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Aug 28, 2016
How AI Will Redefine Love
Posted by Elmar Arunov in categories: biotech/medical, computing, finance, robotics/AI
Artificial intelligence is beginning to disrupt entire industries from finance to medicine. Yet the most revolutionary application has yet to arrive—and it’s an existential one.
As thinking machines become more integrated into our lives, we must expect a transformation in how we define what it means to be conscious; what it means to live and to die; and ultimately, what it means to love a non-human being.
These questions are artfully explored in the plot of the 2013 sci-fi film, Her, which tells the story of a man who falls deeply in love with an intelligent operating system. This OS, Samantha, is designed to evolve and adapt her personality to appeal to Theodore. She has a very human voice and provides constant empathetic support. As Samantha’s psychological and intellectual capacities grow, so does Theodore and Samantha’s love for each other.
Aug 28, 2016
Stretchy supercapacitors power wearable electronics
Posted by Elmar Arunov in categories: energy, mobile phones, robotics/AI, wearables
A future of soft robots that wash your dishes or smart T-shirts that power your cell phone may depend on the development of stretchy power sources. But traditional batteries are thick and rigid—not ideal properties for materials that would be used in tiny malleable devices. In a step toward wearable electronics, a team of researchers has produced a stretchy micro-supercapacitor using ribbons of graphene.
The researchers will present their work today at the 252nd National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society (ACS).
“Most power sources, such as phone batteries, are not stretchable. They are very rigid,” says Xiaodong Chen, Ph.D. “My team has made stretchable electrodes, and we have integrated them into a supercapacitor, which is an energy storage device that powers electronic gadgets.”
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Aug 28, 2016
Watch This Mind-Controlled Bionic Arm Touch and Feel
Posted by Elmar Arunov in categories: biotech/medical, cyborgs, transhumanism
Melissa Loomis, an amputee, is pushing the sensory capabilities of the most advanced neuroprosthetic in the world.
Aug 28, 2016
How We Free Ourselves of Existential Panic
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in category: futurism
Aug 28, 2016
Li-Fi, the New Frontier in Communications
Posted by Klaus Baldauf in categories: futurism, internet
What does the so called Li-Fi technology consist of? Find out all about this future trend which may replace the Wifi we use today.
Aug 28, 2016
Synthetic Biology Explained
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: bioengineering, biological, genetics
From selective breeding to genetic modification, our understanding of biology is now merging with the principles of engineering to bring us synthetic biology.
Written, animated and directed by James Hutson, Bridge8.