"If you went around saying that in a couple of decades we'll have cell-sized, brain-enhancing robots circulating through our bloodstream or that we'll be able to upload a person's consciousness into a computer, people would probably question your sanity. But if you say things like that and you're Ray Kurzweil, you get invited to dinner at Bill Gates' house - twice - so he can pick your brain for insights on the future of technology. The Microsoft chairman calls him a 'visionary thinker and futurist'."

Yes, the mind-blowing or at least very entertaining Mr Kurzweil (pictured) is back on the interview circuit. The above paragraph is the opening to a Fortune piece. Upload his consciousness into your noggin here.