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Nov 1, 2015

Engineer invent a way without using the signals

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Nov 1, 2015

Interesting Futurism Photo

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Nov 1, 2015

Developing the robot of the future

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UC San Diego is establishing a robotics institute aimed at developing machines that can interpret such things as facial expressions and walking styles and size up people’s thoughts, actions and feelings.

The See-Think-Do technology is largely meant to anticipate and fulfill people’s everyday needs, especially for the growing number of older Americans who want to remain in their own homes instead of moving into an assisted-living facility or nursing home.

Engineers also envision creating robots so good at sizing up people, places and situations that they could help evacuate crowds from dangerous areas and pick through the rubble of an earthquake in search of survivors.

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Oct 31, 2015

Flying Into A Plane

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Oct 30, 2015

Awe, curiosity over sudden, huge ‘gash’ in Wyoming’s Bighorn Mountains

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A sudden, deep “crack” or “gash” in the Earth around Wyoming’s Bighorn Mountains has left many in awe and curious about the explanation.

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Oct 30, 2015

Philosophy will be the key that unlocks artificial intelligence — By David Deutsch | The Guardian

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Human-brain-012

“AI is achievable, but it will take more than computer science and neuroscience to develop machines that think like people”

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Oct 30, 2015

Soon We’ll Cure Diseases With a Cell, Not a Pill | Siddhartha Mukherjee | TED Talks

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Current medical treatment boils down to six words: Have disease, take pill, kill something. But physician Siddhartha Mukherjee points to a future of medicine that will transform the way we heal.

TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world’s leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes (or less). Look for talks on Technology, Entertainment and Design — plus science, business, global issues, the arts and much more.

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Oct 28, 2015

The Altwork Station is an automated desk-and-chair rig that feels like working on a cloud

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Oct 28, 2015

Mirror of the future

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This Microsoft developer built a voice-controlled smart mirror in 20 hours.

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Oct 28, 2015

Facebook just made it easier to talk to people you’re not friends with

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Chatting with strangers on Facebook just got a bit easier.

The social network is launching a new feature for Messenger called Message Requests, that makes it easier for people to receive (or ignore) messages from people they aren’t friends with.

See also: You no longer need a Facebook account to use Facebook Messenger.

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