links for 2006-08-04

• Hawking: Humans Must Spread Out in Space, Physicist Stephen Hawking Says Humans Must Move Out Into Space in Order to Survive - CBS News
  The survival of the human race depends on its ability to find new homes elsewhere in the universe because there's an increasing risk that a disaster will destroy Earth, world-renowned physicist Stephen Hawking said Tuesday.
  (tags: science future evolution)
• Review of 3D Web Browsers: 3B, Browse3D, and SphereXPlorer
  We're here to tell you that the reports of the 3D web's death are greatly exaggerated. As evidence, we present three 3D browsers that will use that graphics card for something other than gaming: 3B, Browse3D, and SphereXPlorer.
  (tags: 3d virtualreality visualization interface browser)
• IEEE Intelligent Systems,May/June 2006 (Vol. 21, No. 3)
  the future of ai
  (tags: ai research science)
• The Singularity Summit at Stanford
  The Symbolic Systems Program and CSLI are pleased to host the Singularity Summit at Stanford, a rare gathering of thinkers to explore the rising impact of science and technology on society. The summit has been organized to further the understanding of a c
  (tags: singularity future science conference)