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Rise of the Machines

By Steve Huff 9/18/12 11:03am

Rise of the Machines

Your future ride (Wikipedia)

Near-Field Communication Means Pretty Soon Our Cars Can Argue With Each Other

A report from WNYC’s New Tech City indicates that in addition to driving themselves, our cars may one day be able to have conversations, as well. New Tech City’s Manoush Zomorodi questioned Transportation Nation‘s Alex Goldmark in the clip below and Mr. Goldmark said the future is in machines using Near-Field Communication (NFC) to communicate via shortwave.

Mr. Goldmark’s description of life with machines chattering around us sounds great, on the surface: Read More

By Nitasha Tiku 6/26/12 9:00am

Rise of the Machines

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Someone Call Sarah Connor, Google’s Brain Machine Learned to Recognize Cats

No big deal or anything. Don’t be alarmed. But Google’s secretive computer network simulating the human brain has learned to recognize cats. On its own. With no hints from its mortal creators. AH-HA! So this is how Skynet will begin.

The project, of course, comes out of Google’s clandestine X Labs, the same futuristic outfit responsible for augmented reality on your face and cars that drive themselves. Geeze, they just can’t make humans obsolete fast enough, can they? Read More