Inventor and futurist Ray Kurzweil thinks that technology will eventually help us reach immortality, at least in some form. He considers death to be “a great robber of meaning, of relationships, of ...

Futurist Ray Kurzweil is still making waves years after his initial singularity claims as artificial intelligence continues to progress. With singularity milestones coming, Kurzweil believes ...

In 1985, New Yorkers at the famed Madison Square Garden were enjoying a thrilling professional wrestling battle. Characters larger than life faced off, hoping to become the reigning champion, the last ...

Forbes magazine once described Ray Kurzweil, 60, as "the ultimate thinking machine". He certainly believes in keeping the mechanism well oiled. America's top futurist takes so many vitamin and mineral ...

Humanity has heard bold promises about conquering aging before, but few are as provocative as the claim that people could effectively move backward in time within the next four years. At the center of ...

Kanye West was spotted watching a video from Google exec Ray Kurzweil, the company's chief futurist and director of engineering. The specific video was Kurzweil's TED Talk "The Accelerating Power of ...

South By Southwest Interactive is a bubble of optimism; a haven of ingenuity that seems liberated from all the constraints, or cynicism, of daily life. There are conceptual talks here that forgo all ...

Former Google engineer and esteemed futurist Ray Kurzweil has made another bold prediction: Immortality is within reach for humans by 2030, thanks to the help of nanorobots. You read that right — ...

WELLESLEY, Mass. — Ray Kurzweil doesn’t tailgate. A man who plans to live forever doesn’t take chances with his health on the highway, or anywhere else. As part of his daily routine, Kurzweil ingests ...

Futurist Ray Kurzweil: Nanotech could help overcome disease and aging by 2040. Oct. 2, 2009— -- In 30 or 40 years, we'll have microscopic machines traveling through our bodies, repairing damaged ...