Lecture 7: The Future
The future is now. No, really.
Full lecture: mp3
Faster: mp3
By section:
- The Future: mp3
- Science Fiction mp3
- Science Fact mp3
- Locative & Ubiquitous mp3
- Wearables & Implantables mp3
- Overcoming the Keyboard mp3
- Our Robot Masters mp3
- The Fab Life mp3
- Keeping an Eye Out mp3
Referenced in the lecture / more information:
- Wikipedia: Delphi method
- Video conferencing / phone timeline
- Guardian article on micro-nuclear reactors, and another from the CSM
- Wearable computing
- Humanity+
- Wikipedia, Moore’s Law
- KurzweilAI.net
- Wikipedia, ICD
- Tooth implanted headset (not real, at least not yet)
- Solo, and insulin nanopump
- Ortho Evra & Implanon
- VeriChip, RFID Hacking, and California’s ban on required chipping
- NY Times, Burst of technology helps blind to see
- Frogpad & Twiddler
- Wikipedia, BCI (= BMI)
- Video of Boston Dynamics’ Big Dog tests
- Wikipedia, Three Laws
- The Asimo’s gonna get you
- Lulu & Shapeways
- Fab Lab
- The 501 theme is “Los Alamos Traffic,” by flopsy
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