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A Public Debate On The Limits of Intelligent Machines
by Ray Kurzweil
Available on: Digital Download | Online Audio | Online Video
A Celebration of the 70th Anniversary of Alan Turing's Seminal Paper 'On Computable Numbers' featuring a debate on the limits of intelligent machines and a lecture on Turing's contributions.
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Arthur C. Clarke's 90th Birthday Reflections
by Arthur C. Clarke
Available on: Online Video
The world's best known writer of science fiction, Sir Arthur C Clarke was the first to propose satellite communications in 1945.
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Technology and the Future Warrior
by Steve Altes
Available on: Online Video
The Super Soldier has one foot out of the lab, and will be reporting for battle by 2020. “Dutch” DeGay’s Army researchers have begun to “rebuild the soldier from the skin out.”
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ME++ The Cyborg Self and the Networked City
by William J. Mitchell
Available on: Online Video
Throughout history, humans have created unique physical spaces in which to live, work and socialize. But the digital age has completely transformed the places in which we conduct our affairs, according to William J. Mitchell.
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Space Exploration: The Next 100 Years
by Dava Newman
Available on: Online Video
High hopes meet high frustration in this panel, whose participants collectively yearn for a new vision to guide our space program.
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Navigating the Future
by Philip Condit
Available on: Online Video
While he won’t provide a definitive answer about Boeing’s plans to manufacture a 787 airliner, Phil Condit does make some stark predictions about the future.
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The Future of Digital Commons
by Nancy Kranich
Available on: Online Video
Nancy Kranich says the debate boils down to this: “Is information a public good or a commodity?” The more profit to be made, the higher the tension.
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The Rise of the Religious Left
by Michael Lerner
Available on: Digital Download | Online Audio
As a nation, can we let go of our desire to conquer and subdue all evil-doers at home and abroad?
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Flight: The Next 100 Years
by Joseph Corn
Available on: Online Video
This panel delves into both the fabled and likely future of air travel. As a boy, Joseph Corn treasured the Popular Mechanics issue whose cover featured a man parking a helicopter in the garage.
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Seamless Transitions
by Padmasree Warrior
Available on: Online Video
In a time when the boundaries between home, work, car, and plane are blurring, Motorola is exploring ways to enable people to have seamless transitions from one venue to another.
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Innovation at the Interface
by Edward B. Roberts
Available on: Online Video
When disciplines converge, innovation results. To prove the point, two inventers offered rich and varied examples from their respective areas: artificial intelligence and biomedicine.
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