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How Filmmakers Al and Al Tackled the Story of Alan Turing for The Creator

Fri, 18 May 2012 03:03:47 -0700
Al and Al tackle the story of the English computer scientist after realizing they are in love with their computers. The filmmakers talk about their upcoming movie, The Creator , and Turing's lasting impact on culture.
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MIT Media Lab Hosts The Future

Fri, 27 Apr 2012 06:34:35 -0700
This week, MIT Media Lab researchers and minds from around the world got together to discuss artificial implantable memories, computers that understand emotion... and Microsoft-funded robotic teddy bears. Will the next Guitar Hero soon be discovered? Wandering the halls of the MIT Media Lab is the closest imaginable thing to a sneak peek of the future. The Media Lab, a think tank/experimental ...
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Science Fiction Barely Ahead of Space Exploration Reality

Mon, 21 May 2012 13:49:07 -0700
Science and space exploration have caught up to science fiction in many ways, producing marvels beyond the imaginings of the visionary writers of the past. Yet there are staples of science fiction that current technology is still leagues away from attaining, and which some doubt can ever be achieved.
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What if Facebook is really worth $100 billion?

Mon, 21 May 2012 01:19:56 -0700
"What if Internet stocks aren't a bubble?" [1] was the title of my inaugural essay in January 2000, with the observation that an economy based on downloading pop music and porn was a possible future state of the world.
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Cars of the future will be computers on wheels

Fri, 11 May 2012 09:04:59 -0700
A handful of people have seen the car of the near-future, and it looks suspiciously like a lunar land rover. Or a plane. Or a driverless vehicle. Take your choice.
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Space realities keep pace with science fiction

Mon, 21 May 2012 15:01:12 -0700
Science and space exploration have caught up to science fiction in many ways, producing marvels beyond the imaginings of the visionary writers of the past. Yet there are staples of science fiction that current technology is still leagues away from attaining, and which some doubt can ever be achieved.
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Bacterial magnets and the bio-computer era

Wed, 16 May 2012 01:05:15 -0700
MUMBAI - Scientists are working to have some of the world's smallest creatures carry the growing mountain-loads of information worldwide - the next generation of information technology and medical devices based on bacteria, biology and billions of years of evolution.
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Your Wedding Announcement... Written By a Robot?

Sun, 06 May 2012 14:32:59 -0700
?Narrative Science [is] a company that trains computers to write news stories...The articles run on the websites of respected publishers like Forbes...And the articles don't read like robots wrote them." - Wired (May 2012); Steven Levy, "Can an Algorithm Write a Better News Story Than a Human Reporter?? ? Whitney Boyd and Jacob Bernstein, two ...
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Prepared for Zombies? Then British Columbia Thinks You’re Ready for Anything

Tue, 22 May 2012 23:11:47 -0700
The Canadian province of British Columbia is taking a different approach to emergency preparedness this year. To get the message through to residents, the government mixed a big dose of zombie survivalism into its messaging.
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The 5th Annual World Science Festival: Premiere U.S. Science Event Announces 2012 Programming Line-Up

Mon, 14 May 2012 10:01:29 -0700
5 Days, 50 Events - May 30th to June 3rd, 2012 - Tickets On Sale NowNew York, NY (PRWEB) May 14, 2012 The 2012 World Science Festival (http://www.worldsciencefestival.com) today announced an impressive line-up of cutting-edge science programs for its fifth anniversary season, May 30th to June 3rd, 2012 with more than 50 events designed to make the esoteric understandable and the familiar ...
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