These links are from 2011-2012, but they're still mostly relevant. For the newest tech and science news, especially items related to Living Outside, see my tumblr, or check out one of these sites:
Automaton
H+ Magazine
Kurzweil AI
Slashdot
Science Daily
Wired
BrainGate
Cochlear Implant- has restored hearing to almost 200,000 worldwide
Neat Brain Interface Made of Silk
Wirelessly Powered Implantable Neural Sensor
Monkeys Move Robotic Arm With Motor Cortex Implant
First person to use a brain-computer interface to restore functionality lost due to paralysis.
Brain-computer interface wiki
Visual prosthesis- Wikipedia entry has a summary of the various types
Fiber optic interface to link robotic limbs, human brain
First self-powered nanosystem with wireless data transmission
Intel predicts Universal Remote Control by 2020
2039: Full immersion virtual reality
Ray Kurzweil: "By 2030 we'll have full-immersion, shared, virtual-reality environments."
Brain controlled wheelchair
Brain controlled robot
BrainPort: See with your tongue! Video, Wikipedia
Virtual Retinal Display
Retinal implant 1, 2
Bionic contacts, Wikipedia
Apple iLens Concept video
Virtual Reality Glasses
Augmented Reality Goggles
Military-Grade Augmented Reality
Piezoelectric effect: potential source of power for devices
Wireless power: Magnetic Inductive Charging
Nanotube Loudspeakers: install speakers everywhere!
Telepresence wiki
Portable laser backpack revolutionizes 3D mapping
Producing and exploring virtual copies of objects
Advanced physics engine demo
Etymotic's BlastPLG Electronically Enhanced Earplugs
Future Of Screen Technology
Spy-Like Sunglasses Shoot and Share Videos
A Bionic Eye Comes to Market
“Diminished reality” software removes objects from video in real time
Every Single Gadget Could "See" With World's Tiniest, Simplest Camera
Vuzix Wrap 920 Augmented Reality Hands On
"Eye-Controlled Earphones"- part of the inspiration for Mike's eye tracking ear inserts
Eye Tracking Wikipedia entry
Nintendo 3DS- uses head tracking to create a 3D display
Projecting into a virtual woman and being slapped
3rd person perspective used to dissociate mind from body
Brain develops motor memory for prosthetics
Virtual mouse
Virtual keyboard
Subvocal recognition
Xbox Kinect makes a virtual FAO Schwartz floor piano
MIT's Kinect Hack Tracks All Ten Fingers Simultaneously
The Bandwidth of the Human Eye (~10 megabits/second)
How much data and how fast can the spinal cord transmit to your brain? (~1 GB/second upper limit)
Haptic Technology
Haptic Glove Prototype: HIRO III
Another Haptic Glove Prototype
More about Haptic Gloves
Carbon Nanotube Muscles- huge potential for haptics
Wearable cameras allow for motion capture anywhere
Tactile technology guaranteed to send shivers down your spine
Minecraft Timelapse - Huge Floating Steampunk City
Minecraft- Lord of the Rings built in Minecraft to scale!
Trailer for MMO Otherland- Virtual Reality based role playing game.
Driverless Car Wikipedia Entry
Google's automated cars
RFID labels for automated checkout
BMW Robotic Assembling Plant
Kiba Systems robots warehouse automation
Fastest industrial robot
Picker Robot Gets Turned Up To 11
Foxconn Will Replace Workers With 1 Million Robots in 3 Years
Memristors: are pretty cool
Researchers Graft Olfactory Receptors Onto Nanotubes
Avatar
Caprica
Dennou Coil
Inception
Ghost in the Shell
Check out Marshall Brain's story Manna.
The Matrix
Minority Report
Moon- independent hard science fiction!
Rainbow's End- Novel by Vernon Vinge
Scott Pilgrim
Strange Days
Sword Art Online
Augmented reality glasses for the win! These images from Dennou Coil are examples of what augmented reality controls and windows might look like. Note that displays can be suspended in fixed points in space, regardless of where the user may be looking.
