Ray Kurzweil & The Singularity

squirrelz — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 23:01:11 +0000

This has got to be one of the most mind-blowing theories/predictions I've ever come across. I find myself almost completely agreeing with Mr. Ray Kurzweil's logic. Before I continue with this article, let me warn you. This is about the rise of "machine consciousness" and the eventual machine race. Now hold on a minute. I know what you're thinking, "WTF is he talking about?!" In blatant vernacular, I can put it as The Matrix, Terminator, & I, Robot all in one coming to fruition in our lifetime and its called The Singularity. Check it out.

Ray Kurzweil at TED (2005)
by Sidewinder77

Basic synopsis: The Singularity is when machine intelligence surpasses human intelligence. In practical terms that means by 2045, $1000 will buy you a computer a billion times more intelligent than every human on Earth combined. In philosophical talk, Irving John Good put it best when he said this in 1965: Continue Reading...

The Sixth Sense

squirrelz — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 19:13:11 +0000

No, I'm not talking about Bruce Willis or Haley Osment in that 1999 flick with that awesome twist at the end (Yeah, I loved it). I'm talking about the brainchild of Pranav Mistry, Dr. Pattie Maes, and Liyan Chang in the Fluid Interfaces Group over at the MIT Media Lab. Just so you can be on the same page as me, here's the video I saw back in March.

Cool, right? Now, let’s go over that again. The SixthSense prototype is comprised of a pocket projector, a mirror, a camera, and a mobile computing device placed in the wearer’s pocket (Still needs an iPod or at the very least a Pandora app. if you ask me) all for $350. That seems like a bargain, right? Think again. Although retail price will most likely go down when its finally put into production, carriers will inflate the price right back up to something in the ball park of $600/year ($50/month) for a data plan. However, that's only if SixthSense chooses to keep the phone. If they don't, then this device is just going to be a thousand times cooler than the iTouch. Continue Reading...

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