tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53869040679690532582011-04-21T23:31:47.316-04:00The Singularity Is NowNickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15540933878985805173noreply@blogger.comBlogger81100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386904067969053258.post-31218619766391073542008-08-09T01:41:00.002-04:002008-08-09T01:51:14.039-04:00Imagine if you will......a world with Africa at the forefront of scientific development. An Africa uninhibited by the economic restraints imposed by the west. A continent in dire need of medical and technological advances and free from the baggage of industrial infrastructure (and its associated mindset) could certainly become any early home for the birth of the singularity.A new article on SciDevNet explores the Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15540933878985805173noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386904067969053258.post-42015128966051073222008-07-23T15:35:00.002-04:002008-07-23T15:43:10.974-04:00The Computer is in Your DNAKate,I often think that post-singularity, computers will become a part of the human body on a completely fundamental level. Computing systems that can integrate completely with the bits and pieces of us will be commonplace. Effectively turning everyone into an entire network worth of computing activity.Well, leave it to Japan to take the first steps towards this reality: Artificial DNA = greenNickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15540933878985805173noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386904067969053258.post-31752558999058679772008-07-03T13:56:00.002-04:002008-07-03T14:05:56.618-04:00The Singularity's GardenKate,These "plants" by a Korean roboticist and installation artist are almost certainly something you'd expect to find in a technologically transcendent future, no? Choe U Ram has created walls of "vines" that respond to human presence by manipulating the air, gorgeous flowers that communicate with one another with LEDs other intricate creations that seem to exist as artifacts from a future Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15540933878985805173noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386904067969053258.post-19715382052069569592008-07-01T11:38:00.002-04:002008-07-01T11:40:40.885-04:00I knew Dresden Codak was a good link...Kate,I know it's a bit literal for envisioning what the singularity might actually look like, but Aaron Diaz cuts RIGHT to the point in this (what's becoming monthly) installment of Dresden Codak. Do take a look.- NNickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15540933878985805173noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386904067969053258.post-3277528351322612162008-06-29T17:07:00.003-04:002008-06-29T17:08:43.438-04:00The Singularity is here. So am I.Dear Nick, Wow, this blog is awfully dark. Seems rather appropriate. It looks like space - like dark empty airless space. Our words are the stars. KateKatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13469181904443042568noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386904067969053258.post-51816079641508800052008-06-26T15:26:00.004-04:002008-06-26T15:37:11.486-04:00The One MachineKate,You were busy writing a paper last night while I was reading Wired last night next to you so I didn't want to interrupt you. However, there was the most amazing little article in the "Infoporn" section of the magazine about what the author, Kevin Kelly, is calling "The One Machine." Basically, all of the computing power in the world is becoming completely accessible from anywhere through Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15540933878985805173noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386904067969053258.post-20453194490296126462008-06-23T19:09:00.002-04:002008-06-23T19:16:47.890-04:00A Better Topic Could Not Have Been MadeRight before I registered the blog, I found this awesome special report on the singularity by IEEE Spectrum. I mean, really, could a better feature have been created for kicking off our blog about the singularity? I don't think so...no, not at all.Here's the link (Kate, I know you've looked at some of this already, of course): The Singularity: A Special ReportThe gang's all here, so to speak.Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15540933878985805173noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386904067969053258.post-6000572079338942252008-06-22T20:57:00.005-04:002008-06-23T09:52:57.117-04:00The First Post Is NowKate (& Dusty, I hope):Well, here it is. A harebrained idea from a few months back, The Singularity Is Now is online and ready to take on a life of its own. Kate, you've assured me that epistolary blogs are few and far between. I hope this is the case, because I think this style is not only going to make the blog more interesting to read, but also offer the most possibilities for exploring theNickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15540933878985805173noreply@blogger.com0