Category Archives: Future

Endangered Species Day: Protecting Biodiversity

▲ ▲ ▲ Endangered Species Day: Friday, May 17, 2013 Celebrate Endangered Species Day! Endangered Species Day is an opportunity for people young and old to learn about the importance of protecting endangered species and everyday actions that people can … Continue reading

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BigDog Robot Tosses Cinder Blocks 17 Feet!

▲ ▲ ▲ BigDog Robot Prepare for the new world of robots all around you and being a familiar part of your environment. BigDog now has manipulative strength and can toss cinder blocks with its “mouth” upwards of 17 feet. … Continue reading

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Monkey Controls Robot With Thoughts, Then Enters Virtual Reality

▲ ▲ ▲ The profound accomplishment of robotic thought control by a monkey was years ago. Aurora the monkey controlled a robotic arm with her thoughts. This was the first time a “brain intention was liberated from the physical domain … Continue reading

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Ray Kurzweil Joins Google to Create a Mind

▲ ▲ ▲ Ray Kurzweil has joined Google as Director of Engineering to improve artificial intelligence – or transbiological intelligence as Kurzweil terms it. Known for his latest book, How to Create a Mind, Kurzweil has literally teamed with Google … Continue reading

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The New Era of Cognitive Computing

▲ ▲ ▲ The New Era of Cognitive Computing is upon us. This is not an incremental change and increase in technology. This is a fundamental and exponential rise in non-biological or artificial intelligence. New Era of Cognitive Computing We … Continue reading

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Economic Evolution: Robots Taking Human Jobs

▲ ▲ ▲ Economic evolution has become robots taking human jobs. Artificial intelligence is replacing human intelligence. Technology, specifically algorithms, continues to replace humans in more and more complex jobs. These include military, financial, industrial, and service applications. In fact, … Continue reading

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Roboy the Humanoid Robot to Be Born in March 2013

▲ ▲ ▲   Roby the robot is coming. Roboy is a soft robot, i.e. with soft skin and natural movements, to enable living and interacting with humans. User-friendly assistance to humans is the primary purpose of Roboy, which would … Continue reading

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American Consumerism: Black Friday Hunger Games

# # # American Consumerism: Black Friday Hunger Games In Amerika where the pursuit of happiness is equated to consumerism which is equated to the purchase and possession of retail trinkets and junk manufactured offshore by multinational corporations, the 2012 … Continue reading

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The American Anti-Corruption Act: Uniting To End Government Corruption

# # # We the People are losing our democracy, Corporations are gaining more control The American Anti-Corruption Act Americans, left-wing, the middle, and right-wing, have a common and urgent purpose: stop the bribery in Washington, D.C.! The various political … Continue reading

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Alan Grayson: Fiscal Cliff Is “Artificial Crisis”

# # # Guns or Butter? Step away from the mass media, the corporate advertising delivery system. The business media in particular will have you believe all is not well unless the high income Bush tax cuts are extended and … Continue reading

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AtlasProto Robot Walking the Gauntlet & Improving Abilities

▲ ▲ ▲ The latest update from Boston Dynamics increases the creepiness, which seems inexorable, with Atlas the anthropomorphic robot. Regardless of assurances otherwise, this will not ultimately end well for humans. AtlasProto: Walking the Gauntlet Atlas is an anthropomorphic … Continue reading

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