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  • February 2008
    • Future Sunny for Solar Power

      Future Sunny for Solar Power

      (Newser) - Don’t sweat the energy crisis, say scientist Ray Kurzweil and Google co-founder Larry Page, who predict that within 20 years we’ll be getting 100% of our energy from the sun, based on current solar technology and growth trends. Kurzweil’s fortune-telling record is pretty good: He foresaw the fall of the Soviet Union, and the Internet revolution, too, LiveScience reports. More »

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      Google   solar power   Larry Page   solar panel   Energy crisis   solar cells   predicting the future   Ray Kurzweil

    • A.I. Will Match Human Brain in 20 Years

      A.I. Will Match Human Brain in 20 Years

      (Newser) - One engineer and futurist says it’s only a matter of time before machines are as smart as people, and people are part machine, the BBC reports. Ray Kurzweil claims that artificial intelligence will produce human-level smarts and even emotions by 2029. Humans, meanwhile, will inject nanobots into their brains to improve intelligence. More »

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      brain   intelligence   robots   artificial intelligence   nanotechnology   Ray Kurzweil   futurism

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