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Star Wars In IraqAccording to official Pentagon sources, military vehicles equipped with this laser device have been used in Afghanistan to explode mines. According to two reliable military information sites – Defense Tech and Defence Industry Daily - at least three such vehicles are being used in Iraq as well ...
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Micro Machines and Opto-Electronics on a Contact Lense | h+ MagazinePrototype contact lenses powered by radio waves can be used for heads up displays (HUDs) Mathematician and SF writer Vernor Vinge has a thing for contact lenses. Wearing the special contact lenses he describes in his fiction –- coupled with computers in clothing and locational sensors ...
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Tattoo You | h+ MagazineTattoo You Silicon LEDs can act as photonic tattoos that can show blood-sugar readings Written By: Surfdaddy Orca
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DNA Origami Nanoscale Breadboards Developed For Carbon Nanotube CircuitsDNA Origami Nanoscale Breadboards Developed For Carbon Nanotube Circuits ScienceDaily (Nov. 10, 2009) — In work that someday may lead to the development of novel types of nanoscale electronic devices, an interdisciplinary team of researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) ...
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Me Versus Copy of Me: Transhumanism's Dilemma by Ron Blechner | Second TenseTranshumanism: " Transhumanism is an international intellectual and cultural movement supporting the use of science and technology to improve human mental and physical characteristics and capacities." It is not a philosophy, as it may sound like some reaction to Humanism. Its beliefs range from ...
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Memristor minds: The future of artificial intelligence - tech - 08 July 2009 - New ScientistEVER had the feeling something is missing? If so, you're in good company. Dmitri Mendeleev did in 1869 when he noticed four gaps in his periodic table . They turned out to be the undiscovered elements scandium, gallium, technetium and germanium. Paul Dirac did in 1929 when he looked deep into ...
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YouTube - AtGoogleTalks's ChannelRay Kurzweil visits Google's Mountain View, CA headquarters to discuss his book "The Web Within Us: When Minds and Machines Become One." This event took place on July 1, 2009, as part of the Authors@Google series. At the onset of the 21st century, it will be an era in which the very nature of ...
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The Rise of the Cyborgs | Machine-Brain Connections | DISCOVER Magazine“First we build the tools, then they build us.” —Marshal McLuhan It is a stiflingly hot summer day in Atlanta. Scientist and physician Philip Kennedy has a packed schedule, so he suggests that I interview him while he drives to the tiny town of Bowdon, Georgia, just east of the Alabama line. ...
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New Nanolaser Key To Future Optical Computers And TechnologiesNew Nanolaser Key To Future Optical Computers And Technologies ScienceDaily (Aug. 17, 2009) — Researchers have created the tiniest laser since its invention nearly 50 years ago, paving the way for a host of innovations, including superfast computers that use light instead of electrons to ...
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Mind Controlled Bionic LimbsBionic Research Background For decades, scientists have been interested in developing a technique for interpreting brain activity to motor output — in other words, decipher the brain's electric patterns and convert them into coherent thought. The first attempts at a brain-computer interface ...
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