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 ...

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 ...

It seems that author and scientist Ray Kurzweil believes that human immortality is a mere twenty years away. Rather than chasing the fountain of youth, however, Ray believes that nanobots are the ...