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Jaron Lanier: The Internet destroyed the middle class

Sun, 12 May 2013 16:45:13 +0000

salon.com

Kodak employed 140,000 people. Instagram, 13. A digital visionary says the Web kills jobs, wealth -- even democracy

» Jaron Lanier: The Internet destroyed the middle class

CreativeApplications.net

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 18:14:44 +0000

creativeapplications.net

CreativeApplications.Net reports innovation and catalogues projects, tools and platforms at the intersection of art, media and technology.

» CreativeApplications.net

How ready is 3D for delivering museum services?

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 22:03:18 +0000

vam.ac.uk

Here are some reflections from people using 3D for real in museums. They are from two great pre-conference workshops at Museums and the Web 2013 in Portland.

» How ready is 3D for delivering museum services?

Cinematic Espresso Shots

Sat, 09 Mar 2013 12:17:27 +0000

designmind.frogdesign.com

Jason Silva plays with the power of short-form video to address mind-expanding, big ideas.

» Cinematic Espresso Shots

Datamining : from data to knowledge -

Wed, 06 Mar 2013 09:13:07 +0000

mysciencework.com

A piece of raw data, either digital or printed, isn’t really useful in itself. Data mining (also called “knowledge discovery from data”) gives it its value. How can we transform data into sources of knowledge? This is one of the fundamental questions data experts ask themselves.

» Datamining : from data to knowledge -

The Technium: The Average Place on Earth

Sun, 24 Feb 2013 10:55:54 +0000

kk.org

Pattern on Earth: extremely dense and vast populations in a network of megacities connected to each other with nerves of roads and wires, woven over an empty landscape of wild land. By 2050 and beyond, Earth will be a urban planet, while the average place on the planet will be nearly wild.

» The Technium: The Average Place on Earth

"We can't draft a new world and print it out"

Tue, 12 Feb 2013 10:26:17 +0000

dezeen.com

Sam Jacob on the future of 3D printing's and it's effect on design and society in Dezeen's opinion column. "Instead of liberating us, 3D printing will merely "bind us even more closely to fewer and fewer corporations".

» "We can't draft a new world and print it out"

A vision for learning

Sun, 10 Feb 2013 19:52:42 +0000

nytimes.com

A unexpectedly large number of high-technology start-ups are valued at $1 billion or more.

» Growing Numbers of Start-Ups Are Worth a Billion Dollars

Can we survive technology?

Sat, 26 Jan 2013 20:12:59 +0000

features.blogs.fortune.cnn.com

We live in a world of unending progress. But technological advancement poses as many difficult questions as it answers.

» Can we survive technology?

STUDIO for Creative Inquiry

Sun, 20 Jan 2013 03:04:08 +0000

studioforcreativeinquiry.org

The Frank-Ratchye STUDIO for Creative Inquiry at Carnegie Mellon University is a laboratory for atypical, anti-disciplinary, and inter-institutional research at the intersections of arts, science, technology and culture.

» STUDIO for Creative Inquiry

Joi Ito's Trends to Watch in 2013

Tue, 08 Jan 2013 16:21:05 +0000

thinkwithgoogle.com

Joi Ito on the technology trends he's watching in 2013. The Director of MIT's Media Lab says hardware start-ups, gene printing, disruptive education, and agile processes are set to shape the future.

» Joi Ito's Trends to Watch in 2013

Why Gangnam Style Marks a Triumph of South Korean Tech

Sat, 05 Jan 2013 00:43:05 +0000

techonomy.com

South Korea has a competitive economy that drives innovation, and is an increasingly successful exporter of cultural memes.

» Why Gangnam Style Marks a Triumph of South Korean Tech

The Most Futuristic Predictions That Came True in 2012

Sat, 29 Dec 2012 16:02:15 +0000

io9.com

Yesterday we told you about the biggest scientific breakthroughs of 2012. But now we turn our attention to those developments that make us realize just how futuristic things are quickly becoming.

» The Most Futuristic Predictions That Came True in 2012

20 Game-Changing Technology Trends That Will Create Both Disruption and Opportunity on a Global Level

Thu, 13 Dec 2012 22:39:28 +0000

bigthink.com

Over the next five short years the following game-changing technologies will transform how we sell, market, communicate, collaborate, educate, train, innovate, and much more.

» 20 Game-Changing Technology Trends That Will Create Both Disruption and Opportunity on a Global Level

Media X at Stanford University

Sun, 02 Dec 2012 03:13:25 +0000

mediax.stanford.edu

MediaX connects businesses with Stanford University’s world-renowned faculty to study new ways for people and technology to intersect.

» Media X at Stanford University

Electromagnet Dot Display for TNT's "Perception"

Tue, 20 Nov 2012 16:37:18 +0000

youtube.com

Made up of over 40,000 physical dots spinning from black to white at 15 times faster than originally designed, the screen not only reflects back a unique image of anyone walking by, but allows you to actually hear those movements thanks to its mechanical nature.

» Electromagnet Dot Display for TNT's "Perception"

AI and Ethiopia: an unexpected synergy

Fri, 16 Nov 2012 14:05:51 +0000

kurzweilai.net

In February of this year, KurzweilAI.net's Amara Angelica put me in touch with an enterprising young Ethiopian engineer named Getnet Aseffa, who was interested in advanced technologies and their implications, and especially in their potential application to help Ethiopia and other African nations.

» AI and Ethiopia: an unexpected synergy

The Secret to Sandy? Be Prepared

Sat, 10 Nov 2012 21:12:56 +0000

law.com

Unlike California earthquakes, hurricanes announce their travel plans in advance, giving the legal technology community time to clean the house for the arrival.

» The Secret to Sandy? Be Prepared

Resonate 2013 – Belgrade New Media Festival

Wed, 07 Nov 2012 21:07:18 +0000

resonate.io

Held each year in Belgrade-Serbia, Resonate festival lasts for three days in March and gives regional european and regional public an overview of current situation in the fields of music, visual arts and digital culture.

» Resonate 2013 – Belgrade New Media Festival