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Singularity University

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Singularity University

What we know about computing and technology is doubling at an exponential rate. The computer that required a warehouse now fits in our pocket. In 25 years that computer will fit into a single blood cell. In 7-8 doublings, solar power efficiency can go from a few percent to 100%. It’s incredible to know that in 20 years from how the technological advance will be beyond our current comprehension. Computers will be molecular and organic.

The singularity university, backed by nasa and google, is an exciting project that looks at technologies and helps drive the exponential changes in our ever increasing computerised society.

More on the Singularity University:

http://singularityu.org/

http://www.singularityweblog.com/ray-kurzweil-pbs-immortality/ – Ray Kurzweil talks in detail about SU and technology

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Academic Assholes

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Academic Assholes

A bit of fun to point a finger at academia itself. the growing fame of the blog thesiswhisperer.com is making itself heard via the unorthodox ramblings of an academic on the edge of the system. a worthwhile read considering the entrenched attitudes undermining academic thought.

http://www.chrisbigum.com/wp/2013/03/04/of-whisperers-skunks-and-lemmings

In a follow-up to that is a blog post from one of my lecturers, Chris talks about the thesiswhisperer.com blogger (whom he met at a speech), skunks and lemmings. Skunks are projects that are undertaken by universities as an experiment and are often doomed to fail. These ‘fail early, fail often’ projects are doomed to extinction as universities take a lemmings approach to adopting new ideas.

The thesiswhisperer.com and Chris’ blog are radical and refreshing.

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