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Week of May 13, 2012

American Invention

American Invention

05.13.2012

What’s your billion dollar idea? You know, the one that’s going to change the world?  America’s the land of invention, right? And it’s that can-do spirit that makes this country great. But America’s no longer the global innovation giant it once was.

Where have you gone, Thomas Edison?

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  1. Nathan Myhrvold on Modernist Cuisine

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    Myhrvold talks about inventing and his six-volume, 2400-page, 52 pound cookbook called Modernist Cuisine.

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    Average: 2.6 (7 votes)

  2. Darin Gibby on Why America has stopped inventing

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    Why has America stopped inventing? Americans invent less than half of what we did a century ago. Half.  Why? Are we less creative then we were 100 years ago?

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    Average: 4.2 (11 votes)

  3. Marcus Wohlsen on Biopunks

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    Welcome to the 21st Centrury and the Biopunk Movement where biohacking and kitchen table biotech are the norm.

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    Average: 4.3 (4 votes)

  4. Anna Dietrich on the flying car

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    Don't ask Anna Dietrich if she invented a car that can fly. No one can do that she says. She did, however, invent a plane that can drive. 

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  5. Robert Glasper on his album "Black Radio"

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    Robert Glasper's new album Black Radio is a reference to the black box of recordings that survives a plane crash.

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The Most Human Human

Brainpower

05.13.2012
 (was 04.10.2011)

The Turing Test is an annual event in which the most advanced computer programs try to fool a panel of judges into mistaking them for real people.    And real people compete to try to win the coveted "Most Human Human Award."

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  1. Brian Christian on The Turing Test

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    What's it like to be part human and part machine?

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    Average: 4.8 (4 votes)

  2. Sherry Turkle on "Alone Together"

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    MIT Professor Sherry Turkle is fascinated by our interactions with machines. She's just released the third book in a trilogy of books on the subject.

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  3. Michael Chorost on "World Wide Mind"

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    What if digital communication felt as real as being touched?

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  4. Miguel Nicolelis on "Beyond Boundaries"

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    Duke University neuroscientist Miguel Nicolelis talks about the possibility of upgrading our brains with computer chips.

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