Electronic memes for 2009-09-14

Posted on September 14, 2009September 14, 2009 by roblucas

Space on $150. Now that is impressive, makes me want to give it a try! http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-328198 #

Electronic memes for 2009-09-13

Posted on September 13, 2009September 13, 2009 by roblucas

Robotic entertainment. A lot of things do enter the home first as entertainment, and finally as utility. http://tinyurl.com/mkbu7t #
Piece by piece building a replacement for doctors. Will we ever let human health care be done by a non-human? http://tinyurl.com/loyfpy #
Direct link to the article on Brother's RID. Very neat first generation of this technology. http://www.brother.com/en/news/2008/rid/ #
RT @futureaware New Display Technology, Augmented Reality Glasses and Folding E-Book #future http://bit.ly/11LQPO #

Posted on September 11, 2009September 11, 2009 by roblucas

Optical Quantum RAM. Can I get eight exabytes of that please with my 1M core functional quantum processor? http://tinyurl.com/lryjzy #
An air based microprocessor. Interesting take, miniaturized it could function in unique environments like neurons? http://tinyurl.com/lesr49 #

Posted on September 9, 2009September 9, 2009 by roblucas

Great day for robotics posts. There is a lot going on in this field. Will robotics, general AI and nanotech converge? Perhaps soon… #
Robotic surgeons and micro robots that can work inside your body. http://bit.ly/1OwMwe #
A broader article covering supply chain robotics, excellent read. http://tinyurl.com/lx7mun #
Factory robots that manage your inventory. http://bit.ly/aE6U1 #
A new robot designed to adapt to new situations sometimes mimicking behaviours of other humans. Very cool. http://tinyurl.com/lrelum #
Cool human assistance robots, it could carry you to the fridge to get a snack then gently return you to the couch. http://tinyurl.com/mwnhzn #
Video on recent robotics work. If you are curious about the state of robotics check it out http://bit.ly/lsz51 #
Humans vs. Super Human AI. Some good musings on the coming age of advanced AI. http://bit.ly/GSMxP #

Posted on September 5, 2009September 5, 2009 by roblucas

Getting there! Quantum computing is being miniaturized. http://tinyurl.com/kp958o Granted it still needs a table of detector equipment. #

Posted on September 4, 2009September 4, 2009 by roblucas

The singularity is definitely becoming more mainstream. http://tinyurl.com/mezpzq the super AI's might deem us to be a waste of resources. #
The US government spends money on this http://tinyurl.com/nsqjut, but they continue to cut back from space and health funding. Good job USA. #

Posted on September 2, 2009September 2, 2009 by roblucas

Swarmbots, the ability of these to form sensor networks will be a powerful tool. This is a good start http://tinyurl.com/notft3 #
Power transfer from space, excellent. What are the consequences of accidentally walking under the transfer beam? http://tinyurl.com/ncckyn #
I think I said this technology was going to be big. Well turns out it is going to be small… in a big way! http://tinyurl.com/l4ukfy #

Posted on August 29, 2009August 29, 2009 by roblucas

Posted on August 28, 2009August 28, 2009 by roblucas

One step closer to a master builder device. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090819083905.htm Can they build me breakfast? #

Posted on August 27, 2009August 27, 2009 by roblucas

Augmented reality, this is going to be really big in the next few years. http://bit.ly/44xAJh #
I follow this sort of algorithm too, usually right before I think I am going to have to fight about something http://tinyurl.com/nc4bj6 #