Help me find some informative scientific podcasts/lectures/audio books/videos about the future of man and technology.
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posted by gregoryg
on Jun 21, 2012 -
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Was reading about microchips that are designed to allow a few mistakes (known as '
Sloppy Chips'), and pondering equivalent kinds of 'coding' errors and entropy in biological systems. Can a fair comparison be made between the two?
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posted by 0bvious
on Jun 5, 2012 -
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I need to know what sort of equipment one uses to "entangle" particles. Where would I find this sort of information?
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posted by AdamCSnider
on May 28, 2012 -
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In the final episode of James Burke's "Connections", he describes a
secret experiment mixing CuSO4 and NaOH, and the potential uses for the result. That was the late 1970s--I am curious what actually happened since then.
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posted by This_Will_Be_Good
on May 9, 2012 -
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I've been asked to research the viability of the launch of a new top-level domain (TLD) parallel to dot-com. Assuming the prospective domain owner wishes not to reduplicate the internet as it exists now merely with another extension, I'd like to ask: Let's say you could take what you know about how the internet works (indexing, monetization, traffic, web-mastering but also crowdsourcing, social networking, political organizing, personal publishing, microfunding, etc.) and for reasons purely fictional, the existing system was scrapped and being re-built from scratch, what would you do with that opportunity if you had it?
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posted by brynnwood
on Dec 26, 2011 -
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What are some activities that exercise visual or structural type thinking? Something to do with science, technology, or 3-dimensions preferred. I'm looking for puzzles, hobbies, or other activities that might be performed through an actual job that I'm just not aware of. As examples, auto-mechanics classes and memorizing anatomy books immediately comes to mind.
posted by Giggilituffin
on Aug 4, 2011 -
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Which science and technology websites do you (the scientists and technologists) visit regularly, to keep up to date on your subjects?
I am, preferably, looking for generalist sites which are either global or UK-centric, such as the New Scientist website. Websites which focus on (or have sections on) applied science (especially those with any connection to "appropriate technology") would be particularly relevant.
posted by the_very_hungry_caterpillar
on Jan 3, 2010 -
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Science! How can I use my excessive tech / management / leadership background to enable science (while still getting paid a living wage)?
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posted by TheOtherSide
on Oct 29, 2009 -
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I'm taking an innovative course on using technology for humanitarian causes, taught by a professor I really like. But it's awful! How can I tell him what I think, and/or turn this disaster of a course into something worthwhile?
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posted by anonymous
on Sep 23, 2009 -
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The seas are rising. Climate change
has made it inevitable. I have a strange question... Assuming that world sea-level rises by 1 metre over the next hundred years - Would it be possible to cordon off a section of land, somewhere in the centre of a continent, and flood it to create an artificial ocean, thus reducing the consequences of the sea rise?
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posted by 0bvious
on Sep 18, 2009 -
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Do you know of any old books which predicted (correctly or incorrectly) 'future' advances and applications of emergent technology?
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posted by Pennyblack
on Jun 25, 2009 -
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I am looking for cross-disciplinary graduate/phd course in web technology. More specifically, relating to societal use of web from a global perspective. My goal is to become an expert in use of web based technologies in developing countries (which involves computer use, censorship, etc.). So far, what I have found is STS (science, technology and society) which sounds perfect, but from what I have seen, tend to be more in the areas of applied sciences and engineering. Then there is basic CS programs which tend to be more technology than societal aspects. Does anyone have any thoughts, ideas, recommendations?
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posted by _zed_
on Mar 31, 2009 -
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What useful technologies have been developed or are in development due to advances of knowledge in modern physics?
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posted by wigglin
on Aug 3, 2008 -
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How is the
meaning of art and artefacts being altered by the methods we use to:
Experience,
Define and
Preserve them... In other words, in what ways have technologies been used to experience, re-define and/or preserve art and artifacts?
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posted by 0bvious
on Feb 5, 2008 -
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Where can I find which quantitative/technical skills are hot, and which ones aren't?
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posted by lunchbox
on Feb 3, 2008 -
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What kinds of high-technology
things exist now but will only come to light 50 or 100 years from now? Speculative, but asking for concrete answers.
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posted by exlotuseater
on Nov 30, 2007 -
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Can there seriously not be a single science (or even
technology) channel on
either one of the
two satellite radio systems?
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posted by DU
on Nov 29, 2007 -
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I am looking for a quote from an article. The quote discussed how the current state of the art in technology usually became the metaphor for how we understand and describe the universe. The article is probably 5-6 years old, but was posted on the web (I probably accessed it through
Arts and Letters Daily).
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posted by Hildago
on Mar 1, 2005 -
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"The greatest challenge facing mankind is the challenge of distinguishing reality from fantasy, truth from propaganda." (See
link from
here.) What are some examples of leading-edge science and/or technology that might illustrate the truth of this statement? [More inside]
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posted by ajr
on Dec 12, 2003 -
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