164) Singularity

I was listening to some science show on KPCC public radio, and caught a segment on futurists and their predictions for the years to come. One gentleman matter of factly stated that computers and nanorobots with incredible memory capacity will be so small, they will be able to fit on the head of a pin. This will allow them to be fed into our bloodstream, not only swimming around and fixing our insides, but also communicating with external computers via a cloud network.

The rammification is what futurists call "singularity." From Popular Mechanics:

"Tiny bots might attach themselves to neurons in the brain and add their processing power--and that of other computers in the cloud--to ours, giving us mental resources that would dwarf anything available now. By stimulating the optic, auditory or tactile nerves, such nanobots might be able to simulate vision, hearing or touch, providing 'augmented reality' overlays identifying street names, helping with face recognition or telling us how to repair things we've never seen before."

Oh, this sci-fi world our future selves will live in.

(Mini aside - Short, random post today. I saw Catfish with my friend Jaemin tonight, and was really tempted to comment on it for today's post. Taking some time to figure out how to do so without spoiling the movie. Stay tuned.)