Ray Kurzweil
This Mortician Wants You to Take a Hands-On Approach with Corpses
"We are entrenched in the idea that dead bodies are dangerous, and we are entrenched in the idea that it is better to have professionals do it... American death is a really recent invention."
The Coming Robot Apocalypse Looks Like a Bunch of Spreadsheets, Not Killer Drones
We're succumbing to the economic equivalent of carbon monoxide. The future we were promised, of limitless leisure kept afloat by a few breezy hours of work each week, looks more distant than ever. Our destruction by automatons is disappointingly un...
Ray Kurzweil Says We'll Be 3D Printing Our Clothes in Less Than 10 Years
But the fashion industry isn't too comfortable with the disruption.
Scientists Found a Genetic Switch to Reverse Aging in Neurons
Researchers at Yale found a genetic means to teach an old mouse new tricks.
Brain Cells May Live Longer When Not Tied to Their Weakling, Mortal Flesh
Bring on the Krang-style immortality.
Here's Your Ray Kurzweil Grain of Salt
Neuroscientist Christof Koch delivers a worthy takedown of the prophet's new book.
The Singularity (Summit) is Here
The thing with the singularity is that everyone was really stressed out about it, scared of it or unconvinced of it for a long time. Until it got here. Now people seem more or less contented by the fact that technology is an extension of who they are...
Envoy Will Keep You Immortal Through Facebook, or Will It? (Q+A)
I don’t even know you but I’ll tell you right now that you’re going to die. I might die first, depending on how the rest of this week goes, but everyone is going to have to take that dirt nap sooner or later. People have been worrying about this for as...