Singularity HUB http://singularityhub.com News and Insights on Technology, Science, and the Future Sat, 08 Aug 2015 17:28:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.4 This Week’s Awesome Stories from Around the Web (Through Aug 8) http://singularityhub.com/2015/08/08/this-weeks-awesome-stories-from-around-the-web-through-aug-8/ http://singularityhub.com/2015/08/08/this-weeks-awesome-stories-from-around-the-web-through-aug-8/#comments Sat, 08 Aug 2015 17:28:27 +0000 http://singularityhub.com/?p=84730 ROBOTICS: What you need to know about artificial intelligence, and the imminent robot future Luke Westaway | CNET "Futurist Ray Kurzweil predicted in a 2005 book that a model of human... read more

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]]> http://singularityhub.com/2015/08/08/this-weeks-awesome-stories-from-around-the-web-through-aug-8/feed/ 0 Experience These Four Cutting-Edge VR Demos For Yourself http://singularityhub.com/2015/08/08/experience-four-cutting-edge-vr-demos-from-vrse/ http://singularityhub.com/2015/08/08/experience-four-cutting-edge-vr-demos-from-vrse/#comments Sat, 08 Aug 2015 15:00:02 +0000 http://singularityhub.com/?p=84644 As part of our month-long Future of Virtual Reality series, we want to highlight the most interesting, innovative work in VR today; and we want you to try it for yourself.... read more

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]]> http://singularityhub.com/2015/08/08/experience-four-cutting-edge-vr-demos-from-vrse/feed/ 0 Stories From Around the Web: Virtual Reality Is the Ultimate Empathy Machine http://singularityhub.com/2015/08/07/virtual-reality-is-the-ultimate-empathy-machine/ http://singularityhub.com/2015/08/07/virtual-reality-is-the-ultimate-empathy-machine/#comments Fri, 07 Aug 2015 15:00:37 +0000 http://singularityhub.com/?p=84028 From the earliest plays and novels, artists have created mediated experiences for their audiences to entertain, teach and expand perspectives. The best of these have catapulted audiences into magical worlds... read more

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]]> http://singularityhub.com/2015/08/07/virtual-reality-is-the-ultimate-empathy-machine/feed/ 0 Is the Future of Drones Dastardly or Daring? This Week’s Ask an Expert Is Now Airborne [VIDEO] http://singularityhub.com/2015/08/06/is-the-future-of-drones-dubious-this-weeks-ask-an-expert-is-now-airborne-video/ http://singularityhub.com/2015/08/06/is-the-future-of-drones-dubious-this-weeks-ask-an-expert-is-now-airborne-video/#comments Thu, 06 Aug 2015 16:00:38 +0000 http://singularityhub.com/?p=84715 Perusing the news, one might think the world of drones has quieted down. But hovering in the minds of those concerned about the impact of drones on society for better or worse are questions that that... read more

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]]> http://singularityhub.com/2015/08/06/is-the-future-of-drones-dubious-this-weeks-ask-an-expert-is-now-airborne-video/feed/ 0 How Virtual Reality Can Unleash the Greatest Wave of Creativity in Human History http://singularityhub.com/2015/08/06/how-virtual-reality-can-unleash-the-greatest-wave-of-creativity-in-human-history/ http://singularityhub.com/2015/08/06/how-virtual-reality-can-unleash-the-greatest-wave-of-creativity-in-human-history/#comments Thu, 06 Aug 2015 15:00:33 +0000 http://singularityhub.com/?p=84665 “Think about virtual reality like uranium. It can heat homes, and it can destroy nations.” – Jeremy Bailenson What would you do if you could do anything? Would you be... read more

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]]> http://singularityhub.com/2015/08/06/how-virtual-reality-can-unleash-the-greatest-wave-of-creativity-in-human-history/feed/ 3 Making Ideas Tangible: How 3D Printers Will Transform the Classroom http://singularityhub.com/2015/08/05/making-ideas-tangible-how-3d-printers-will-transform-the-classroom/ http://singularityhub.com/2015/08/05/making-ideas-tangible-how-3d-printers-will-transform-the-classroom/#comments Wed, 05 Aug 2015 16:00:28 +0000 http://singularityhub.com/?p=84638 When Windsor Boy’s School in England got a Makerbot Replicator 3D printer three years ago, its first contribution to the Design and Technology department was a ball of plastic spaghetti.... read more

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]]> http://singularityhub.com/2015/08/05/making-ideas-tangible-how-3d-printers-will-transform-the-classroom/feed/ 0 Is It Really So Bad If We Prefer Virtual Reality to Reality? http://singularityhub.com/2015/08/05/is-it-really-so-bad-if-we-prefer-virtual-reality-to-reality/ http://singularityhub.com/2015/08/05/is-it-really-so-bad-if-we-prefer-virtual-reality-to-reality/#comments Wed, 05 Aug 2015 15:00:27 +0000 http://singularityhub.com/?p=84009 As I've been developing this series, I've gotten to spend time with people who are working on the coolest innovations in virtual reality. Surprisingly, whether they're the CEO of a haptics... read more

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]]> http://singularityhub.com/2015/08/05/is-it-really-so-bad-if-we-prefer-virtual-reality-to-reality/feed/ 9 3D Computer Interfaces Will Amaze—Like Going From DOS to Windows http://singularityhub.com/2015/08/04/3d-computer-interfaces-will-amaze-like-going-from-dos-to-windows/ http://singularityhub.com/2015/08/04/3d-computer-interfaces-will-amaze-like-going-from-dos-to-windows/#comments Tue, 04 Aug 2015 15:45:42 +0000 http://singularityhub.com/?p=84441 Today, we spend as much time immersed in the digital world as we do the real world. But our computer interfaces are flawed. They force us to work in 2D... read more

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]]> http://singularityhub.com/2015/08/04/3d-computer-interfaces-will-amaze-like-going-from-dos-to-windows/feed/ 12 The Billion-Dollar Trait Behind Airbnb, Instagram, and Pinterest http://singularityhub.com/2015/08/03/the-billion-dollar-trait-behind-airbnb-instagram-and-pinterests-success/ http://singularityhub.com/2015/08/03/the-billion-dollar-trait-behind-airbnb-instagram-and-pinterests-success/#comments Mon, 03 Aug 2015 16:30:15 +0000 http://singularityhub.com/?p=84583 An overnight success… after 10 years of hard work. That's the story for my founding XPRIZE and co-founding Zero-G. It's also the story of Airbnb, Instagram, Pinterest and a lot... read more

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]]> http://singularityhub.com/2015/08/03/the-billion-dollar-trait-behind-airbnb-instagram-and-pinterests-success/feed/ 2 Virtual Reality Will Let You Experience the Awe Only Astronauts Have Known http://singularityhub.com/2015/08/03/virtual-reality-will-let-you-experience-the-awe-only-astronauts-have-known/ http://singularityhub.com/2015/08/03/virtual-reality-will-let-you-experience-the-awe-only-astronauts-have-known/#comments Mon, 03 Aug 2015 15:45:39 +0000 http://singularityhub.com/?p=83992 Virtual reality will entertain us, connect us, open up new digital worlds—but can it revolutionize our view of the real world too? Maybe. By making us all astronauts for a... read more

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