Futurecasting Digital Media

I have recently read an amazing book that I highly recommend: Futurecasting Digital Media by Bob Cotton. The world of technology is changing rapidly it is difficult to keep up with all the new things and even more difficult to guess what will happen in the future. Bob Cotton talks about variety of subject like search engines, AI, broadcasting industry, games, Internet, social networks, semantic web, personality-user interfaces, hardware and software. Inventing the future of digital media is not an easy task and the future is always full of surprises, but it is very fascinating.

Very inspiring movie: What the Bleep Do We Know?

Human brains are very powerful, we just don’t know how to use them. Even if one day we create a more powerful computer than a human brain it may happen that we discover that our brains are capable of doing things that machines will never be able to do.

here you can see introduction to the film:

Amazing 3-part documentary on the BBC hosted by Michio Kaku. Dr Michio Kaku (theoretical physicist and futurist ) explores the cutting edge science of today, tomorrow, and beyond.

Genetics and biotechnology promise a future of unprecedented health and longevity: DNA screening could prevent many diseases, gene therapy could cure them and, thanks to lab-grown organs, the human body could be repaired as easily as a car, with spare parts readily available.

But what impact will this have on who we are and how we will live?

Visions Of The Future (1 of 3) The Intelligence Revolution

Visions of the Future (2 of 3) The Biotech Revolution

Visions Of The Future (3 of 3) The Quantum Revolution

worth-watching video about comparison of computer evolution to biological evolution

worth-watching video: How technology’s accelerating power will transform us

Paul Saffo presents Embracing Uncertainty: The Secret to Effective Forecasting.Paul Saffo presents Embracing Uncertainty: The Secret to Effective Forecasting.

this is one of the videos:

here you can find full presentation by Paul Saffo

interesting article about e-paper

I so want to have this gadget
it’s readable in direct sunlight!
I wish it could connect to the Internet…