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Category: Singularity Signposts

  • Singularity Signposts – 22jul08

    George Rebane As technology accelerates, one of the measurables is how often we have to upgrade our notion of supercomputer and how often supercomputer users must buy new ones.  The Department of Defense uses a lot of supercomputers and the pace of development has become so hectic that it must now upgrade every two to…

  • Singularity Signposts – 25may08 (updated)

    George Rebane Have you heard of cognition-enhancing drugs?  Well, if you drink coffee, then you’ve been taking one probably for years.  But now we’re getting into some serious new drugs coming to you from big pharma that promise to keep you alert, focused, and improve your concentration and memory by leaps and bounds. The technology…

  • BigDog – The Most Advanced Quadruped Robot on Earth

    George Rebane Looking at the video of this quadruped robot takes one right back to the StarWars films – only this isn’t fancy computer graphics animation but the real thing.  A big dog-like pack ‘animal’ that can handle difficult terrains, ice/snow, piles of concrete blocks, and recover from being kicked in the side while carrying…

  • Singularity Signposts – 17mar2008

    George Rebane New Prosthesis has a bigger role to play.  Dean Kamen, inventor of the Segway and one of the true geniuses of our time, accepted a challenge from the Department of Defense to develop a prosthetic that gives the radical at-the-shoulder amputee an arm and hand that truly replicates almost all the functions of…

  • Postcards into a Fearsome Future – A Dialogue with Evan Jones

    George Rebane The reader joining this dialogue thread in the middle may want to first read Evan Jones’ piece ‘Who Decides?’ on communicating climate change to the masses (published on Watts Up With That) to which I responded in ‘Who Indeed Decides?’ on Ruminations that drew a thoughtful reply from Evan Jones.  This piece seeks…

  • Singularity Signposts – 14mar2008

    George Rebane You’re walking down a busy city street and stop at a window that is displaying what the sign says is a Han dynasty bronze lamp.  Intrigued about the beautiful artifact of a bygone age you want to know more about the Han dynasty.  Without moving your lips or making a sound, you form…

  • Bill Gates on IT Careers and the H-1B Visa tragedy

    George Rebane As a lifelong technician I have witnessed the downfall of America’s interest in maintaining a cadre of wealth generators coming out of our schools – and in my small way I continue to spread the alarm (e.g. here).  Today our higher centers of technology and science mainly educate students from overseas who are…

  • Singularity Signposts – 25feb2008

    George Rebane Solar Power Will Rule in 20 Years:  So say a panel of experts and futurists who see the confluence of two of the big three ‘Singularity technologies’ bringing about this milestone in human history.  Ray Kurzweil pointed out that the sun bathes us with 10,000 times more energy than all of us can…

  • Singularity Signposts – 25jan2008

    George Rebane • Artificial life created from scratch. • Moving by thought – brain/machine interfaces. • Hi-tech hiring, youth matters – ‘up or out’. • Swarm computing – how do ants know what to do? • ‘guaranteed’ gadget buyback service for frequent upgraders.

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