... Yes, quite a few. And there are some other folks who have been meeting in the Bay area that are looking forward to working with you on the project. We have...
Incredible! Cambridge geneticist Aubrey de Grey is one of the biggest names in antiaging research. Getting him to speak at Stanford is a major coup for my...
+ Physicists control the flip of electron spin + Physicists now have found a way to manipulate the spin of an electron with a jolt of voltage from a battery....
Mission to build a simulated brain begins 00:01 06 June 2005 NewScientist.com news service Duncan Graham-Rowe An effort to create the first computer simulation...
LONDON, England (CNN) -- A revolutionary machine that can copy itself and manufacture everyday objects quickly and cheaply could transform industry in the...
Hello Futurists, Finally here it is the announcment of the June Future Salon. Weblog post: http://www.futuresalon.org/2005/06/june_future_sal.html I am very...
Didn't the Future Salons start out being on third Fridays? Personally I'd prefer moving back to third Fridays. Or at least a non-third Thursday. For me the...
... FTR, I concur -- being on the Judicial Committee for the San Mateo County Libertarian Party isn't as sexy, but I'd still like to attend most of the...
A Friday meeting works better for me too. DJ Cline...
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Third Fridays are still our target date. However, when faced with a choice between finding a time which will work for a speaker that we're excited about,...
Hi Futurists, I am really happy that the Future Salon is happening, even though I am not organizing it and will not be there in person. Kevin Keck was able to...
+ Microsoft vs. Open Source: Who Will Win? + Can the open source software movement defeat (or severely cripple) Microsoft in the marketplace? Will OSS ever...
... Ok, so here is the question for you: To what extent is the business world a "zero-sum game" vs "full of win-win situations"? Here's some numbers for you: ...
... Other attempts at manufactured homes have been tried in the past (i.e. Buckminster Fuller). A major reason why they haven't been successful are a) local...
... www.monolithicdome.com in case anyone else had trouble. Concrete is an amazing material. Andrew...
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... This is often a major block, but consumer resistance is another that is often forgotten ... Concrete got itself a very bad reputation in the 60's as it was...
... world a "zero-sum game" vs "full of win-win situations"? ... construction isn't. ... construction industry prevents the business from becoming monopolized...
... consumer resistance from a price or aethetic standpoint? ... I've tried looking on google for concrete rot and haven't seen anything, so has concrete...
... Concrete can be susceptible to some environmental chemistry issues, but under most circumstances rotting concrete means poor/cheap implementation e.g. an...
... very few early adopters, most people are v slow to adopt new housing approaches. ... Possibly....my understanding is tht id formulation si wrong (or maybe ...
Hi Futurists, Weblogpost with links: http://www.futuresalon.org/2005/06/human_evolution.html I am a bit bummed that I can't be in person at this Thursday's ...
Hi Futurists, Last reminder for the excellent Human Evolution Future Salon. Go there in person or watch it from the comfort of your Aeron chair. Attention...
Hi Futurists, Weblog post: http://www.futuresalon.org/2005/06/post.html I created a couple of screen shots while watching/listening to today's Future Salon....
Hi Futurists, Weblog post: http://www.futuresalon.org/2005/06/switch_intervie.html A nice surprise today was how many students from San Jose State University...
... Yes, I was also struck by that. So I have a question. Let's do a survey, on the email list here. The question is: What is *your* confusion? I'm really...
... Very funny. I am pretty well convinced that I don't know anything, even the things I think I know. So I could come up with confusions till the cows come ...