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Monday December 24, 2012 Daily edition   News and Blog Headlines How to ID people exposed to ionizing radiation Low-cost, transparent, flexible, light solar cells Peel-and-stick solar panels Monitoring air pollution on smart phones Latest News How to ID people exposed to ionizing radiation December 24, 2012   Research conducted by scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) could lead to a blood test that detects if a person has been exposed to radiation, measures their dose, and separates people suffering from inflammation injuries — all in a matter of hours. Background: dealing with a nuclear incident … more… Low-cost, transparent, flexible, light solar cells December 24, 2012   MIT researchers have produced a new kind of photovoltaic cell based on sheets of flexible graphene coated with a layer of nanowires. The approach could lead to low-cost, transparent and flexible solar cells that could be deployed on windows, roofs or other surfaces. The new approach is detailed in a report published in the journal … more… Peel-and-stick solar panels December 24, 2012   Stanford University researchers have developed the world’s first peel-and-stick thin-film solar cells, The thin-film solar cells can be applied to “paper, plastic, and window glass, helmets, cell phones, convex windows, portable electronic devices, curved roofs, clothing — virtually anything,” and without modifying any existing processes, facilities or materials, said Xiaolin Zheng, a Stanford assistant professor … more… Monitoring air pollution on smart phones December 24, 2012   Computer scientists at the University of California, San Diego have built a small fleet of experimental portable pollution sensors that allow users to monitor air quality in real time on their smart phones. The sensors could be particularly useful to people suffering from chronic conditions, such as asthma, who need to avoid exposure to pollutants. … more… New EVENTS   WorldFuture 2013: Exploring the Next Horizon Dates: Jul 19 – 21, 2013 Location: Chicago, Illinois more... New VIDEOS   AIRobots: remotely controlled aerial robots   NASA Johnson Style (Gangnam Style Parody) Latest Kurzweil Collection posts Ray Kurzweil begins with Google   Source: Spiegel — December 17, 2012 | Felix Knoke Kurzweil’s tasks from Google will be the development of natural language processing and machine learning at the Mountain View headquarters, said the author, entrepreneur and art-philosopher called one of the “leading inventors of our time.” A Google spokesman said that Kurzweil solutions will be “incredibly valuable” for Google projects. [...] Read full article here Interview with Ray Kurzweil: A simulated brain can learn like a child   Source: Spiegel — December 19, 2012 | Wolfgang Stieler The futurist Ray Kurzweil is known for his unwavering belief in human progress. In the interview he talks about his latest book, on machines that learn as children, and the hope of eternal life. Q: Mr. Kurzweil, one of your main theses is that technological progress accelerates continuously. If we are now, for example, but smartphones, then … more… Read full article here CSPAN BookTV | Ray Kurzweil, How to Create a Mind: The Secret of Human Thought Revealed, hosted by Ingrid Wickelgren, Scientific American Mind editor   Source: CSPAN BookTV Click here to watch the full show: CSPAN | BookTV: “Ray Kurzweil, How to Create a Mind: The Secret of Human Thought Revealed, hosted by Ingrid Wickelgren, Scientific American Mind editor” About the Program: The influential theorist draws on the most recent neuroscience research to reverse-engineer the brain and apply what’s learned to build intelligent machines.  The award-winning … more… Google, Kurzweil, and the information transformation age   Source: The Huffington Post — December 20, 2012 | Nataly Kelly Last week, Google announced the hiring of Ray Kurzweil, who will work to solve complex language processing problems, among other things. In an interview last year, Kurzweil pointed out that language processing issues are among the most difficult problems to solve. Kurzweil will join the same company that employs Franz Och, the mastermind behind Google Translate (both … more… Read full article here 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|*.