James Martin pledges sum “to safeguard a future for the generations that follow us”.
“We urgently have to work towards solutions to critical global challenges like climate change, world population growth and the impact of the Singularity in computing.”
Click here for the complete article found in The Guardian.
After 7 years of stealth development, we’ve got the first live look at OnLive with its GDC 2009 press conference. This new technology promises to stream on-demand games at the highest quality on nearly any computer, or via a small plug-in device.
“Meanwhile, in the United Kingdom, intelligence chiefs have voiced concerns that China may have gained the ability to stop the delivery of critical services such as electricity, water, and food, reports the Times of London.”
Click here for the complete article found in The Christian Science Monitor.
These attacks should be noted for their ability to collect “actionable intelligence for use by the police and security services of a repressive state, with potentially fatal consequences for those exposed.”
Sounds like Cyber Warfare to me! What do you think?
Think you live in a high-tech age? We don’t — not compared to what the world will be like if technologies scientists are currently working on come to pass.
At Nanotech 2009, artificial joint material using carbon nanotubes was presented, from Nedo’s project on development of high-performance artificial joint-sliding components by bio-nanotechnology.
Innovations in nanotechnology are leading the way to transhuman muscles, such as for robotics and human enhancement, that are ultra-flexible and stronger than steel.
“The U.S. military is calling out the “BigDogs” in addition to its big guns as it deploys more troops to fight terrorists in Afghanistan.”
“The war zone is increasingly becoming a development laboratory for machines that don’t eat, sleep, polish their boots or suffer casualties. But can they succeed where man struggles?”
Hmmm – machines that don’t suffer casualties! Perhaps car and computer manufacturers should check into this.
In any event, click here for the full Fox News report.
The future is getting harder to imagine –so much that the SciFi channel is giving up on science fiction and rebranding the channel. Rather than pushing for bold futures, network executives at NBC Universal have decided to retreat into the make-believe worlds fantasy, the supernatural and pro wrestling.
Click here for the complete article posted on the Education Futures website.
Thousands of 30 lb. backpack-able remote-controlled or “tele-operated” robots with infrared and electro-optical cameras are already clearing caves, building and other potential enemy locations in Iraq and Afghanistan right now. But two new robots are at the front of the autonomous revolution: the MULE and the SMSS.
Click here for the article found on TIME Magazine’s website.
This transmission goes out to all Futurists, Analysts, Media Personnel, Scientists, Researchers, Writers, Bloggers, Investors, Organizations, Artists, Longevists, Singularitarians, Transhumanists, Concerned Citizens, Enthusiasts, and Friends:
We Are The Singularity is a new Feature-Length Documentary Film Project beginning production soon. it’s not the title of the film but the name of the project. Participants will get to help title the documentary!
You can view the Press Release HERE and the Film Proposal HERE
It’s about The Singularity and those who work in fields of emerging technologies, speak about it, write about it, talk about it, and teach it.
The public is out there and as the meme spreads there is an exponential desire for guidance and enlightenment through engaging, thoughtful, well-produced media.
They’re not going to get it through Hollywood.
“New models based on direct personalized communication with the customer will transform every industry, resulting in massive disintermediation of the middle layers that have traditionally separated the customer from the ultimate source of products and services.”
-Ray Kurzweil, The Singularity is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology
I hope that you will visit WeAreTheSingularity.com and participate in this important outreach project and have an impact on making history – about the future. I look forward to good times working with all of you!
Sincerely,
Chris Williamson
Producer – Director – Editor
Pacific Earth Media
bloggingthesingularity.com
In a recent study, a team of researchers has developed a type of 3D TV system called “holoTV,” which works a bit differently than a standard holographic TV system. The holoTV system projects a video scene or animation onto a white-light screen, creating an image that appears to float in front of the screen. Viewers don’t need to wear special goggles to view the floating images, which have the appearance of volumetric images, although the system is not volumetric. The scientists, from the University of Campinas in Sao Paulo, Brazil, and the High Polytechnic Institute José Antonio Echeverría in Havana, Cuba, have published their study in a recent issue of Optics Letters. more>>>
In a not-so-distant generational quantum leap, literally billions of well-fed, well-read, well-entertained, and well-capitalized young men and women will suddenly enter the matrix of humanity with heightened sense of self-worth. Their contributions will be game-changing.
Click here for the article found in the online edition of the Harvard Crimson.
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Chris Williamson: Filmmaker, science enthusiast, and futurist concerned with the accelerating nature of technological growth and where it's headed. He is currently studying for his MFA in Film Production.
Frank Whittemore: As an IT professional since 1961, the accelerating change of technology is not news to him but the wonder will never cease! Be sure check out Frank's blog about Life Extension!
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