You are Blind. Here’s a Driver’s License and a Car. Respect Dennis Hong.

Jul 202011
 
You are Blind. Here’s a Driver’s License and a Car. Respect Dennis Hong.

Anthrobotic has previously covered Dennis Hong’s RoMeLa robotics initiative (calling him the Renaissance Roboticist), and now he’s writing for CNN and doing a TED talk, specifically addressing somewhat autonomous driving and feedback systems for blind drivers. Why spend all that effort on a tiny fraction of human population?  Well, the blind are obviously the perfect set of humans to test driverless cars for those of us who can see, but, you know, don’t want to pay attention to the road, want to increase traffic safety, and would also enjoy decreased congestion and stuff. As I’ve said before, this guy is [read full post]

 July 20, 2011  Posted by at 1:34 PM AI, Artificial Intelligence, Cybernetics, Future Already Very Pending, Here First or Best Here, Human Augmentation, Medical Technology, Prosthetics, Technology Law

Ray Kurzweil Will Melt Your Reality (VIDEO)

Jul 152011
 
Ray Kurzweil Will Melt Your Reality (VIDEO)

Here Kurzweil addresses a laundry list of psychological and sociological questions about the future of human technology and how that currently defines and will come to define our species.  Agree or not, it will definitely light a fire in your brains. anthrobotic.com is definitely +1’ing this one. While it’s possible that Kurzweil is severely overoptimistic and overreaching in his proclamations, in evaluating his position two things are certain:  one should not listen too carefully to the non-scientists or those who criticize from outside the field (like, for example, robot hater and closeted homosexual Senator Tom Coburn – that sub-reference never [read full post]

 July 15, 2011  Posted by at 10:48 AM AI, Artificial Intelligence, Brain, Cybernetics, Future Already Very Pending, Human Augmentation, Medical Technology, Multimedia, NBI, Prosthetics, Robot, Singularity, Technology, Technology & Politics, Technology Law, The Beginning is Near, We're Already Cyborgs Already

IBM’s 100 Years of Transformative Technology

Jun 172011
 
IBM's 100 Years of Transformative Technology

In the history of our species, few complex organizations have had a more profound effect than International Business Machines. Literally thousands of inventions and innovations that transformed and shaped the last 100 years of human society – from the cold efficiency of tabulation for genocide to countless hard- and software computing advances to the natural language-capable phenomenon that is Watson.  Happy 100th, IBM, and not that is was the company’s fault per se, but in the future let’s steer clear of fascism, yeah? [VIA GIZMODO]

 June 17, 2011  Posted by at 10:31 AM AI, Artificial Intelligence, Human Augmentation, Internet, Medical Technology, Technology, Technology & Politics, Technology Law

Cyborg Dick Cheney has no Heartbeat – Soon to be Wirelessly Powered

Jun 102011
 
Cyborg Dick Cheney has no Heartbeat - Soon to be Wirelessly Powered

Was Cheney Darth Vader, and Bush the Emperor, or the other way around?  Well, since both Cheney and Vader are cyborgs, I guess that’s the way it goes.  What a waste of metaphor…  Anyway, the Left Ventricle Assistive Device (LVAD), an already amazing piece of medical technology used by Dick Cheney, is going to adopt a wireless power system in a few years.  More props for Tesla. [VIA THE ECONOMIST]

 June 10, 2011  Posted by at 11:22 AM Cybernetics, Future Already Very Pending, Human Augmentation, Medical Technology, Nikola Tesla, Prosthetics, Technology, We're Already Cyborgs Already
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