| Advanced
Computing |
Cryonics |
Cybernetics
& Bionics |
Energy
& Transportation |
| Nanotechnology
& Micromachines |
Pervasive
Computing |
Robotics
& Artificial Intelligence |
Space |
Virtual
Reality |
| |
| Advanced
Computing. Smaller, faster and more
robust than anything around today - plus, the power of cooperative
computing, by harnessing PCs like yours. |
-
Binary
a Bit Behind Quantum Math
(Wired,
16 Jan 01)
-
Quantum Computers: Harnessing the
Power of Atoms, Molecules
(USA
Today, 12 Dec 00)
-
How
Does DNA Computing Work?
(GeneLetter, 2 Oct 00)
-
Companies Put Idle PCs to Work Through Net
(USA
Today, 17 Nov 00)
-
The Grid: A Computer Web for Astrophysics and More
(Space.com, 28 Sep 00)
Quantum
Discovery Could Mean Faster Computer Chips
(CNN, 27
Sep 00)
-
Molecular
"GENEius": The DNA Computer
(Techknowlogia, Sep-Oct 00 - free registration required)
-
Buddy, can you spare some processing time?
(C|Net News.com, 1 Sep 00)
-
DISCUSSION:
Distributed Computing Projects Other Than
Distributed.Net? (Slashdot, 30 Sep 00)
-
Enter the Era of Supercomputers
(USA Today, 5 Sep 00)
-
Better
Computing Through Paradoxes
(SF Gate, 30 Aug 00)
-
Atoms
Offer Giant Leap in Computing Power
(Forbes, 29 Aug 00)
-
Mouse That Feels: High-Tech Novelty or Start of a Revolution?
(Associated Press, 21 Aug 00)
-
Group Takes Next Step Toward Tiny Computers
(Reuters, 18 Aug 00)
-
Quantum Computers Aren't Just Theoretical (Wall St. Journal, 17 Aug
00 - paid subscription required)
-
Molecular Memory for Computers (Reuters, 17 Aug 00)
-
A Computer Brain That Teaches Itself
(London Times, 17 Aug 00)
-
Distributed
Computing Applied to Medical Research
(Slashdot, 8 Aug 00)
-
Business
World Taps Potential of Parallel Computing Project
(CNN, 7 Jul 00)
-
AMD
Working on 64-bit Chips for Desktop PCs by 2001
(ZDNet, 29 Jun 00)
-
IBM
Builds Gigantic Supercomputer for Nuke Simulations
(C|Net News.com, 28 Jun 00)
-
Distributed
Computing: The Secret Life of the Home PC
(NY Times, 8 Jun 00)
-
"Biocomputing":
Using DNA to Run Computers
(NY Times, 1 Jun 00 free registration required)
-
IBM
Computer: One Trillion Calculations per Second
(San Jose Mercury-News, 25 May 00)
-
Basing
"Electronics" on Entire Atoms Instead of Electrons Could Hasten
Quantum Computing
(Nature, 24 May 00)
-
NASA
Developing Optical Computer Components
(NASA, 28 Apr 00)
-
Quantum
Computing (MIT
Tech Review, May-Jun 00)
-
Holograms
to Revolutionize Data Storage
(New Scientist, 15 Apr 00)
-
"Instant-On"
Memory Device Could Store 400 Gigabytes Per Square Inch
(Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr 00)
-
Researchers
Form Company to Pursue Molecule-sized Electronic Switches
(NY Times, 23 Mar 00)
-
Computer
Chip "Sees" by Imitating Human Vision
(Reuters, 22 Mar 00)
-
IBM
Makes Breakthrough in Computer Memory
(NY Times, 17 Mar 00)
-
Gauging
the Limits of Quantum Computing
(NY Times, 7 Mar 00)
-
IBM
Will Use Electron Beams to Fit Billions of Transistors on Microchips
(ZDNet, 1 Mar 00)
-
New
Magnetic Microchips Will Be Smaller, Faster and Use Less Energy
(BBC, 25 Feb 00)
-
IBM
Scientists Pioneer New "Quantum Mirage Computing"
(IBM, 3 Feb 00)
-
RNA
Computer Clears 10-bit Hurdle
(EE Times, 1 Feb 00)
-
The
Strange Origins of the Flexible Electronics Plans
(New Scientist, 29 Jan 00)
-
A Supercomputer in Every Garage
(CNN, 20 Jan 00)
-
DNA
Computer Does Complex Calculations
(NY Times, 13 Jan 00)
-
DNA
As Computer Building Blocks
(Wired, 12 Jan 00)
-
SETI
Upgrades Cooperative Computing Software
(7 Jan 00)
-
Quantum
Computing and Cars Smarter Than You Are
(NY Times, 1 Jan 00)
-
IBM
Plans Machine 500 Times Faster Than Fastest Supercomputer
(NY Times, 6 Dec 99)
-
Computer
scientists poised for revolution on a tiny scale (NY
Times, 1 Nov 99)
-
IBM
Announces New, Flexible Transistors
(NY Times, 31 Oct 99)
|
Advanced
Computing
Links
Distributed.net
Guide to DNA Computers (DNA-2-Z)
About.com:
Quantum
Computing
Open Directory Project:
Computer
Science |
| |
| Cryonics
& Life Extension. Efforts
are underway to make humans live longer - and there is a possibility of
"freezing" the terminally ill so they can be awakened and cured
when medicine is far advanced. |
-
Scientists
Wager on Theory of Aging
(Associated
Press, 15 Jan 01)
-
Stretching
the Limits of Our Lifespan
(Worth mag, Feb 01)
-
Scientists
Say Aging May Result from Brain's Hormonal Signals
(NY
Times, 10 Oct 00 - free registration required)
-
Mayor
Suggests Cryogenically Freezing Death Row Inmates
(Associated
Press, 6 Oct 00)
-
"Human
Immortality is Achievable by 2029"
(Internet
Wired, 2 Oct 00)
-
This Year's Child May Live to be 130 Years Old
(London Times, 29 Sep 00)
-
Demographer Finds Evidence That Maximum Age
at Death in Humans is Rising
(BBC, 28 Sep 00)
-
Searching for Genes to Slow the Hands of Biological Time
(NY Times, 26 Sep 00 - free registration required)
-
In
Search of the Youth Fountain
(Wired, 23 Sep 00)
-
A Pill to Extend Life?
(NY
Times, 22 Sep 00 - free registration required)
-
'Suspended
Animation' Possible for Humans?
(BBC, 11 Sep 00)
-
Canadian Scientists Find Potent Antifreeze Protein That Equips Insects To Brave Winter
(Science Daily, 27 Jul 00)
-
Futurist
FM-2030 Dies, is Frozen
(Associated Press, 11 Jul 00)
-
Scientists
Aim to Take Sting Out of Death
(Sydney Morning Herald, 26 Jun 00)
-
Ice-Cold
Blood Substituted Dogs and Hamsters Revived After Prolonged Clinical Death
(BioTime, Inc., 17 Apr 00)
-
Bypass
of Glass (Nature
Science Update, 29 Feb 00)
-
Immortality
on Ice (FOX
News, 8 Oct 99 - EXPIRED)
|
Cryonics
Links
Alcor
Life Extension Foundation
American
Cryonics Society
Cryogenic
Society of America
CryoNet
Cryonics
Institute
NoDeath.org
About.com:
Cryonics
Open
Directory Project Links:
Cryonics,
Cryotech,
Cryosurgery,
Cryobiology |
| |
| Cybernetics
& Bionics. The interface
between flesh and silicon is evolving quickly. |
-
I
Am A Cyborg -- and I Love It
(Salon,
22 Jan 01)
-
Wearable
Translators
(U.S. Office of Naval Research, 19 Jan 01)
-
Clothes That Do The Thinking
(BBC, 30 Dec 00)
-
Smarty-Pants
Pants... and Shirts
(Washington
Post, 28 Dec 00)
-
Professor to Wire Computer Chip into His Nervous System
(CNN, 7 Dec 00)
-
A Step Beyond Palmtop: Collartop
(NY Times, 30 Nov 00 - free registration required)
-
Could the Paralyzed Use Thoughts to Command Robotic Limbs?
(CNN, 15 Nov 00)
-
Hey
Computer, Read My Mind
(Wired, 15 Nov 00)
-
Becoming
One with Your Robot
(Wired, 30 Oct 00)
-
Human
Chip Implants Not Going Skin Deep
(UK
Register, 27 Oct 00)
-
"Smart
Legs" for Amputees Soon
(UniSci, 19 Oct 00)
-
VIDEO:
Wearable
Gadgets Offer Modern Look for Military
(CNN,
19 Oct 00)
-
Microchips to Monitor
Meds (Wired, 28 Sep 00)
- Gluing
Cells to 'Biochips'
(UniSci,
25 Sep 00)
- Computers
That Read Minds
(Business Week, 13 Sep 00)
-
Control Your Computer with Your Mind
(Half the Planet, Sep 00)
Silicon
Tracking Devices to Be Implanted Under the Skin
(Salon,
7 Sep 00)
- Building
Better Brains
(South China Morning Post, 8 Aug 00)
- IBM
Aims to Put Computers on the Wrist
(C|Net News.com, 27 Jun 00)
- Boots
of the Future
(BBC, 26 Jun 00)
- NASA
Telescope Tech May Vastly Improve Human Vision
(Science Daily, 12 Jun 00)
- Think About It and Control Your World
(ABCNews, 9 Jun 00)
- Wearable
PCs May Not Be Far Off
(San Jose Mercury-News, 31 May 00)
- Wearing
Your Computer on Your Sleeve
(USA Today, 23 May 00)
- Controlling
Computers With Your Thoughts
(Univ. of Rochester, 3 May 00)
- A
Day With Professor Cyborg
(MSNBC, 1 May 00)
- Excuse
me, is that a monitor on your head?
(CNN, 31 Mar 00)
-
Chip Helps Paraplegic Walk
(Reuters, 20 Mar 00)
- Berkeley
Researchers Mate Human Cells With Circuitry
(Associated Press, 25 Feb 00)
- Kevin
Warwick, Cyborg 1.0
(Wired, Feb 00)
- Neuromaster
(Wired, Feb 00)
- The
Net in Your Fingertips: Personal Area Networks
(allNetDevices, 27 Aug 00)
- Geek
Out with Wearable PC
(CNN, 7 Jan 00)
- Computers
That Respond to Your Emotions
(NY Times, 6 Jan 00)
-
The Melding of Man and Machine
(N.J.
Star Ledger, 4 Jan 00)
- More
Details Emerge on IBM's Wearable PC
(C|Net News.com, 20 Dec 99)
- Getting
Rat Brains to Move Robotic Parts
(Scientific American, Nov 99)
- World's
First Cyborg: Man/Machine or Pipe Dream?
(UK Register, 10 Nov 99)
- Professor
Cyborg (Salon, 20 Oct 99)
- Scientists
Look Through Cat’s Eyes (BBC, 11
Oct 99)
- Wearable
Computer Maker Forges Ahead
(Washington Post, 11 Oct 99)
- The
New Bionic Man
(Popular Mechanics, Feb 99)
|
Cybernetics
& Bionics Links
Department of
Cybernetics (Univ. of Reading, UK)
Cyberonics,
Inc.
Optobionics
Corp.
onHand
PC, the smallest consumer computer
About.com:
Real World Cyborgs, Part
I, Part
II
Wearable Computers
Open Directory Project:
Cybernetics |
| |
| Energy
& Transportation. New ways to move from
place to place - and to power our lives more affordably. |
-
Scientists Working on Fusion Machine
(London
Observer, 31 Dec 00)
-
"Biomass"
Waste Products Could Soon Provide Energy
(Reuters,
15 Dec 00)
-
2001: An Odyssey Year for Fuel Cells
(Reuters,
15 Dec 00)
-
Keeping Three Eyes on the Road
(Wired, 22 Nov 00)
-
Car
Uses Air for Fuel?
(BBC,
24 Oct 00)
-
NASA
Tests Jetpack for Commercial Sales
(London
Times, 22 Oct 00)
-
Honda Shows Off Fuel-Cell Car
(Cars.com, 2 Oct 00)
-
Oil
Shortage Leads Novelist to Argue Against Cars
(Sunday Telegraph, 17 Sep 00)
-
Personal
Helicopter Set for Lift-Off
(BBC, 23 Aug 00)
-
NASA Studying Crystals as New Energy Source
(Beyond 2000, 16 Aug 00)
Micro Fuel Cells May Soon Revolutionize Consumer Electronics
(Knight Ridder, 10 Aug 00)
-
Plant
Oils May Replace Petroleum in Coming Years
(Purdue Univ., Jul 00)
-
NASA
to Begin Testing Fusion Reactor (Space.com, 21 Jul 00)
- Scientists
Look to Moonbeams for Earth Energy (Space.com, 13 Jul 00)
- U.S.
Computer Use Strains Power Supply
(London Telegraph, 11 Jul 00)
- Saudi
Oil Expert Thinks Fuel Cells Will Soon End the Age of Oil
(London Telegraph, 25 Jun 00)
- Fuel
From Human Waste
(BBC, 29 May 00)
- Old
Concept and New Technology Reheat the Promise of Solar Power
(LA Times, 8 May 00)
- Automakers
pumped about fuel cell potential
(CNN, 15 Dec 99)
- Researchers
fire up fusion research device
(CNN, 10 Sep 99)
- Flying
Contraptions for One
(Discover Channel Canada, 12 May 99)
|
Energy
& Transportation Links
SoloTrek
Engineering
System Co., Ltd.
Virtual
Tour of Nuclear Power Plants
Open Directory Project:
Energy,
Nuclear
Energy |
| |
| Nanotechnology
& Micromachines. Machines the size
of molecules can revolutionize engineering and medicine. |
-
A
Look at Nanotechnology, Atom by Atom
(USA
Today, 26 Dec 00)
-
Biomolecular
Motors with Metal Propellers
(Science Daily, 28 Nov 00)
-
Manipulating Molecules to Create Miracle Materials
(Business
Week, 27 Nov 00)
-
Scientists
Make a Bacteria-Sized Machine Work
(NY Times, 25 Nov 00 - free registration required)
-
Building
Machines Invisible to the Naked Eye
(San Francisco Chronicle, 24 Nov 00)
-
Nanocopters
Leave the Drawing Board
(BBC, 23 Nov 00)
-
"Bug-Driven"
Robots to Administer Drugs
(BBC, 22 Nov 00)
-
Turning
on the Nanoworld
(Nature
Science Update, 2 Nov 00)
-
No
Need to Fear: Nanotechnology is Here
(USA
Today, 24 Oct 00)
-
Electrical
Wires Made of DNA
(Technology Review, Sep-Oct 00)
-
Joining Living Cells With Manufactured Materials
(UniSci, 21 Sep 00)
-
A
Sparkling Discovery: Nanotech Used to Grow Diamonds
(Chicago Tribune, 12 Sep 00)
-
Canadian
Researchers Use Organic Molecules to Make Nanoscale Wires Which Could
Speed Computer Chips
(Wired, 10 Aug 00)
-
Researchers Build Motor Out of DNA Strands
(CNN, 9 Aug 00)
-
Nanotechnology
Promises Big Changes by Getting Small
(ZDNet, 2 Aug 00)
-
Microscopic Saxophone Images Given as Gift to President Clinton
(Cornell Univ., 12 Jul 00)
-
Microrobots
Could Play a Biotech Role
(MSNBC, 29 Jun 00)
-
Tiny
Robots Flex Their Plastic Muscles
(BBC, 29 Jun 00)
-
Microrobots
Plunge into Biotech
(Discovery.com, 29 Jun 00)
-
New
Microrobots Might Manipulate Single Cells, Science Authors Report
(EurekAlert, 29 Jun 00)
-
Sizing
Up Nanotechnology
(Wired, 26 Jun 00)
-
Will Tiny Robots Build Diamonds One Atom At A Time?
(Time, 19 Jun 00)
-
Copying
Nature to Develop Nanoscaled Technology
(Washington Post, 8 Jun 00)
-
As
Gadgets Shrink, They May End Up in Surprising Places
(NY Times, 3 May 00)
-
Nanotechnology in Computing
(US News & World Report, 1 May 00)
-
Nanotech
Engineers Should Learn Lessons from Evolution
(American Scientist, May-Jun 00)
-
Medicine
Meets the Final Frontier
(MSNBC, 12 Apr 00)
-
NASA
and Cancer Institute Team Up on Nano-Explorers for the Human Body
(NASA, 6 Apr 00)
-
IBM
Progress in Self-Assembling Nanotech
(NY Times, 17 Mar 00)
-
Intelligent
Self-Assembly
(MIT Tech Review, Mar 00)
-
A
Glimpse of Atomic Scale Computing
(LA Times, 3 Jan 00)
-
Sandia
Labs Join Rush to Nanotech
(Sandia, 21 Jan 00)
-
President
Announces Nanotech Initiative
(BusinessWire, 21 Jan 00)
-
Human
Cells Get Tiny Computers
(Reuters, 5 Jan 00)
-
Nanomedicine
Nears the Clinic
(MIT Tech Review, Jan 00)
-
World's
Smallest Transistor
(BBC, 19 Nov 99)
-
Working
in Nanospace
(Upside, 17 Nov 99)
-
Scientists
See Potential in DNA for Tiny Machines
(BBC, 15 Nov 99)
-
Big
Expectations from Micromachines
(Washington Post, 13 Nov 99)
-
University
of Michigan Scientists to Develop Nano. ‘Smart Bombs’ to Destroy
Cancer Cells (Boston Globe, 20 Oct 99)
-
Special Report
-
How
Nanotechnology Will Change the World
(C|Net, 20 Oct 99)
-
Nanotechnology:
From Science Fiction to Fact
(SJ Mercury-News, 15 Oct 99)
-
The
World’s Smallest Motors (ABCNews, 9 Sep 99)
-
Nanostructure
Science and Technology (National Science & Tech Council, Sep 99)
-
Toward
the Molecular Computer Chip
(CNN, 20 Jul 99)
-
The
Smallest Machine (ABCNews, 20 Mar 99)
|
Nanotechnology
& Micromachines Links
Background (UTexas)
Center for Biologic Nanotechnology (U-M)
Center
for Nanoscale Science and Technology (Rice Univ.)
Foresight
Institute
Institute
for Molecular Manufacturing
Introduction to
NanoProbe Technology
Nanomedicine
(Robert A. Freitas Jr.)
Nanotech
Database
Nanotech
Magazine
Ralph Merkle (Nanotech Expert)
Xerox PARC: Nanotechnology
Zyvex
About.com:
Nanotechnology
Open Directory Project:
Nanotechnology |
| |
| Pervasive
Computing. Everyone and
everything connected, all the time, across an invisible, universal network.
|
-
Evolution
of Computing: The Cusp of a New Era
(Software
Development mag, Jan 01)
-
Microsoft's House of Tomorrow
(Feed magazine, 2 Jan 01)
-
"Intelligent
Homes" in Development
(Xinhua,
10 Jan 01)
-
Computing
Goes Everywhere
(MIT Tech Review, Jan-Feb 01)
-
Honda
Unveils Internet Cars
(Associated Press, 9 Oct 00)
-
Connecting
Your Car to the Web
(Wired, 9 Oct 00)
-
Hello,
This is Your Sleeve Speaking
(Bloomberg
News, 6 Oct 00)
-
New
Material Could Change Entire Fabric of Electronics
(CNN, 28
Sep 00)
-
Future
Watch: Digital Clothing, Fax Pens
(PC World, 31 Aug 00)
-
New Wired Clothing Line Comes with Personal Network
(IDG, 18 Aug 00)
-
'Techno' Clothing Hits High Street
(BBC, 16 Aug 00)
- Company
Builds Futuristic Wired House With Gadgets That Talk to Each Other
(Reuters, 2 Aug 00)
-
Universal Computing Raises Privacy Fears
(Wired, 21 Jul 00)
- Car Accidents Drive Push for "Smart Technology"
(Associated Press, 20 Jul 00)
- Fridges
to Be Hit By Net Virus
(UK Register, 21 Jun 00)
- Project
Aims to Make Computers Universal
(Associated Press, 21 Jun 00)
- The
World Wide Washing Machine
(Reuters, 7 Jun 00)
- What
Do You Get When You Cross the Net With a Kitchen Appliance?
(BBC, May 00)
- Study
Shows that Cars and Internet are Potent Mix
(allNetDevices, 7 Apr 00)
- Person-centric
Pervasive Computing
(Chicago Tribune, 21 Feb 00)
- There's
a PC in My Salt Shaker
(Wired, 19 Feb 00)
- Companies
Revving to Produce Appliances for the "Smart Home"
(Washington Post, 18 Jan 00)
- Ford
and GM Preparing E-Cars for Market
(NY Times, 16 Jan 00)
- Sony
Working With GM on E-Car
(C|Net News.com, 7 Jan 00)
- Seton
Hall's Conference on Ubiquitous Computing
(6-8 Jan 00)
- Designing
the Invisible Computer
(NY Times, 28 Oct 99)
- The
Next Wave: Everything Connected
(Newsweek, 25 Oct 99)
- Intelligent
Devices, Always Connected
(InfoWorld, 25 Oct 99)
-
The Oxygen Project (Scientific American, Aug 99)
- Cyberhomes
on the Horizon?
(C|Net News.com, 30 Apr 98)
|
Pervasive
Computing Links
MIT
Laboratory for Computer Science
|
| |
| Robotics
& Artificial Intelligence. "Dumb" robots
are already common in manufacturing; will intelligent ones ever be a
reality?
|
-
Researchers:
It's Time for Intelligent Robots
(BBC, 25 Jan 01)
-
Robot
Heart Surgery Set for UK
(BBC, 8
Jan 01)
-
Robotic Cat is Toy Hit of the Holidays
(NY Times, 29 Dec 00 - free registration required)
-
Artificial Intelligence Hasn't Peaked Yet
(NY Times, 28 Dec 00 - free registration required)
-
Robots Lay Fiber-Optics in City Sewers
(USA
Today, 27 Nov 00)
-
Robots
More Common on Factory Floor
(Economist, 19 Oct 00)
-
Robots
That Bounce Like Grasshoppers
(New Scientist, 18 Oct 00)
-
Robot
Toys and Buddies in Our Future
(Salon, 13 Oct 00)
-
Snakebots
Soon to Slither Through Solar System
(ENN, 13 Oct 00)
-
Robo-Dog
to Fetch Profit for Sony
(Reuters, 12 Oct 00)
-
Go
Robot: Here Come the Mechanical Monsters
(Washington
Post, 6 Oct 00)
-
Sony
to Launch New Pet Robot by Year's End
(Reuters,
5 Oct 00)
-
Giving Robots The Sense Of Touch That Humans Have
(UniSci, 25 Sep 00)
-
New
Book Asks Why Roboticists Are Building Machines in Their Own Image
(Salon, 14 Sep 00)
-
Can Robots Rule the World? Not Yet
(NY Times, 12 Sep 00)
- Aping
Biology, Computer Guides Automated Evolution of a Robot
(NY Times, 31 Aug 00 - free
registration required)
- Inventor
Builds Gun-Wielding Robot
(London Times, 31 Aug 00)
- Robots
Create Revolution in Evolution
(London Guardian, 31 Aug 00)
-
Thai 'Robocop' Tools Up
(BBC, 31 Aug 00)
- RESEARCH PAPER:
Automatic
Design and Manufacture of Robotic Lifeforms
(Nature, 31 Aug 00)
- VIDEO: See
the computer-controlled evolution of robots
(Nature, 31 Aug 00)
- Competition
for Rescue Robots
(Discovery.com, 2 Aug 00)
- New
Robotic Wheelchair Designed for the Real World
(Wired, 27 Jul 00)
- New
Toy Robot Can Power Itself With Meat
(New Scientist, 22 Jul 00)
- Computer
Taught Itself Checkers
(NY Times, 25 Jul 00)
- VIDEO: Watch
a Robot Walk on Two Legs
(Associated Press, 24 Jul 00)
- Do
You Want Software Deciding Who Gets Your Attention?
(Salon, 18 Jul 00)
-
World's First Armed Roboguard
(Bangkok Post, 17 Aug 00)
- Microsoft
Sees Software "Agent" as Way to Avoid Distractions
(NY Times, 17 Jul 00 - free registration required)
- FDA
OKs Robotic Surgery
(Wired, 12 Jul 00)
-
Human-Shaped
Robot Wows Japanese (BBC, 1 Jul 00)
-
Net
Becoming a Global Brain?
(New Scientist, 24 Jun 00)
-
Brain-Like
Circuit Could Lead to More Complex Computers
(Reuters, 21 Jun 00)
-
"Robonaut"
Prepares for Spacewalking Duties
(CNN, 13 Jun 00)
-
Slave
to the Machine (SpaceDaily,
12 Jun 00)
-
Animal-Like
Robots Could Explore Planets
(Space.com, 7 Jun 00)
-
Robotic
Short Order Cook Amazes Restaurateurs
(Chicago Tribune, 22 May 00)
-
Chess-Playing
Computer Sparks Animosity
(BBC, 8 May 00)
-
Autonomous
Robotic Wheelchairs Premiered
(New Scientist, 6 May 00)
-
The
Future: Robots to Drive Taxis and Rescue People from Fires
(London Guardian, 1 May 00)
-
German
Robot "Klaus" Passes Driving Test
(Reuters, 31 Mar 00)
-
The
Future of Humanoid Robots
(Discover, Mar 00)
- Engineers
Strive to Build Robots That Work Together
(San Jose Mercury-News, 6 Mar 00)
- Robot
Monkey Can Swing Across "Branches"
(BBC, 2 Feb 00)
- "Nomad"
Robot Searches Antarctica for - and Finds - Meteorites
(Carnegie Mellon University)
- Trends
in AI (CNN, Nov
99)
- Neural
Net Demonstrates Superhuman Speech Recognition
(USC, 30 Sep 99)
- A
photo-essay on
robots, including some that can change facial expressions and can be used
underwater (Business Week, 13 Dec 99)
- The
Liquid Genius of Tomorrow's Robots
(New Scientist, 25 Sep 99)
-
NEC
Develops Friendly, Walkin' Talkin' People Partner Personal Robot (31
Aug 99)
- Scientists at MIT
and in Japan
Create Different Robot Fish (various sources, through 25 Feb 99)
- March
of the Biobots (New Scientist, 5 Dec 98)
|
Robotics
& Artificial Intelligence Links
*
Aibo,
Sony's Robotic Dog
*
Applied
Chaos Lab
*
Computer Vision Handbook (Harvey Mudd College)
*
Cool Robot of the Week
(NASA)
*
Counter Intelligence (MIT Media Lab)
*
Golem
Project (Brandeis Univ.)
* PAPER:
When
Will Computer Hardware Match the Human Brain? (Journal of
Transhumanism)
*
Special:
AI
and A-Life
(New Scientist)
About.com:
Artificial
Intelligence,
Robots
& Robotics
Open
Directory Project:
Artificial
Intelligence, Robotics |
| |
| Space.
The future of
humanity beyond our own fragile planet. |
Coming Soon:
Space Tourism
(various sources through 16 Feb 01)
Will ordinary people be taking
trips to space soon? One American millionaire is willing to pay the
Russians $20 million to
visit space in the first half of 2001. A U.S. company
will start offering high-altitude trips (not quite reaching Earth's
orbit) within
the next five years. And a Japanese venture hopes to have a space-touring
service operational by 2016.
-
Space
Station Life Noisy and Hectic, But Never Dull
(Associated Press, 24 Jan 01)
-
Extremely Efficient Nuclear Fuel Could Take Man to Mars in Just Two Weeks
(Science
Daily, 3 Jan 01)
-
BBC
Gameshow to Send Winners to Space
(London
Independent, 14 Jan 01)
-
Scientists
Bring Light to Full Stop, Hold It, Then Send It on Its Way
(NY
Times, 18 Jan 01 - free registration required)
-
College
Students Building Space Probe
(Business Week, 2 Jan 01)
-
Mir
Space Station Slips in and Out of Radio Contact
(Washington
Post, 26 Dec 00)
-
Internet
Blasts Off for Outer Space
(UK
Register, 3 Nov 00)
- First
Crew Moving In
(Washington Post, 30 Oct 00)
- First
Space Station Crew Hours from Liftoff
(CNN, 30 Oct 00)
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Russian
Spaceship Sold Online
(Upside,
27 Oct 00)
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NASA
Unveils New Mars Exploration Plan
(CNN, 26 Oct 00)
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Balancing
the Rights of Possible Martian Life Against Human Exploration
(SpaceDaily,
23 Oct 00)
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Russia
Plans (Again) to Scrap Mir Station
(CNN, 23
Oct 00)
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China
Joins Space Race with Robot Trip to Moon
(London Independent, 20 Oct 00)
- Bouncing
Robots for Planetary Exploration
(New Scientist, 18 Oct 00)
- Snakebots
Soon to Slither Through Solar System
(ENN, 13 Oct 00)
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Can
Mars Be Terraformed?
(Wired, 11 Oct 00)
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Who Owns the Garbage on the Moon?
(ABCNews, 28 Sep 00)
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NASA
Funding Anti-Gravity Research
(Space.com, 28 Sep 00)
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Robotic
Pair Planned as First Lunar Colonists
(Space.com, 18 Sep 00)
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Build
Your Own Spaceship
(New Scientist, 16 Sep 00)
-
Milestone
in Effort to Map Killer Asteroids
(Space.com, 7 Aug 00)
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Extended
Living in Space Would Seriously Damage Health
(BBC, 12 Jul 00)
-
Arctic
Mars Simulation Faces Major Setback
(MSNBC, 11 Jul 00)
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Scientists
Plot Map of Asteroids That Could Threaten Earth
(CNN, 28 Jun 00)
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Winning
the Next Space Race - for Tourism
(Wired, 26 Jun 00)
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NASA
Has Found Evidence of Liquid Water on Mars
(Space.com, 21 Jun 00)
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New
Plasma Rockets May Halve Time Required for Mars Trip
(NASA, Jun 00)
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Spacewalkers
Suit Up With Advanced Jet Packs
(Space.com, 21 May 00)
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Space
Mission Debris Rains from Sky
(Space.com, 10 May 00)
-
Hubble Telescope Turns 10 Years Old
(CNN, 24 Apr 00)
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First
Privately-Funded Manned Space Mission Blasts Off for Mir
(CNN, 4 Apr 00)
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Mars
Effort Overhauled After Goof
(MSNBC, 28 Mar 00)
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Net
Father Sees Interplanetary Internet
(Chronicle of Higher Education, 15 Mar 00)
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Space:
No Air, No Gravity, No Taxes?
(Space.com, 11 Mar 00)
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Russians
Test Revolutionary Reusable Spacecraft
(CNN, 9 Feb 00)
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OPINION: On
to Mars (Weekly
Standard, 31 Jan 00)
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Russia
& U.S. Will Bring a Commercial Venture to the Space Station
(Space.com, 10 Dec 99)
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Mars
"Internet" Could Help Future Missions Phone Home
(Space.com, 7 Dec 99)
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How to Make Interstellar Travel Possible
(MSNBC, 22 Oct 99)
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Proposal
for an Interstellar Spaceship
(ABCNews, 14 Jan 99)
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New "Virtualized Reality" TV Premieres During Superbowl
(Science Daily, 26 Jan 01)
-
Scientists
Cook Up Virtual Sex Technology
(IDG, 19
Jan 01)
-
The
Virtual Reality Shrink
(Salon, 9
Jan 01)
-
Shrinking
Scientists -- Virtually
(MSNBC, 15 Jan 01)
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Three
Dimensional Image Greets Shoppers in New York
(CBS News, 23 Dec 00)
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Net
World Gets a Whiff of Click & Sniff
(TechWeb,
26 Oct 00)
-
Cybersphere
Brings Star Trek's 'Holodeck' Closer to Reality
(SpaceDaily,
23 Oct 00)
- Virtual
Reality Teachers in a Decade?
(Inter@ctive
Week, 9 Oct 00)
-
"3D
Printers" in Development
(New
Scientist, 30 Sep 00)
-
CBS
Sued for Computerized Logo Switch
(Law.com, 28 Sep 00)
-
Click-and-Sniff
Computers Due Soon
(Reuters, 7 Sep 00)
- Virtual
Presidential Candidate Steps Up to Podium
(C|Net News.com, 13 Sep 00)
- Virtual
Reality Cures Fear of Flying (USA
Today, 18 Aug 00)
- 3-D That Could Transform the Web
(Business Week, 10 Aug 00)
- Lying
With Pixels (MIT
Tech Review, Jul-Aug 00)
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