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WEB2 days ago · This Week’s Awesome Tech Stories From Around the Web (Through August 31) Singularity Hub Staff - August 31, 2024. Some Brains Develop Alzheimer’s—Others Don’t. A New Cell Map Could Explain Why. Shelly Fan - August 30, 2024.
Nanorobots: Where We Are Today and Why Their Future Has …
WEBMay 16, 2016 · The new nano-engines could lead to nanorobots small enough to enter living cells to fight disease, the researchers say. Professor Jeremy Baumberg from the Cavendish Laboratory, who led the research, has named the devices ‘actuating nanotransducers’ (ANTs). ‘Like real ants, they produce …
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WEBWhy Doing What You Love Matters More Than Getting Top Marks. September 26, 2017. Singularity Hub Staff. Sveta McShane. Jason Dorrier. Lisa Kay Solomon. Insightful weekly tech videos, original series, and exclusive expert talks about the future curated from Singularity Hub and Singularity University.
Future Evolution: How Will Humans Change in the Next 10,000 …
WEBMar 3, 2022 · READER QUESTION: If humans don’t die out in a climate apocalypse or asteroid impact in the next 10,000 years, are we likely to evolve further into a more advanced species than what we are at the moment? Harry Bonas, 57, Nigeria. Humanity is the unlikely result of four billion years of evolution. From self-replicating molecules in Archean seas, to eyeless fish in the Cambrian deep, to mammals ...
Technology Feels Like It’s Accelerating — Because It Actually Is
WEBMar 22, 2016 · According to the law of accelerating returns, the pace of technological progress—especially information technology—speeds up exponentially over time because there is a common force driving it forward. Being exponential, as it turns out, is all about evolution. Technology is an evolutionary process. Let’s begin with biology, a familiar ...
Thinking Like a Human: What It Means to Give AI a Theory of Mind
WEBSep 19, 2018 · Last month, a team of self-taught AI gamers lost spectacularly against human professionals in a highly-anticipated galactic melee. Taking place as part of the International Dota 2 Championships in Vancouver, Canada, the game showed that in broader strategic thinking and collaboration, humans still remain on top.. The AI was a series of algorithms developed by the Elon Musk-backed non-profit ...
No Technology Thrives Alone: Progress Is All About Convergence
WEBSep 29, 2016 · 15 years ago, Ray Kurzweil published one of the most significant essays in the history of futurism: “The Law of Accelerating Returns.” This piece showcased the immense power of exponential technology versus linear technology and became a pivotal concept for anyone trying to anticipate what the future held. The essay predicted advances in business and […]
Bebionic: Bionic Hands Are Getting Closer To The Real Thing
WEBDecember 2, 2012. The bebionic is tightening its grip on its reputation as one of the world’s most advanced prosthetic hands. Watching a recent video of an amputee with the bebionic and it’s clear that bionics are nearing the point where they are no longer awkward and insufficient substitutes but life-changing replacements that give back ...
The 6 Ds of Tech Disruption: A Guide to the Digital Economy
WEBNov 22, 2016 · The secret to positively impacting the lives of millions of people is understanding and internalizing the growth cycle of digital technologies. This growth cycle takes place in six key steps, which Peter Diamandis calls the Six Ds of Exponentials: digitization, deception, disruption, demonetization, dematerialization, and democratization.
How Many Galaxies Are There in the Universe | Singularity Hub
WEBJan 15, 2021 · Added to existing Hubble observations, their results suggested such galaxies make up 90 percent of the total, leading to a new estimate—that there may be up to two trillion galaxies in the universe. Such estimates, however, are a moving target. As more observations roll in, scientists can get a better handle on the variables at play and ...