The Singularity Institute has the scoop on the new book by Ray Kurzweil, a follow-up to The Age of Spiritual Machines, which will be available in September:

The Singularity Is Near portrays what life will be like after this event–a human-machine civilization where our experiences shift from real reality to virtual reality and where our intelligence becomes nonbiological and trillions of times more powerful than unaided human intelligence. In practical terms, this means that aging and pollution can be reversed, hunger solved, and our bodies and environment transformed by nanotech to overcome the limitations of biology, including possibly death.

The Institute is making advanced signed copies available to donors who give $200 or more. Pretty good deal!

Or, if you want to be a cheapskate, click the link below to pre-order an unsigned copy at the normal price. You might as well pick up a couple other Kurzweil titles while you're at it.