This year’s Edge question — "What will change everything?" — has been posted. The answers always make for fascinating reading, and of course with this question many of them involve the various transhumanist technologies we detail in Eclipse Phase, such as AI and nanofabrication. Check it out.
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Five for the Future 12-23-08
Using nano to control the weather … and more The failures of voice print biometrics Placebo gene discovered New blast-protection adhesive Sex-chip stimulates pleasure center of brain
End of the Week, End of the World 12-19-08
Sure, our sun won’t go nova for a million years, but what are we going to do if someone or something ignites a fusion reaction inside a gas giant like Saturn or Jupiter, turning it into a giant bomb? Image: Senor Codo
Five for the Future 12-17-08
One space power to rule them all Saturn’s moon a good candidate for alien life Injectable artificial bone developed Scientists extract images directly from brain The clear future of electronics
Five for the Future 12-02-08
Making an old brain young by regenerating neural plasticity Tandem warheads for defeating reactive armor Organic sugar molecules could point to alien life Material discovered that’s almost as hard as diamond and slicker than teflon What a mere 10 years of abundant computing will bring us