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WoW of Fortune
"...while sleeping on it hasn’t yielded any additional insight, there’s something intriguing about the idea of mashing up casino slot gambling with - of all things - an MMORPG."Singularity Reading Recommendations
"For those interested in more seriously exploring the issues of Artificial General Intelligence and the Singularity, I’d like to recommend the following writings ..." None of which are sf noPublic webcams, not CCTV, urged to avoid Big Brother society [in UK]
"Footage from surveillance cameras must be made freely available to the public if Britain is to avoid becoming a Big Brother state, researchers warned yesterday." Someone's been reading DaviClocking events at the nanoscale
Tiny things happen very quicklyArtificial Heart Cleared for Market
"The first self-contained implanted artificial heart received U.S. government approval for patients who are all out of options and would otherwise die." The transhumanist lobby must be stokeOpen Taxonomy
Jamais Cascio muses on the potential of 'open source scenario planning' - this first installment asks what exactly it means to be 'open'.Build Your Own (Virtual) Village, One Business at a Time
"What do you get when you mix SimCity with social entrepreneurship? Village, a multiplayer strategy game that puts the BOP hypothesis to work." Worldchanging reports.Japanese project promises blue-collar bots for aging society
If there aren't enough young people to look after the elderly, who the hell is going to build these robots, exactly?Life On The Web's Factory Floor
The rise of the digital working classCrossword software thrashes human challengers
"Two versions of the program, called WebCrow, finished first and second in a competition that gave bilingual entrants 90 minutes to work on five different crosswords in Italian and English."Make plastic 3D models from CAD designs using an automated "milling machine"
Homebrew fabricator/poor man's 3d printer for under $5000Night Thoughts on Human Expansion
Centauri Dreams argues against collective species pessimism, and advocates a positive attitude to progress rather than a 'it's all screwed already, why bother' sense of futility and failure.Technology's Future: A Look at the Dark Side
"It's a great time to be a Hollywood screenwriter, but rough on policy makers and business strategists." The New York Times looks at future technology. {Login with BugMeNot}Air Force Wants Software Spies
"Cyber agents will need to embody the ability to covertly travel across these mediums, constantly assessing the network layout, morphing itself as networks change, and remaining covert while mainBloodcompatible nanomaterial
Nanotubes are getting everywhere
