the rare weekend post...
All the time i see articles that talk about when some sort of tech is supposed to reach us, whether it's something simple like a holographic hard drive capable of carrying terabits of information, swarm robots that think and work and share information and energy together, or an AI as smart as you or I. one thing they seem to underestimate is the exponential growth of tech and information. Keep in mind that if you look at the rise of the robots article i linked to about AI (above), you'll see that in '99 (and this was reprinted in a recent special report on robotics somehow) they thought that it would be another 50 years before human level intelligence, while various recent estimates go anywhere from only 5 (SEED article on blue brain) to 12 years away (computerworld poll of tech experts).
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Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
Long weekend... ;)
What a weekend for Anderson Silva and the Browns. Anyway, quite the bender for me too.
Back to what matters most...
Looks like hydrogen fuel cells might come around quicker than thought, with researchers from the University of Minnesota found a way to hold a shitload of hydrogen safely in carbon nanotubes. This breakthrough alone combined with plug in electric could have our vehicles off oil.
It's been known that Shewanella can produce electricity, but now they know how and want to "fine tune" it. This hit's on a big point, which is that we are now at the point where minor tweaking of bacteria is an accepted fact, and i guarantee you will see this daily within a year or two.
Going from a concept to a working model doesn't take too long nowadays, but to predict how much production you need ahead of time can make or break even the best product. Now it appears you'll be able to do that easy with a lego like system. This will just get things in our hands faster, which i like.
Don't be afraid, but the first computer with conciousness will be turned on within 5 years. wonder what it'll say..
81 mg aspirin and resveratrol are both pills you should take everyday, add nutrastem to that. Made by neuroscientists, it helps create stem cells and neurons. they have a patent on the blend, so if your healthy enough wait for that to run out to save some money..
Hey hey, tell your friends about my blog and subscribe, cause 5 minutes a day will have ya thinking....
Back to what matters most...
Looks like hydrogen fuel cells might come around quicker than thought, with researchers from the University of Minnesota found a way to hold a shitload of hydrogen safely in carbon nanotubes. This breakthrough alone combined with plug in electric could have our vehicles off oil.
It's been known that Shewanella can produce electricity, but now they know how and want to "fine tune" it. This hit's on a big point, which is that we are now at the point where minor tweaking of bacteria is an accepted fact, and i guarantee you will see this daily within a year or two.
Going from a concept to a working model doesn't take too long nowadays, but to predict how much production you need ahead of time can make or break even the best product. Now it appears you'll be able to do that easy with a lego like system. This will just get things in our hands faster, which i like.
Don't be afraid, but the first computer with conciousness will be turned on within 5 years. wonder what it'll say..
81 mg aspirin and resveratrol are both pills you should take everyday, add nutrastem to that. Made by neuroscientists, it helps create stem cells and neurons. they have a patent on the blend, so if your healthy enough wait for that to run out to save some money..
Hey hey, tell your friends about my blog and subscribe, cause 5 minutes a day will have ya thinking....
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