Mikhayl Von Riebon's Blog – April 2009 Archive (6)

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"Internet has only just begun: founders"

WHILE the internet has dramatically changed lives around the world, its full impact will only be realised when far more people and information go online, its founders said today.



http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,25373474-23109,00.html





"Bionic eye gets $50m grant"

THE Rudd Government will invest $50 million towards the development of a bionic… Continue

Added by Mikhayl Von Riebon on April 22, 2009 at 9:14pm — No Comments

Some interesting Wiki Entries

Some interesting wiki entries



Digital philosophy



"Digital philosophy is a new direction in philosophy and cosmology advocated by certain mathematicians and theoretical physicists, e.g., Gregory Chaitin, Edward Fredkin, Stephen Wolfram, and Konrad Zuse (see his Calculating Space)."



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Philosophy



Singularitarianism



"Singularitarianism is a moral philosophy based upon the belief that a technological… Continue

Added by Mikhayl Von Riebon on April 16, 2009 at 10:21pm — No Comments

Facebook celebrates 200 millionth user

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,25312348-23109,00.html



HOT social networking website Facebook expects to welcome its 200 millionth user, co-founder Mark Zuckerberg said.



Mr Zuckerberg, who created Facebook with two Harvard University roommates five years ago, announced the milestone in a post on the official Facebook blog.



"We will welcome our 200 millionth user to Facebook some time today,'' the 24-year-old chief executive said, describing it as a "really… Continue

Added by Mikhayl Von Riebon on April 8, 2009 at 8:10pm — 4 Comments

CB2, the Robo-Boy prototype of the next generation

http://www.news.com.au/technology/story/0,28348,25301664-5014239,00.html



A BALD, child-like creature dangles its legs from a chair as its shoulders rise and fall with rythmic breathing and its black eyes follow movements across the room. It's not human - but it is paying attention.



Below the soft silicon skin of one of Japan's most sophisticated robots, processors record and evaluate information. The 130cm humanoid is designed to learn just like a human… Continue

Added by Mikhayl Von Riebon on April 6, 2009 at 11:51pm — 6 Comments

Battery built out of virus could power iPods, cars - MIT

http://www.news.com.au/technology/story/0,25642,25283329-5014239,00.html



SCIENTISTS have engineered a virus that could form a battery three times more powerful than those found in gadgets today.



The bio-battery could conceivably power mp3 players, mobile phones, and possibly even a car.



The genes in the virus, dubbed M13, were modified to collect negatively charged particles and build a powerful, tiny electrode out of metal compounds and carbon… Continue

Added by Mikhayl Von Riebon on April 3, 2009 at 1:35am — No Comments

The global economic crisis threatens to create failed states, UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon warns

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,25278784-2,00.html



Agence France-Presse

April 02, 2009 12:23pm



UN chief Ban Ki-moon has warned that failing to act to halt the global economic crisis could lead to widespread social unrest and failed states, ahead of the G20 crisis summit in London.



"What began as a financial crisis has become a global economic crisis,'' the UN secretary general wrote in an article in today's Guardian newspaper in Britain.



"I… Continue

Added by Mikhayl Von Riebon on April 1, 2009 at 10:34pm — 6 Comments

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