I have an idea for a lucid dreaming story that could use this as handwavium. But it also sounds like it could be really useful for people whose brains aren’t working quite as they should.
Originally shared by Singularity Hub
How Bursts of Ultrasound Can Be Used to Flip Switches in the Brain http://suhub.co/2ilqCin
Design is becoming more and more talked about in business and technology, as people realize its value.
Design, after all, involves thinking about the customer and creating something they find attractive and useful, which is pretty much the definition of good business.
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An interview (text & video) with Nathan Shedroff, one of the pioneers of experience design as a strategy. http://suhub.co/2BmrVkN
OK, these are cool. And a touch Uncanny Valley at times.
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9 Robot Animals Built From Nature’s Best-Kept Secrets http://suhub.co/2iYgKrM
From Publishers Weekly:
“Kadaxis, started by Chris Sim (formerly CTO of Bookish), uses data science to examine a book’s full text, customer reviews, and other related materials to formulate effective keywords to boost books’ discoverability in Amazon search. Its bookdiscovery.co website is a public-facing demonstration of the power of keywords in search. In July 2016, Kadaxis partnered with Firebrand to study the effectiveness of Sim’s approach, and the results for backlist titles in particular were impressive.”
Great news for amputees – turning a prosthetic from a tool into a restored body part.
Infrastructure. It’s a thing that, historically, people have celebrated with great enthusiasm.
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/atlantic-cable-carnival-broadway-parade-1858
This is nuts.
Originally shared by Scott Roche
Relevant to my interests. https://www.mnn.com/green-tech/research-innovations/stories/spider-spins-web-can-hold-weight-human-after-drinking-graphene
Not published until February, and I don’t know what they plan to ask for it, but this was really, really good, and I recommend it highly.
Transport, medicine, employment, entertainment, law enforcement – only some of the areas in which the near future will be very different thanks to AI.
This was the conclusion of a group of experts kicking off a hundred-year study of AI and its impacts.
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8 Ways AI Will Transform Our Cities by 2030 http://suhub.co/2B3BlRX
Accidentally inventing soma is only one of the risks identified.
Via Deborah Teramis Christian.
Originally shared by Jouni Pohjola
After the Internet of (eminently hackable) Things comes the Internet of (probably also quite hackable) Humans.
http://www.nature.com/news/ai-controlled-brain-implants-for-mood-disorders-tested-in-people-1.23031