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Thursday November 29, 2012 Daily edition   News and Blog Headlines Moral machines NASA technologists test ‘game-changing’ data-processing technology Human brain, Internet, and cosmology: similar laws at work? A graphene/nanotube hybrid ‘Fountain of youth’ technique rejuvenates aging stem cells Can a jellyfish unlock the secret of immortality? What could you make with a 3D printer on the Moon? A ‘second skin’ military fabric to repel chemical and biological agents Latest News Moral machines November 29, 2012   Google’s driver-less cars are already street-legal in three states, California, Florida, and Nevada, and some day similar devices may not just be possible but mandatory. Eventually (though not yet) automated vehicles will be able to drive better, and more safely than you can; no drinking, no distraction, better reflexes, and better awareness (via networking) of … more… NASA technologists test ‘game-changing’ data-processing technology November 29, 2012   NASA technologist Jonathan Pellish believes the analog computing technology of yesteryear could potentially revolutionize everything from autonomous rendezvous and docking to remotely correcting wavefront errors on large, deployable space telescope mirrors like those to fly on the James Webb Space Telescope. Pellish is meeting with scientists and engineers to explain the technology’s capabilities and is … more… Human brain, Internet, and cosmology: similar laws at work? November 29, 2012   The structure of the universe and the laws that govern its growth may be  similar to the structure and growth of the human brain and other complex networks, such as the Internet or a social network of trust relationships between people. So says Dmitri Krioukov, co-author of an open access paper published by the Cooperative … more… A graphene/nanotube hybrid November 29, 2012   A seamless graphene/nanotube hybrid created at Rice University may be the best electrode interface material possible for many energy storage and electronics applications. Led by Rice chemist James Tour, researchers have successfully grown forests of carbon nanotubes that rise quickly from sheets of graphene to astounding lengths of up to 120 microns. A house on … more… ‘Fountain of youth’ technique rejuvenates aging stem cells November 29, 2012   A new method of growing cardiac tissue is teaching old stem cells new tricks. The discovery, which transforms aged stem cells into cells that function like much younger ones, may one day enable scientists to grow cardiac patches for damaged or diseased hearts from a patient’s own stem cells — no matter what age the … more… Can a jellyfish unlock the secret of immortality? November 29, 2012   The jellyfish can  transform itself back to a polyp, the organism’s earliest stage of life, author Nathaniel Rich writes in The New York Times. During rejuvenation, it undergoes cellular transdifferentiation, an unusual process by which one type of cell is converted into another — a skin cell into a nerve cell, for instance. (The same process … more… What could you make with a 3D printer on the Moon? November 29, 2012   Not for Amit Bandyopadhyay, professor in the School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering at Washington State University, and colleagues, who recently published a paper in Rapid Prototyping Journal demonstrating how to do just that. Bandyopadhyay and Susmita Bose, professor in the School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, are well known researchers in the area of … more… A ‘second skin’ military fabric to repel chemical and biological agents November 29, 2012   Military uniforms of the future may offer a new layer of critical protection to wearers, thanks to research by teams at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and several other institutions who are developing a nanotube-based fabric that repels chemical and biological agents. The researchers say the fabric will be able to switch reversibly from a … more… Latest Kurzweil Collection posts Ray Kurzweil interviewed by daughter Amy Kurzweil at Women at the Frontier: Designing the Future 2012 Ray Kurzweil is interviewed by his daughter Amy Kurzweil at the recent event Women at the Frontier: Designing the Future 2012. Women at the Frontier | Women at the Frontier is an emerging global network of game-changers unleashing exponential technology. As pioneers, catalysts, connectors from all sectors, W@F featuring women at the cutting edge of … more… Visit KurzweilAI.net You are currently subscribed to the KurzweilAI.net newsletter as *|EMAIL|* To unsubscribe, please click here. To change your email preferences, please click here. *|LIST:ADDRESS|*.