Monday, July 1, 2013

Weird Science/Physics 2013

livescience.com - Strange Particles Shape-Shift From One Flavor to Another


phys.org - 'Liquid-liquid' phase transition: Researchers identify transformation in low-temperature water


Sci-News.com - Researcher Reports First Detection of Elusive Space Wind


MachinesLikeUs - Surprise superconductor


MachinesLikeUs - New material state defies laws of physics


michigantoday.umich.edu - 'We've all been taught that this doesn't happen'


dailymail.co.uk - Scientists create device that tears a hole in time, enabling undetectable secret messages to be sent (so long as you do it in 0.00012 of a second)


phys.org - Artificial magnetic monopoles discovered


news.discovery.com - Is the Sun Emitting a Mystery Particle?


strongblogs.com - Quantum Internet Has Been Operating For 2 Years


wired.com - ‘Time Crystals’ Could Upend Physicists’ Theory of Time


io9.com - 11 of the Weirdest Solutions to the Fermi Paradox


MachinesLikeUs - Space race under way to create quantum satellite


gizmodo.co.uk - 5 Amazing Scientific Discoveries We Don't Know What To Do With



LENR --Low-Energy Nuclear Reaction-- Research
Popular Science reviews modern 'cold-fusion' research (starting with Italian inventor [and former scam artist] Andrea Rossi). These days it's called LENR -- Low-Energy Nuclear Reaction -- research.
popsci.com - Can Andrea Rossi's Infinite-Energy Black Box Power The World--Or Just Scam It?

ExtremeTech.com - Cold fusion reactor independently verified, has 10,000 times the energy density of gas



NanoTech Updates 2013

wired.com - Stretchy Gold Electronics Could Someday Live Inside Your Brain

MachinesLikeUs - NASA engineer achieves nanotechnology milestone

phys.org - A new form of carbon: Grossly warped 'nanographene'

southampton.ac.uk - 5D ‘Superman memory’ crystal could lead to unlimited lifetime data storage

phys.org - Miracle material graphene could deliver Internet one hundred times faster

nbcnews.com - Nanoparticles could power 'electronic skin' in the future

phys.org - Enhanced yet affordable material for supercapacitors: Mass production of 3D mesoporous graphene nano-balls

MachinesLikeUs - Molecular chains hypersensitive to magnetic fields

phys.org - Hybrid nanostructure with extreme light absorption looks promising for photovoltaics

eetimes.com - MIT Researchers Create Terahertz Graphene Chips

spectrum.ieee.org - 2-D Nanomaterials Put Photovoltaics on a Diet

ExtremeTech.com - World’s first telescopic contact lens gives you Superman-like vision

gizmag.com - Molybdenite sensor may allow cameras to be five times more light-sensitive

ExtremeTech.com - Scientists create nanoscopic data storage using graphene ‘paper’ and electron ‘ink’

MachinesLikeUs - Beyond silicon: Transistors without semiconductors

MachinesLikeUs - Molecular chip breakthrough
33rdsquare.com - Danish Chemists Use Graphene To Create Molecular Integrated Circuit

gigaom.com - The first 3D-printed battery is as tiny as a grain of sand

physicsworld.com - Graphene circuit breaks the gigahertz barrier

phys.org - Concentrator solar cell with world's highest conversion efficiency of 44.4%

sciencedaily.com - Controlling Magnetic Clouds in Graphene

phys.org - Unzipped nanotubes unlock potential for batteries

phys.org - Spot-welding graphene nanoribbons atom by atom

spectrum.ieee.org - The Memristor’s Fundamental Secrets Revealed

MIT-TechnologyReview - Contact Lens Computer: Like Google Glass, without the Glasses

cnet.com - Coming to a printer near you: Electronics manufacturing

ExtremeTech.com - Graphene sensor is 1,000 times more sensitive to light, could enable ultra-low-light photography

MIT-TechnologyReview - Wanted for the Internet of Things: Ant-Sized Computers

MachinesLikeUs - The formula for turning cement into metal

bbc.com - Graphene: Bend and flex for mobile phones

phys.org - Transparent electrode innovation could bring flexible solar cells, transistors, displays

MachinesLikeUs - Nanomagnets to power next-generation hard drives

phys.org - DNA-guided assembly yields novel ribbon-like nanostructures

MachinesLikeUs - Stacking 2-D materials produces surprising results

33rdsquare.com - Will Graphene Redefine The Ampere?

phys.org - Scientists discovering new uses for tiny carbon nanotubes

ExtremeTech.com - The first digital, bug-like compound eye camera sees 180 degrees, near-infinite DoF

phys.org - How graphene and friends could harness the Sun's energy

MachinesLikeUs - New method improves long distance communications

theverge.com - Can we grow a stronger-than-steel 'wonder material' to save the world?

dailymail.co.uk - The tiny chip that can track its location WITHOUT satellites

phys.org - Carbon nanowires obtained by tempering diamantane dicarboxylic acid inside carbon nanotubes

MITnews - Explained: Nanowires and nanotubes

news.cnet.com - Chiplets: The future of circuitry?

singularityhub.com - EXPONENTIAL GROWTH IN SMALL MACHINES — DON’T FEAR, THEY’RE HERE TO PROTECT YOU

engineerjobs.com - 4 Ways Graphene Changes Everything

readwrite.com - Why Computing Won't Be Limited By Moore's Law. Ever

sciencedaily.com - New Process to Make Nanospheres

MachinesLikeUs - Even graphene has weak spots
MachinesLikeUs - Even with defects, graphene is strongest material in the world

MachinesLikeUs - Paint-on plastic electronics

MachinesLikeUs - Smallest vibration sensor in the quantum world

MachinesLikeUs - Fantastic flash memory combines graphene and molybdenite

caltech.edu - Creating Indestructible Self-Healing Circuits

wired.com - Darpa Wants Teeny-Tiny Fluids to Cool Down Next-Gen Microchips

spectrum.ieee.org - Quantum Dots Demonstrate a New Wrinkle in Enabling High-Efficiency Photovoltaics

MachinesLikeUs - Nano-machines for 'bionic proteins'

MachinesLikeUs - 3D printing on the micrometer scale

phys.org - Engineer designs self-powered nanoscale devices that never need new batteries

ExtremeTech.com - Magnetoelectrics could advance computer memory, ending reliance on 1s and 0s

nanowerk.com - 3D printing on the micro- and nanometer scale (w/video)

azonano.com - Researchers Create 3D Microchip Using Nanotechnology

MachinesLikeUs - Routes towards defect-free graphene

MachinesLikeUs - Quantum communication: Each photon counts

MachinesLikeUs - Organic ferroelectric molecule shows promise for memory chips, sensors

blogs.discovermagazine.com - Data Storage in DNA Becomes a Reality

MITnews - Storing data in individual molecules

phys.org - Nanoparticles digging the world's smallest tunnels

phys.org - Controlled crumpling of graphene forms artificial muscle

computerworld.com - New molecules could bring super-dense, solid-state hard disk alternatives

MachinesLikeUs - DNA data storage: 100 million hours of HD video in every cup

ExtremeTech.com - IBM develops flexible nanocircuitry 10,000 times thinner than paper

ExtremeTech.com - Revolutionary new 2D optical phased array is packed onto a single, tiny chip

phys.org - New study gives insight into graphene grain boundaries

scitechdaily.com - Scientists Develop Glass Nanofibers that are 15 Times Stronger than Steel

scitechdaily.com - Molecular Robot Mimics the Ribosome

Kurzweilai.net - Scientists design, control movements of molecular motor

MachinesLikeUs - Chips that can steer light

MachinesLikeUs - New energy-efficient computer memory

arstechnica.com - Nanoscale antennas, etched in chip, provide precise control of light



SEE ALSO:
NANOTECH UPDATES 2012

Robotics Review 2013

spectrum.ieee.org - Self-Burying Robot Could Be Hiding in Your Backyard Right Now

engadget.com - DARPA's Atlas robot will be taught to save you if the sky falls (video)

singularityhub.com - MINIATURE, FREAKY FAST QUADRUPED ROBOTS

gizmag.com - Introducing TORO, Germany's new humanoid robot

cnet.com - Look out below: The next 'wave' of autonomous robots

gizmodo.com - There'll Be Nowhere to Hide When These Robot Apes Take to the Trees

MIT-TechnologyReview - So, You Wanna Be an Android?

mashable.com - This Robot Can Read Your Mind

popsci.com - Google Bets $10.7 Million On Drone Intelligence







nbcnews.com - Dawn of the bot? New era nears, experts say

mashable.com - Military Robots Will Patrol World Cup

MachinesLikeUs - Whole arm tactile sensing for robots

MachinesLikeUs - Position sensors allow humanoid robot to move and respond like a child

cnn.com - Scientists build baseball-playing robot with 100,000-neuron fake brain

MachinesLikeUs - Robotic insects make first controlled flight

rt.com - Pentagon’s DARPA preparing to equip robots with ‘real’ brains
---See Also - DNews on YouTube - The Plan To Stop Killer Robots

singularityhub.com - TELEPRESENCE ROBOTS START WORK AT SEVEN HOSPITALS
---See Also - MIT-TechnologyReview - Does a Tele-Robot Operator Need a Visa and W-2?







33rdsquare.com - Japanese DARPA Grand Robotics Challenge Competitor SCHAFT Looks To Showcase Its Powerful Motor Technology







MachinesLikeUs - Robot ants successfully mimic real colony behavior

mashable.com - Quadrocopter Drone Can Snatch Up Objects Like an Eagle

MITnews - MIT ‘cheetah’ robot rivals running animals in efficiency
MachinesLikeUs - A robot that runs like a cat







bitrebels.com - Groundbreaking Virtual Robotics Allow Us Our Very Own Robot Avatar

MachinesLikeUs - Robots with lift (Jumping Robots)

33rdsquare.com - When Robots Rule The World

MachinesLikeUs - DARPA wants to seed the ocean depths with upward falling UAV pods

cnet.com - Harbin's Robot Restaurant

mashable.com - Could Baxter the Robot Save Our Small Factories?

MachinesLikeUs - Robo fish glides with ease



MIT researchers have developed a new polymer film that changes its shape after absorbing water vapor. It's made from two interlocked layers of polymers - a stronger but flexible & supportive layer, and a softer absorbent one that swells when it absorbs moisture (water vapor). As the absorbent layer swells, it causes the film to curl. When the film is exposed to moisture at its surface, it curls up. Once the bottom of the film is exposed to the air, it releases the moisture, causing it to uncurl and start the process over. It needs very little vapor, but produces a large amount of strength, able to lift a load of silver wires 10 times its own weight. This continuous motion could, generate enough electricity to power small electronics or drive artificial robotic muscles.



"Diego-San" is a new little-boy robot with facial expressions and HD cameras in his eyes. The face, designed by David Hanson and Hanson Robotics, mounts on a body by Japan's Kokoro Co.

Diego-San was built for the Machine Perception Lab at the UCSD Institute for Neural Computation with funding from the National Science Foundation. With gestures, facial expressions, and artificial intelligence software modeled on the human baby learnsing process, it's being billed as "emotionally relevant robotics".


now.msn.com - Robots are our friends and they're awesome, so check these 7 out

The Telegraph - Our robotic revolution is only just beginning to gather steam








SEE ALSO:
ROBOTICS REVIEW 2012

SEE ALSO:
THE EMERGENCE OF MICROBOTS

Quantum Computing Updates 2013

LEARN THE BASICS:
ALL ABOUT QUANTUM COMPUTING



quantumcomputingtechnologyaustralia.com - Studying Clouds of Rubidium Atoms Aims to Create Memory for Quantum Computers

phys.org - MIT researchers build an all-optical transistor

businessinsider.com - Quantum Computing Could Lead To A Gigantic Leap Forward

sciencedaily.com - Milestone for Quantum Networks: First Entanglement Between Light and an Optical Atomic Coherence

MachinesLikeUs - Practical quantum computing moves closer to reality

MachinesLikeUs - New method distinguishes between quantum bits

phys.org - Physicists show self-correcting quantum computers are theoretically possible

MachinesLikeUs - Forwarding the quest for quantum computing

sciencedaily.com - Photonic Quantum Computers: A Brighter Future Than Ever

bbc.com - Why Google and the Pentagon want ‘quantum computers’

ExtremeTech.com - Google and NASA buy a quantum computer, to research more intelligent AI
MachinesLikeUs - Quantum computer selected for quantum artificial intelligence initiative

MachinesLikeUs - Further proof for controversial quantum computer
MachinesLikeUs - Large-scale quantum chip validated

MachinesLikeUs - Communication among quantum computers

phys.org - Researchers evaluate Bose-Einstein condensates for communicating among quantum computers

phys.org - Spintronics: Researching ways to improve computer speed, efficiency
livescience.com - Physicists Nudge Electrons, Move Toward Crazy-Fast Computers

MIT-TechnologyReview - The CIA and Jeff Bezos Bet on Quantum Computing







Neil Turok: What Will a Quantum Computer Look Like?




bbc.com - Diamond idea for quantum computer

MachinesLikeUs - Quantum computing moves forward



nytimes.com - A Strange Computer Promises Great Speed

LockheedMartinVideos: Quantum Computing


nextbigfuture.com - Dwave quantum computer has experimental evidence of quantum entanglement and will publish papers showing 512 qubit system is ten thousand times faster than best classical algorithms for some problems

MachinesLikeUs - Breakthrough architecture for quantum computers proposed

MachinesLikeUs - Scaling-up quantum devices one step closer

ExtremeTech.com - MIT discovers a new state of matter, a new kind of magnetism


SEE ALSO:
QUANTUM COMPUTING UPDATES 2012

Artificial Intelligence Updates 2013

LEARN MORE:
ALL ABOUT THE SINGULARITY


gigaom.com - One of the latest artificial intelligence systems from MIT is as smart as a 4 year old

MachinesLikeUs - AI detects chatroom pedophiles

theverge.com - The artificial intelligence behind the zombies in 'World War Z'

spectrum.ieee.org - The Algorighms Are Coming!

MachinesLikeUs - "Self-aware" data senses data theft

computerworld.com - Fear of thinking war machines may push U.S. to exascale

MachinesLikeUs - Could artificial intelligence be the next step in search engine evolution?

theatlantic.com - How to Build a Digital Brain








MachinesLikeUs.com - Local AI startup gets CIA-linked funding

onlinetmd.com - Blueprint for an Artificial Brain

mashable.com - This Robot Can Read Your Mind







MachinesLikeUs - How computers can learn better

wired.com - Google Erects Fake Brain With … Graphics Chips?
ExtremeTech.com - Computerized brain made of GPUs could be the future of artificial intelligence

slate.com - World’s Smartest Computer to Take Job as Call-Center Agent

spectrum.ieee.org - IBM’s Watson Tries to Learn…Everything

theatlantic.com - Is This Virtual Worm the First Sign of the Singularity?

cnet.com - Google Now vs. Siri: Virtual assistants duke it out (video)

ExtremeTech.com - Google and NASA buy a quantum computer, to research more intelligent AI
MachinesLikeUs - Quantum computer selected for quantum artificial intelligence initiative

MachinesLikeUs - The man behind the Google brain: Andrew Ng and the quest for the new AI

aeonmagazine.com - Slaves to the algorithm

nytimes.com - Last of a Breed: Postal Workers Who Decipher Bad Addresses

cnn.com - Scientists build baseball-playing robot with 100,000-neuron fake brain

MachinesLikeUs - Sex, death and the quest for algorithmic glory

MachinesLikeUs - How Ray Kurzweil will help Google make the ultimate AI brain

MachinesLikeUs - Can Super Mario save artificial intelligence?

spectrum.ieee.org - Combining Nanowires and Memristors Could Lead to Brain-like Computing

rt.com - Pentagon’s DARPA preparing to equip robots with ‘real’ brains

slate.com - Google Is Obsessed With Building the Star Trek Computer

dailyreckoning.com.au - Why Our Future Lies in the Mysterious World of Algorithms

MachinesLikeUs - How Artificial intelligence will change the way you learn languages

MachinesLikeUs - DARPA to begin 4-year project on improving artificial intelligence

theatlanticwire.com - IBM's Newest Invention Mimics the Human Brain on an Atomic Level

npr.org - Is It Real? With New Technology Has Activision Crossed The 'Uncanny Valley'?
33rdsquare.com - Digital Avatars Crossing The Uncanny Valley
---See Also - DNews on YouTube - Why Human Replicas Creep Us Out

techopedia.com - Will Computers Be Able To Imitate The Human Brain?

sciencedaily.com - Epigenetics: Neurons Remember Because They Move Genes in Space

MachinesLikeUs - Cell circuits remember their history

phys.org - Short algorithm, long-range consequences
---See Also - MachinesLikeUs - Short algorithm, long-range consequences

MachinesLikeUs - Blueprint for an artificial brain

MachinesLikeUs - Ray Kurzweil "How to Create a Mind"

gigaom.com - Watson goes to college: How the world's smartest PC will revolutionize AI

MachinesLikeUs - The robot will see you now

(ON A SIDE NOTE) - MIT Technology Review - Welcome to the Malware-Industrial Complex
---SEE ALSO - TechCrunch.com - The Chinese Are Coming! The Chinese Are Coming!

MachinesLikeUs - Siri-creator SRI has a new virtual assistant spinoff

wired.com - Extinction: Biotech Plus AI Makes For a Great Thrill (Book Review)

bitrebels.com - Cost & Tech Evolution Of RAM & Processors [Infographic]

wired.com - The $1.3B Quest to Build a Supercomputer Replica of a Human Brain
bbc.com - Will we ever… simulate the human brain?

radioaustralia.net - True Artificial Intelligence not so far away: Scientists say we're closing in on the artificial intelligence seen in movies faster than we think.

news.investors.com - IBM Predicts Cognitive Systems As New Computing Wave

MachinesLikeUs - The inside story of Siri's origins - and why she could overshadow the iPhone

spectrum.ieee.org - Human Memory, Computer Memory, and Memento

spectrum.ieee.org - Will Machines Ever Master Translation?

MachinesLikeUs - From sci-fi to real life — the advances of artificial intelligence

MachinesLikeUs - AI learning to identify cyber attacks

MachinesLikeUs - Circuits that learn and forget

MachinesLikeUs - How artificial intelligence is impacting the digital content business

Ben Goertzel on Artificial Intelligence:
(a 1 hr 47 min video by GlobalBrainInstitute)


techcrunch.com - Google’s New Director Of Engineering, Ray Kurzweil, Is Building Your ‘Cybernetic Friend’

mashable.com - Complex Algorithm Auto-Writes Books, Could Transform Science
nytimes.com - He Wrote 200,000 Books (but Computers Did Some of the Work)

arstechnica.com - “Neuristor”: Memristors used to create a neuron-like behavior


SEE ALSO:
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE UPDATES 2012

Artificial Intelligence Updates 2012

In this [1.5 hour] video by UCtelevision, Jeff Hawkins - an inventor, engineer, neuroscientist, author and entrepreneur - reviews several efforts to build intelligent machines and posits that machine intelligence is only possible by first understanding how the brain works and then building systems that work on the same principles. He describes neocortical modeling of machine-generated data, and concludes with predictions on how machine intelligence will unfold in the future.




SEE ALSO: The Chinese Room Argument [philosophical argument against the possibility of true artificial intelligence] (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)


MIT Technology Review: The Year in Computing - How 2012 Brought Better Artificial Intelligence And Much More


Artificial Intelligence: AI knows when people are tweeting about you (forbes.com)


Artificial Intelligence:AI machine named 'Angelina' creates computer games (arstechnica.com)





IBM researchers have used the world's most powerful supercomputer to simulate a virtual brain comparable in complexity to that of a human.
SEE THIS ARTICLE IN GIZMAG.COM (IBM Supercomputer Used to...)

Included in the gizmag.com article is the following video from IBM:



Chris Eliasmith, author of soon to be released book 'How to Build a Brain', and colleagues from the University of Waterloo in Canada have built Spaun (Semantic Pointer Architecture Unified Network) -- a complex computer model simulation of a functioning brain.
SEE THE ARTICLE IN (popsci.com)

Included in the popsci.com article is the following video about Spaun:




SEE ALSO: Scientists See Advances in Deep Learning AI (nytimes.com)
SEE ALSO: Cambridge to open 'Terminator centre' (dailymail.co.uk)
SEE ALSO: How to Code a Life (buzzfeed.com)


LEARN MORE:
ALL ABOUT THE SINGULARITY

Thursday, December 20, 2012

The Merge of Man & Machine (Ray Kurzweil)

MSNBC.com video -- (Futurist author Ray Kurzweil on understanding the human mind) :



Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy

SEE ALSO:
Singularity Watch 2012

New Fiber-Optic Technology

Fiber optic technology meets 21st century: Light waves jump from one fiber-optic
to another depending on the adjustment of the distance between them.

Dual-Core Optical Fiber (opli.net)