By 2029, computers will be able to understand our language, learn from experience and outsmart even the most intelligent humans, according to Google’s director of engineering Ray Kurzweil (one of the world leading futurologists and artificial intelligence developers). In 1990, Kurzweil accurately predicted that a computer would be able beat a chess champion by 1998. […]
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Your Cell Phone is More Powerful than NASA’s Technology that Sent People to the Moon
16th February 2014 – 01:06
Moore’s Law states that computer power doubles every 2 years. This means that technology rapidly advances at an exponential rate.
Terry Pratchett on science, technology and his favourite Discworld characters – video
3rd May 2013 – 11:52
Terry Pratchett explains which of his characters are now ‘laminated into’ him, how he’d like his computer to talk and why it’s not all about the humans. These are edited highlights of the writer’s public discussion about The Science of Discworld IV: Judgement Day (Ebury) with co-authors Ian Stewart and Jack Cohen at London’s Conway […]
UFO-Like Clouds Linked to Military Maneuvers?
4th February 2011 – 16:37
NEWS SOURCE : http://news.nationalgeographic.com By : Ted Chamberlain Three nearly identical, UFO-like cloud formations recently appeared over Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, sparking online discussions linking the features to everything from the Second Coming to recent mass bird deaths to secret military experiments. At least one scientist believes the so-called hole-punch clouds have a military explanation, […]