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Today I did a 10-minute interview on “Voice of Islam” on AI and automation. My interview starts at.

1:02:20 on the program: http://voiceofislam.co.uk/podcasts/drive-time-podcast-27-06-2017/ #transhumaism #libertarian

A new channel that will inform, engage and give you a chance to express your views on a range of topics. Broadcasting 24 hours a day the station aims to give everyone a space for discussion, for people of faith, no faith or just those with an interest in social peace and greater justice.

Here are a few early summer ruminations to think about when looking at that beautiful night sky in the Northern Hemisphere. For brevity, I have omitted many aspects of these issues but I hope this will provide a spoonful or two of dessert for your gray matter. Chris Bakley was kind enough to allow me to use a couple of his photos.

A few intractable questions to think about after looking up into that big night sky.

• Disney researchers have developed innovative technology that will allow people to charge their devices in a truly wireless fashion
• If this technology could be commercially adopted, it could revolutionize the way that we use and create everything from smartphones to AI robots

It seems like almost everything has gone wireless. Yet somehow, when it comes to charging electronic devices, we still have to deal with cords. Sure wireless charging exists, but only for small devices like your smartphone. And even then, it’s not convenient as you might hope. To actually power a device, a phone must maintain contact with a charging pad, which means it can’t be used while charging. This seems to be even a bigger hassle than dealing with cords and cables.

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Would you wear mushroom leather?

Via Green Matters

➡🖒⛧Well worth a listen!⛧🖒⬅.

Robots moving deeper into the American workplace—how much decision-making will we turn over to machines?

For all the change that has come with the digital revolution – in the ways we work and communicate and do business – the real impact still lies ahead. Computers – machines themselves – are become smarter all the time. That intelligence is being wired into real world action. That’s overturning giant companies. It’s moving in on what we thought only humans could do. Andrew McAfee and Eric Brynjolfsson are on it. It’s exciting. And terrifying. This hour On Point: intelligent machines move in. — Tom Ashbrook

Continue reading “Machine Over Mind In A New Economy” »

Today live from Cooper Union, NYC, the June edition of Journal Club is being broadcast on our Facebook page at 13:00 EST / 18:00 UK.

We are discussing the recent paper “Common Telomere Changes during In Vivo Reprogramming and Early Stages of Tumorigenesis.” by Blaso et al.

Tune in today and get involved in the discussion. Journal Club is made possible thanks to the support of our Lifespan Heroes.

Adam Crowl considers spaceships if EM-Drive is verified as a real thing.

If the NASA emdrive performance of 1.2 millinewtons per kilowatt.

8.3 TeraWatts of power would be needed to provide 10 million newtons of thrust to accelerate a 1000 ton space-craft at 1 gee of acceleration. We have no power source that could generate 8.3 TeraWatts for a 1000 ton spacecraft.

Continue reading “If EMdrive is real and scales with Q factor then we get almost Star Trek level Technology” »

Engineers have built a camera that does not need lenses to focus light.