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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==
==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===
===Preservation===
* [http://20thcenturytech.com/wiki/ 20th Century Technology Museum] wiki
* [http://20thcenturytech.com/wiki/ 20th Century Technology Museum] wiki
===Progress===
===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
** cell phones in the Third World: [http://www.developments.org.uk/data/issue31/loose-talk.htm Loose Talk Saves Lives]

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Conferences

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Preservation

Progress

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