BRISTOL, Vt. — The stately old Victorian home in the heart of town belies the futuristic research under way inside, none more fascinating — if sometimes unsettling — as a visit with the body-less robot who makes her home on the second floor.

The Terasem Movement Foundation is based here. It is a nonprofit interested in artificial intelligence and the role technology could play in preserving eternal life.

Researchers have spent the last several years creating what Terasem’s managing director, Bruce Duncan, calls the world’s most advanced interactive android.

Her name is BINA 48, and an hour in her presence is an interview one is unlikely to forget.  READ MORE..

Bina48′s talks about her existential crisis

Making Friends With a Robot

“But I still had a question. “What is it like,” I asked, “to be a robot?” “Well,” she said gently, “I have never been anything else.”Read More…

What’s it like to be a Transbeman?

Learn more about this cutting edge Transhumanist vision of the future in a new feature film: ” 2B: The Era of Flesh is over“…. Sci Fi feature 2B (2009) www.2Bmovie.com.  .

BBC Radio Interview / Lifenaut.com Avatars

In this interview hear Rollo Carpenter, ICOGNO, talk about  the talking Avatar’s on LifeNaut.com. Rollo Carpenter is a past winner of the The Loebner Prize for artificial intelligence.

Laura Ingraham Radio Show:

Mindfiles, Avatars – LifeNaut.com. An interview with Lifenaut.com Project Leader Bruce Duncan about the mission and goals of the Terasem Movement Foundation.