Category Archives: Coming Next
Face recognition fully implemented
The odds are you are not just a face in the crowd any longer. Even if your picture isn’t plastered all over social networking and photo-sharing sites, facial recognition technology in public places is making it harder if not impossible to remain anonymous. http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-18560_162-57584887/big-brother-is-big-business/ CBS reports on the new ways this technology is being used […]
Some US lawmakers wary of Google Glass
Eight members of Congress on Thursday formally demanded that Google address a range of privacy concerns about its new wearable technology device, Google Glass.“We are curious whether this new technology could infringe on the privacy of the average American,” http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/17/technology/lawmakers-pose-questions-on-google-glass.html?ref=technology The glasses, which are not yet for sale to the public, connect to the Internet […]
Kurzwell, Google to create artificial intelligence
And you think that dramatically extended life is possible? “I think we’re only 15 years away from a tipping point in longevity, because up until very recently you could not make a plausibly sound argument where life could be indefinitely extended.” said Ray Kurzwell, who is out to build an artificial “Google Brain?” Kurzweil is […]
Scientists closer to cloning human babies
Scientists have finally succeeded in using cloning to create human embryonic stem cells, a step toward developing replacement tissue to treat diseases but one that might also hasten the day when it will be possible to create cloned babies. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/16/science/scientists-use-cloning-to-create-embryonic-stem-cells.html?ref=us The researchers, at Oregon Health and Science University, took skin cells from a baby with […]
Robot bartenders mixing drinks
The Makr Shakr robot will be serving cocktails to delegates at the Google I/O conference in San Francisco this week. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-22523822 It consists of three robotic arms which mimic the actions of a bartender from shaking a martini to slicing a lemon. The robots are linked to an app which allows users to create their […]
Google + Bilderberg = Global Technocracy
The secretive Bilderberg Group is currently undergoing a major transformation that will see it and other high profile networks merge under the banner of Google as the elite accelerates its plan to consolidate its technocratic agenda. http://www.infowars.com/google-berg-global-elite-transforms-itself-for-technocratic-revolution/ On the New World Order agenda this year: – Targeting Iran’s nuclear processing facilities for destruction via air […]
Robot insects for surveillance and assassination
Researchers have developed a remote-controlled robot about the size of a fat housefly that mimics a fly’s aerial prowess. Developing a robot to do the same took more than a decade and a variety of technologies. It weighs just 80 milligrams and is controlled remotely. Each wing can be controlled independently. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/07/science/a-remote-controlled-robot-the-size-of-a-fly.html?ref=science The robot fly […]
Soylent Green and the In-Vitro hamburger
The hamburger, assembled from tiny bits of beef muscle tissue grown in a laboratory and to be cooked and eaten at an event in London, perhaps in a few weeks, is meant to show the world — including potential sources of research funds — that so-called in-Vitro meat, or cultured meat, is a reality. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/14/science/engineering-the-325000-in-vitro-burger.html?ref=science […]
UAVs tested for commercial flight
A Jetstream aircraft became the first to fly “unmanned” across UK shared airspace last month. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-22511395 During the 500-mile journey, the specially adapted plane was controlled by a pilot on the ground. The 16-seater aircraft flew in airspace shared with passenger carriers. Known as “the Flying Testbed”, it contains on-board sensors and robotics to identify […]
Autonomous drone squadrons
The US Navy has launched a squadron combining unmanned drones as well as manned aircraft, amid a national debate over the role of drones in warfare. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-22402862 It will have eight manned helicopters and 10 Fire Scout MQ-8B unmanned helicopters for tracking targets. The Squadron Commander said the drones would eventually be armed. The unmanned […]
American sheeple clamor for police state
Americans overwhelmingly favor installing video surveillance cameras in public places, judging the infringement on their privacy as an acceptable trade-off for security. There are lingering questions about the role of the nation’s intelligence agencies before the recent attacks, with people divided about whether they had collected information that could have prevented them, 41 percent said […]
Eye movement tracker raises privacy concerns
An advertising system which is able to track your eye movements while you shop has been created by researchers. It could allow for video screens which change adverts depending on what you look at in a shop. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-22351995 With many new technologies designed to learn more about how we act, concerns over privacy are likely to […]
Waterproof snake robots for surveillance
“Snake robots can use their many internal degrees of freedom to thread through tightly packed volumes, accessing locations that people and machinery otherwise cannot use,” http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-22340218 The latest in a series of “modular snake robots” have been developed at the Pittsburgh-based research centre over the past decade. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObTR5IRKY8k&feature=share&list=UUZ1JsYlIhkhEpJHFRny4J7w The robots are designed to mirror […]
Drones in America under guise of drug war
The U.S. Navy on Friday began testing two new aerial tools, borrowed from the battlefields of Afghanistan and Iraq, that officials say will make it easier to detect, track and videotape drug smugglers in action. http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2013/04/27/world/americas/ap-cb-caribbean-drug-drones.html?ref=world One of the devices on display aboard the navy test ship is a type of drone that can be […]
Stopping killer robots
A pre-emptive ban is needed to halt the production of weapons capable of attacking targets without any human intervention. The UK government has said it has no plans to develop such technology. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22250664 Weapons with a degree of autonomy, including Unmanned Aerial Vehicles – commonly known as drones – are already widely used on the […]
Rights groups address US on drone killings
In a letter sent to President Obama this week, the nation’s leading human rights organizations questioned the legal basis for targeted killing and called for an end to the secrecy surrounding the use of drones. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/13/us/politics/rights-groups-question-legality-of-targeted-killing.html?ref=world The letter lists what it calls troubling reports of the criteria used by the Central Intelligence Agency and the […]
Google head wants state-only drone use
Head of Google calls for civilian drone technology to be regulated, warning about privacy and security concerns. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-22134898 Cheap miniature versions of the unmanned aircraft used by militaries could fall into the wrong (civilian) hands. “I’m not going to pass judgment on whether armies should exist, but I would prefer to not spread and democratise […]
US military deploys anti-robot technology
The Navy has a laser attack weapon that has been shown in tests to disable patrol boats and blind or destroy surveillance drones. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/09/world/navy-deploying-laser-weapon-prototype-in-persian-gulf.html?hp&_r=0 A prototype shipboard laser will be deployed on a converted amphibious transport and docking ship in the Persian Gulf. The laser is designed to carry out a graduated scale of missions, […]
Scientists discover how to “read” dreams
Researchers use MRI scans to reveal the images that people were seeing as they entered into an early stage of sleep. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22031074 A cognitive neuroscientist from the University of Oxford, said it was an "exciting" piece of research that brought us closer to the concept of dream-reading machines. "I had a strong belief that dream […]
Facebook Home destroys privacy
Detailed data could be mined from home users could intrude on private life. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-22025729 Many took issue with the claim that home put people, not apps, at the heart of the mobile experience, saying it would help Facebook sell ads. The "always on" nature of home bothered industry watchers who said it could be a […]
