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- Will we kill or contaminate microbial life on Mars? http://www.kurzweilai.net/will-we-kill-or-contaminate-microbial-life-on-mars 16 comments
- Volvo’s first self-driving cars now being tested live on public roads in Sweden http://www.kurzweilai.net/volvos-first-self-driving-cars-now-being-tested-live-on-public-roads-in-swedish-city 172 comments
- New transparent metal films may radically reduce costs for smartphone, tablet and TV displays http://www.kurzweilai.net/new-transparent-metal-films-may-radically-reduce-costs-for-smartphone-tablet-and-tv-displays?utm_source=kurzweilai+daily+newsletter&utm_campaign=e053be880f-ua-946742-1&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_6de721fb33-e053be880f-281897733 3 comments science
- Stephen Hawking on AI http://www.kurzweilai.net/stephen-hawking-on-ai 3 comments artificial
- Energy-harvesting discovery generates 200 times higher voltage to power wearables, other portable devices http://www.kurzweilai.net/energy-harvesting-discovery-generates-200-times-higher-voltage-to-power-wearables-other-portable-devices 19 comments science
- Don't Fear Artificial Intelligence http://www.kurzweilai.net/dont-fear-artificial-intelligence 19 comments artificial
- Duke University researchers have made fluorescent molecules emit photons of light 1,000 times faster than with previous designs — a speed record, and a step toward realizing superfast LEDs for nanophotonic devices, such as telecommunication lasers & as single-photon sources for quantum cryptography http://www.kurzweilai.net/high-speed-fluorescence-for-1000-times-faster-leds 25 comments science
- Hijacking the bacterial ‘communication system’ to tell cancer cells to stop spreading — or even die http://www.kurzweilai.net/hijacking-the-bacterial-communication-system-to-tell-cancer-cells-to-stop-spreading-or-even-die 3 comments science
- Russian scientists create ultrahard ‘Fullerite’ material at room temperature and lower pressure http://www.kurzweilai.net/scientists-come-closer-to-the-industrial-synthesis-of-a-material-harder-than-diamond 4 comments russia
- Response by Ray Kurzweil to the announcement of chatbot Eugene Goostman passing the Turing test http://www.kurzweilai.net/response-by-ray-kurzweil-to-the-announcement-of-chatbot-eugene-goostman-passing-the-turing-test 284 comments programming
- Wires that can store energy like batteries http://www.kurzweilai.net/wires-that-can-store-energy-like-batteries 3 comments science
- Added drug allows rapamycin to slow aging without risking diabetes http://www.kurzweilai.net/added-drug-allows-rapamycin-to-slow-aging-without-risking-diabetes? 24 comments science
- Preventing an autonomous-systems arms race http://www.kurzweilai.net/preventing-an-autonomous-systems-arms-race 3 comments robotics
- Ordered carbon-nanotube design may increase conductivity of solar cells by 100 million times, researchers at Umeå University in Sweden have discovered http://www.kurzweilai.net/ordered-carbon-nanotube-design-may-increase-conductivity-of-solar-cells-by-100-million-times 107 comments technology
- A record quantum entanglement: 103 dimensions. An international team of researchers has created an entanglement of 103 dimensions with only two photons, beating the previous record of 11 dimensions. http://www.kurzweilai.net/a-record-quantum-entanglement-103-dimensions 9 comments science
- Ultra-thin capacitors could acclerate development of next-gen electronics http://www.kurzweilai.net/ultra-thin-capacitors-could-acclerate-development-of-next-gen-electronics?utm_source=kurzweilai+daily+newsletter&utm_campaign=c3ac475f88-ua-946742-1&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_6de721fb33-c3ac475f88-282072978 9 comments technology
- IBM sets new speed record for Big Data http://www.kurzweilai.net/ibm-sets-new-speed-record-for-big-data?utm_source=kurzweilai+daily+newsletter&utm_campaign=d73a09dbcc-ua-946742-1&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_6de721fb33-d73a09dbcc-282072978 19 comments technology
- Neural prosthesis restores normal behavior after brain injury http://www.kurzweilai.net/neural-prosthesis-restores-normasl-behavior-after-brain-injury?utm_source=kurzweilai+daily+newsletter&utm_campaign=c4fd6f5a6e-ua-946742-1&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_6de721fb33-c4fd6f5a6e-281917137 5 comments science
- New algorithm finds you, even in untagged photos http://www.kurzweilai.net/new-algorithm-finds-you-even-in-untagged-photos 3 comments technology
- Video gaming causes increases in the brain regions responsible for spatial orientation, memory formation and strategic planning as well as fine motor skills, a new study has shown http://www.kurzweilai.net/video-game-playing-found-beneficial-for-the-brain 1065 comments science
- Nearly half of US jobs could be at risk of computerization, Oxford Martin School study shows Transport, logistics, and office roles most likely to come under threat http://www.kurzweilai.net/oms-working-paper-on-the-future-of-employment-how-susceptible-are-jobs-to-computerisation 17 comments politics
- Software upgrades to bionic eye enable color recognition, improve resolution, image focus, zooming http://www.kurzweilai.net/software-upgrades-to-bionic-eye-enable-color-recognition-improve-resolution-image-focus-zooming 3 comments technology
- A telescope for your eye - New contact lens design may improve sight of patients with macular degeneration, switches between magnified and normal vision http://www.kurzweilai.net/a-telescope-for-your-eye 3 comments technology
- Wanted for the Internet of Things: ant-sized computers http://www.kurzweilai.net/wanted-for-the-internet-of-things-ant-sized-computers 6 comments technology
- ‘Rain Man’-like brains mapped with network analysis "Researchers have mapped the three-dimensional global connections within the brains of seven adults who have genetic malformations that leave them without the corpus callosum, which connects the left and right sides of the brain." http://www.kurzweilai.net/rain-man-like-brains-mapped-with-network-analysis#.utco_ynagce.reddit 4 comments science
- One-kilometer-long ‘electric sail’ tether constructed http://www.kurzweilai.net/one-kilometer-long-electric-sail-tether-constructed 3 comments space
- The slower you grow, the longer you live | KurzweilAI http://www.kurzweilai.net/the-slower-you-grow-the-longer-you-live 73 comments science
- Advanced humanoid "Roboy" to be "born" in 9 months http://www.kurzweilai.net/advanced-humanoid-roboy-to-be-born-in-nine-months 3 comments technology
- Neurons made from stem cells drive brain activity after transplantation http://www.kurzweilai.net/neurons-made-from-stem-cells-drive-brain-activity-after-transplantation 7 comments cogsci
- The sleeping brain behaves as if it’s remembering something http://www.kurzweilai.net/the-sleeping-brain-behaves-as-if-its-remembering-something 16 comments cogsci
- Ben Goertzel refutes physicist David Deutsch's opinion piece "Why artificial general intelligence has failed and how to fix it." http://www.kurzweilai.net/why-artificial-general-intelligence-has-failed-and-how-to-fix-it 32 comments artificial
- ‘NAFTA on Steroids’: secret agreements to censor the Internet http://www.kurzweilai.net/nafta-on-steroids-secret-agreements-to-censor-the-internet?utm_source=kurzweilai+daily+newsletter&utm_campaign=a87ba7e89e-ua-946742-1&utm_medium=email 3 comments technology
- Wireless charging technology coming in 2013 http://www.kurzweilai.net/wireless-charging-technology-coming-in-2013 27 comments technology
- HP memristors will reinvent computer memory ‘by 2014′ http://www.kurzweilai.net/hp-memristors-will-reinvent-computer-memory-by-2014 27 comments technology
- How mirror genes in ‘Junk DNA’ control brain processes, doubling the double helix http://www.kurzweilai.net/how-mirror-genes-in-junk-dna-control-brain-processes-doubling-the-double-helix 4 comments cogsci
- NASA developing a low energy nuclear reactor, it's not cold fusion. The radiation is non-ionizing, and could replace the water heater. Here's a proper article. http://www.kurzweilai.net/nasa-video-on-lenr-low-energy-nuclear-reactions-a-clean-form-of-nuclear-energy 169 comments technology
- IBM: "We're simulating the brain"- HOLY SHIT! These videos are so epic that I'm not sure what else to say about them. http://www.kurzweilai.net/henry-markram-simulating-the-brain-next-decisive-years 3 comments reddit.com
- First-ever demo of a 3-D invisibility cloak for visible light http://www.kurzweilai.net/first-ever-demo-of-a-3-d-invisibility-cloak-for-visible-light 30 comments science
- The Law of Accelerating Returns: So we won't experience 100 years of progress in the 21st century--it will be more like 20,000 years of progress. http://www.kurzweilai.net/articles/art0134.html%253fprintable%253d1 5 comments science
- AI exceeding human capacity within 25 years by Kurzweil http://www.kurzweilai.net/meme/frame.html?main=/articles/art0683.html 2 comments reddit.com