KRISTINN R. THÓRISSON

Selected Media Coverage & Popular Articles


2010

May 31, 2010: Self-Assembly Consciousness. Peter Hankins on Machines Like Us. Article about Thórisson's work.

May 31, 2010: Síðdegisútvarpið, RUV. Hallgrímur Thorsteinsson and Guðfinnur Sveinsson. Interview about the Icelandic Institute for Intelligent Machines. (Icelandic)

March 12, 2010: IRobots: The Future of Artificial Intelligence. Interview on Robotspodcast, Adam Klaptocz. (starts@3:50min)

2009

Nov, 2009: Reynslusaga - að stofna rannsóknarsetur. Tölvumál #34, 16-17.

Nov 31, 2009: Reykjavik siddegis. Interview with K. R. Thórisson about robots and AI. Kristofer Helgason and Thorgeir Astvalds, Bylgjan.

May 2009: Eintal vélarinnar. Tímarit Háskólans í Reykjavík, 10-11.

Feb 11, 2009: Síðdegisútvarpið, RUV. Interview about the HUMANOBS grant.

 


2008

Mar 14, 2008: Interview with K. R. Thórisson about Garage AI. Gudmundur Palsson, Stod 2.

Mar XX, 2008: Full page feature on CADIA. Rannís bladid (distributed with Morgunbladid), xxx.

--- Radar Networks, Inc.:

Oct 27, 2008: Singularity Summit Asks 'Are You A Believer?' Priya Ganapati, Wired. [Link]

Mar 6, 2008: Twine is Lifeline for Semantic Tech. Carla Thompson, Guidewire/Wordpress.

Feb 25 2008: Earth Web Founder Nova Spivack's Startup Finds $13M. Megan McCarthy, Wired. [Link]

Feb 2008: CNET.com - Radar Networks raises $13M. Dan Farber, CNET News.

Jan 2008: SciVest: 3 Questions for Nova Spivack. [ QTVideo ]

 


2007

March 17, 2007: Sonus Futurae. Interview with K. R. Thórisson about music and AI. Freyr Eyjólfsson, Stod 2. [QT LISTEN]

March 5, 2007: Bílskúrsgervigreind. Unnur H. Jóhannsdóttir. Morgunbladid.

--- Radar Networks, Inc.

Oct 29, 2007: The Semantic Web Goes Mainstream: Radar Network's Free Tool Provides a Smarter Way to Find Information and Increase Productivity. Kate Green, Technology Review. [Link]

Oct 23, 2007: Radar Networks Ties Together Web 2.0, Semantic Web With 'Twine'. Antone Gonsalves, Information Week. [Link]

Oct 19, 2007: What I Meant to Say Was Semantic Web. John Markoff, New York Times Online. [Link]

Oct 18, 2007: Web2Summit: Radar Networks Unwinds twine.com. Radar O'Reilly. [Link]

Oct 19, 2007: Nova Spivack presents Twine. Web 2.0 Summit - The Semantic Edge. San Francisco, California. [QT video]

Oct 18, 2007: Twine: The First Mainstream Semantic Web App? Richard MacManus, Read/Write Web. [Link]

March 22, 2007: Interview with Nova Spivack, cofounder of Radar Networks, Inc. [page]. Nova Spivack talks with Talis about Web 3.0 and more. Talking with Talis [QT LISTEN]

 


2006

Sep 22, 2006: Feature, Gervigreindur útvarpsmaður. Morgunblaðið.

Sep 22, 2006, 11:30: Samfélagið í nærmynd. Interview, Leifur Hauksson. RÚV.

Sep 22, 2006, 13:30: Ísland vítt og breitt. Interview, Ævar Kjartansson. RÚV. [QT LISTEN]

Sep 22, 2006, 17:55: Síðdegisútvarp Bylgjunnar. Interview, Þorgeir Ástvaldsson, Bylgjan.

Sep 22, 2006, 19:15: Evening News. Interview, Sölvi Tryggvason, NFS/Stod 2.

Sep 22, 2006, 17:03: Víðsjá. Interview, Guðni Tómasson. RÚV. [QT LISTEN]

Apr 28, 2006: Vídsjá. Interview with G. R. Jonsdottir & F. Magnusson about Robot Opera and Skundar the Robot. RÚV, Rás 1.

Spring 2006: Ísland í bítid. Interview, Stöð 2.

Spring 2006: Samfélagid í nærmynd. Sigurlaug Margrét Jónasdóttir, RÚV.

Spring 2006: Síddegisútvarp Bylgjunnar. Þorgeir Ástvaldsson, Bylgjan.

Spring 2006: Vídsjá. Guðni Tómasson, RÚV, Rás 1.

Spring 2006: Evening news. RÚV.

Spring 2006: Guðsteinn Bjarnason, Fréttabladid

Spring 2006: Kastljós. Ragnhildur Steinunn Jónsdóttir, RÚV, Rás 1.

Spring 2006: Newshour. Hallgrímur Thorsteinsson, NFS.

Spring 2006: Newshour. Kristján Hrafn Guðmundsson, NFS.

--- Radar Networks, Inc.

Dec 2006: The New Revolutionaries. Describes Radar Networks Inc. The Guardian

Nov 2006: Entrepreneurs See a Web Guided by Common Sense. Interview with Nova Spviack re. Radar Networks Inc. The New York Times

 


2005

Okt 28 2005: Feature, Af kjotvélum og vélmennum. Full page interview, back page, Lesbók Morgunbladsins.

Fall 2005: Feature, Svalir vísindamenn. Full page, Lifandi Vísindi. [PDF]

Summer 2005: Feature, Daði Rúnar Jónsson, Vidskiptabladid.

Spring 2005: Interview about Garage AI. Hallgrímur Thorsteinsson, FM 99,4.

Spring 2005: Feature, Vélmenni og gervigreind. Full page, Rannís Newsletter. [PDF]

Spring 2005: Hugsandi hugbúnadur. Sólveig Gísladóttir, Fréttabladid. [PDF]

Spring 2005: Feature, Hrósið. Fréttabladid.

Summer 2004: Vídsjá. Interview, Guðni Tómasson, RÚV, Rás 1.

 


< 2005

Oct 2002: The Intimate Machine. Feat. K. R. Thórisson’s research. Scientific American Frontiers

July 2000: Feature, Cracking the Code of Desire. Soliloquy’s natural-language products. Red Herring

June 1998: Prime-time News. Feat. LEGO Wizard Group’s research. Danish National Television

Dec 1997: Prime-time News. Feat. K. R. Thórisson’s research. Icelandic National Television

Dec 1997: You, Robot. Feat. K. R. Thórisson’s research. The Boston Phoenix

July 1997: Cyberspace–the Final Frontier. Feat. K. R. Thórisson’s research. New World - Siemens Magazine

Feb 1997: Feature, K. R. Thórisson’s research. BBC – Soundbytes

Nov 1996: Feature, K. R. Thórisson’s research. MIT Research Digest

Oct 1996: Inventing the Future. Feat. K. R. Thórisson’s research. Scientific American Frontiers

June 1996: Article about K. R. Thórisson’s lecture, First Conference on Virtual Humans. The Daily Spectrum