For many years, scientists have looked at the field of quantum machinery as the next big wave in computing. Whereas conventional computing involves sending information via a series of particles (electrons), quantum computing relies on the process of beaming the states of these particles from one location to the next. This process, which occurs faster […]
Judgement Day Update: Robots for Kids
Robots are penetrating into every aspect of life, from serving coffee and delivering books to cleaning up messes and fighting crime. In fact, the International Federation of Robotics reported that worldwide sales of robots topped $8.5 billion in 2011, totaling an estimated 166,028 robots sold. And with all the advances being made in AI and […]
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The Future is Here: The Neuromimetic Processor
It’s known as mimetic technology, machinery that mimics the function and behavior of organic life. For some time, scientists have been using this philosophy to further develop computing, a process which many believe to be paradoxical. In gleaming inspiration from the organic world to design better computers, scientists are basically creating the machinery that could […]
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Telex
Even without checking his watch, Director Bondar could tell that it was not yet 0300 hours. No one had bothered to explain why they had called his reisdents in the middle of the night, nor why it was so urgent that he had to report to the Gliese Science Laboratory at such an ungodly hour. […]
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Gravitation
How do, ya’ll? Just thought I’d begin by saying that my dear friend, Nina D’Arcangela has convinced me to take part in a new blog challenge. It’s called the April 2013 A to Z, an event where bloggers post a short written piece every day for 26 days, and each piece must correspond to the […]
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2013, As Imagined By 1988
Twenty-five years ago, Los Angeles magazine envisioned what the world would look like in the current decade. And unlike Blade Runner, they avoided the cool but standard science fiction allegories – like massive billboards, flying cars and sentient robots – and went straight for the things that seemed entirely possible by contemporary standards. The cover […]
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The Future is Here: Roboy the Robotic Child!
The field of robotics has been heated up in recent years. With autonomous killing machines being developed by the USAF, mind-controlled prosthesis for the disabled, juggling robots by Disney, a headless Kenshiro Robot and even 3D printable android, it seems like only a matter of time before Asimov’s Three Laws will need to be applied. […]
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The Future is Here: The Kenshiro Muscle-bot
It may seem like someone at Tokyo University drank their breakfast. I mean really, a robot without a head? How is supposed to mimic our facial expressions and creep us out with its glowing red eyes? But when you consider the purpose behind the Kenshiro muscle-bot, you begin to see the rather important method behind […]
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Criminalizing Transhuman Soldiers
It seems to be the trend these days. You take a predictions that was once the domain of science fiction and treat it as impending science fact. Then you recommend that before it comes to pass, we pre-emptively create some kind of legal framework or organization to deal with it once it does. Thus far, […]
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