UPDATE from the editor at Evadot on 6/25/2009: It appears there has been quite a bit of controversy over this demo and TED has decided to withdraw this from their site. The details are here I can't come up with anything but: WHOA!. This blows me away. AND It's open source. Want the code? Get... Continue Reading →
5 things to be optimistic about
Everything is doom and gloom it seems these days, so we're going to focus on the awesome for a while. Here's 5 things that are happening worth jumping up and down about (and no, none of them is a damn cell phone): Commercial Space Exploration SpaceX, Virgin Galactic/Scaled Composites are redefining getting into space. The... Continue Reading →
Machines are intelligent when you separate them from their programming
We've talked a little in the past about what it means to be intelligent. Computers are really amazing machines. Their level of complexity is something we just take for granted. At the most fundamental level, computers just execute a predetermined set of instructions like: take this web page and display it like this add these... Continue Reading →
Are we talking about intelligent machines or sentient beings?
We often think about building intelligent machines to be sentient beings. In the movies, we always immediately give these beings the keys to our nuclear arsenal. This usually ends poorly. Creating artificial intelligence is different than creating artificial life. We need artificial intelligence to create artificial life, but don't need artificial life for a machine... Continue Reading →
The One Hundred Million Dollar Arm
Following the crash of his aircraft, an astronaut’s life hangs in the balance. Until, that is, scientists proclaim, “We can rebuild him. We have the technology.” It’s the stuff of a made-for-TV movie: a man is “rebuilt” with a right arm, both legs and a left eye of “bionic” implants. For $6 million… apparently $6MM... Continue Reading →
Getting to know the uploaded me.
If you could upload your brain into a computer and "live forever", would you? You may have to answer that question one day. Your body degenerates and we can't seem to stop it. Transferring your brain into something that would last forever seems like something to explore doesn't it? Your brain has something like 30... Continue Reading →
Caves are dark and I want a gas station in space
If you frequent this site as we get going, you're going to find that we're big big fans of TED. A great example of someone who embodies what we're trying to do here is Bill Stone. His 2007 TED talk is truly outstanding and only touches a few of the things he does that are... Continue Reading →
What the !@$% is Evadot?
Over the years, we've been a lot of things. These days we're looking for innovations in Experimental and General Aviation, with an eye for beyond earth. Things change 🙂 The old About page: In a TED talk a few years ago, Burt Rutan said "It's not good enough to have a generation of kids who... Continue Reading →
