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Superstruct: the world's first
massively multiplayer forecasting
game
KurzweilAI.net Oct. 6, 2008
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Developed by the Institute for the
Future, Superstruct, the world's
first massively multiplayer
forecasting game, goes live today
and will last for six weeks, played
on forums, blogs, videos, wikis, and
other online spaces. "By playing the
game, you'll help us chronicle the
world of 2019--and imagine how we
might solve the problems we'll...
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Atomically Precise Manufacturing
Consortium Receives Award from
Texas' ETF and DARPA
Azonano.com Oct. 3, 2008
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A consortium led by Zyvex Labs has
received $9.7 million funding from
DARPA and Texas' Emerging Technology
Fund to develop a new manufacturing
technique that enables "Tip-Based
Nanofabrication" to accelerate the
transition of nanotechnology from
the laboratory to commercial
products. Starting with the
construction of atomically precise
silicon...
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Light may be the future of wireless
KurzweilAI.net Oct.. 7, 2008
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The next generation of wireless
communications technology may be
based on visible light instead of
radio waves, allowing for
higher-speed, more-secure
communication via LED lights. The
National Science Foundation is
funding five new Engineering
Research Centers in its Smart
Lighting project, a new optical
communication technology that would...
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Why nature can't be reduced to
mathematical laws (requires
subscription)
New Scientist Oct. 6, 2008
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It may be possible to prove
"emergence" (important kinds of
organization might emerge in systems
of many interacting parts), using
the Ising model (used to study how
magnetism arises in iron and other
materials from the collective
organization of their atoms),
according to researchers at the
University of Queensland,
Universidad de Alcala, and...
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No Naked Black Holes
Science News Oct. 3, 2008
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A computer simulation of two black
holes smashing into each other at
close to the speed of light found
that the resulting black hole's
event horizon was preserved,
supporting Roger Penrose's cosmic
censorship hypothesis that "naked
singularities" (without event
horizons) cannot exist. (Sperhake et...
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Scientist: Holographic television
to become reality
CNN.com Technology Oct. 6, 2008
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University of Arizona scientists
have developed the first updatable
three-dimensional display with
memory. The researchers produced
displays that can be erased and
rewritten in a matter of minutes.
They believe it could reach the
market within five to ten...
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Asteroid reportedly streaks over
Africa
MSNBC Oct. 6, 2008
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Marking the first time an
asteroid's fall toward Earth was
predicted in advance, a very small
asteroid was detected Monday on a
course heading for Africa, and
observers reported that the object
apparently burned up in the
atmosphere, releasing about 1
kiloton of...
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'Intelligent' computers put to the
test
The Guardian Oct. 5, 2008
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Six computer programs -- Alice,
Brother Jerome, Elbot, Eugene
Goostman, Jabberwacky and Ultra Hal
-- will take part in a Turing test
at the University of Reading October
12. Their designers will be
competing for an 18-carat gold medal
and $100,000 offered by the Loebner
Prize in Artificial...
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