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more about #singularity The5thElephant: I have a feeling I know how we will be typing sans-keyboard in the near future. Recently they have been experimenting with detecting the position an... more » gregwhat: I strongly disagree on one part of your note: screen resolutions. Most of the time, when you look at printed material, you're looking at dots. And it... more » MMBman7171: Umm I am cool with avoiding the cyborg thing. I appreciate the fact that this kind of thing could help disabled people.....but seriously it is scary ... more » Kirkaiya: In the longer-term, assuming that direct-to-mind computing is indeed coming, interfaces might not be really "visual" at all. It's known that both dol... more » SGTalon: There are practical examples of HUD's that are very effective and used on a daily basis. Military Aircraft. There have been head mounted versions of t... more » :negated:: You do realize that after the pixels per inch number surpasses what the human eye is capable of seeing from a given viewing distance, anti-aliasing be... more » uhlume+gizmodo: "Apple's recent iMac revision increased the desktop monitor's pixels per inch rating to about 110. That's the equivalent of a laptop levels of density... more » spudhed: of course we are the limitation, or rather our lack of understanding of the body is the limitation, if we knew everything then adding extra functional... more » Software_Goddess: This guy really needs a tweezers, a razor, a loufa, and some moisturizer! #singularity more » ChocoboSandwich: We've reached our limit in the input department. But really, who cares? Going Ghost in the Shell and using mind control won't be here for a good half ... more » Nathan Obbards: Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn #singularity more » met2art: Anything that requires a user to wear gloves or glasses is junk that will swiftly be relegated to obscurity in a scrap heap. Such novelty junk has bee... more » nutbastard: the mouse and the keyboard are interesting devices, not unlike, say, the steering wheel. they do more to accomodate the inherent limitations of human... more » Joe Stoner: I think that you're tackling the problem from the wrong direction. You are assuming that we'll want a smaller device, and that we'll want to be able t... more » Platypus Man: Looks cool, but how far away are we from this? #singularity more » dragon:ONE: We've had wearable computing for ages. Remember this? It's from 2000 or so - the Xybernaut Poma. Wearable Windows CE device, for about $1500. If thes... more » Michai: I say weave a giant flexible organic led screen into a womans tank top and then apply some augmented Reality software to it... if there is a reason, ... more » jdale: Keyboards are actually a pretty good interface. You get tactile feedback, they don't make a lot of noise. Voice recognition is great, but fundamentall... more » zåɳzißarleɠёпȡ: relax guys.... ALL IS FULL OF LOVE! Edit: i see i'm very late to the party.. damn u interwebz!!! :D more » JohnnyQuine: Between my love of Björk and my disdain for transhumanists, I think I just blew a synapse seeing that image here. more » -
#userinterface
Gadget Singularity: Let's Ditch Our Buttons and Screens Forever
The past decade's march towards better gadgets shows a trend line pointing towards ultra powerful gadgets with UIs so seamless, they make Macs look like a punchcard computers. But if you think about it, we—not hardware—are the limitation. More » -
#thefuture
How Will Technology Affect the Future of Sex? Clones, Virtuality and Polyamorism
Are the rapid advancements in technology and science, in artificial-intelligence and genetics, leading us to a moment in time—a technological singularity—where ultra-intelligent machines improve on their own designs, while we humans are free to edit our own evolution? More » -
#manvsmachine
Specter of Deadly A.I. Looms In Wake of Invite-Only Asilomar Conference
Science fiction is great fun, but should we really be quaking in our boots over dangerous A.I. anytime soon? A growing number of scientists say yes, and the results of their February conference at Asilomar are finally being made public. More » -
#mysteries
What's in the Box? Is Mysterious Mishmash of Gadgets, Video Games, Apocalypse
This POVviral campaignadvertisementdemo film(?!) is an amalgamation of cell phones, VR headsets, Lost music, Half-Life references and hat tips to movies like 28 Days Later. But what, exactly, does it mean? More » -
#contest
Halloween Costume Competition: Robots Turn on Humans
From our last post on the matter: With Halloween around the corner, there's one thought that scares us more than any other. It's not Dracula or reanimated corpses. It's not TP'd houses or razor blade candy. It's the day when robots turn on humans in the battle for Earth. And to prep for the event, we're throwing a contest. Dress up like a robot that's turned on the human race, maybe win a pizza. More » -
#lhc
LHC Webcams Depict Horrifyingly Singular Moment
In case you weren't paranoid enough knowing that there's a 14-mile particle accelerator complete with Black Hole Button currently operational on this, your most favorite of planets, here's a dose of meta-reality that will make your palms even sweatier, a glimpse of live webcams monitoring the LHC Compact Muon Solenoid Experiment. Once you're sufficiently freaked out, you can share it with your most skittish and/or ignorant friends and family members, and watch them squirm with palpable existential terror. [Cyriak - Thanks Josh!] -
