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Life without the Microprocessor

Submitted by Singularitarian on Fri, 2011-12-09 06:35

Fun video showing what our lives would be like without the invention of the microprocessor.

The Next Chapter in Human Computation

Submitted by Singularitarian on Wed, 2011-04-27 05:44
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Luis von Ahn

Luis von Ahn, the man who brought the world CAPTCHA and reCAPTCHA unveiled his newest and most innovative project to date: Duolingo. How can you translate the entire internet and do it for free? Duolingo will be a revolutionary product in which millions of internet users from around the world will work together to translate the internet and learn a new language at the same time. All for free.

Whirlwind Computer

Submitted by Singularitarian on Wed, 2011-04-20 07:28
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Jay Forrester

A native of Nebraska born in 1918, Jay Forrester went to MIT in 1939 and spent his entire career there. He worked first on pioneering control systems and computers, and in 1956 switched to management studies.

When Computers Changed the World

Submitted by Singularitarian on Mon, 2011-04-04 07:55

"When Computers Changed the World" is just one of more than 100 videos in the Computer History Museum's new exhibition: "Revolution: the First 2000 Years of Computing." In the span of a single lifetime, computers have gone from large, incredibly expensive and rare devices to small, low-cost, ubiquitous tools that we can't imagine living without. Yet, few people know the history of how this came to be.

Bluebrain | Year One

Submitted by Singularitarian on Sat, 2010-10-02 19:06

Henry Markram is attempting to reverse engineer an entire human brain, one neuron at a time. This piece is an introduction to director Noah Hutton's 10-year film-in-the-making that will chronicle the development of The Blue Brain Project, a landmark endeavor in modern neuroscience.