Blogging the Singularity http://www.bloggingthesingularity.com Journaling our Ascent Toward the Technological Singularity, Transhumanism, and the Cybernetic Beyond... The Technological Singularity Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:36:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.2 en Copyright 2007 BloggingTheSingularity.com bloggingthesingularity@gmail.com (Chris Williamson) bloggingthesingularity@gmail.com Science 1440 Technological,Singularity,Technology,Accelerating,change,exponential,Ray,Kurzweil,Vernor,Vinge,Hans,Morevac,transhumanism,transhumanist,futurist,futurism Understand how the Technological Singularity is going to completely change the world as we know it. As described by Vernor Vinge, Ray Kurzweil, Hans Morevac, and others. The latest in accelerating technology, transhumanism, futurism, inventing, longevity, Understand how the Technological Singularity is going to completely change the world as we know it. As described by Vernor Vinge, Ray Kurzweil, Hans Morevac, and others. The latest in accelerating technology, transhumanism, futurism, inventing, longevity, and more. Chris Williamson No no http://www.bloggingthesingularity.com/images/pts_itunes_image_144.gif Blogging the Singularity http://www.bloggingthesingularity.com 144 144 Copyright 2007 BloggingTheSingularity.comTechnological,Singularity,Technology,Accelerating,change,exponential,Ray,Kurzweil,Vernor,Vinge,Hans,Morevac,transhumanism,transhumanist,futurist,futurismTechnologyScience & MedicineScience & MedicineEducationBusinesspodcast@bloggingthesingularity.comChris WilliamsonBloggingTheSingularityhttp://feedburner.google.comSubscribe with My Yahoo!Subscribe with NewsGatorSubscribe with NetvibesSubscribe with GoogleSubscribe with PageflakesSubscribe with PlusmoSubscribe with FeedLoungeSubscribe with The Free DictionarySubscribe with Bitty BrowserSubscribe with NewsAlloySubscribe with Live.comSubscribe with ODEOSubscribe with PodnovaSubscribe with Excite MIXSubscribe with Yourminis.comSubscribe with Attensa for OutlookSubscribe with WebwagSubscribe with netomat HubSubscribe with Daily Rotation Will Religion Ever Disappear? - Sam Harris http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BloggingTheSingularity/~3/aFeIekpXDpI/ http://www.bloggingthesingularity.com/2010/03/10/will-religion-ever-disappear-sam-harris/#comments Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:25:27 +0000 podcast@bloggingthesingularity.com (Chris Williamson) harris religion terror doctorate annals martha albrand bestsellers http://www.bloggingthesingularity.com/2010/03/10/will-religion-ever-disappear-sam-harris/

Sam Harris is the author of The New York Times bestsellers, “The End of Faith: Religion, Terror and the Future of Reason” which won the 2005 PEN/Martha Albrand Award for First Nonfiction, and “Letter to a Christian Nation”. His writing has appeared in Newsweek, Los Angeles Times, The Atlantic, The Times (London), The Boston Globe, The Annals of Neurology, and elsewhere. He is currently researching the neural basis of religious belief while completing a doctorate in neuroscience. He is also a Co-Founder and Chairman of The Reason Project.

“The End of Faith: Religion, Terror and the Future of Reason” is a book that I’ve read and highly recommend. Click here for more information about the book.

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]]> http://www.bloggingthesingularity.com/2010/03/10/will-religion-ever-disappear-sam-harris/feed/ noPodcasting the SingularityChris WilliamsonPodcasting the Singularity IS the future! Chris Williamson, Blogger-In-Chief of BloggingtheSingularity.com brings you this informative podcast series covering all aspects of the Technological Singularity. Featuring news, interviews, and insights regarding this fascinating topic. Technological,Singularity,Technology,Accelerating,change,exponential,Ray,Kurzweil,Vernor,Vinge,Hans,Morevac,transhumanism,transhumanist,futurist,futurismhttp://www.bloggingthesingularity.com/2010/03/10/will-religion-ever-disappear-sam-harris/http://www.youtube.com/v/-PKAULFkZrU&hl=en_US&fs=1& Need a Translation? Google Awaits Your Call http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BloggingTheSingularity/~3/qq5CLZQl6UY/ http://www.bloggingthesingularity.com/2010/03/09/need-a-translation-google-awaits-your-call/#comments Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:05:38 +0000 podcast@bloggingthesingularity.com (Chris Williamson) mandarin translations computerized muscle applied english speech listen http://www.bloggingthesingularity.com/2010/03/09/need-a-translation-google-awaits-your-call/ The Internet giant has applied its muscle to a phone application that can ‘listen’ to speech and provide translations in a computerized voice for English, Mandarin and Japanese…

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]]> http://www.bloggingthesingularity.com/2010/03/09/need-a-translation-google-awaits-your-call/feed/ http://www.bloggingthesingularity.com/2010/03/09/need-a-translation-google-awaits-your-call/ “Revolutionizing Transportation with AI” at Foresight 2010 Conference http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BloggingTheSingularity/~3/-TMD2FkR6AE/ http://www.bloggingthesingularity.com/2010/03/08/revolutionizing-transportation-with-ai-at-foresight-2010-conference/#comments Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:45:14 +0000 podcast@bloggingthesingularity.com (Chris Williamson) vimeo transportation robocars foresight cars revolutionizing templeton technogical http://www.bloggingthesingularity.com/2010/03/08/revolutionizing-transportation-with-ai-at-foresight-2010-conference/ This talk is a sequel that expands and deepens the analysis from Templeton’s earlier talks on the subject of robocars at previous Foresight and related events. One of the most exciting near-term AI prospects is cars that drive themselves — robocars. Thanks to DARPA’s contests, prototype cars are already a reality, and technogical barriers should fall in around a decade. The consequences of making transportation a software problem and bringing Moore’s law to cars are breathtaking. They begin with the million people killed each year in accidents and the hundreds of billions of human-hours wasted driving, and extend to providing a way to make light, efficient electric cars based on existing technology marketable to the public.

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]]> http://www.bloggingthesingularity.com/2010/03/08/revolutionizing-transportation-with-ai-at-foresight-2010-conference/feed/ noPodcasting the SingularityChris WilliamsonPodcasting the Singularity IS the future! Chris Williamson, Blogger-In-Chief of BloggingtheSingularity.com brings you this informative podcast series covering all aspects of the Technological Singularity. Featuring news, interviews, and insights regarding this fascinating topic. Technological,Singularity,Technology,Accelerating,change,exponential,Ray,Kurzweil,Vernor,Vinge,Hans,Morevac,transhumanism,transhumanist,futurist,futurismhttp://www.bloggingthesingularity.com/2010/03/08/revolutionizing-transportation-with-ai-at-foresight-2010-conference/http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=9536796&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1 Intendix, The Brain Computer Interface Goes Commercial http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BloggingTheSingularity/~3/HnkRtMhmru8/ http://www.bloggingthesingularity.com/2010/03/07/intendix-the-brain-computer-interface-goes-commercial/#comments Sun, 07 Mar 2010 16:52:27 +0000 podcast@bloggingthesingularity.com (Chris Williamson) interface world’s commercially arrived brain ready computer patient http://www.bloggingthesingularity.com/2010/03/07/intendix-the-brain-computer-interface-goes-commercial/ The world’s first patient-ready and commercially available brain computer interface just arrived at…

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Click here for the entire article LA Weekly website.

Also, I have just discovered that the book “You Are Not a Gadget: A Manifesto” by Jaron Lanier is one of Amazon’s Best Books of the Month for January 2010.

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]]> http://www.bloggingthesingularity.com/2010/02/25/web-20-the-ominous-era/feed/ http://www.bloggingthesingularity.com/2010/02/25/web-20-the-ominous-era/ Singularity University Announces 2010 Graduate Summer Program http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BloggingTheSingularity/~3/I3b2VcTvV3U/ http://www.bloggingthesingularity.com/2010/02/23/singularity-university-announces-2010-graduate-summer-program/#comments Tue, 23 Feb 2010 14:42:30 +0000 podcast@bloggingthesingularity.com (Chris Williamson) accommodate 2010 candidates grand submit increased address collaboration http://www.bloggingthesingularity.com/2010/02/23/singularity-university-announces-2010-graduate-summer-program/ “Class Size Increased 200% to Accommodate Growing Interest to Address “Humanity’s Grand Challenges” Through Scientific, Technological Collaboration and Innovation; Interested Candidates Must Submit Applications On or Before March 15, 2010″

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