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Friday January 25, 2013 Daily edition   News and Blog Headlines Mutant H5N1 ‘bird flu’ research set to resume Unplugged? Sue your ISP (at least in Germany) Just add water: a portable hydrogen fuel cell Patients and handicapped users test new mind-controlled tech Self-healing, stretchable wires using liquid metal Latest News Mutant H5N1 ‘bird flu’ research set to resume January 25, 2013   One year after public uproar forced them to pause, researchers who study H5N1 avian influenza by designing new, extra-virulent strains are set to resume their work, Wired Science reports. In a letter published Jan. 23 in the journals Nature and Science, 40 virologists, including leaders of the most high-profile experiments, declared that their voluntary moratorium … more… Unplugged? Sue your ISP (at least in Germany) January 25, 2013   Can you force your ISP to pay for loss of access to an Internet connection? Apparently yes, at least in Germany, where a Federal Court of Justice awarded a plaintiff €50 ($65) per day for the period his was unable to use his DSL, fax over IP and VoIP services, Computerworld UK reports. The rationale: … more… Just add water: a portable hydrogen fuel cell January 25, 2013   Battery dead in the middle of a phone call and you left your charger home, or worse, you’re on a camping trip. Sound familiar? No prob, just grab some nanosilicon powder, mix with water, and zap: instant hydrogen fuel to generate recharge current — thanks to University at Buffalo researchers, who have discovered that super-small particles … more… Patients and handicapped users test new mind-controlled tech January 25, 2013   More than 100 patients or handicapped users have voluntarily participated in the development of non-invasive brain-machine interfaces developed by researchers  in the European TOBI (Tools for brain-computer interaction) research program. The technologies include: Functional electrical stimulation Voluntarily control movement of a paralyzed limb, using a brain-computer interface. From EEG signals, the computer senses the desired movement … more… Self-healing, stretchable wires using liquid metal January 25, 2013 Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed elastic, self-healing electrical wires. “Because we’re using liquid metal, these wires have excellent conductive properties,” says Dr. Michael Dickey, an assistant professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering at NC State and co-author of a paper on the work. “And because the wires are also elastic and self-healing, … more… New EVENTS   NEIBC Growth Series Event – “Founder-CEO Succession: A Make-or-Break Inflection Point” Dates: Feb 15, 2013 Location: Waltham, Massachusetts more...   TEDMED 2013 Dates: Apr 16 – 19, 2013 Location: Washington, D.C. more...   The 2nd Annual Global Crowdfunding Convention and Bootcamp Dates: Oct 14 – 16, 2013 Location: Las Vegas, Nevada more... New VIDEOS   Trailer for new film by Doug Wolens The Singularity Latest Kurzweil Collection posts Exclusive interview with Doug Wolens, director of The Singularity   Source: Singularity Hub — January 20, 2013 | Peter Murray “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” If you watch Doug Wolens’ latest documentary, The Singularity, the quote from Arthur C. Clarke is the first thing you see. It aptly prepares you for the 75 minutes that follow over which a truly impressive cast of scientists, futurists and philosophers discuss the uncertainty of what the future … more… Read full article here Q&A: Futurist Ray Kurzweil on Google, reverse engineering the brain and more   Source: Las Vegas Weekly — January 23, 2013 | Mark Adams I know you were recently snatched up by Google. What are you working on at the moment? I’ll be working on enabling computers to understand natural language. When you write a news article or a blog post you’re not just creating a bag of words, you’re creating semantic meaning. It’s remarkable how search works, but … 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|*.