1/22/14 Episode 11: The Human Experience

2014-01-31

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Oh, to be human! We have the unique ability to analyze our thoughts, research the world around us, and use all we learn to do things like:Compress our own ashes into heirloom jewelrySequence tens of thousands of genomes for $1,000Create recognition algorithms that learn without usBuild robots that learn through improvising--and look like Pixar characters!Model biobots after our own spermAnd, as a bonus, we can also calculate infinity. What's next? Or could anything be next after infinity? If so, we'll find it....

Oh, to be human! We have the unique ability to analyze our thoughts, research the world around us, and use all we learn to do things like:

Compress our own ashes into heirloom jewelry

Sequence tens of thousands of genomes for $1,000

Create recognition algorithms that learn without us

Build robots that learn through improvising--and look like Pixar characters!

Model biobots after our own sperm

And, as a bonus, we can also calculate infinity. What's next? Or could anything be next after infinity? If so, we'll find it.

http://www.npr.org/2014/01/19/263128098/swiss-company-compresses-cremation-ashes-into-diamonds?utm_content=socialflow&utm_campaign=nprfacebook&utm_source=npr&utm_medium=facebook

http://www.kurzweilai.net/worlds-first-1000-genome-enables-factory-scale-sequencing-for-population-and-disease-studies

http://www.kurzweilai.net/a-smart-object-recognition-algorithm-that-doesnt-need-humans

http://www.ted.com/talks/guy_hoffman_robots_with_soul.html

http://www.kurzweilai.net/tiny-swimming-biobots-propelled-by-heart-cells-or-magnetic-fields

http://www.npr.org/2014/01/21/264575969/after-hibernation-rosetta-seeks-its-stone

http://www.npr.org/blogs/krulwich/2014/01/21/263455905/treat-yourself-to-a-huh

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