Archive for the ‘Nanotechnology’ Category
Coders Of The Future Will Not Be Engineers
Tuesday, October 23rd, 2012When most people who read my blog see the word engineer they immediately think of those who write code for a living. In other words, computer programmers who may or may not have actual degrees in computer engineering. This is the definition of engineer that you should be thinking of in the title to this post.
Two-years ago this Saturday, Peter Thiel made a still-controversial announcement that kids are better off dropping out of college — or not going in the first place — and instead starting a company. To help motivate his quarry, and entice (grab) young talent twenty-years old and younger, Thiel offers a two-year mentorship and $100k. However, the thumbing of a college education may be a short-lived trend. Why? Because the next version of hacker will not be the computer whiz kid who is touted as the up and coming coding guru.* The next celebrated hackers will not be able to safely learn how to cut complex code in their bedroom. Read more »
Tags: biohacking, founders, leadership, nanotechnology, Open Source, science, smartups, SocialWeb, startups, synthetic biology, Web 2.0, Web 3.0
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Cybernetics, the Social Web, and the (Coming?) Singularity
Wednesday, July 20th, 2011Whereas you will find my insights and thoughts about the Social Semantic Web strewn throughout my website, this article is an attempt to extrapolate a few of those ideas in a more provocative and profound–if not frightening–way. So, you have be forewarned. Any resemblance to reality may be greatly over exaggerated!
Tags: Linked Data, nature, science, Singularity, Synaptic Web, Web 2.0, Web 3.0, Web of Data
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The HyperWeb: it’s All About Connections
Friday, January 7th, 2011I recently came across this interesting graphic entitled Hierarchy of Visual Information. The author clearly states that it is a work in progress, just the genesis of an idea, a not-fully-formed thought. In fact, he rightly points out that this–in general–is not a new concept at all and provides a link to a Google image search result showing many incarnations of the data-information-knowledge-wisdom concept.
As I looked at his graphic, a different idea came to mind, a different interpretation of the concept in the context of the Web’s evolution. The hierarchical nature of the illustration made me think of the increasing complexity that comes with increasing connectivity. Read more »
Tags: Singularity, SocialWeb, Synaptic Web, Web 2.0, Web 3.0, Web of Data
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