Brian Wang

a long time futurist (he won second place in the Honeywell University Futurist contest). Listed as a big Thinker on the KurzweilAI site Member of the Center for Responsible Nanotechnology taskforce. Advisor to the Nanoethics Group. Director of Research for the Lifeboat Foundation.


http://nextbigfuture.com
http://www.aboutsf.com/speakers/speakerinfo.php?speakerID=147
http://www.kurzweilai.net/bios/frame.html?main=/bios/bio0261.html?

AI and Robotic Breakthroughs that Multiple Scientific Productivity
Datamining of large datasets and determining physical laws (some previously undiscovered) which explain the data. Wolfram|Alpha can pop out an answer for any factual question that you might pose to a scientist, economist, banker, or expert. Adam robotic experiment replication and lab tech
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Synapse program and two separate Brain mapping projects
The Synapse program is to create am artificial synapse which would 20 times better than current transistor emulation then scale it 220 trillion units and emulate a human brain cortex. DARPA funding IBM and team from four universities.
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Nanosand could make deserts green: mitigate water scarcity, poverty and water wars
Waterproof sand is being placed into plastic sheets and then buried under the topsoil to create an artificial water table and reduce water losses in irrigation by 75%. 85% of middle east and North Africa water is used for irrigation. 3000 tons/day of nanosand already. 1 ton of sand would probably cover 10 square meters. 4 days to cover a square kilometer. First use of nanotech to start solving a major world problem.
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Approximating the scale of a Post-singularity Galactic Civilization
A likely minimum reversible computing capability for an advanced civilization is 10**29 operations per watt. 10**19 operations per second is a likely upper bound to simulate a human mind. 3*10**47 joules per year for the galaxy. ==> 10**50 simulated human mind equivalents.
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40,000 trillion tons of Hall Weather Machine for a Kardashev Type 2 Civilization
Ten million tons of nanometer think diamond shells of millimeter to centimeter size filled with aerogel and little electronics and then extra for converting concentrated light to power for a type 1 civ. 2 billion times more material deployed in space to capture the energy of a Type 2 civilization.
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Modha, IBM's latest brain emulation work and the brain emulation roadmap
IBM's Modha presented his latest brain emulation work at the Singularity summit and tieing this to the brain emulation roadmap
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Singularity Summit Follow up - Gershenfeld path to Programmable matter
Gershenfeld presentation similar to one he made at the April Avagadro Scale Computing conference. Conformal Computing, Asynchronous and Analog Logic Automata are ways to make programmable matter. 20 years to the Star Trek replicator.
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Singularity Summit Highlights
Intel has made millimeter size 2d and 3d catoms for claytronics. Intel will be making all digital radios [digital multi-radio] in 2009. Digital radios can be a lot smaller. Thousands per person planned.
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Zyvex gets another $9.7 million for Atomically Precise Manufacturing project
Zyvex has gotten $15 million in late 2007 and early 2008. This new funded work seems to be more focused on manipulating silicon molecules and quantum dots
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Nanodiamond drug delivery for localized, time released chemotherapy
- Drugs can be slowly released over time (several months).
- nanodiamonds can trap nearly 5 times compared to conventional drug delivery
- the new system localizes the drugs to minimize and mitigate side effects

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Muc1 protein mediates growth of stems cells - major breakthrough towards effective stem cell treatments
These studies represent a big step forward for human stem cell research and the future of stem cell transplantation. Previously Minerva Biotechnology reported that the MUC1 protein exists in the same altered form, MUC1*, on over 75% of human cancers. Genetically engineered stem cells have the potential to rejuvenate the human body, cure diseases and extend life. Stem cells seem to be key to the rejuvenation of the immune system, muscles and the cornea.
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DNA origami based nanomachine for microsurgery, direct cell interaction and neuro-imaging sensors
NIH has funded a DNA origami based nanomachine for future microsurgery and neuro-imaging sensors and direct cellular interaction. A remote controlled (via a gold nanosphere antenna) nanodevice that would communicate directly to cells/neurons. Good pictures included.
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Heartland Robotic goal of a low cost industrial robot revolution
Rodney Brook, X-CTO of iRobot, starting new company likely based on improved versions of Obrero robot for low cost industrial robot revolution
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Transgenic Genetic Engineering
Billion dollar industry mixing genes of different animals should perfect processes for transgenic people like cheetah like muscles for 45mph speed or gorilla muscles for more strength
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Finally experimentalists connected to Freitas and Merkle are funded
Work will finally begin to prove the theoretical nine molecular tools of Freitas and Merkle and begin the funded journey to MNT and nanofactories
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Revolutionary engines are here for power the Sarcos exoskeletno
The engines have many other uses but the exoskeleton is cool. The exoskeleton can boost strength of the wearer by ten times
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Future of long range commuting, 438 mpg commuter UAVs
Two passenger electric planes are emerging and they can have up to the equivalent of 438 mpg. they can go over 100 mph. UAVs are more advanced and proven than robotic driving.
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$3 billion real life super soldier program with transhumanist goals
The drugs and genetic enhancements and some technology which gets applied would allow for regeneration, faster healing, muscle strength enhancement up to current olympic levels, endurance of an Alaskan sled dog, cognitive enhancement, operate without sleep for many days without performance degradation, the metabolic energy of twenty year old for a forty or fifty year old and immunity to pain. Cell modification for soldier endurance would also be obesity cure. $40 billion/year benefit
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