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Living technology

Living technology is the field of technology that derives its functionality and usefulness from the properties that make natural organisms alive (see life). It may be seen as a technological subfield of both artificial life and complex systems and is relevant beyond biotechnology to nanotechnology, information technology, artificial intelligence, environmental technology and socioeconomic technology for managing human society. (Wikipedia).

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IMT4306 Mobile research

The Future of Mobile Computing A bit on Liquid Democracy, writing research articles,

From playlist Archive - Research in Mobile/Wearable Tech

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Living with Thinking Machines

Computers and robots have long been able to crunch impossibly large numbers and execute complex scripted tasks. However, now they're winning game shows, teaching themselves how to walk, and even rediscovering calculus. But do they truly think? Can they ever learn to feel? And what would it

From playlist Technology

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Man-Made Minds: Living with Thinking Machines

In recent years, machines have grown increasingly capable of listening, communicating, and learning—transforming the way they collaborate with us, and significantly impacting our economy, health, and daily routines. Who, or what, are these thinking machines? As we teach them to become more

From playlist Tech & Engineering

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Stanford Seminar - The Role of Technology in Understanding Perspectives on Aging and Health

Amanda Lazar University of Maryland April 19, 2019 As the population ages, research has increasingly focused on conditions associated with growing older, such as cognitive and physical impairment. Technology is often designed as an intervention to manage or treat these changes. This frami

From playlist Stanford Seminars

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Blockchain Tech Can Redistribute Power and Erase Borders | Toni Lane Casserly | Big Think

Blockchain Tech Can Redistribute Power and Erase Borders New videos DAILY: https://bigth.ink Join Big Think Edge for exclusive video lessons from top thinkers and doers: https://bigth.ink/Edge ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- As a partner

From playlist Best Videos | Big Think

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Techno-Primitivism

Sign up with Skillshare for 2 months of Free classes: https://skl.sh/isaacarthur9 Fears about technology and it's impact on our civilization, or on individuals even when new tech is net benefit, are often shown to us in fiction as giving rise to technophobic cultures that abandon science.

From playlist What Fraser's watching

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Taking Technology for Granted | This Does Not Compute Podcast #53

We're not just surrounded by it -- technology is deeply embedded in the lives of many. So how do we acknowledge the tech we take for granted? Phonograph image: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/VictorVPhonograph.jpg Clock image: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/co

From playlist Tech Podcasts | This Does Not Commute

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Technology's epic story - Kevin Kelly

In this wide-ranging, thought-provoking talk, Kevin Kelly muses on what technology means in our lives -- from its impact at the personal level to its place in the cosmos. (Filmed at TEDxAmsterdam.) Talk by Kevin Kelly.

From playlist Cyber-Influence & Power

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What Would Happen If Technology Disappeared Tomorrow? | Avoiding Apocalypse | Spark

Human development is founded on scientific and technical progress: it is what allowed humans to evolve and made them the masters of the planet. But is this race towards ever more science and technology entirely to the advantage of humans? Subscribe to Spark for more amazing science, tech

From playlist Avoiding Apocalypse

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A critical examination of the technology in our lives - Kevin Shindel

Teaching is both a science and an art, and many teachers around the world spend endless hours perfecting their professional practice. At TEDActive 2013, a few teachers from the United States offer some tricks of the trade they've learned (and continue to hone) along the way.

From playlist TED-Ed Professional Development

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The Computer Chronicles - Digital Living Room (1998)

Special thanks to archive.org for hosting these episodes. Downloads of all these episodes and more can be found at: http://archive.org/details/computerchronicles

From playlist Miscellaneous Computer Chronicles Episodes

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These Robots Will Change Our Homes Forever [4K] | Tech Effect | Spark

Automation and robotics are slowly integrated into our daily lives and are becoming an important part of our homes. What are some of the latest inventions for the future of our smart homes? --- Our work and leisure are acquiring increasing connectivity, leading to a huge expansion of digit

From playlist Tech Effect | Spark

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PTI - E.T.H.O.S. - Ethical Technologies in the Homes of Seniors

The ETHOS team develops and tests new technologies designed to keep seniors safe in their homes and connected to caregivers, while giving special attention to issues of ethics and privacy related to the use of these technologies. For more information about E.T.H.O.S, visit: http://ethos.i

From playlist Indiana University - Bloomington and the Pervasive Technology Institute

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