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Category: Singularity Signposts

  • Singularity Signposts – 2feb2009

    George Rebane Financial Times reports that NASA and Google are co-sponsoring a new university to begin formal studies of the Singularity.  Through this blog’s Singularity Signposts section, RR readers have been apprised of this unique and epochal event toward which the human race is careening with ever increasing speed.  Now we learn that – Google and…

  • Fork Over Your Job to Robo-Forklift

    George Rebane Here’s another ‘you can’t just do ONE thing’ development.  MIT recently announced (here) that Researchers in MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) are working on a better way to handle supplies in a war zone: a semi-autonomous forklift that can be directed by people safely away from the dangers of the…

  • Singularity Signposts – 14jan2009

    George Rebane Two developments, one hopeful and one scary.  Japanese researchers concerned about their aging population of farmers are developing a machine-assisted-man (MAM) suit to assist frail bodies do hard work.  The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) reports that Researchers at the Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology recently demonstrated the suit by having someone…

  • Singularity Signposts – 1jan2009

    George Rebane Controlling complex things with just thought has now been demonstrated by the company Emotiv Systems.  I featured this revolutionary human-machine interface in the 15aug08 Singularity Signpost  (please read for background) to give RR readers a heads up (pun intended) on the rapidity with which exotic technologies are being brought to fruition as we…

  • Singularity Signposts – 30dec2008

    George Rebane Cold computing as envisioned by several physicists (e.g. Frank Tipler) and computer scientists (e.g. Hans Moravec), and predicted by futurists (e.g Ray Kurzweil) is a step closer as reported in ‘How Small Can Computers Get? Computing In A Molecule’.  A team of French scientists (please hold applause and/or snide remarks) at the French…

  • Singularity Signposts – 9nov2008

    George Rebane Imagine a bicycle seat connected by mechanical frames to a pair of shoes for an idea of how the new wearable assisted-walking gadget from Honda works. The experimental device, unveiled Friday, is designed to support bodyweight, reduce stress on the knees and help people get up steps and stay in crouching positions. Honda…

  • Singularity Signposts – 27oct2008

    George Rebane Brainy Robots and Longer Unemployment Lines. This is one of the issues covered during the third annual Singularity Summit in San Jose last Saturday.  RR readers are familiar with this issue and the MSM and our government are blind to it.  Reading this report and its comment thread gives you an idea of…

  • Ruminations – 18oct2008 (updated)

    George Rebane * The transhumanist Humanity+ organization has launched the H+ web magazine (webzine 3.7MB pdf) to get the word out about humanity’s road to Singularity.  Its lead article highlights the current condition of ignorance about the topic.  Politicians are still promising to ‘bring back jobs’ that are gone forever.  Well, maybe not forever.  If…

  • Singularity Signposts – 15aug08

    George Rebane Synthetic Telepathy is around the corner.  We will soon have user interfaces that let our thoughts direct the actions of machines.  Imagine the possibilities both near and far term.  In the near-term we will wear cranial sensors (buttons on the noggins) that will transmit EEG (electro-encephalogram) signals to a processor that decodes the…

  • Singularity Signposts – 4aug08

    George Rebane Toyota has demonstrated a Segway knock-off called Winglet.  This gadget is a “stand-up-and-ride contraption” that can go up to 3.7mph or about the pace of a brisk walk.  One of the claimed target markets is the elderly who might use it on sidewalks and shopping malls.  Japan has a rapidly aging population, and…

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