September 2009
13 posts
#futuretechture BCI Games: COTS Brain Computer Interfaces http://bit.ly/Y3boV
It’s Official: Water Found on the Moon →
I know you know. But this is just too momentous to escape personal archives.
Since man first touched the moon and brought pieces of it back to Earth, scientists have thought that…
BCI Games: COTS Brain Computer Interfaces →
Remember when you thought that Flight Simulator, complete with joystick, was “just a toy?” Turns out, actually, we were training UAV jockeys, right?
So sure, these first BCI…
#futuretechture It’s Official: Water Found on the Moon http://bit.ly/d7T48
New blog post: It’s Official: Water Found on the Moon http://metavalent.com/?p=1118
#futuretechture “Actually no one even knows what we already understand about the brain” says Professor Markram http://metavalent.com/?p=1116
#futuretechture Apparent complexity of human mind no barrier to building replica brain http://bit.ly/VIBJg
Apparent complexity of human mind no barrier to... →
Yesterday in PhysOrg, as referred by KAI
A model that replicates the functions of the human brain is feasible in 10 years according to neuroscientist Professor Henry Markram of the…
Bionic brain chips could overcome paralysis →
New Scientist:
It will be a long time before these chips can become a mainstream treatment: the US Food and Drug Administration requires as much as 10 years of animal testing before a chip…
Medtronic starts trials for closed-loop brain... →
EETimes:
Medtronic Inc. has started trials in monkeys of an implantable device that can automatically sense and respond to brain waves.
#futuretechture Medtronic starts trials for closed-loop brain implant http://bit.ly/3d361f
#futuretechture Bionic brain chips could overcome paralysis http://bit.ly/4dp4nj
Augmented Reality in a Contact Lens →
IEEE Spectrum: A new generation of contact lenses built with very small circuits and LEDs promises bionic eyesight
These visions (if I may) might seem far-fetched, but a contact lens with…
#futuretechture Augmented Reality in a Contact Lens http://bit.ly/O7ZyM
August 2009
22 posts
#futuretechture Fusion of Nanocircuits, Bio-membranes: Toward a Hybrid Cell Wall? http://bit.ly/i0XQU
Fusion of Nanocircuits, Bio-membranes: Toward a... →
Bruce Lipton, The Wisdom of your Cells — “the cell wall *is* a computing device” — must be going ga-ga right about now, on this news.
“This is much the same thing that happens in…
Cognition Grid #fact #musicmonday #tcot #itsnotcheating MJ’s Michael Jackson Snow Leopard #BBCPorn Pam Bobblehead #healthcare #psychology
Heads up, friends. Have a lil’ 12-tweet series experiment in the queue for our beloved public timeline. OBJECTIVES: illustration, outreach.
The next 12 messages constitute an experiment. When complete, I hope that the topic provokes some thoughtful follow-on discussion.
The Expanding #fact #musicmonday #tcot #itsnotcheating MJ’s Michael Jackson Snow Leopard #BBCPorn Pam Bobblehead #healthcare #psychology
And Accelerating #fact #musicmonday #tcot #itsnotcheating MJ’s Michael Jackson Snow Leopard #BBCPorn Pam Bobblehead #healthcare #psychology
Global #fact #musicmonday #tcot #itsnotcheating MJ’s Michael Jackson Snow Leopard #BBCPorn Pam Bobblehead #healthcare #psychology
Are Expressing #fact #musicmonday #tcot #itsnotcheating MJ’s Michael Jackson Snow Leopard #BBCPorn Pam Bobblehead #healthcare #psychology
Isolated And #fact #musicmonday #tcot #itsnotcheating MJ’s Michael Jackson Snow Leopard #BBCPorn Pam Bobblehead #healthcare #psychology
Feeling Utterly #fact #musicmonday #tcot #itsnotcheating MJ’s Michael Jackson Snow Leopard #BBCPorn Pam Bobblehead #healthcare #psychology
Amidst #fact #musicmonday #tcot #itsnotcheating MJ’s Michael Jackson Snow Leopard #BBCPorn Pam Bobblehead #healthcare #psychology
Disenfranchised #fact #musicmonday #tcot #itsnotcheating MJ’s Michael Jackson Snow Leopard #BBCPorn Pam Bobblehead #healthcare #psychology
Some People #fact #musicmonday #tcot #itsnotcheating MJ’s Michael Jackson Snow Leopard #BBCPorn Pam Bobblehead #healthcare #psychology
This Is How #fact #musicmonday #tcot #itsnotcheating MJ’s Michael Jackson Snow Leopard #BBCPorn Pam Bobblehead #healthcare #psychology
Apparently #fact #musicmonday #tcot #itsnotcheating MJ’s Michael Jackson Snow Leopard #BBCPorn Pam Bobblehead #healthcare #psychology
This concludes the previous 12-tweet experiment, illustrating an observation by emulation.
#futuretechture The Neuro Revolution Tonight on Tech Nation http://bit.ly/7bLTs
The Neuro Revolution Tonight on Tech Nation →
Tonight on Tech Nation: The Neuro Revolution
Host Moira Gunn talks with Zack Lynch, author of “The Neuro Revolution: How Brain Science is Changing Our World.”
Sun, Aug 23, 2009 — 10:00…
RT @salimismail Just saw a #singularityu team project demo on car-sharing - they modified a car and unlocked/started it with an iphone!
The Horror That Is Amsterdam - Norwonk - Open... →
Oh! The Horror! Nowonk: “Imagine how embarrassed Bill O’Reilly and his colleagues at Fox News would be if they had an ounce of decency?” Well, first you’d have to imagine that scenario as somehow…
July 2009
24 posts
#futuretechture CALO: Cognitive Assistant that Learns and Organizes http://tr.im/uK6B
CALO: Cognitive Assistant that Learns and... →
Thanks, as so often is the case, to the EpiSupraMeta KurzweilAI for the tip:
CALO stands for Cognitive Assistant that Learns and Organizes. The name was inspired by the Latin word…
#futuretechture Making Memories: Literally http://tr.im/u6vI
Making Memories: Literally →
Scientists have captured the first image of memories being made
Source: McGill University
#futuretechture We’re all still standard human beings. For now. http://tr.im/tci8
We’re all still standard human beings. For now. →
However, this may not be the case for very much longer; hence the imperative to make some key policy and personal decisions, right now. What manner of individuals and society are we to become?…
#futuretechture Open-innovation models overcome constraints of corporate hierarchies http://tr.im/t9QG
Open-innovation models overcome constraints of... →
Thanks as always to the prolific team @KurzweilAINews:
“There is this misconception that you can sprinkle crowd wisdom on something and things will turn out for the best,” said Thomas W….
Why Neuro Security Matters →
Wired Science (via KurzweilAI):
For example, the next generation of implantable devices to control prosthetic limbs will likely include wireless controls that allow physicians to…
#futuretechture Why Neuro Security Matters http://tr.im/svjm
A Semantic Network Representation of the Open Mind... →
From the site:
“ConceptNet aims to give computers access to common-sense knowledge, the kind of information that ordinary people know but usually leave unstated.
The data in ConceptNet is…
Of Neuro Economics and Artificial Brains →
#futuretechture Of Neuro Economics and Artificial Brains http://tr.im/so3F
#stigmergy : Of Neuro Economics and Artificial Brains http://metavalent.com/?p=1067
#futuretechture A Semantic Network Representation of the Open Mind Common Sense Project http://tr.im/sodQ