“The idea of what Artificial Intelligence should be has evolved over the past 50 years — from solving puzzles and playing chess to emulating the abilities of a child: walking, recognizing objects. A recent conference brought together those who invent the future.” NPR broadcast.
Synthetic DNA on the Brink of Yielding New Life Forms
Scientists in Maryland have already built the worlds first entirely handcrafted chromosome — a large looping strand of DNA made from scratch in a laboratory, containing all the instructions a microbe needs to live and reproduce
IT Conversations is a non-profit org that interviews people in the technology space and they put the interview in mp3 format on there website. There are some great topics here. I am currently listening to the one titled “Introducing the Singularity: Three Major Schools of Thought” by Eliezer Yudkowsky.
‘Snakebot’ navigates its way round slippery problem - tech - 14 December 2007 - New Scientist Tech
A number of different research groups are developing robots that mimic real snakes. Their shape and simplicity make them ideal for crawling through pipes or exploring narrow or cluttered environments.
Came across this site that has a vast collection of lectures that have been video taped and can be freely viewed. It is like going to a lecture at your nearest university without having to find a parking space. Most of the videos are in the Computer Science category. I found some cool stuff on machine learning.
Now they have Nuclear reactors or “drives” that are small enough to bury in your backyard, but strong enough to power a small city. I am thinking about buying one, hooking it up to the electric grid and watch my power meter spin in reverse at 50,000 rpm. Now the power company can start paying me!