Top Pentagon Scientists Fear Brain-Modified
Foes
There's concern in some corners of the U.S. military about "enemy
activities in sleep research," neuro-pharmaceutical performance
enhancement, and "brain-computer interfaces
'Skin-tenna' wireless signals creep over
human skin
A wireless antenna that channels signals along human skin could
broadcast signals over your body to connect up medical implants or
portable gadgets
The Future Is Now? Pretty Soon, at Least
Nanotechnology, transhumanism and the
bionic man
One goal is to establish direct links between neuronal tissue and
machines that would allow direct control of mechanical, electronic,
and even virtual objects as if they were extensions of human bodies
Video: ABC News on the Ubiquitous smart home of the future
New Meaning For The Term 'Computer Bug': Genetically Altered Bacteria For Data Storage
Who's afraid
of a synthetic human?
If we can enhance our species - make it live longer and resist
disease - we should do it
Gordon Brown backs animal-human hybrids
Gordon Brown today strongly defended the medical use of animal-human
hybrid embryos, ahead of a key Commons vote on the issue
Video:
Welcome to the Brave New World
What does the future hold for us?
Are we headed for a Brave New World?
Scientist team creates first GM human embryo
Neuroscientist: Modern Technology is Altering our Brains
Gates says big changes in store for
Internet in next decade
Comment from Old-Thinker News: It is very likely that
the "changes" that Gates is referring to have to do with ubiquitous
computing. What does this mean for you? A world with little to no
privacy in which everyday objects are integrated into a vast
wireless network. Watch
this presentation for more
information.
America's Chemically Modified 21st Century Soldiers
The man who grew a finger
The process he has been pioneering over the last few years involves
scraping the cells from the lining of a pig's bladder
Remote Sensors Under Skin Of Humans Can Monitor Emotions
Video: The Mad Scientists of Transhumanism
“One World, One Web” Conference Held in China
Smart Goggles Are No Longer Science Fiction
Public health experts warn of
Chinese genetic rice
PUBLIC health bosses have issued a warning in East London about
'genetically modified' rice being sold in the shops.
'Now we have the technology that can make a
cloned child'
A new form of cloning has been developed that is easier to carry out
than the technique used to create Dolly the sheep, raising fears
that it may one day be used on human embryos to produce "designer"
babies
Australia lifts ban on therapeutic cloning for
stem cell research
This week saw Australian parliament debate and eventually lift its
prohibition on human therapeutic cloning
Matrix-style virtual worlds 'a few years
away'
Are supercomputers on the verge of creating Matrix-style
simulated realities?
Scientists Scared of Socks as Nanotechnology and Nanoparticles Become Common in Consumer Products
Video: Exoskeleton Turns Humans Into Terminators
Neuromarketing could make mind reading the
ad-man's ultimate tool
Neuroscience and marketing had a love child a few years back. Its
name - big surprise - is neuromarketing, and the ugly little fellow
is growing up
High-tech gear disables car if borrower
misses payment
When the light starts to flash, you had better have the cash
Video: Everyware- The dawning age of ubiquitous computing
Video: StickyBot - Robotic Gecko
Brave New World War
The day will come, perhaps even within a decade, when at least a
subset of the human race will have the ability to control key
aspects of its own evolution
Federal Protection Against Genetic Discrimination Urged By American College of Physicians
Documentary: Visions Of The Future: The Intelligence Revolution
New Video of BigDog Quadruped Robot Is So Stunning It's Spooky
Nerve-tapping neckband used in 'telepathic' chat
Molecular computer could be 'nanobot brain'
A molecular machine has been devised as the potential brain of "nanobots"
now under study for uses in medicine
Ray Kurzweil speaks about the future in honor of Founder's Day
Robot wars 'will be a reality within 10 years'
The world is sleepwalking into an international robot arms race, an
expert will warn today
Automated killer robots 'threat to humanity': expert
Ray Kurzweil Sells Transhumanism To Gamers
Machines 'to match man by 2029'
Humanity is on the brink of advances that will see tiny robots
implanted in people's brains
First order for pet dog cloning
A South Korean company says it has taken its first order for the
cloning of a pet dog
Navy Research Paper: 'Disrupt Economies' with Man-Made 'Floods,' 'Droughts'
Three-parent embryo formed in lab
The embryos have been created using DNA from a man and two women in
lab tests
Video: Navy Tests Railgun
DNA Breakthrough Could Give Humans Lifespans
Lasting Hundreds of Years
A genetically engineered organism that lives 10 times longer than
normal has been created by scientists in California
Behavior-Based Internet Advertising: Who Is
Watching You?
Have you ever been surfing the web and come upon Internet
advertising that provides a direct solution for something that
you've been researching lately?
Synthetic life
'advance'
reported
An important
step has been
taken in the
quest to create
a synthetic
lifeform.
"Technology
overload" can
ruin
relationships:
expert
Technology might
be just as
addictive as
alcohol and
drugs and could
also wreak havoc
with personal
and work
relationships, a
leading expert
said.
AT&T Looking at Internet Filtering
A circuit for
the eye
"Looking through
a completed
lens, you would
see what the
display is
generating,
superimposed on
the world
outside"
First
animal-human
embryo trials to
go ahead
Experiments to
create Britain’s
first embryos
that merge human
and animal
material will
begin within
months after a
Government
watchdog today
approved two
research teams
to carry out the
controversial
work
Monkey Brain Controls
Walking 'Bot
When our robotic overlords finally do take over,
there's a decent chance they'll do it with
monkey brains.
Microsoft seeks patent
for office 'spy' software
The system would allow managers to monitor employees’ performance by
measuring their heart rate, body temperature,
movement, facial expression and blood pressure.
FDA Says Clones Are
Safe For Food
A long-awaited final report from the Food and
Drug Administration concludes that foods from
healthy cloned animals and their offspring are
as safe as those from ordinary animals
Prisoners 'to be
chipped like dogs'
One company plans deeper implants that could
vibrate, electroshock the implantee, broadcast a
message, or serve as a microphone to transmit
conversations.
Video games rewiring
kids brains
Children should be banned from playing computer
games until the age of seven because the
technology is "rewiring" their brains, it is
claimed
Trends to a
New World Order: Part 2
Will these trends benefit the average man, woman
and child as we are told they will? Or, will a
New World Order be constructed solely for the
benefit of a tiny elite?
AT&T and Other ISPs May
Be Getting Ready to Filter
At a small panel discussion about digital piracy
here at NBC’s booth on the Consumer Electronics
Show floor, representatives from NBC, Microsoft,
several digital filtering companies and telecom
giant AT&T said the time was right to start
filtering for copyrighted content at the network
level.
Table Touch Screen
Terminals To Replace Waiters
way. With the world's technological advances
taking enormous strides, what can possibly be
next in the world of consumer-driven
convenience?
Scientist: 'Hybrid'
computers will meld living brains with
technology
A scientist who successfully connected a moth's
brain to a robot predicts that in 10 to 15 years
we'll be using "hybrid" computers running a
combination of technology and living organic
tissue
Sci-Fi Supermarket:
High-Tech Innovations Coming to the Grocery
Store
Shopping Carts
That Scan Prices, Touch Screen Checkout,
Shopping Refrigerators and More
Microsoft readies Hal
9000
It gives a whole new meaning to the word
"micromanager."
Japan Clamps Down on
Internet
The fact is that internet censorship is coming
to Japan, although so far the Japanese public
hasn't seemed to notice.
Snorting a Brain
Chemical Could Replace Sleep
In what sounds like a dream for millions of
tired coffee drinkers, Darpa-funded scientists
might have found a drug that will eliminate
sleepiness.
Borg Hive Technology
Now Nearly Main Street
You will be assimilated.
Commercial brain
computer systems are coming
All over the world, systems that directly
connect silicon circuits to brains are under
development, and some are nearly ready for
commercial applications, according to a new
report from the World Technology Evaluation
Center and announced by a news release of the
University of Southern California (USC).
The New Skynet: Total
War Control
Information warfare technology and advanced
human cognition have been in development for
years, but only in recent times have nations
begun to share obtained technology and
advancements in the respective fields.
Synthetic DNA on the
Brink of Yielding New Life Forms
Now researchers are poised to cross a dramatic
barrier: the creation of life forms driven by
completely artificial DNA.
Light + Sound = New
Weapon
Military funded researchers are preparing to
test a nonlethal weapon that combines light and
sound.
Hear Voices? It May Be
an Ad
An A&E Billboard 'Whispers' a Spooky Message
Audible Only in Your Head in Push to Promote Its
New 'Paranormal' Program
Against the Grain:
'We'll be able to upload our brains to a
computer'
Anders Sandberg is James Martin Research Fellow
at the Future of Humanity Institute, University
of Oxford. Dr Sandberg believes that in the
future we will be able to, and should,
dramatically change what it means to be human.
IBM forms alliance
around 32nm chip technology
IBM has formed an alliance with semiconductor
firms, including AMD and Samsung, to advance its
32-nanometer chip technology to rival that of
Intel.
Beijing Olympics Will
Use IBM High-Tech Surveillance System
When the S3 system is deployed in the Beijing
Olympic Games, it will scan video images of city
streets looking for everything from
troublemakers to terrorists.
The Unknown Dangers of
Nanotech
Nanotechnology could become a revolutionary
force in the near future, but its
microparticulate nature poses uncertain risks
and unknown dangers as it infuses unchecked with
foods, cosmetics, medical treatments, plastics
and many other materials which already permeate
hundreds of consumer products.
Information Warfare Using
Aggressive Psychological Operations -
Information Operation Roadmap
Part 4
The Pentagon's
plans for psychological operations or PSYOP in the
global information environment of the 21st century are
wide ranging and aggressive. These desires are outlined
in the 2003 Pentagon document signed by Donald Rumsfeld
in his capacity as the Secretary of Defense called the
Information Operation Roadmap.
Maximum
Control of the Entire Electro-Magnetic Spectrum -
Information Operation Roadmap Part 2
In 2003, then Secretary
of Defence Donald Rumsfeld signed a document called the
Information Operation Roadmap which outlined, among
other things, the Pentagon's desire to dominate the
entire electromagnetic spectrum.
Transhumanism: Life extension
not for the masses?
More pragmatically, AI member Marvin Minsky, a pioneer
of artificial neural networks and co-founder of the AI
lab at MIT, explains why humanity would want this.
"Ordinary citizens wouldn't know what to do with eternal
life," Minsky explained to Egan. "The masses don't have
any clear-cut goals or purpose."
They Live Taser Saucer To
Become A Reality
One of the
biggest Taser representatives outside the US base has
declared the company's intention to produce and sell
internationally a small airborne drone version of the
weapon that can administer electrical jolts of 50,000
volts.