Penny For Your Thoughts - Don Tapscott
July 2nd, 2009
Singularity Nearer Than Ever
June 28th, 2009
Author: Jaap Bloem
From 13 nations 40 students for the inaugural Singularity University summer 2009 program were chosen out of over 1,200 candidates.
They were selected based on their domain expertise, their entrepreneurial and leadership skills, and their commitment to addressing and solving important issues facing our world.
Tomorrow, June 29th, the first SU class will start.
Specific experience and expertise in one of the ten key fields of study, or “tracks,” was required to secure a spot in the inter-disciplinary institution. The number of student experts in each of the ten tracks are:
- Future Studies and Forecasting - 5
- Policy, Law and Ethics - 7
- Finance and Entrepreneurship - 5
- Networks and Computing Systems - 6
- Biotechnology and Bioinformatics - 3
- Nanotechnology - 2
- Medicine, Neuroscience and Human Enhancement - 4
- AI, Robotics - 3
- Energy and Ecological Systems - 2
- Space and Physical Sciences - 3
Ultimately, economist Robin Hanson predicts, the technological NBIC singularity will increase economic growth between 60 and 250 times.
Doctor cures wound via Twitter
June 28th, 2009
Last weekend a friend of mine showed me his wound. He got the wound during a hiking event. He didn’t notice how it happend. The wound was swollen and quite irritating. And it hurted. But he didn’t complain, he was quite brave.
With my iPhone I took a picture and posted a tweet in my part of the Twitterverse. “Does anybody know what kind of wound this is?” Immediately I received some responses varying from insectbite to gunshot wound. It was fun at the moment. I didn’t pay any attention to my twee anymore.
However, a few days later I was quite surprised, I received a message from Bart Brandenburg, a doctor for Medicinfo. He had read my tweet with the picture attached to it. He was intrigued and made a print of the photo. By examining it carefully he found out that it was an insect bite and he answered me by posting a link to his website with all kinds of tips how to cure the wound. I was wondering, is this the first case of a doctor curing a wound via Twitter?
