Web 3.0: Semantic Information Explosion
Via IEET: A 15-minute documentary from NYU Journalism/Psychology major Kate Ray that explores the future of the information explosion. It features people such as Clay Shirky, Tim Berners-Lee, Lee...
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Revealing the ancient Chinese secret of sticky rice mortar (EurekAlert) Scientists have discovered the secret behind an ancient Chinese mortar made from sticky rice, that delicious “sweet rice” that is...
View ArticleTED: John Underkoffler points to the future of UI
Via TED (15m 23s): Minority Report science adviser and inventor John Underkoffler demos g-speak — the real-life version of the film’s eye-popping, tai chi-meets-cyberspace computer interface. Is this...
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Crocs and fish key to human evolution (PhysOrg) Almost two million years ago, early humans began eating food such as crocodiles, turtles and fish — a diet that could have played an important role in...
View ArticleTEDx: Donna Cox – Visualizing Emergence
Donna is the first Michael Aiken Chair, Director of the Advanced Visualization Laboratory (AVL) at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications, and Director of the Emerging Digital Research and...
View ArticleTED: Carter Emmart demos a 3D Atlas of the Universe
Via TED: For the last 12 years, Carter Emmart has been coordinating the efforts of scientists, artists and programmers to build a complete 3D visualization of our known universe. He demos this stunning...
View ArticleTED: Tan Le – A headset that reads your brainwaves
Via TED: Tan Le‘s astonishing new computer interface reads its user’s brainwaves, making it possible to control virtual objects, and even physical electronics, with mere thoughts (and a little...
View ArticleAdam Curtis: All Watched Over By Machines Of Loving Grace
This series of films investigates how people have been colonised by the machines they have built. Although they may not realise it, the way many people see everything in the world today is through the...
View ArticleThe Dark Secret of Hendrik Schön
Schön's great breakthrough was to make a computer transistor out of a single organic molecule. It was an achievement of almost incalculable brilliance. Some speculated this technology could spell the...
View ArticleMichael Oppenheimer Explains the Science of Climate Change
For many, the arguments surrounding global warming and the ways to combat it can be convoluted and confusing. Delivering the first of the Sydney Ideas lectures for 2010, world renowned climate...
View ArticlePBS Frontline: The Persuaders
Although some brands have been more successful than others in making the magic connection to consumers, the techniques the marketers are developing are startling and include the hiring of...
View ArticleSherry Turkle – Alone Together
MIT technology and society professor Sherry Turkle explores the power of our new tools and toys to dramatically alter our social lives. It's a nuanced exploration of what we are looking for—and...
View ArticleBBC: Dangerous Knowledge
In this one-off documentary, David Malone looks at four brilliant mathematicians - Georg Cantor, Ludwig Boltzmann, Kurt Gödel and Alan Turing - whose genius has profoundly affected us, but which...
View ArticleBBC: How TV Ruined Your Life
How TV Ruined Your Life is 6-part comedy series by the BBC in which Charlie Brooker uses a mix of sketches and jaw-dropping archive footage to explore the gulf between real life and television
View ArticleDrew Berry: Astonishing Molecular Machines
Molecules are really, really tiny ... so small no-one can show them to you. That's where Drew Berry comes in. He's what's known as a "biomedical animator". His job is to build scientifically-accurate...
View ArticleJames Gleick: Bits and Bytes
In James Gleick’s book ‘The Information’ he speaks about the information “flood”. We are in a predicament where we have the ability to reach out and get facts easily. Although we may have access this...
View ArticleSteven Levy: Inside Google: The Myths, the Culture and the Secret Sauce
Despite being one of the most successful and celebrated companies in history, Google maintains an air of mystery, and cultural myths abound. How has Google stayed innovative and cutting edge while...
View ArticleSharon Bertsch McGrayne: The Theory That Would Not Die
Authors@Google Talk: In the first-ever account of Bayes' rule for general readers, Sharon Bertsch McGrayne explores this controversial theorem and the human obsessions surrounding it. She traces its...
View ArticleEdge: Jaron Lanier – The Local-Global Flip
In a freewheeling hour-long conversation, Lanier touches on, and goes beyond the themes he launched in his influential 2006 Edge essay "Digital Maoism: The Hazards of the New Online Collectivism." What...
View ArticleThe Lists of 2011
The end of the year comes with the customary lists of the best and the worst that has happened over the course of the year. A selection of 2011...
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