Death by GPS

On March 23, 2011March 23, 2011 By A.P.In Technology, The Desert, The Desert1 Comment

People are blindly trusting their GPS, and sometimes getting into trouble. In Augst 2009, an 11 year old boy died after his mom followed their GPS navigator into Death Valley and they got stranded on a deserted road.

Read about this phenomenon here: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/travel/2014309399_trgpsdanger27.html

Thanks to WRP for bringing this to the attention of the It’s Interesting community.

Hacking Into Times Square With an iPhone

On March 17, 2011March 15, 2011 By A.P.In TechnologyLeave a comment

The title says it all – the video displays of Time Square can be easily commandeered with an iPhone.

Thanks to kebmodee for bringing this to the It’s Interesting community.

Read about it and watch the video here: http://theoriginalwinger.com/2011-03-15-guy-hacks-times-square-video-screens-using-iphone

The Singularity

On March 14, 2011February 16, 2011 By A.P.In Science, Survival, Technology, The Brain, The Future, The SingularityLeave a comment

According to renowned inventor Ray Kurzweil, by around 2045 the human race will become immortal by merging with super-intelligent computers.

The Singularity.

Read about his prediction here: http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,2048138-1,00.html

Are we living in a computer simulation?

On March 12, 2011February 16, 2011 By A.P.In Science, Technology, The Brain, The Future, The InternetLeave a comment

Read in this New York Times article how Nick Bostrom, an Oxford University philosopher, reasons that it’s mathematically likely that our universe is simply someone else’s computer simulation. But according to Bostrom, the situation isn’t even as hopeful as that portrayed in The Matrix. He argues that our existence is simply a network of computer circuits.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/14/science/14tier.html

Is the Internet running out of space?

On February 26, 2011February 7, 2011 By A.P.In Communication, Technology, The InternetLeave a comment

Well, not exactly. There’s now a new pool of Internet addresses that should last forever.

http://www.cnn.com/2011/TECH/web/02/03/internet.addresses.gone/index.html?hpt=T2

A bionic arm controlled by the patient’s own nerves

On February 18, 2011February 17, 2011 By A.P.In Engineering, Health, Medicine, Science, Technology, The Future, The SingularityLeave a comment

After an amputation, the nerves are left like programmed data cables floating in space. Dr. Todd Kuiken, director of the Center for Bionic Medicine and director of Amputee Services at The Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, has led a team that has made prosthetic limbs that utilize the body’s own remaining limb-controlling nerves after an amputation to allow them to control prosthetics just by thinking. The person thinks about what they want to move, which send impulses to the salvaged nerves that have been implanted into chest muscle. The resulting tiny changes in chest muscle activity are then translated into electical impulses that move the limb in the same manner that the person was thinking to move it.

http://pagingdrgupta.blogs.cnn.com/2011/02/17/bionic-arm-gives-hope-for-amputees/?hpt=C1

Apple’s 10-billionth app

On February 8, 2011February 7, 2011 By A.P.In Technology, The Internet1 Comment

This past weekend, Apple reached the milestone of the 10-billionth application being downloaded.

http://www.cnn.com/2011/TECH/mobile/01/24/app.store.10billion/index.html?iref=obinsite

The Accelerating Internet

On February 2, 2011January 24, 2011 By A.P.In Technology, The Future, The InternetLeave a comment

At the current rate of expasion, in 40 years the Internet will be a trillion times faster than it is today. Read what Dr. Hugo de Garis feels could result.

http://www.kurzweilai.net/globa-accelerating-technologies-will-create-a-global-state-by-2050