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Unleashing Workers Is Going To Lead To Drastic Changes In How We Work | Co.Exist: World... - 0 views

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"As technology evolves to make the office more obsolete, it's going to result in massive changes--and massive opportunities." But the process is sometimes painstakingly slow, as it conflicts with traditions, the desire for 'real face time' and office politics.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"As technology evolves to make the office more obsolete, it's going to result in massive changes--and massive opportunities." But the process is sometimes painstakingly slow, as it conflicts with traditions, the desire for 'real face time' and office politics. </div>

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Nielsen, M.: Reinventing Discovery: The New Era of Networked Science. - 0 views

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In Reinventing Discovery, Michael Nielsen argues that we are living at the dawn of the most dramatic change in science in more than 300 years. This change is being driven by powerful new cognitive tools, enabled by the internet, which are greatly accelerating scientific discovery.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">In Reinventing Discovery, Michael Nielsen argues that we are living at the dawn of the most dramatic change in science in more than 300 years. This change is being driven by powerful new cognitive tools, enabled by the internet, which are greatly accelerating scientific discovery.</div>

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Economist's View: Things That Will Change the World - 0 views

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Overcoming spinal cord injuries (I learned a lot about the spinal cord from the first segment, e.g. the systems that control walking are at the base of the spinal column, the brain has little to do with it), remote brain controlled mechanical hands, self-directed robots, and so on:

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Overcoming spinal cord injuries (I learned a lot about the spinal cord from the first segment, e.g. the systems that control walking are at the base of the spinal column, the brain has little to do with it), remote brain controlled mechanical hands, self-directed robots, and so on:</div>

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Scalable Living: changes you can make to be more productive - Scobleizer - 0 views

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I've been going through lots of changes behind the scenes that is leading me down a new path I call "scalable living."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">I've been going through lots of changes behind the scenes that is leading me down a new path I call "scalable living."</div>

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Scobleizer - Searching for world-changing technology - 0 views

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The world just changed yesterday. You probably didn't notice. But I guarantee strategists at Apple, Facebook, Amazon, Microsoft, and Google did. What happened? Qualcomm shipped a new contextual awareness platform for cell phones.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">The world just changed yesterday. You probably didn't notice. But I guarantee strategists at Apple, Facebook, Amazon, Microsoft, and Google did. What happened? Qualcomm shipped a new contextual awareness platform for cell phones.</div>

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The glacial pace of change in scientific publishing | Impact of Social Sciences - 0 views

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"Most journals have not yet published papers submitted to them last November while in the meantime, NASA have managed to send a rocket to Mars and beam back images. "

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"Most journals have not yet published papers submitted to them last November while in the meantime, NASA have managed to send a rocket to Mars and beam back images. "</div>

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Industrial robots: Baxter gets to work | The Economist - 0 views

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" Baxter, however, moves with less determination because it compensates for changes in its environment. This means it can work safely alongside people."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">" Baxter, however, moves with less determination because it compensates for changes in its environment. This means it can work safely alongside people."</div>

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Manufacturing: The third industrial revolution | The Economist - 1 views

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The digitisation of manufacturing will transform the way goods are made-and change the politics of jobs too

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">The digitisation of manufacturing will transform the way goods are made-and change the politics of jobs too</div>

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The Lisbon Council - Publication - 0 views

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n a forceful, hard-hitting policy brief, Executive Director Ann Mettler and Senior Fellow Anthony Williams look at the deep-seated changes afoot in our economy.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">n a forceful, hard-hitting policy brief, Executive Director Ann Mettler and Senior Fellow Anthony Williams look at the deep-seated changes afoot in our economy. </div>

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Canon Eyes Robot-only Production for Cameras | Business | TIME.com - 0 views

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Canon Inc. is moving toward fully automating digital camera production in an effort to cut costs - a key change being played out across Japan, a world leader in robotics.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Canon Inc. is moving toward fully automating digital camera production in an effort to cut costs - a key change being played out across Japan, a world leader in robotics.</div>

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FT Alphaville » How technology is killing the Asian growth miracle - 0 views

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"We've noted on more than one occasion that economists may be missing a trick when it comes to how technology is changing the global economy. More so, that developments like 3D printing, could even pose a black-swan risk for Asia in their own right."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"We've noted on more than one occasion that economists may be missing a trick when it comes to how technology is changing the global economy. More so, that developments like 3D printing, could even pose a black-swan risk for Asia in their own right."</div>

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Sam Palsimano's Transformation Of IBM - 0 views

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The former head of IBM managed his organization through the disruptive changes of economy and technology.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">The former head of IBM managed his organization through the disruptive changes of economy and technology. </div>

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The Futurist: A Future Timeline for Economics - 0 views

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The accelerating rate of change in many fields of technology all manifest themselves in terms of human development, some of which can be accurately tracked within economic data. Contrary to what the media may peddle and despite periodic setbacks, average human prosperity is rising at a rate faster than any other time in human history.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">The accelerating rate of change in many fields of technology all manifest themselves in terms of human development, some of which can be accurately tracked within economic data. Contrary to what the media may peddle and despite periodic setbacks, average human prosperity is rising at a rate faster than any other time in human history. </div>

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Paul Mason - Kicking Off the Revolution | Peter Geoghegan - 0 views

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'We're in the middle of a revolution caused by the near collapse of free-market capitalism combined with an upswing in technical innovation, a surge in desire for individual freedom and a change in consciousness about what freedom means.'

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner"> 'We're in the middle of a revolution caused by the near collapse of free-market capitalism combined with an upswing in technical innovation, a surge in desire for individual freedom and a change in consciousness about what freedom means.'</div>

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Essay on the changes that may most threaten traditional higher education | Inside Highe... - 0 views

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"n a recent Wall Street Journal interview about college costs and online learning, Stanford University President John Hennessy said, "What I told my colleagues is there's a tsunami coming. I can't tell you exactly how it's going to break, but my goal is to try to surf it, not to just stand there." "

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"n a recent Wall Street Journal interview about college costs and online learning, Stanford University President John Hennessy said, "What I told my colleagues is there's a tsunami coming. I can't tell you exactly how it's going to break, but my goal is to try to surf it, not to just stand there." "</div>

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How artificial intelligence is changing our lives - CSMonitor.com - 0 views

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"The idea that AI must mimic the thinking process of humans has dropped away. "Creating artificial intelligences that are like humans is, at the end of the day, paving the cow paths," Mr. Saffo argues. "It's using the new technology to imitate some old thing.""

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"The idea that AI must mimic the thinking process of humans has dropped away. "Creating artificial intelligences that are like humans is, at the end of the day, paving the cow paths," Mr. Saffo argues. "It's using the new technology to imitate some old thing.""</div>

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With the robots, markets are back to 1930 | Linkiesta.it - 0 views

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A new generation of tools has been improved over the last five years, changing the entire financial world, thanks to the unprecedented levels reached by technology - impossible to conceive some years ago. Velocity, liquidity, price efficiency and systemic risks: the HFT (High-Frequency Trading) era has started.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">A new generation of tools has been improved over the last five years, changing the entire financial world, thanks to the unprecedented levels reached by technology - impossible to conceive some years ago. Velocity, liquidity, price efficiency and systemic risks: the HFT (High-Frequency Trading) era has started. </div>

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The New MakerBot Replicator Might Just Change Your World | Wired Design | Wired.com - 0 views

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"Unlike the jerry-built contraptions of the past, the Replicator 2s are sleek, metal, and stylish: MakerBot CEO Bre Pettis likens the design to "Darth Vader driving Knight Rider's KITT car while being airlifted by a Nighthawk spy plane." There is also the lighting. Oh, the lighting. "LEDs are part of our core values as a company," Pettis jokes. "

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"Unlike the jerry-built contraptions of the past, the Replicator 2s are sleek, metal, and stylish: MakerBot CEO Bre Pettis likens the design to "Darth Vader driving Knight Rider's KITT car while being airlifted by a Nighthawk spy plane." There is also the lighting. Oh, the lighting. "LEDs are part of our core values as a company," Pettis jokes. "</div>

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Winning the Race With Ever-Smarter Machines - 0 views

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Race Against The Machine - 0 views

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