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50 Years Later, a New ‘Sputnik’ Crisis: The War of Minds

October 5, 2007

The American education system is not mobilizing to support science, technology, engineering and math.

Today’s generation of kids is the most technology savvy group that this country has ever produced. They are born with an iPod in one hand and a cell phone in another. They’re text messaging, e-mailing, instant messaging. They’re on MySpace, YouTube & Google. They’ve got Nintendo Wiis, Game Boys, Play Stations.

Their world is… read more

Topics: Social Networking/Web/Education

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$500,000 Lemelson-MIT Prize awarded to futurist who makes a career of helping others

May 25, 2001

On April 24, 2001, Raymond Kurzweil was awarded the prestigious Lemelson-MIT prize, the world’s largest single award for invention and innovation.… read more

Topics: Innovation/Entrepreneurship | Social Networking/Web/Education

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50MP CCD Image Sensor unveiled by Kodak

July 9, 2008

Eastman Kodak Company unveiled the world’s first 50 million pixel CCD image sensor for professional photography.

The sensor captures digital images with unprecedented resolution and detail. For instance, with a 50 megapixel camera, in an aerial photo of a field 1 1/2 miles across, you could detect an object about the size of a small notebook computer (1 foot by 1 foot).

Topics: Electronics

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6 Billion Bits of Data About Me, Me, Me!

June 4, 2007

Soon we will all be able to decipher our own genomes for as little as $1,000, scientists say.

Topics: Biotech

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60% of world’s population now has cell phone, highest ever

March 3, 2009

A U.N. report published today states that six in ten people (60%) of the world’s population has a cell phone subscription, up from just under 15% in 2002.

Internet use has more than doubled to 23% in 2008, up from 11% in 2002.

The report also ranked countries by how advanced their information and communications technology (ICT) is, with Sweden first and the U.S. at #17.

Topics: Computers/Infotech/UI | Internet/Telecom

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64-core chip promises to be a big leap ahead

August 20, 2007

Tilera Corp. is pioneering a new chip architecture based on MIT research and has begun to ship a 64-core processor, promising dramatic advances in powering devices for the networking and multimedia industries.

Tilera claims they will deliver more than 10 times the performance of current dual-core processors and 40 times the performance of today’s digital signal processors, and can be scaled to much larger grids.

Topics: Computers/Infotech/UI | Electronics | Internet/Telecom

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78,000 sign up for one-way mission to Mars

May 10, 2013

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Mars One says it has received applications from more than 78,000 people in more than 120 countries for the Mars One astronaut selection program, in hopes of becoming a Mars settler in 2023.

Most applications come from the U.S. (17324), followed by China (10241), United Kingdom (3581), Russia, Mexico, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Argentina and India.

The most popular candidate (for site visitors) so far is Anders… read more

Topics: Space

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8 Scientists Share $3 Million in Prizes

June 4, 2010

Winners of the annual $1 million Kavli Prize in astrophysics, nanoscience and neuroscience this year include Nadrian C. Seeman of New York University for structural DNA for use as nanorobots or in a DNA computer, Donald M. Eigler of IBM’s Almaden Research Center for picking up a single atom and moving it precisely to a different location, and Thomas Südhof of the Stanford School of Medicine, Richard H. Scheller of… read more

Topics: AI/Robotics | Nanotech/Materials Science | Physics/Cosmology | Quantum

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83 year-old woman got 3D-printed mandible

February 5, 2012

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The University of Hasselt (Belgium) has announced that Belgian and Dutch scientists have successfully replaced a lower jaw with a 3D printed model for a 83 year-old woman, 3Ders.org reports.

According to the researchers, It is the first custom-made implant in the world to replace an entire lower jaw.

Normally it takes a few days to produce a custom implant, but with 3D printing… read more

Topics: Biomed/Longevity | Nanotech/Materials Science

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9 Questions for Carnegie Mellon Robot Chief Matthew Mason

January 11, 2008

The Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon is coming off a $2 million win in November’s DARPA Urban Challenge, and director Matthew Mason discussed what’s next, from the Google Lunar X Prize to super artificial intelligence.

Topics: AI/Robotics

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$99 Raspberry Pi-sized ‘supercomputer’ touted in Kickstarter project

September 28, 2012

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Chipmaker Adapteva wants to make parallel computing available to everyone, using a Kickstarter project to raise at least $750,000 and a stretch goal of $3 million, Ars Technica reports.

Adapteva calls it “Parallella: A Supercomputer For Everyone,” a 16-core board hitting 13GHz and 26 gigaflops performance, costing $99 each. If the $3 million goal is hit, Adapteva will make a $199 64-core board hitting… read more

Topics: Computers/Infotech/UI | Electronics | Innovation/Entrepreneurship

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How to live forever film opens in S.F. Friday

July 6, 2011

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How to live forever opens Friday night July 8 in San Francisco at Landmark Opera Plaza, 601 Van Ness Ave. (check www.liveforevermovie.com for tickets and exact showtimes).

As noted, the film features interviews with centenarians and longevity experts, including Ray Bradbury, Aubrey de Grey, Phyllis Diller, Ray Kurzweil, Jack LaLanne, John Robbins, Willard Scott, Suzanne Somers, Marianne Williamson and Buster Martin.

Meet… read more

Topics: Biomed/Longevity | Entertainment/New Media | Innovation/Entrepreneurship

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The Last Pictures launches with EchoStar XVI satellite

November 19, 2012

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On November 20, Creative Time will launch an archival disc created by artist Trevor Paglen called The Last Pictures into outer space from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Made of ultra-archival materials, the disc is expected to orbit the earth for billions of years affixed to the exterior of the communications satellite EchoStar XVI.

To create the artifact, Paglen micro-etched one hundred photographs selected to… read more

Topics: Social/Ethical/Legal | Space

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The Rapture of the Nerds by Stross, Doctorow published

September 9, 2012

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Science fiction author Charlie Stross announced Friday on his blog that The Rapture of the Nerds: A Tale of The Singularity, Posthumanity, and Awkward Social Situations, a new science fiction novel co-authored by Cory Doctorow, has been published by Tor Books.

The book is available now from Amazon and will soon be available for free download under a Creative… read more

Topics: Entertainment/New Media | Singularity/Futures

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The Singularity Is Near movie available today

July 23, 2012

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Is the Singularity near?

“Well, some amazing changes that are fantastically big and fantastically fast are coming our way,” says noted futurist Alvin Toffler in the much-anticipated movie, The Singularity Is Near, A True Story About the Future, available today.

The Singularity is Near stars Ramona, played by NCIS star Pauley Perrette, a superintelligent avatar (artificial-intelligence- based, human-like virtual person) created by AI wizard Ray Kurzweil (played… read more

Topics: AI/Robotics | Singularity/Futures

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