Difference between revisions of "technology"

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Overview

Links and information relating to technology, especially new technology (maybe eventually other areas).

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Related Pages

Links

Conferences

maybe this should go under futurism or transhumanism

2007-07-27 summary of talks at the 2007 World Transhumanist conference: "Would you give up your immortality to ensure the success of a posthuman world?"

Preservation

20th Century Technology Museum wiki

Progress

see /progress

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+==Overview==
+Links and information relating to [[technology]], especially new technology (maybe eventually other areas).{{seed}}
+==Related Pages==
+* '''sub-pages''':
+** [[/progress]]
+* '''topics''':
+** [[artificial intelligence]]
+** [[computing]]
+** [[nanotechnology]]
+** [[robotics]]
+** [[the singularity]]
+** [[time travel]]
+* '''related''':
+** [[technical writing]]
-Links and information relating to new [[Technology]]
 ==Links==
+===Conferences===
+''maybe this should go under [[futurism]] or [[transhumanism]]''
+* '''2007-07-27''' [http://www.reason.com/news/show/121638.html summary of talks at the 2007 World Transhumanist conference]: "Would you give up your immortality to ensure the success of a posthuman world?"
 ===Preservation===
 * [http://20thcenturytech.com/wiki/ 20th Century Technology Museum] wiki
 ===Progress===
-* '''Artificial Intelligence''' ''(see also The Singularity)''
+''see [[/progress]]''
-** [http://www.betterhumans.com/News/4882/Default.aspx Firm to introduce robot lawyers]
-* '''Artificial Life'''
-** [http://www.alife.org/ International Society of Artificial Life]
-* '''Computing''' ''(see also [[Computing]])''
-** [http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn8158 Moving print adverts coming soon]: printable display technology
-* '''Energy'''
-** [http://www.greencarcongress.com/ Green Car Congress]: "sustainable mobility"
-** 2005-10-18 [http://www.worldchanging.com/archives/003669.html White Light, No Heat]: extremely efficient form of broad-spectrum lighting using quantum dots
-* '''Fabrication'''
-** [http://fab.cba.mit.edu/ MIT Fab Lab] ([http://www.worldchanging.com/archives/001141.html article])
-* '''Medicine'''
-** [http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/10/051029100150.htm Stem cells turned into organ precursors]: possibility of growing fresh, genetically-compatible replacement organs
-* '''Nanotechnology'''
-** General Discussion / Planning
-*** [http://www.crnano.org/ Center for Responsible Nanotechnology]
-*** [http://foresight.org/ Foresight Institute]
-*** [http://icon.rice.edu/ International Council on Nanotechnology]: includes "Environmental, Health and Safety Database"
-*** [http://nanotechnology.com/ Nanotechnology.com]: industry news website; focus is nanomaterials, tends to be dismissive of nano-scale assembly / nano-factories (according to [http://www.worldchanging.com/archives/003685.html])
-*** [http://nanotube.msu.edu/ The Nanotube Site]
-*** [http://wise-nano.org/ Wise-Nano]: nanotech wiki
-** Techniques
-*** [http://www.worldchanging.com/archives/003750.html Tackling the Central Dogma with an Optical Trap]: Stanford lab figures out how to watch protein molecules at work, opening large new area of investigation
-* '''Nutrition'''
-** [http://www.worldchanging.com/archives/003067.html Fighting Global Warming with Lab-Grown Meat]
-* '''The Singularity'''
-** Reference
-*** {{wikipedia|Technological singularity}}
-** Software
-*** [[Cyc]]
-** Discussion
-*** [http://www.kurzweilai.net/ Kurzweil AI]: Accelerating Intelligence
-*** [http://www.singinst.org/ The Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence]
-*** [http://www.singularity.org/ Singularity.org]: links to several related sites
-*** Vernor Vinge's [http://www.ugcs.caltech.edu/~phoenix/vinge/vinge-sing.html 1993 lecture] explaining the concept, and a [http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/faculty/vinge/misc/WER2.html 2003 update]
-** News
-*** [http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/11/051101223046.htm first computer simulation of a ribosome]
-* '''Poverty Reduction''' (for lack of a better term)
-** [http://www.kiva.org/index.php Kiva]: micro-loan finder/seeker site