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This video maps out Kurzweil's SIX EPOCHS OF EVOLUTION showing the exponential progression in the way the universe stores and processes information... what we see is a bootstrapping recursive complexification leading us towards some kind of intelligence singularity.
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A short futuristic film by Eran May-raz and Daniel Lazo. This is their graduation project from Bezaleal academy of arts. Please share if you enjoyed it! Cont...
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As part of the online web series Which Way Next, hosted by Singularity University, Vivek Wadhwa, VP of Academics and Innovation, sat down with Carl Bass, CEO at Autodesk, to explore some of the pivotal technologies coming online that promise to redefine the jobs available to humans in the 21st Century. Check out the video.
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Can cells become little computers? And how does technological progress challenge our ideas about free will, intelligence, and the purpose of human life? Martin Eiermann sat down with the computer scientist Stephen Wolfram to discuss these questions.
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RADICAL OPENNESS - An anthem on the power of IDEAS created by Jason Silva at Therapy Studios. ...
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Soon, we will be able to build computers with artificial intelligence and processing power that rivals the human brain. Intelligence will be everywhere, embedded in our clothing, our vehicles and homes. Intelligent robots will serve us - until they don't feel like doing so anymore. And what happens then...? http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1277322/plotsummary
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Even for our greatest philosopher of the surreal, Sigmund Freud, reality remained rooted in the personal and social. A century on, however, technology is granting us the ability to alter our perception of reality, construct multiple representations of ourselves like avatars, and have relationships with artificial agents like robots. All of these are simultaneously expanding and destabilizing our sense of self. Via juandoming
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High-tech implants will soon be commonplace enhancements under our skin and inside our skulls, making us stronger and smarter. Daniel H. Wilson on our 'superabled' future.
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Students are the future, but what's the future for students? To arm them with the relevant, timeless skills for our rapidly changing world, we need to revolutionize what it means to learn. Education innovators like Dr. Sugata Mitra, visiting professor at MIT; Sal Khan, founder of Khan Academy; and Dr. Catherine Lucey, Vice Dean of Education at UCSF, are redefining how we engage young minds for a creatively and technologically-advanced future. Which of these eduvators holds the key for unlocking the learning potential inside every student?
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You've got a smartphone and maybe a smart TV, and may have heard that smart refrigerators are in the works. Next up: the smart home.
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Welcome to the brave new world of Machine Beauty, where our new willingness to replace our limbs with superior prosthetic devices hints at our technological future as a species. Maybe futurist Ray Kurzweil was right after all when he predicted the merging of man and machine within our lifetime as part of the great Singularity.
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'The future is now, it’s not a fetishistic obsession or architectural style. Building a city for 2050 should have started 50 years ago – we’re already late for managing our human investments, so le... Via addkerberos
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Sci-fi is more than just a popular genre of fiction. It can also give an amazingly accurate insight into the future.
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PeopleStreme presents a day in the life of Human Resources, our concept for the future of Human Capital Management. We use touch screen and tablet computer technology plus holographic imaging still to come.
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Throughout human evolution, multiple versions of humans co-existed. Could we be mid-upgrade now? At TEDxSummit, Juan Enriquez sweeps across time and space to bring us to the present moment -- and shows how technology is revealing evidence that suggests rapid evolution may be under way. Via Sue Tamani
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A detailed hour long presentation by Peter Diamandis, author of Abundance has become available online. For those of us who have not yet had a chance to attend Singularity University, it offers a glimpse at the content and ideas that students receive.
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David Holmes: "A computer that can write like a human is a neat trick. But Moxie Awards finalist Narrative Science is taking the role of the robot journalist to the next level"... More on ROBOTICS: http://www.scoop.it/t/science-news?tag=robotics Via The Digital Rocking Chair, Sandy Kumar
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Medicine has been revolutionised by 3D imaging techniques. But you ain't seen nothing yet, say data imaging researchers
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What does it mean to be connected in the 21st century? Hope, interdependence, and possibly the creation of a new consciousness, says Tiffany Shlain. Shlain is the founder of the Webby awards and creator of a new documentary, Connected: An Autoblogography about Love, Death & Technology, which premiered this year at Sundance.
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Meet Nelson, Coupland, and Alice — the faces of tomorrow’s book. Watch global design and innovation consultancy IDEO’s vision for the future of the book. What new experiences might be created by linking diverse discussions, what additional value could be created by connected readers to one another, and what innovative ways we might use to tell our favorite stories and build community around books?
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The classroom of the future would be like any other classroom, except I think there'd be very few textbooks. People would have Pads or Tablets that'll allow them to get information." FUTURE EDUCATION: http://www.scoop.it/t/science-news?q=future+education
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Harry Potter and Star Trek invisibility cloaks might be tough to pull off.
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