second life- March 1, 2007 Second Life Speaks - Imagine the POTENTIAL!. Today there was an article on TechCrunch entitled "Second Life Speaks." The article outlines a beta development for the world of Second Life in which residents will not only be able to talk with one another using VOIP protocol, but avatar's voices will be adjusted "relative to you based on the distance and direction of the speaker." Wow! Now that is getting more real life. I have been playing around in Second Life for some time and while my...http://radio.weblogs.com/0101747/categories/cognitivePsychology/2007/02/28.html#a823 sensors- March 1, 2007 Star Trek-like 'Tricorder' becomes science fact. Purdue University researchers have developed a portable sensing system to analyze chemical components, with "numerous promising uses for detecting everything from cancer in the liver to explosives residues on luggage and biomarkers in urine that prov... KurzweilAI.net Accelerating Intelligence Newshttp://radio.weblogs.com/0101747/categories/cognitivePsychology/2007/02/28.html#a818 AI- March 1, 2007 Let Robots Sweat the Boring Stuff. In advanced nations like Japan, populations are aging and shrinking. Combine that with ultrastrict immigration control and you get a situation in which "robomediation" makes a lot of sense. "Personally, I wouldn't mind living in a world in which ... KurzweilAI.net Accelerating Intelligence Newshttp://radio.weblogs.com/0101747/categories/cognitivePsychology/2007/02/28.html#a817 |