entire of printable electronics is incredibly cool. Xerox Claims Printable Electronics Breakthrough PC magazine, Oct. 27, 2009 Xerox has announced a new silver ink that is apparently a breakthrough in printable  electronic s. The possibilities range from printing on flexible ...
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• Congrats Ray!

  
  David Kirkpatrick — Authority: 143
  Via KurzweilAI.net – Ray Kurzweil to receive The Economist’s Innovation Award KurzweilAI.net, Oct. 29, 2009 The Economist’s Innovation Award for Computing and Telecommunications will be given to Ray Kurzweil today in London for contributions to  optical character recognition ( OCR ) and speech ...
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• Ray Kurzweil Wins The Economist’s 2009 Innovation Award

  
  Singularity University — Authority: 413
  Great news! SU co-founder and chancellor, Ray Kurzweil was just selected to receive the 2009 Economist Innovation Award , in the category of Computing and Telecoms , for his optical character recognition and speech recognition technology. Ray is one of just eight individuals worldwide chosen to receive what is ...
  2 weeks ago

• Longevity Conference, November 2009

  
  Living To 150 — Authority: 108
  Gosh – I’d like to go to this – the Manhattan Beach Project , Los Angeles. It’s the conference I wanted to go to when I went to Convergence08 last November: because this on is focused specifically on longevity. The field of longevity research is getting very exciting now. Aubrey de Grey is quoted as ...
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• Rich may evolve into separate species

  
  JustGetThere — Authority: 478
  The super-rich may evolve into a separate species entirely in the future due to enhancements in biotechnology and robotic engineering, American futurologist Paul Saffo has said. By Amy Willis Telegraph | Mr Saffo, from San Francisco, says in the future people will be able to grow their own replacement ...
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