CallApp: Smart Phone AI Gives You Everything On Anyone

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CallApp provides users with all the information they need about anyone they communicate with, even if that contact is not in their contact-book or in any of their social networks. CallApp displays the contact’s latest photo, social activity, websites, email and additional valuable information. For example: my phone is ringing from an unrecognized number and before I answer I need some crucial information. Who is calling? Why are they calling? Is it urgent? With CallApp installed on my phone, I see that it’s actually a famous reporter [...]

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Socrates on the Wow Signal Podcast: Be Unreasonable!

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I know how hard it is start a podcast. So when budding podcasters ask me for an interview, I am always looking for reasons to say “Yes.” This is a re-post of my month-old interview for the Wow Signal Podcast recently started by Paul Carr. Since this is only the 3rd episode ever, the recording is still a bit rough around the edges. Never-the-less, I enjoyed talking to Paul and you might enjoy listening to it too. During our conversation with Carr we cover a variety of topics such as: [...]

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C 299,792 km/s: Derek Van Gorder’s Short Sci Fi Film

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C 299,792 km/s is the story of Lieutenant Commander Malleck, and her radical act of mutiny aboard the KESTROS IV. With the help of her co-conspirators, she attempts to harness this weapon of mass destruction for a grand new purpose. But when a contingent of ground crew led by Second Lieutenant Kai threatens her master plan, Malleck must use the ship against them in order to succeed. I have to say that I haven’t seen another sci fi short that pays as much visual, musical and ideological homage [...]

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Is Science The New Latin?!

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So the Pope (@Pontifex) is tweeting in Latin. And apparently without any hint of self-mocking irony. It hardly feels like a progressive move. One of the big problems of Christianity in the Middle Ages was that most copies of the Bible were written in Latin. Although Biblical texts underpinned the prevailing belief system, only a tiny elite of educated people was able to read those texts. If you can’t access the source of your knowledge of the world, you can’t question it and you become enslaved [...]

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Bob McDonald on Singularity 1 on 1: Follow Your Dreams!

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Bob McDonald is the national science correspondent and popular host of CBC’s radio show Quirks and Quarks. If you are Canadian it is virtually impossible that you have not seen or heard him on TV or radio for the past 30+ years. If you are not, then, you will be treated to some of his endless curiosity and infectious passion for science. During my Singularity 1 on 1 interview with Bob we discuss a variety of topics such as: the story behind his love for and inspiration by [...]

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Chris Eliasmith on Singularity 1 on 1: We Have Not Yet Learned What The Brain Has To Teach Us!

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Prof. Chris Eliasmith is currently the director of the Centre for Theoretical Neuroscience at University of Waterloo and the team-leader behind SPAUN – the brain simulation project that recently made news around the world. So, when I discovered that Eliasmith’s lab is just over an hour worth of driving from my place, I decided that I would take this opportunity to go talk to him in person. During my Singularity 1 on 1 interview with Chris we discuss a variety of topics such as: the story behind his desire [...]

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Airbus Envisions 2050: “Smarter Skies” with Formation Flying, Reduced Emissions and Travel Time

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Airbus vision sees concept planes flocking along ‘express skyways’ to cut time and emissions. Intelligent planes that are propelled into the air, flock in formation and fly ‘express skyways’ could cut time, delays, stress and emissions, according to Airbus experts. Those behind the wheel during rush hour aren’t the only ones stuck in traffic. Airbus says air passengers already spend more than 500 million hours in the air unnecessarily every year. Reasons include inefficient aircraft operations and routes that are anything but ‘direct’. That equates to [...]

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