Living online is changing our brains, by Susan Greenfield

Neuroscientist Susan Greenfield cited evidence that digital technology is having an impact on our brains: Microstructure abnormalities in adolescents with internet addiction disorder, in the journal PLoS (free access). Increase in people with autistic spectrum disorders. The rise in the appeal of Twitter. (...) Know more at http://goo.gl/fMMUo.

Você está preparado para um robô que aprende na Internet?

Um robô humanóide que "aprende na Internet e através de outros robôs" e pode "pensar, aprender e agir por si mesmo", foi desenvolvido pelo Hasegawa Lab, no Tokyo Institute of Technology. Isto é um pouco assustador e não queremos um robô que aprende através da Internet! (...) Conheça mais em http://goo.gl/a59ur.

"Acredite em mim, eu aprendi isto na Internet!" (crédito: Tokyo Institute of Technology)

Wireless power cut cord of patients with implanted heart pumps

Researchers at the University of Washington and the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center have tested a wireless power system for ventricular assist devices (mechanical pumps to give failing hearts a boost), or VADs. VAD were developed as temporary measures for patients awaiting a heart transplant. Technology has evolved and these ventricular assist devices operate in patients for years. Using the wireless system means no power cord poking through the skin, reducing the risk of infection and improving the patient’s quality of life. (...) Researchers envision a future where patients would install transmission coils in their homes and workplaces to create zones where the implant would receive uninterrupted power. (...) Know more at http://goo.gl/64Xqv.

Ray Kurzweil Explains the Coming Singularity

Futurist Ray Kurzweil details the technology timeline leading up to 2029 including the downsides to Singularity. Know more at http://goo.gl/LhQd.

How computers can mimic human 3-D vision

Researchers at Purdue University have developed 2 new techniques for computer-vision technology that mimic how humans perceive 3-D shapes. The techniques, heat mapping and heat distribution, apply mathematical methods to enable machines to perceive 3-D objects by mimicking how humans perceive 3-D shapes by instantly recognizing objects no matter how they are twisted or bent. (...). Know more at http://goo.gl/SiEPo.

Robopocalypse: A Novel

They are in your house. They are in your car. They are in the skies… Now they’re coming for you. At a moment no one will notice, all the dazzling technology that runs our world will unite and turn against us. (...). Know more at http://goo.gl/7J3VT.