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"AGI (sometimes referred to as strong AI) is different from conventional AI (weak AI) in the sense that it is capable of performing (and learning from) very general tasks. Most AI (weak AI) is programmed to perform a very specific task, such as decoding house signs in Google Streetview, or IBM's Jeopardy-playing Watson. AGI, on the other hand, is programmed so that it solves problems in a much more human way. Where weak AI is usually characterized by speed and accuracy, strong AI is more closely linked to reasoning, planning, self-awareness, consciousness, and communicating in natural language. In other words, if you want to build useful, human-like robots, you need a really good AGI."

"The Human Connectome Project aims to provide an unparalleled compilation of neural data, an interface to graphically navigate this data and the opportunity to achieve never before realized conclusions about the living human brain."

next challenge : designing for the human brain support rather than distract from goal oriented behavior self awareness rather than self conciousness give feedbakcs, but avoid chart fatigue (living services)

WHAT IF THERE WERE AN EASY WAY TO CONNECT WITH PEOPLE IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD WHO HAD THE SAME HEALTH PROBLEMS AS YOU? THAT'S JUST ONE IDEA FROM THE WINNERS OF THE KNIGHT FOUNDATION'S CHALLENGE FOR NEW TOOLS THAT USE HEALTH DATA. Camden Health Explorer : An interactive tool that aggregates health data and medical insurance claim data and maps them by both geography and demographics. The Camden Coalition of Healthcare Providers hopes the tool can help hospitals and healthcare providers target their resources more effectively. ■ Crisis Text Line : Created by DoSomething.org, this free text messaging counseling service for youth has already served 14,000 teens during its beta test in 2013. In the future, DoSomething plans to launch a national service and create an anonymous database providing information for and about teens in crisis. ■ Homebrew Sensing Project : This project from Public Laboratory will use the Knight cash to build cheap chemical analysis tools that can be connected to smartphones and laptops. The ultimate goal is to allow anyone to track hazardous chemicals in their neighborhoods, making it easier to also track associated health effects. ■ Ohana API: Created by a group of Code for America Fellows, Ohana is a database of health, human, and social services for the public to use. ■ Open Humans Network : In an attempt to speed up medical research, this network from PersonalGenomes.org will allow anyone to share his or her medical data with researchers. It will also establish collaborative data sharing guidelines for researchers hoping to use the network data in their studies. ■ Positive Deviance Journalism : Coming from the Solutions Journalism Network, Positive Deviance will track data sets for signs of so-called "positive deviance" in health, or hints of promising results that could eventually be big news stories. ■ SafeUseNow: This project from Principled Strategies aims to cut d

"Human API is the health data infrastructure healthcare providers have been waiting for. By collecting patient data from over 50 sources, and unifying it into a single pipeline, we can provide analytics-based, dynamic-care experiences for all patients."

Human API agrége quelques 50 sources de données de santé... On ne sait pas d'où elles viennent, mais le produit existe...

Researching the implications of downsizing the human species to better fit the earth.

"The Incredible Shrinking Man is a speculative design research about the consequences of downsizing the human species to 50 centimeters. It has been a long established trend for people to grow taller. As a direct result we need more energy, more food and more space. But what if we decided to turn this trend around? What if we use our knowledge to shrink mankind? "

"1. Solves a recurring problem for the person 2. Starts from the human, not the machine 3. Requests attention, does not demand it 4. Enhances human capabilities, does not replace them 5. Creates a net negative number of problems 6. Enables deep and broad connectivity 7. Serves the software 8. Weniger, aber breiter (Less but broader) 9. Capitalizes on existing behavior 10. Augments the things we love, and automates the things we don't"

"It may sound like the stuff of science fiction, but two separate groups of researchers in Germany are testing technologies that use the human body as an integrated component of the user interface. Researchers at the Hasso Plattner Institute have designed an interface dubbed "the Imaginary Phone" situated within the palm of the user's hand. Meanwhile, researchers at the Technical University of Darmstadt have created a prototype called "EarPut" that uses the ear's surface to input commands from user to computer."

"Two separate groups of researchers in Asia have created the most lifelike robots ever, paving the way for their cyber-descendants to rock your world in ways you've never imagined."

"Standard tissue engineering involves seeding types of cells, such as those that form ear cartilage, onto a scaffold of a polymer material called a hydrogel. But the researchers said that this technique has problems replicating complicated three-dimensional biological structures. Ear reconstruction "remains one of the most difficult problems in the field of plastic and reconstructive surgery," they wrote. To solve the problem, the team turned to 3D printing, its first use to interweave tissue with electronics, the researchers say. The technique allowed them to combine the antenna electronics with tissue within the highly complex topology of a human ear. (Top) Optical images of the functional materials, including biological (chondrocyte cells), structural (silicone), and electronic (AgNP-infused silicone) used to form the bionic ear. (Bottom) 3D printer used for the printing process. (Credit: Manu S Mannoor et al./Nano Letters) The researchers used a Fab@Home 3D printer to combine a matrix of hydrogel and calf cells with silver nanoparticles, which form an antenna. The printed bioelectronic hybrid ear construct was then cultured in vitro to enable cartilage to grow" Support for the project was provided by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, NIH, and the Grand Challenges Program at Princeton University.

"La saison 2, en cours de tournage et la saison 3, en cours d'écriture, vont pouvoir développer et préciser ce thème. Avec pas moins de trois catégories de hubots en présence. Ceux qui resteront au stade d'appareils de confort à l'apparence humaine. Ceux qui auront été libérés grâce au programme de David Eischer. Et, enfin, les hubots clones d'humains décédés. Tout cela au milieu des humains à 100%..." " A la question de la définition de l'humanité, que posent crûment les relations que les hommes peuvent entretenir avec des machines, s'ajoutera celle d'une nouvelle définition de la mort. Les êtres humains accepteront-ils plus facilement, ou trop facilement, de mourir s'ils savent qu'ils renaîtront via leur clone? Quelle relation entretenir avec le clone de la personne aimée ou d'un enfant? Quels rapports entre les hubots libérés et les hubots clones?"

"An emerging tech-driven industry is trying to merge man and machine. Yet we have barely begun to understand what constitutes our humanity."

A bionic man, which has artificial organs, synthetic blood and robotic limbs, goes on display at the Science Museum in London on Tuesday. The human-like machine has cost more than £500,000 to make, but scientists who built him believe it could provide a range of benefits, such as replicating parts of the human body using the same technology

Version longue et originale de l'article précédemment linké "Creating a repository of every FDA-approved replacement part for amputees, to make it easier for them to find the best ways to rebuild their bodies."

"Donner accès à tous les systèmes de réparation et prothèses médicales approuvés par la FDA au Etats-Unis, tel est le projet du Human Bionic Project, lancé par David Sengeh. Ce diplômé du MIT souhaite mettre à disposition de tous un outil complet, un "homme bionique en kit", afin que les chercheurs, les médecins, les blessés et amputés du monde entier aient accès à l'information la plus complète et à jour."

The USC Institute for Creative Technologies (ICT) is a leader in basic research and advanced technology development of virtual humans who think and behave like real people. ICT brings together experts in clinical psychology, cognitive science, computer vision, speech processing and artificial intelligence. This video shows two interactive technologies recently developed for multimodal perception and healthcare support

"Le cout "physique" du séquençage du génome humain, et de l'ADN et de l'ARN en général, a baissé plus rapidement que ne le permet la loi de Moore ces dernières années. Ainsi, il était de $500m il y a une douzaine d'année, de quelques centaines de milliers de dollars au milieu des années 2000 et il est aujourd'hui inférieur à $1000 et s'apprête à descendre en dessous de $100. Je vous recommande au passage la lecture du document $100 genome implications for the DoD (décembre 2010) qui couvre cette question ainsi que les implications pratiques de la baisse du coût du séquençage du génome humain. $100, oui. Mais à un détail près : le traitement numérique des données du séquençage ! Et celui-ci est en train de devenir supérieur à celui du séquençage proprement dit car il est extrêmement complexe. Sa complexité va dépendre de la connaissance préalable que l'on de l'ADN séquencé : s'il s'agit d'un ADN humain, on pourra s'appuyer sur les données du séquençage réalisé dans le cadre du Human Genome Project, ce qui sera très utile pour simplifier les calculs. S'il s'agit par contre d'un ADN complètement nouveau comme celui d'une espèce vivante ou animale ou d'une bactérie encore non étudiée, on partira alors de zéro (séquençage "di novo") et la tâche sera plus lourde."

Humanæ is a "work in progress" by the Brazilian Angélica Dass, who intends to deploy a chromatic range of the different human skin colors. Those who pose are volunteers who have known the project and decide to participate. There is no previous selection of participants and there are no classifications relating to nationality, gender, age, race, social class or religion. Nor is there an explicit intention to finish it on a specific date. It is open in all senses and it will include all those who want to be part of this colossal global mosaic. The only limit would be reached by completing all of the world's population.

"a vision put forward by the Google co-founder Larry Page, who has argued that technology should be deployed wherever possible to free humans from drudgery and repetitive tasks."