Could neuro-feedback and brain implants cause a technological singularity?

There are multiple potential paths to a technological singularity. Although many people think a singularity would result if computers acquired sentience and general intelligence, a singularity might also happen if methods were found to increase the IQ of individuals and populations. In Singularity Rising: Surviving and Thriving in a Smarter, Richer, and More Dangerous World …

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Israel may have bombed a Munitions Factory in Sudan

The Atlantic – Yesterday, Sudanese culture and information minister Ahmed Bilal Osman alleged that the previous evening, four Israeli fighter jets flew over Khartoum from the east and partially destroyed the Yarmouk munitions factory, in the city’s south. Israel may have done it for a few reasons: 1. To slow and reduce the amount of …

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Israel may have bombed a Munitions Factory in Sudan

The Atlantic – Yesterday, Sudanese culture and information minister Ahmed Bilal Osman alleged that the previous evening, four Israeli fighter jets flew over Khartoum from the east and partially destroyed the Yarmouk munitions factory, in the city’s south. Israel may have done it for a few reasons: 1. To slow and reduce the amount of …

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Windows 8 Marks the end of the PC

1. EETimes – a veteran PC executive (Shapiro) claims the new operating system marks the beginning of the end for PCs and the OEMs who make them. Shapiro claims over time Microsoft will deemphasize traditional desktops and their compiled x86 apps in favor of iPad-like tablets like Microsoft Surface and their interpreted apps. The move …

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Popular Science has an overall negative feature of Andrea Rossi but Hopeful on LENR

Popular Science has a length feature on Andrea Rossi and his energy catalyzer. After a lot of Rossi background with some new reportage, conclusion is not favorable I removed all identifying information and sent the report to an expert at NASA experienced in conducting third-party validation tests. While the NASA expert didn’t entirely refute the …

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Popular Science has an overall negative feature of Andrea Rossi but Hopeful on LENR

Popular Science has a length feature on Andrea Rossi and his energy catalyzer. After a lot of Rossi background with some new reportage, conclusion is not favorable I removed all identifying information and sent the report to an expert at NASA experienced in conducting third-party validation tests. While the NASA expert didn’t entirely refute the …

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All twenty Canadian Nuclear Reactors are Operating

World Nuclear News – All twenty of Canada’s nuclear power reactors are on line now that Point Lepreau has been reconnected to the grid after refurbishment. The reactor unit in the province of New Brunswick is in the final stages of commissioning after a troubled overhaul. It was grid-synchonised on 23 October, said owner NB …

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