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Singularity Gadgets

Top 4 Singularity Timepieces

by Socrates

What would a singularity watch look like? Not really sure. But the following 4 timepieces (that’s how you call a watch that costs more than a car or a house) seem to be nothing that any self-respecting singularitarian will be ashamed to put on their wrist. Top 4 Singularity Timepieces: 4. Devon Works Thread 1 [...]

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Singularity Art

by Socrates

PCB artist Steven Rodrig from PCB Creations makes beautiful sculptures from old printed circuit boards. Here are a few examples: Steve’s message: “Enjoy my sculptures and remember to recycle. There’s beauty within the electronic parts we throw away that’s waiting to be discovered.” To see more visit Steven Rodig’s Gallery here. Is this what one [...]

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Virtopsy: Autopsy goes Virtual with Virtobot

by Socrates

As stated on their Virtopsy.com web site the Institute of Forensic Medicine at the University of Bern in Switzerland is working on the future of forensic medicine and science by creating what the British daily the Telegraph recently called Autopsy without the Scalpel. From the Vitropsy.com web site: “Virtopsy® was born from the desire to [...]

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Optogenetics: Controlling the Brain with Light

by Socrates

Continuing the topic of Mind Reading, Thought Control and Neuro Marketing I am posting this YouTube video of Karl Deisseroth who is pioneering bold new treatments for depression and other psychiatric diseases. By sending pulses of light into the brain, Deisseroth can control neural activity with remarkable precision. In this short talk, Deisseroth gives a [...]

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Thought Controlled Mouse Cursor: Direct Brain-Computer Interface

by Socrates

The computer user interface has been one of the slowest to evolve and typewriter-style of keyboard and mouse devices are still the norm. It has been only in the last 5 years or so that we have seen the introduction and growing success of touch-screen and voice-controlled devices becoming widely available to the public. In [...]

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NASA and GM Develop Robonaut 2

by Socrates

The Robonaut is a robotic astronaut first developed about 10 years ago by DARPA and NASA with the goal of assisting human space exploration or, ultimately, conducting non-human space exploration altogether.  Though the original version never actually made it into space it seems that version 2.0 is being developed by NASA and GM. The new [...]

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Remote Car Stopper by Eureka Aerospace

by Socrates

Here is a video demo of a prototype for a remote car disabling or car stopping Electro Magnetic Pulse (EMP) device called HPEMS (High Powered Electro Magnetic System). The device is currently being developed by Eureka Aerospace for the US Police, Airforce, Marine Core and other interested parties. It has the ability to stop cars [...]

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Best of CES Awards

by Socrates

Many of you are following or even visiting the annual Consumer Electronics Show held each January in Las Vegas, Nevada. The CES show is considered to be the largest annual consumer electronics trade show in the world. Each year at the end of the show CNET presents the best CES product awards. Here is the [...]

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The 50 Best Inventions of 2009

by Socrates

From a rocket of the future to a $10 million light bulb. Here are TIME Magazine’s picks for the best new gadgets and breakthrough ideas of the year: According to TIME Magazine NASA’s Ares Rocket is the number 1 best invention of 2009. Here is why: Did you like the best inventions? Great! But you [...]

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Mind Reading, Thought Control and Neuro Marketing: Is “the Lord of the World” still science fiction?

by Socrates

Is there any “science fiction” left? Or is it all just “science” in its different stages of development? It seems to me that most of the 20th century science fiction is already either a hard reality or in the process of development. (Just think about the advances in air and space travel, computers, the internet, [...]

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An Artificial Heart

by Socrates

A new artificial heart developed in France could be the future for thousands of cardiac patients. The heart has an artificial skin which reduces the chances of transplant rejection and is expected to be available around 2012. The cyborgs are coming… but just when do we stop to be human and turn into machines?!…

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Smart Contact Lenses and Artificial Retinas

by Socrates

In the last few years Genetics, Robotics and Nanotechnologies have all become Information Technologies and are often quoted as singularity precursors. Vernor Vinge’s sci fi novel Rainbows End, set in what he calls “a slow take-off” pre-singularity period, describes wearable computers and smart contact lens technology for augmented reality. But is this science fiction? Is [...]

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