TRANSHUMANISM TEST PILOTS: 576 Pixels is 576 Times Better than Blind (GALLERY)

Jul 312012
 
TRANSHUMANISM TEST PILOTS: 576 Pixels is 576 Times Better than Blind (GALLERY)

A new device gives the blind 576 pixels of vision, and that’s awesome. But this and other developments herald the infancy of something much more profound: Having your healthy, functional eyes removed and replaced with something far better. HOT DAMN!

 July 31, 2012  Posted by at 3:25 AM Aging Society, Bioengineering, Bionic, Brain, Cybernetics, Future Already Very Pending, Genomics, Here First or Best Here, Human Augmentation, Kurzweil, Medical Technology, Neurology, Prosthetics, Technology, Technology & Disability, Transhumanism, Transhumanism Test Pilots, We're Already Cyborgs Already

Japanese Technology from the Future Friday!

Mar 162012
 
Japanese Technology from the Future Friday!

Today’s Dispatch: The Japanese Continue Building a Wooly Mammoth with Russians & Krazy Koreans, KDDI has a Ton of Cash for Your Mobile Solutions, and Siri’s Japanese is Kinda 下手くそ!

 March 16, 2012  Posted by at 11:57 AM AI, Apple, Artificial Intelligence, Genomics, Here First or Best Here, Japan 日本 Tekk, Japanese Technology from the Future Friday, Mobile, NBI, Pure Science, Smartphone, Technology, Technology & Culture

Technology Will Eradicate Barbarians & Drum Circles and Fix Everything

Jan 262012
 
Technology Will Eradicate Barbarians & Drum Circles and Fix Everything

Technological utopianism might be just as foolish as vegan white people with dreadlocks or those with a super-spooky, vengeful, punishing father figure in the sky. But I kinda really seriously doubt it. (BOOK RECOMMENDATION)

 January 26, 2012  Posted by at 12:03 AM Consciousness, Cybernetics, Energy Technology, Future Already Very Pending, Genomics, Human Augmentation, Internet, Kurzweil, Medical Technology, Prosthetics, Pure Science, Robot, Space Technology, Super Computer, Technology, Technology & Art, Technology & Education, Technology & Labor, Technology & Politics, Technology & Travel, Technology & Work, Technology Law, The Beginning is Near, Transhumanism

Humanity 2.0 Part Two: Juan Says We’re Designing the Next Species of Humans.

Oct 212011
 
Humanity 2.0 Part Two: Juan Says We're Designing the Next Species of Humans.

Juan Enriquez says the ability to re-engineer living things and engineer entirely new ones is far and away the biggest thing since a bunch of other big things (even bigger than the industrial revolution). So… Cool, yeah?

 October 21, 2011  Posted by at 11:28 AM Aging Society, AI, Artificial Intelligence, Brain, Consciousness, Cybernetics, Exoskeleton, Future Already Very Pending, Genomics, Human Augmentation, Medical Technology, Neurology, Prosthetics, The Beginning is Near, Transhuman, Transhumanism