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Many technologies popular in speculation and science fiction are so advanced they are indistinguishable from magic. This series looks at if such technologies have any plausible basis in science and what their impact and less obvious implications would be.
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The big question of why life exists has challenged minds for countless centuries, but what does science have to say on this matter? Could life arise on other worlds and in other Universes, and what is the reason for it?
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Alien Civilizations: Conspiratorial Aliens.
Episode 220, Season 6 E02
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The future may see advancements in claytronics, memory metals, and catoms to allow shapeshifting materials that can take on any form and perform any job — possibly even taking on human form itself.
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Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur.
Episode 336, March 31, 2022
Written, Produced & Narrated by Isaac Arthur.
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One possible future perhaps.
The science-fiction short story “The Last Question”, written by Asimov and read by Nimoy.
Hear from NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang, @Siemens CEO Roland Busch, and @BMW AG board member Milan Nedeljković as they discuss the next stage of industrial automation. Learn how groundbreaking technologies like Siemens Xcelerator and @NVIDIA Omniverse enable companies of all sizes to build closed-loop, truly real-time, full-design-fidelity immersive digital twins.
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Consciousness is a terrible curse. Or so says a character in screenwriter/director Charlie Kaufman’s Being John Malkovich. Part theater of the absurd and part neuroscience fiction, the Oscar-winning filmmaker’s work captures the splintering between what we perceive and what we feel as our brains grapple with multiple layers of reality. Neuroscientist Giulio Tononi, one of the world’s leading sleep researchers, casts new light on the science of the mind, probing where and how consciousness is generated in the brain. Watch this spellbinding conversation between Kaufman, Tononi, and moderator Alan Alda as they explore and explain the art, science, and mystery of consciousness.
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Original Program Date: June 5, 2010
MODERATOR: Alan Alda.
PARTICIPANTS: Charlie Kaufman, Giulio Tononi.
Alan Alda Introduction 00:00
Participant Introductions 03:45
Bye bye, AR headsets?Mojo Vision, a California-based company that wants to make augmented reality (AR) capable smart contact lenses, has already conducted the first human trial of its technology. Last week, the company’s CEO Drew Perkins became the first person to use the contact lenses and shared his experience in a blog post.
Mojo Vision’s device design includes many firsts and now the prototype is good enough to be trialed. Is the future already here?