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Jeff Hawkins on how brain science will change computing
August 10, 2008, 5:50 am
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Jeff Hawkins on how brain science will change computing | Video on TED.com

Treo creator Jeff Hawkins urges us to take a new look at the brain — to see it not as a fast processor, but as a memory system that stores and plays back experiences to help us predict, intelligently, what will happen next.



Tony Robbins asks why we do what we do
August 6, 2008, 2:51 am
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Kon het niet laten, weer TED filmpje

Tony Robbins asks why we do what we do | Video on TED.com

Tony Robbins discusses the “invisible forces” that motivate everyone’s actions — and high-fives Al Gore in the front row.



Mike Wesch: Information R/evolution
April 16, 2008, 9:24 pm
Filed under: Culture, Knowledge, People | Tags: , , , ,

Mike Wesch: My videos explore mediated culture, seeking to merge the ideas of Media Ecology and Cultural Anthropology.

Check de video’s op mediated cultures en youtube.



Universe by Jonathan Harris
April 7, 2008, 12:50 am
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Jonathan Harris heeft een tool die informatie uit blogs op een vette manier organiseert. Check Universe en het filpmje op TED.

TED | Talks | Jonathan Harris: The Web’s secret stories (video)

Jonathan Harris wants to make sense of the infinite world on the Web — so he builds dazzling graphic interfaces that help us visualize the data floating around out there.



Hans Rosling and Gapminder
April 6, 2008, 12:57 am
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Deze man is keihard. Hij heeft twee filpmjes op TED.com. Allebei checken!! Over ontwikkeling van de wereld, statistiek en visualisatie van en inzicht in data.

Check ook meteen Gapminder. De Tool die Rosling gebruikt en online te gebruiken is.

TED | Speakers | Hans Rosling

Hans Rosling: Global health expert; data visionary

As a doctor and researcher, Hans Rosling identified a new paralytic disease induced by hunger in rural Africa. Now the global health professor is looking at the bigger picture, increasing our understanding of social and economic development with the remarkable trend-revealing software he created.



Emergence: Photosynth
April 5, 2008, 11:32 pm
Filed under: Design, Knowledge, People, Technology | Tags: , , , ,

Emergentie, het geheel is meer dan de som der delen, network effects, 1+1=3, een mooi voorbeeld.

TED | Talks | Blaise Aguera y Arcas: Jaw-dropping Photosynth demo (video)

Using photos of oft-snapped subjects (like Notre Dame) scraped from around the Web, Photosynth (based on Seadragon technology) creates breathtaking multidimensional spaces with zoom and navigation features that outstrip all expectation.

Over emergentie is trouwens op fabchannel een reeks lezingen te zien. In de zoekmachine zoeken op “paradisolezingen: 1+1=3″. Aanrader evenals de andere lezingen!