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Behind Every Trend is a Driving Force. Here are 10…

July 3rd, 2010
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One challenge we face in determining new government and economic models, is broadening our sights in order to adopt a globally integrated view. As depicted on the concept map linked below, the driving forces affecting major trends are many.
The IMF has divided the world into 9 economic regions. Each region is trying to control for driving forces that keep them in harmonious tune with global trends. How to prepare for wildcard disasters affecting potable water supply and arable land, is a big challenge in each region but to varying degrees.
An earthquake in Haiti and Chile, a Volcano in Iceland, an Oil Spill in the Gulf, ALL have ripple effects that can produce tipping points beyond a region’s ability to return to stability.
There are some bright prospects on the horizon (assuming that’s not a Tsunami just ahead).
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Apple’s Contribution is More than Content and Devices

January 26th, 2010
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I read another blogger today saying the Apple’s tablet is not as important as the content and then going on about the new media subscription platforms that may appear with the iTablet to be announced tomorrow. However, I believe Apple’s intrinsic contribution of value is beyond even their innovative approach to content delivery.

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Augmented Reality in a Contact will transform education textbook interface…

December 30th, 2009
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This article explains well, the soon coming developments in augmented reality (AR) which will surely transform the classroom experience from the either/or face-to-face or virtual to real-time experiences augmented with live-feed data. Teachers will need to facilitate learning much differently than today. Mentoring, coaching, guiding, will take on new look. Click the spectrum link under the image above to read the full article.

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Forget keyboarding skills in the classroom. Here’s why…

December 8th, 2009
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According to KurzweilAI.net reporting on a Mayo Clinic research discovery: Brain waves can be used to type alphanumerical characters on a computer screen by merely focusing on a letter, with near 100 percent accuracy, Mayo Clinic and University of North Florida researchers have found. They used electrocorticography (ECoG), in which electrodes are placed directly on the surface of the brain in patients to record electrical activity produced by the firing of neurons.

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Pentagon: Zombie Pigs First, Then Hibernating Soldiers. Our future with Zombies not far off

December 8th, 2009
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Pentagon: Zombie Pigs First, Then Hibernating Soldiers

Click wired.com to read the detailed article. And we wonder what all the fascination is with Zombies in Hollywood?

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Bracing for Impact…

October 19th, 2009
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If we believe the transformation from the current technological, post-modern era to the forthcoming electrical, post-human era requires a human catalyst, then the posts thus far are as good a guess as any: visionary communication fused with enthusiasm.

Your question presupposes that we can strategize some plan of action to effect change seemingly slowed by heel-dragging participants. The premise is not unusual but rooted in our post-industrial mentality of “managing” change.

However, I believe we are on a collision course with the coming changes. The convergence of the electro-mechanical with the electro-chemical is emerging at the speed of LIFE and will hit the future square between the eyes.

My suggestion to those stuck in the institutionalized rut? Brace yourselves for impact.

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How a Quantum Computer Works…

September 21st, 2009
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Quantum Computers Revolutionalize Information Around 2021

A new revolution in computing may make computers exponentially faster than today.

It’s based on the strange behavior of matter at the quantum level. The basic unit of a quantum computer is a “qubit”—an electron spinning either clockwise or counter clockwise, representing a 0 or a 1. Because electrons can coexist in two places simultaneously, a single electron can carry two qubits, two electrons can produce four qubits, three electrons, eight, and 20 electrons could perform a million computations. The exponential growth raises the hope of infinite processing power.

A quantum computer could easily complete in seconds a task that would take a silicon computer billions of years. The first research prototypes are now running at Harvard University, the National Security Agency, and the Federal Reserve. These revolutionary computers may be on the market in about ten years.

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Web 1.0, 2.0, and 3.0 revisited…

July 24th, 2009
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In a previous post, I gave simple definitions of Web 1.0, Web 2.0, and speculated on what Web 3.0 might hold for us (realizing of course these are unofficially recognized and ambiguously overused terms).

But now with all the hoopla about Web of Things and Internet of Things, I find further evidence for my original definitions.

Web 1.0 was about information. Web 2.0 is about communication. And Web 3.0 (Or Web 0, depending on your views), is about connection. However, I don’t mean connection in a superficial sense. Rather, like the post-human view, the electro-chemical carbon-based life forms merge with the electro-mechanical micro-sensing world. The connection is a cross-reality (M.I.T. term) linking virtual with real-time.

It will be interesting to see what happens next. Until now, virtual reality overcame space-time barriers but real life remained subject to them. Cross-reality bridges this gap to create a new experience. Rather than one or the other, both are merged: A post-human, cyborg (cybernetic organism) view.

What is possible is no longer limited by human imagination. The new paradigm is emerging with the mashup of imagination and computerization. The future is not merely an internet of things as much as the connection of… (you finish the sentence).

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Food! It’s what’s for dinner…

February 29th, 2008
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Food, it’s what’s for dinner…

Independence is an illusion. Our organic world dictates our dependence on things outside of us to maintain the life within. Whether air, water, food, or shelter, the maintenance of our lives depends on environmental resources.

Money, it’s how we pay for dinner…

Money represents time. We exchange our time for a unit of trade called money. We give our time to enterprise and receive money commensurate with the value attributed to the work. We use the money (our time) to buy resources that will maintain our life.

Economy, it’s why we eat dinner…

Economy comes from two greek words meaning household law. It’s what I call, the law of the pantry. In ancient times, the steward economized (dispensed) the resources of the household to its members using wisdom to ensure there would be neither unmanageable surplus nor unpleasant shortfall. The proper dispensing of resources ensure the household is maintained in good order. Poor economical choices would spell certain trouble and possible disaster.

Based on these definitions, we could state the following: our lives are » More: Food! It’s what’s for dinner…

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