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The Future of Mind Control 2007-07-23 15:16:00 I have here two movie clips that demonstrate the current state of affairs in the whacky world of mind control.The first one shows a monkey moving a mechanical arm by thought.The second one shows a guy lifting boxes in a virtual world, just by thinking about it.The technology holds great promise for disabled people.Even though this technology is being developed with disabled people as the major motive, they won't be the only ones that end up using the technology.Imagine a day where people interact with their computer. By the time the technology hits the mainstream (at least a decade from now), computers will be small enough to be practically invisible.We will have smoothly hooked up the Internet to our brains... or our brains to the Internet. It all depends on how you wanna look at it.It might seem harmless enough, but in fact it is the beginning of our transcendance to something bigger. ...

Our Technological Future - Mixed Bag #21 2007-07-01 08:22:00 Luddites across the globe... eat your heart out!(And yes, I deliberately put all the cool stuff on top to piss off luddites.)Be sure to watch this 'ere video. It'll blow your socks off.Especially if your a Trekkie. Then you simply cannot afford to not watch it.Microsofts Multi Touch SurfaceDARPA's Better Bionic Arm: Our Most Limb-Like ProstheticBear robot rescues wounded troopsMove to create less clumsy robotsDrivers Unwanted: MIT 'Robocar' takes a spinJapanse man gives robot a woman's touchFirst 100% Solar Powered Community In California OpensGenome of DNA Pioneer Is DecipheredDutch try to grow enviro-friendly meat in labSingle spinning nuclei in diamond offers stable quantum computing building blockHuman Stem Cell Treatment Restores Motor Function in Paralyzed RatsJapanese Researchers Develop Creepiest Robot EverScientists Move Closer to Turning Skin Cells Into TissuesNew drug helps lose weight without going hungrySerious diseases genes revealedLarge study links genes to 7 seri ...

Our Technological Future - Mixed Bag #20 2007-06-25 07:02:00 Can you believe this is mixed bag #20 already?I am sooooooo gonna have the most gigantic collection of mixed bags in the entire blogosphere if I keep this up long enough.Anyways... enjoy.Cyborgs Coming Soon (2008)Pass the Virtual Scalpel, Nurse3D Printers to Dip Below $5,000 USD This YearThe Most Realistic Virtual Reality Room In The WorldStem cells speed growth of healthy liver tissueExpressive robot computersRaytheon Develops World's First Polymorphic ComputerThe Memory HackerStem cell therapy shows promise for rescuing deteriorating visionBritish team grows human heart valve from stem cellsSalamanders Re-grow Lost Limbs, Could Human Medicine Benefit From Understanding Regeneration?The Age of Cheap, Plastic RobotsComputer Model Behaves Like Humans On Visual Categorization TaskDiabetics cured in stem-cell treatment advanceIsolation Of Stem Cells May Lead To A Treatment For Hearing LossLives of a Cell, the 3-D VersionLiver regeneration may be simpler than previously thought'Fat' gen ...

Google Pushes 100-mpg Car 2007-06-20 06:46:00 Google pushes 100-mpg carGoogle said Tuesday it is getting in on the development of electric vehicles, awarding $1 million in grants and inviting applicants to bid for another $10 million in funding to develop plug-in hybrid electric vehicles capable of getting 70 to 100 miles per gallon.The project, called the RechargeIT initiative and run from Google's philanthropic arm, Google.org, aims to further the development of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles - cars or trucks that have both a gasoline engine and advanced batteries that recharge by plugging into the nation's electric grid."Since most Americans drive less than 35 miles per day, you easily could drive mostly on electricity with the gas tank as a safety net," Dan Reicher, director of Climate and Energy Initiatives for Google.org, wrote on the organization's Web site. "In preliminary results from our test fleet, on average the plug-in hybrid gas mileage was 30-plus mpg higher than that of the regular hybrids." ... Google

Nanotechnology Research and Development in the USA 2007-05-27 07:43:00 From National Nanotechnology Initiatives comes a 10 minute video introducing the public to the state of nanotechnology research in the USA.It also explains what nanotechnology might be good for. So for all of you who are not up to date on the latest hype and are too lazy to read...Watch this video. ...

The Future of Alternative Energy is Cheap, Near and Mostly Solar 2007-05-20 10:26:00 First off... sorry to all my loyal readers for not posting in so long. I had some personal issues that distracted me from the blog.A fan recently emailed me because he was concerned that I'd given up on Our Technological Future.Rest assured, this is not the case. I'm more technology obsessed than I ever was, and I'm picking it up right from where I left.In the last 2 months that I haven't posted, I've saved up a looooooooot of techno links. Way too many to post all in one mixed bag post.Therefore, I picked all the energy links from it and collected them in this post.If you are ever having a hard time debating a peak oil doomer, just send'em on over to this post.That'll teach'em.200 mph at 200 mpg? That's the Velozzi hybrid sports carHigh Performance Electric Car - COMING SOON!Boeing working on Fuel Cell AirplaneSolar Building Automatically Shades Itself From The SunEco-car does 3,039km to the LiterCheaper, More Efficient Solar CellsSweet New Battery Runs on SugarMichigan Teen ...

Our Technological Future - Mixed Bag #19 2007-03-22 10:40:00 Have I got some groovy new techstuff for you!First off, Microsofts new technology that represents the future of computing (and management of... things that need management).DARwIn will be America's first humanoid RoboCup competitorMy Electric Car is Faster Than Your FerrariVideo Demonstration of Mobile Tactical High Energy Laser (MTHEL)PAL-V (Flying car)64MW Solar Installation About To Be Switched On!Toshiba Matsushita Announces Development of Lightweight LED-Backlit LCD PanelsRays light up life-like graphicsThe Futurist: Hands-On With The Neatest New NanotechThe Incredible Shrinking EngineHydrogen Storage: UNBF Researchers Achieve Technology BreakthroughNew Cell Type Identified in Cancer DevelopmentSolar Plane to Fly Continuously Around MarsHair Cells Regeneration - IntercytexQuantum mechanics may explain how humans smellThe Armed Robots Speak HebrewSolar Energy To Be Mainstream Power Source By 2025Nano ProjectorArtificial lymph node transplanted into miceCatalyst could help turn CO2 ...

Our Technological Future - Mixed Bag #18 2007-03-14 15:05:00 I'm starting this mixed bag off with a good look at a very promising, upcoming videogame called Crysis.Recently, some footage of a Crysis level editor has appeared on the web. Follow the above link to see part 2. Higher resolution and wmv format also available at the source.As you can see, the visuals are stunning.Ofcourse, I was expecting nothing less because of some earlier screenshots that have been released quite some time ago:You can find more "Crysis vs Real Life" pictures here and here (both links Dutch, but that's okay because it's about the pictures anyway).Personally, I prefer Crysis environments over real life environments.But then again, I'm a techno geek. ;)Also very realistic looking (in motion, not visually), is the upcoming game Little Big Planet. I found another realistic render which is not related to any game, but it's so impressive I just had to include it.I'm not sure which one is more impressive... this one, or the black guy from Crysis above.You dec ...

Our Technological Future - Mixed Bag #17 2007-03-06 09:37:00 The Future of Weapons - The XM307 RifleI don't condone violence or wars in any way, but I have to admit: the technology behind this weapon is amazing. This highly advanced, super accurate, recoil-free sniper rifle can program bullets to explode right after entering a window, thereby taking out any bad guys who might be hiding in the room.In only a few minutes, it can be modified to be a .50 machine gun, powerful enough to take down walls.You have to see it to believe it, so I have included a demonstration for your viewing pleasure:Project Epoc - Mind Reading Device for GamersHiggs boson: Glimpses of the God particleDutch pioneer floating eco-homesReverse-engineering the brain's circuitryMarvin Minsky On The Future Of Artificial IntelligenceTo Be Almost Human Or Not To Be, That Is The Question (robots)Virtual-Reality Video Game Helps Link Depression To Specific Brain AreaHeliodisplay/ Interactive Free-Space DisplayIranian family key to fatal heart geneU.S. to develop new hydrogen bomb ...

Our Technological Future - Mixed Bag #16 2007-03-01 08:15:00 Another cool bag of technology links.Even more than in my previous post, but collected in about half the time.How GPUs Work (have a look at tomorrow's level of realism in computer graphics)James Bond-style strap-on jet pack flying wing to extend special forcesDetailed Roadmap of the 21st Century (should you have the desire to become a lucid dreamer... this clip will provide you with plenty of inspiration I think)Dexter Walks (biped robot)Future Forecasts for the Next 25 YearsLed Paint Drawing TechnologyLie detector software catches e-mail fibbersXerox Inkless PrinterInter-planetary Internet expands to Mars and beyondChemical origami shrinks 2D discs into 3D objectsNanotech Chain Mail Fabric a Perfect FitMilky Way Black Hole May Be a Colossal Particle AcceleratorThe Future of GarbageFuel Cell Car and Experiment KitElectricity from SeaweedMice get smarter with drug (requires login which you can get at www.bugmenot.com)Body shop (cybernetics)Carbon Nanotubes versus HIVBionic cat eyes hel ...

Our Technological Future - Mixed Bag #15 2007-02-25 08:37:00 Here's another collection of technology links that I've collected in the past week.I can't believe there's 43 of'em!!!I'll do anything to please my readers. ;)Robot Fish (very cool video)Renewable fuels will revolutionize agriculture, says U.S. officialTrials for 'bionic' eye implantsReal game characters 'next year'Robot-driven cars on roads by 2030: scientistScience Finding Ways to Regrow FingersGrid computes 420 years worth of data in four monthsArtificial lung a surgical first in North AmericaDominican prostitutes, facing AIDS crisis, test experimental vaccineGoogle to rule the EarthGoogle's Page urges scientists to market themselves (also talks about AI)Labgrown Replacement Teeth Fill the GapLiposuctioned fat stem cells to repair bodiesScientists Create Super-Heavy ElementSteven Kosslyn on increasing human intelligenceCheap solar power poised to undercut oil and gas by halfPet prosthesis - Dolphin recovers swimming ability with artificial finRobotic jacket has power up i ...

Our Technological Future - Mixed Bag #14 2007-02-18 13:09:00 First off, a few links that talk about the latest demonstration of a quantum computer:First "Commercial" Quantum Computer Solves Sudoku PuzzlesPrototype Commercial Quantum Computer Demo'edStart-up demos quantum computerThe Father of Quantum ComputingNext up, biotech, robots and cybernetics:Human Stem Cell Transplants Repair Rat Spinal CordsRobotic retina offers second chance for sightHuman-animal chimeras: from mythology to biotechnologyHuman brain can make new cells: studyGrowing a Brain in SwitzerlandPharm Animals Crank Out DrugsScientists expose HIV weak spotMeet RoboNurseLoans launch state's stem cell ambitionsMillions to benefit as first bionic eye comes to marketSome other stuff that's also cool:Nanotech Battery Claims to Solve Electric Car Woes'Flying' wind generatorsComputer Model Mimicks How Brain Recognizes Street ScenesBright future for OLEDs, report predictsCloseup of microscopic machineryAnd last but not least:Human Immortality: A Scientific Reality?If you're alive i ...

Our Technological Future - Mixed Bag #13 2007-02-13 07:46:00 Cloning mice from stem cells?Curing autism?Building CPU's with 80 cores?Reading the mind?Regenerating teeth?Nothing seems out of reach for modern science these days.Have a look for yourself...Scientists Clone Mice From Hair Follicle Stem CellBiology Goes Open SourceFermions Do Not Travel Together: Physicists Demonstrate Expected Effect Of Quantum TheoryIntel shows off 80-core processorRevealing secret intentions in the brainReversal of Symptons in an Autism Spectrum DisorderReactor upgrades help researchers study nuclear fusion as energy sourceBrain scan 'can read your mind'Computers mimicking the brainA Spherical Solar Cell From Japan: The SphelarScientists Develop 'Natural' Breast ImplantsKurzweil: Biotech Will Drive Software SecurityIntel Prototype May Herald a New Age of ProcessingEnvisioning the Future (of personal healthcare)Possibities for self regeneration of teeth ...

Optical Chips Coming in 5 Years 2007-02-08 14:47:00 MIT Says Optical Chips Coming in 5 YearsIt's a problem chip manufacturers have known about for some time: As electronic components continue to grow more and more diminutive in size, the metal interconnects between them will soon cease to meet the needed performance criteria that devices demand.This is where optical interconnections—or using light instead of an electrical current as a transmission medium—come into play. Engineers and physicists at MIT have devised a new method for integrating this photonic circuitry onto a silicon chip, a discovery that could soon add the power and speed of light waves to traditional electronics.In fact, consumers could start to see entirely new devices, systems, and applications in computing and telecommunications that use "optics on a chip" within the next five years, MIT researchers said in a new study published in the Journal of Nature Photonics. ...

Virtual Model of Human Metabolism 2007-02-05 08:32:00 Human metabolism recreated in labUS researchers say they have created a "virtual" model of all the biochemical reactions that occur in human cells.They hope the computer model will allow scientists to tinker with metabolic processes to find new treatments for conditions such as high cholesterol.It could also be used to individually tailor diet for weight control, the University of California team claimed....A team of six bioengineering researchers at the University of California analysed the human genome to see what genes corresponded to metabolic processes, such as those responsible for the production of enzymes.They spent a year manually going through 1,500 books, review papers and scientific reports from the past 50 years before constructing a database of 3,300 metabolic reactions.The information was then used to create a network of metabolic processes in the cell, similar to a traffic network. ...