Category Archives: Singularity

Dubbed living drugs, CAR T cells are bioengineered from a patients own immune cells to make them better able to hunt and destroy cancer. The treatment is successfully tackling previously untreatable blood cancers Continue reading →

Left: Kurzweil with Stevie Wonder, as advisor, shown here in the 1980s. Kurzweil Music Systems made the Kurzweil Keyboard K250, the first music synthesizer capable of re-creating the grand piano and other orchestral instruments. Continue reading →

Yesterday, Boston Dynamics announced it was retiring its hydraulic Atlas robot. Atlas has long been the standard bearer of advanced humanoid robots. Over the years, the company was known as much for its research robots as it was for slick viral videos of them working out in military fatigues, forming dance mobs, and doing parkour Continue reading →

Mathias Wehr Leads Westfalen Winds in an Epochal Musical Experience The Westfalen Winds ensemble is poised to make history with the debut of their concert Journey into Singularity at the Kulturhaus in Ldenscheid. Continue reading →

Stars like the sun are remarkably constant. They vary in brightness by only 0.1 percent over years and decades, thanks to the fusion of hydrogen into helium that powers them. Continue reading →

Graphene has been hailed as a wonder material, but it also set off a rush to find other promising atomically thin materials. Now researchers have managed to create a 2D version of gold they call goldene, which could have a host of applications in chemistry Continue reading →

16/04/2024 - 21 feature films, including two animations and two documentaries, grace the agenda of a selection full of surprises, and dominated by Patricia Mazuy, Jonas Trueba and Thierry de Peretti Visiting Hours by Patricia Mazuy "The idea is to delineate a real editorial line rather than a map of film production around the world. So well see some gambles, established names, film crushes and even movies which have divided the selection committee. Its about creating a strong identity with one particular focus in mind: the singularity of a films writing, as conveyed in the mise en scne, not to mention its poetry, authenticity, emotion and imagination". Continue reading →

Private equity (PE) firm Singularity Growth has announced investments totaling approximately Rs 400 crore across five companies, furthering its commitment to nurturing emerging growth opportunities. The beneficiaries of this investment include Lohum, Akshayakalpa, Classic Legend, Qucev, and Edville DC, with an additional undisclosed company set to receive further funding. The investments are part of the newly-launched Singularity Growth Opportunities Fund II, boasting a total corpus of Rs 2,000 crore Continue reading →

Vernor Vinge, prolific science-fiction writer, professor, and one of the first prominent thinkers to conceptualize the concepts of a Technological Singularity and cyberspace, has died at the age of 79. News of his passing on March 20 was confirmed through a Facebook post from author and friend David Brin, citing complications from Parkinsons Disease. Continue reading →

Vernor Vinge, science-fiction author and professor who popularized the idea of an artificial intelligence singularity and the term cyberspace, has died at 79. Hes best known for his works True Names, A Fire Upon the Deep, The Coming Technological Singularity and Fast Times at Fairmont High. Continue reading →