Visioning 2026 Blog
What Will the World Look Like in 2017?
NBC's Nightly News aired a special segment on what technology and life would look like in 2017.
Check out the site here
C-SPAN Interviews of Ray Kurzweil on Latest Book
Please check out this video recorded interview (Real Player) of Ray Kurzweil by C-SPAN on one of his latest books,
The Singularity Is Near, When Humans Transcend Biology. This is a 3 hour video clip with callers asking questions. There are excerpts of some of his many inventions. Topics included expanding human intelligence with machines, human
pattern recognition, inventing machines to help persons with sensory
disabilities, and artificial intelligence.
Here's where that
reference is listed, just click on the "Watch" hyperlink.
http://www.booktv.org/General/index.asp?segID=7515&schedID=463&category=In+Depth\
How can I help transform our education system to integrate more of this inventor type of thinking? What economic development activities can I help foster to prepare our community for these transformational changes? What access points do I have from outside our community that can help transform our community into incorporating leading edge technologies? What capacities do we have locally, e.g., inexpensive electical, broadband, water, etc. resources that would support these technological trends forecasted by Ray Kurzweil?
Mark