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"digital humanism - the notion that people are the central focus in the manifestation of digital businesses and digital workplaces"

Amazing video showing new developments in medical training. Shows 'CPR' 'dummies' that feature an array of electronics to simulate a human being - including real pulses, airways, and respiratory system (the chest actually raises and falls as the 'dummy' breathes). Looks like a great training tool and can also be used to measure the effectiveness of the first aid given. Also talks about future development such as real 'skin'. Could also be useful to discuss limitations of models, such as the lack of 'blood' and other vital systems.

The District of Columbia recently invited hacking attempts to test their new e-voting system. Less than two days later the system had been completely compromised: Candidates were altered Votes were altered Future votes could be redirected or blocked Voting records were viewed Secret voter IDs and PINs were viewed The hackers also found evidence of in-progress attacks from Iran and China.

"Well-run schools seen as powerful source of enlightenment in today's Sultanate of Oman."

Is iPad the future? will the PC become obsolete at one point?

Seven short videos covering the past, present, and future of robots in the military. Part 2 and afterwards are better than Part 1 (this link). The videos do take a slightly light-hearted look at this serious topic, which some people might not like.

The beginnings of digital art, before photo editing

BBC news: video showing how IT can be incorporated into the home with benefits to householders and the environment.

Skin-input devices! A rather interesting if somewhat bizarre look at one type of future input device: the human skin...

A BBC news video. "A German supermarket is encouraging customers to scan and ring up their shopping using mobile phones, and check out without the help of a cashier."

Thinking Machine 4 explores the invisible, elusive nature of thought. Play chess against a transparent intelligence, its evolving thought process visible on the board before you. The artwork is an artificial intelligence program, ready to play chess with the viewer. If the viewer confronts the program, the computer's thought process is sketched on screen as it plays. A map is created from the traces of literally thousands of possible futures as the program tries to decide its best move. Those traces become a key to the invisible lines of force in the game as well as a window into the spirit of a thinking machine.

Over a single generation, the Web and digital media have remade nearly every aspect of modern culture, transforming the way we work, learn and connect in ways that we're only beginning to understand. FRONTLINE producer Rachel Dretzin (Growing Up Online) teams up with one of the leading thinkers of the digital age, Douglas Rushkoff (The Persuaders, Merchants of Cool), to continue to explore life on the virtual frontier. The film is the product of a unique collaboration with visitors to the Digital Nation Web site, who for the past year have been able to react to the work in progress and post their own stories online. Dretzin and her team report from the front lines of digital culture -- from love affairs blossoming in virtual worlds, to the thoroughly wired classrooms of the future, to military bases where the Air Force is fighting a new form of digital warfare. Along the way, they begin to map the critical ways that technology is transforming us -- and what we may be learning about ourselves in the process.

This article discusses whether print textbooks will soon be replaced by digital versions or supplanted altogether by free courseware, educational games, videos and projects on the Web.

The future of the news business can be written not just in pixels but with old-fashioned paper and ink