The name may not have been thought through all the way.
Originally shared by Gregor J. Rothfuss
teledildonics is coming
Dec
30
Category Archives: SFF Thought Starters
Dec
30
Nothing like a good ethical conundrum to form a foundation for a story.
Nothing like a good ethical conundrum to form a foundation for a story.
Originally shared by Singularity Hub
From biased AI to the moral dilemmas of self-driving cars.
Dec
29
The starting point for this article – and it’s an interesting place to start – is the Antikythera Mechanism.
The starting point for this article – and it’s an interesting place to start – is the Antikythera Mechanism. But what the article is mainly about is rediscovering lost threads of knowledge in archives and documents that we already possess, and connecting them – something that deep learning will increasingly help with. The article doesn’t mention quantum computing, but the kind of massive-scale modelling that quantum computers will be capable of could be ideal for this kind of project.
http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2016/12/the-search-for-lost-knowledge/506879/
Dec
29
Park your warehouse in the air over the city; deliver via drone.
Park your warehouse in the air over the city; deliver via drone.
Originally shared by Gregor J. Rothfuss
fun, if somewhat impractical for the time being.
Dec
28
Robot arm. Hundred bucks.
Robot arm. Hundred bucks.
Originally shared by Arduino
The LittleArm is a 3D-printed robot powered by an Arduino and a couple metal-gear servos.
(via Make:)
Dec
28
Mecha! Built in, naturally, Korea.
Mecha! Built in, naturally, Korea.
Originally shared by Takayuki Yamazaki
Avatar-style manned robot takes first baby steps
Article: http://phy.so/402042841
Images: https://vitalybulgarov.com/hankook-mirae-technology/
#robotics #avatar
Dec
28
Early science fiction (or its predecessor, “scientific romance”) often featured a lone scientist making a…
Early science fiction (or its predecessor, “scientific romance”) often featured a lone scientist making a breakthrough in his (always his) home laboratory. These days, we know that important science isn’t done that way; you need a big lab with lots of expensive equipment and a dozen people with PhDs in order to achieve anything, and even then it takes years.
Only… maybe that’s not always the case.
Originally shared by Singularity Hub
“[I]n the same way that anyone can now experiment with software and electronics, we should be able to experiment with plug-and-play biotechnology.”
–Julie Legault, founder & CEO, Amino Labs http://suhub.co/2ir6nuu
Dec
28
It knows when you are sleeping. It knows when you’re awake…
It knows when you are sleeping. It knows when you’re awake…
Originally shared by HACKADAY
It is interesting to see the wide coverage of a police investigation looking to harvest data from the Amazon Echo, the always-listening home automation device you may know as Alexa. A murder investigation has led them to issue Amazon a warrant to fork…
http://hackaday.com/2016/12/28/police-want-alexa-data-people-begin-to-realize-its-listening
Dec
27
Via Larry Panozzo, an upbeat look at the potential of deep learning and AI.
Via Larry Panozzo, an upbeat look at the potential of deep learning and AI.
Originally shared by Firas Hermez
The title says it all…
https://backchannel.com/the-ai-takeover-is-coming-lets-embrace-it-d764d61f83a
Dec
26
An alternate view to many: perhaps technological unemployment isn’t a threat after all?
An alternate view to many: perhaps technological unemployment isn’t a threat after all?
Originally shared by Daniel Lemire
The threat of technological unemployment
http://lemire.me/blog/2016/12/26/the-threat-of-technological-unemployment/
c.c. Mark Lewis
http://lemire.me/blog/2016/12/26/the-threat-of-technological-unemployment/