Virtual Reality Getting ‘Real’: New Laser System Creates 3D Full Color Images in Thin Air
Unlike 3-D images of old, these high-res pictures are visible from almost any direction. The 3-D displays seen in such sci-fi movies as Star Wars may not be so far, far away. A new laser system renders full-color 3-D images in thin air, researchers report in the Jan. 25 Nature. This technology could someday make futuristic, free-floating visuals for everything … Continue reading
Earth Will Become a ‘Meaningless Dystopia’ as Robots Rise, Scientist Warns
Many valid warnings are often seen or taken as fear mongering because people don’t seem to understand that the subject of the warnings don’t happen right away but rather, slowly over time, and that often causes people to become desensitized to the event taking place all around them but ever so slowly. via Expresss UK: Dr Subhash Kak, computing expert … Continue reading
WhatsApp Virus with Features Not ‘Seen Anywhere Else’ Discovered by Kaspersky Lab
Russian developer of antivirus software Kaspersky Lab has detected a Skygofree virus, which spies on Android users. According to the company’s statement the malware can record conversations, read and steal sms, as well as messages from WhatsApp and events from the calendar. In addition, the virus allows hackers to connect devices to Wi-Fi networks, they also control, and to collect … Continue reading
Tractor Beam Becomes Reality; May Levitate Humans Someday
Fantastic stuff, I’ve always wanted to sleep on nothing…I imagine it would be so comfortable and relaxing and would probably help a person have the most awesome dreams 🙂 This is truly an incredible and important science/technology breakthrough. This could play a vital role in so many areas including health, even in advancing technology, construction, safety, rescue, and more. Maybe … Continue reading
Would Enhancement of Humans Create Supermen or Super Villains?
The dream that we may one day transcend our physical and intellectual barriers through advancements in cybernetics and nanotechnology could became a reality during this century. But would this be a blessing or a curse? As science expands its frontiers and technology continues to evolve, ideas once deemed fanciful or considered part of science fiction find themselves within the realm … Continue reading
Scientists Have Implanted ‘Human Brain Cell’ Material into Rats; Raises Ethics Concerns
Scientists have implanted human-like brain tissue in lab rats. Tiny human brains injected into rats have sparked a major ethical debate among scientists worried it may give the rodents some type of human consciousness. Esteemed science ethicists claim the experiments might reach a point where the test lab rats will be “entitled to some kind of respect”. Advances in science … Continue reading
Computer Chip Security Flaw Affects Virtually All Modern Devices
A Google-affiliated team of security analysts have announced that virtually all modern computers are vulnerable to hacking due to a set of security flaws in chips from three of the largest software makers. Chips from Intel, Arm Holdings and Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) all contained the flaw, according to a new report from Alphabet, Inc.’s Google Project Zero, whose stated … Continue reading
A Religion to ‘Raise’ and Worship ‘Artificial Intelligence God’ Started by Engineer
A SELF-DRIVING car engineer has created a religion based on creating and worshipping an Artificial Intelligence (AI) God. Anthony Levandowski, a Silicon Valley engineer, has established a church devoted to worshipping an AI construct. He intends to gather people together who are interested in creating AI that can surpass humans’ intellectual flexibility and cognitive skill. In an interview, Mr Levandowski … Continue reading
What Happens After We Invent AI Smarter Than Us?
Have we been worrying about the wrong thing this whole time? You can also read the transcript of the video: MAX TEGMARK: Hollywood movies make people worry about the wrong things in terms of super intelligence. What we should really worry about is not malice but competence, where we have machines that are smarter than us whose goals just aren’t … Continue reading
New Scanning Method Reveals Ancient Egyptian Scripts
Do you suppose there could be juicy secrets to be found in the scans of these ancient scripts such as documenting of alien lineage etc? via Sputniknews: Researchers in London have developed a new scanning technique which enables them to examine the inscriptions left on the papyruses used to wrap up mummies, without destroying their several thousand-year-old cases. A new … Continue reading
