Robots Are Predicted Will Be More Clever Than Human

Machines will achieve human-level artificial intelligence by 2029, a leading US inventor has predicted. Some members of the US National Academy of Engineering have predicted that Artificial Intelligence will reach the level of humans in around 20 years. Ray Kurzweil leads the charge: 'We will have both the hardware and the software to achieve human level artificial intelligence with the broad suppleness of human intelligence including our emotional intelligence by 2029. We're already a human machine civilization, we use our technology to expand our physical and mental horizons and this will be a further extension of that. We'll have intelligent nanobots go into our brains through the capillaries and interact directly with our biological neurons.' Mr Kurzweil is one of 18 influential thinkers, and a gentleman we've discussed previously. He was chosen to identify the great technological challenges facing humanity in the 21st century by the US National Academy of Engineering. The experts include Google founder Larry Page and genome pioneer Dr Craig Venter.

Humans and machines would eventually merge, by means of devices embedded in people's bodies to keep them healthy and improve their intelligence, predicted Mr Kurzweil.

"We'll have intelligent nanobots go into our brains through the capillaries and interact directly with our biological neurons," he told BBC News.

The nanobots, he said, would "make us smarter, remember things better and automatically go into full emergent virtual reality environments through the nervous system".

Mr Kurzweil is one of 18 influential thinkers chosen to identify the great technological challenges facing humanity in the 21st century by the US National Academy of Engineering.

The 14 challenges were announced at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Boston, which concludes on Monday.

Data Transmition With A Touch

Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp (NTT) has developed an innovative human area networking technology called RedTacton (red implies a warm color; tacton is coined with "touch" and "action") that turns the surface of a human body into a data transmission path. RedTacton uses weak electric fields on the surface of the body as a transmission medium to enable data speeds of up to 10Mbps between any two points on the body.

While the idea of a "human area network" that works by using weak electrical fields on the surface of the body does creep us out a little, NTT's RedTacton system based on the concept does have a certain appeal. Imagine beaming data from your PDA to that of a business contact just by shaking hands — the data passes from your PDA to your "HAN" and then travels the same route to your counterpart. Imagine a wireless headset that carries music from your audio player to your ears via your skin. Imagine security systems that can track you every time you touch a conductive surface. Okay, NTT's utopian vision for this tech doesn't include that last example. But it does include ID-verification techniques, such as a smart door that can unlock by reading signals from a digital ID card as they're transmitted over your skin. We'll give Redacton the benefit of the doubt for now, but let's just say that some of its potential uses just, well, make our skin crawl.

RedTacton is characterized by three functional features: A communications path can be created with a simple touch, automatically initiating the flow of data between a body-centric electronic device and a computer that is embedded in the environment; the electro-optic sensor enables two-way communications at up to 10Mbps between any two points on the body; RedTacton can use a wide range of materials as a transmission medium, as long as it is conductive and dielectric, which includes water and other liquids, various metals, certain plastics, and glass.

NTT mentions possible applications including personalized one-to-one services, the intuitive operation of personal information devices, user-registration-free device personalization, and security applications.

Lobster, 5 Gadgets in Single Display

Today, almost everybody wants to possess an "all-in-one" device. Danilo Mangini has also designed a very interesting concept. His gadget Lobster consists just of a big screen and represents, at the first sight, nothing interesting or unusual.

Altogether there are 5 different modules in Lobster, they are MP3 player, GPS navigator, hard disk, camera and cardiometer. The fact that this gadget is quite stylish and functional will probably make some young people buy it. This gadget is still in concept phase and not in production line.

Hmmm, very small, funny and has many functions that every young people needed.

End of Yahoo?

As quoted from my favorite tech site:

Microsoft Wants To Buy Yahoo at $44.6 Billion! by SweBee.com

Microsoft has proposed an acquisition of Yahoo! for $31 per share or at apporximately $44.6 billon in cash and stock. Yahoo's latest disappointing earnings announcement helped to depress the stock price, making it a renewed target for a takeover.

If Microsoft success to acquire Yahoo, then how about Yahoo online services that are very familiar with many users? Many of Yahoo services are similar to Microsoft services. Will Yahoo services that are similar to Microsoft will be dead?

For example, will Yahoo Mail, Yahoo Finance or Yahoo Messenger still exist after the acquisition of Yahoo? Microsoft must rethinking of doing so, because Yahoo more expert and better than Microsoft in online media services.

No one can expect what will be happened after the acquisition of Yahoo. And for Yahoo lover, we can just wait and see for Microsoft action if Yahoo sell them to Microsoft.

Technology Watcher Preface

Hello, this is my first blog. My name is James. In this blog site, I want to share my opinion, thought, and experience with some software or hardware. I also visit many sites related to technology.

These are some websites that I always visit everyday:

• News.com - a website with good technology news


• Softpedia.com - a website cool download items


• SweBee.com - a simple website with good technology news, blogs and reviews. It seems that site will show some funny technology jokes :)


• Google.com - my best online tools that I ever had!