GE Reveals Phone-Sized Ultrasound Device

post from Singularity Hub on 04 November 2009 11:16:44 AM. © Singularity Hub

The first time I saw this thing I thought, “Holy crap! An iPod mated with an X-ray machine.” General Electric (NYSE: GE) CEO and Chairman Jeff Immett debuted a pocket sized ultrasound scanner a few weeks ago at the Web2.0 conference in San Francisco. The Vscan is aimed at enhancing the level of diagnostic power [...]

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Singularity Summit 2009 Videos Available Online

post from Singularity Hub on 04 November 2009 11:06:48 AM. © Singularity Hub

Tired of just hearing about exciting conferences about the future? Do you want to know what it’s like to see some of the smartest people on the planet talk about the Singularity? Well, now you can. The Singularity Summit is an annual gathering of leaders in research, industry, and philosophy that give presentations and lead [...]

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I rather like frogs and blowflies, anyway

post from Pharyngula on 04 November 2009 10:49:46 AM. © Pharyngula

The vice-chancellor of the Australian Catholic University has compared atheists to Biblical plagues, which is quite nice of him. He seems to have forgotten that, in his mythology, those are usually sent by his god to chastise people and get them to change — is he going to ignore this divine message that is winging his way in March? Probably.

Anyway, the funniest part his screed is the first line: Attacking Christians is not really clever, witty or funny. It's funny because the rest of it is his clumsy attempt to attack atheists in a clever, witty, or funny way. It's cute in a oh-look-at-the-tyke-playing-dressup fashion, but it really undermines his message that it's bad to mock other ideas. Unless his message is really that it's OK to mock, except you don't get to mock the Catholic church.

Oh, wait…he does specifically tell the atheists to target smaller cults, so I guess that is his message!

He also whines a lot that the atheists are going after Catholicism, specifically. Sorry, not true: we despise all religions equally. It's just that Catholicism is fairly prominent, and populated by oblivious wankers who like to go all indignant and loud at the mildest poke. And since we like to hear them squeak, poke we do.

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Accepting the technological singularity

post from Machines Like Us - Science at the speed of thought on 04 November 2009 10:37:00 AM. © Machines Like Us - Science at the speed of thought

With some predicting Matrix or Terminator inspired doomsday events and others rolling their eyes with incredulity, discussion of a hypothetical technological singularity has picked up in recent years. Whether the increased publicity is due to the web's easy access media, writers and speakers such as Ray Kurzweil, Nick Bostrom, and Cory Doctorow, or the inescapable fact that it may happen soon, the concept has gained nearly mainstream recognition. Perhaps the rate at which we discuss the singularity follows Moore's Law, too?

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Why Ussher's calculations undermine the
credibility of the Bible

post from Machines Like Us - Science at the speed of thought on 04 November 2009 10:36:46 AM. © Machines Like Us - Science at the speed of thought

Bishop James Ussher actually did quite an impressive feat of calculation, careful and thorough, to arrive at his creation date of 4004 BCE. Once he had got the year of creation fixed, Ussher was able to provide precise dates for other key events in the Bible.

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What is unique in the brain of an Arabic speaker

post from Machines Like Us - Science at the speed of thought on 04 November 2009 10:32:25 AM. © Machines Like Us - Science at the speed of thought

Researchers reveal that literary Arabic is represented in the brain as a second language and not as a mother tongue.

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History in 3-D

post from Machines Like Us - Science at the speed of thought on 04 November 2009 10:27:48 AM. © Machines Like Us - Science at the speed of thought

If you don't have the time to travel to Florence, you can still see Michelangelo's statue of David on the Internet, revolving in true-to-life 3D around its own axis. This is a preview of what scientists are developing in the European joint project 3D-COFORM.

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World's First Street Legal Sofa goes to
87mph

From [Geeks Are Sexy] Technology News: Built by Edd China and David Davenport, the "Casual Lofa" holds the Guiness world record for "Fastest Furniture" and is the world's first street legal sofa. Check it out: Watch the video

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Follow Rosetta's final Earth boost

post from Machines Like Us - Science at the speed of thought on 04 November 2009 10:25:55 AM. © Machines Like Us - Science at the speed of thought

ESA's comet chaser Rosetta will swing by Earth for the last time on 13 November to pick up energy and begin the final leg of its 10-year journey to comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. ESA's European Space Operations Centre will host a media briefing on that day.

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Chrysler Set to Unveil Five-year Plan to
Profitability

From detnews.com - Autos Insider: Chrysler Group LLC is presenting its long-awaited five-year business plan today, outlining its vision on how it will address shortcomings and return to profitability. CEO Sergio Marchionne, board chairman Robert Kidder and managers will outline the

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