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Three TED Talks
My TED talk isn't up yet but three of my favorites are:
- Pattie Maes from MIT demonstrated some very cool technology. Check it out - you will want it.
- Eric Lewis knows how to pound the piano - he is going to be big.
- Aimee Mullins gave a good talk. Not super-exciting per se but notable in so clearly marking the point at which post-humanity has begun. (Note how misdirected her heartfelt conclusion is.)
Posted by Alex Tabarrok on March 12, 2009 at 07:19 AM in Web/Tech | Permalink
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I have seen two of your favourites and like both well enough.
Posted by: Liquid Roof at Mar 12, 2009 7:41:42 AM
Pattie Maes from MIT demonstrated some very cool technology. Check it out - you will want it.
I'm not sure I do. Manipulating things by NOT touching them (but just waiving hands and fingers in front of them) is, I think, inherently less natural than manipulating by touch. Consider the guy with the virtual whiteboard markers on his fingers -- did you notice how poorly he drew? He surely would have made a better job of it and the activity would have seemed more natural if he'd been using a stylus on a boring, old-fashioned touch screen. And I'm sorry, but the camera on the hat that you use by framing the scene with your hands -- didn't that strike anybody else as really kind of stupid? Cool is not the same thing as useful (as the Segway has clearly demonstrated).
Posted by: Slocum at Mar 12, 2009 7:48:54 AM
Aubrey De Gray's talk on ending aging is way cooler.
Posted by: Martin at Mar 12, 2009 10:29:59 AM
Re: Patty and Pranauv - really cool ... yet there are people who would wish us to tighten our immigration standards. Just think of all of the American jobs these two are stealing ...
Posted by: wintercow20 at Mar 12, 2009 11:03:40 AM
Not Juan Enriquez?
Posted by: asiequana at Mar 12, 2009 12:20:57 PM
I don't want it. Looks like the powerglove of 2009.
Posted by: Doug at Mar 12, 2009 2:25:40 PM
Aubrey De Gray's talk on ending aging is way cooler.
Yeah if you prefer science fiction / fantasy to reality. . .
Posted by: Matthew at Mar 12, 2009 4:23:03 PM
(Note how misdirected her heartfelt conclusion is.)
Have you already explained your position on this somewhere else? You're being too cryptic otherwise.
Posted by: Nathan Cook at Mar 12, 2009 5:22:06 PM
Re: Patty and Pranauv - really cool ... yet there are people who would wish us to tighten our immigration standards. Just think of all of the American jobs these two are stealing ...Yeah, because people who want to tighten our immigration standards are focused, laser-like on keeping PhD students and college professors out.
Give me a break.
Posted by: Bob Montgomery at Mar 12, 2009 5:25:27 PM
Fortunately I already have a very good brain, why do I need something that will provide the opinions of others for making simple decisions? What is needed is the greater use of common sense, an increase in personal knowledge, and a heightened sense of responsibility. It is a bit lazy to rely on technology to do what your brain should be capable of doing.
Posted by: Mr Bean at Mar 12, 2009 11:48:19 PM
Aimee says "It's our humanity that makes us beautiful".
Actually, some of us aren't beautiful.
Posted by: Fred2 at Mar 14, 2009 6:39:27 PM
