January 2012
64 posts
On the Internet of Things: IBM Tracks Your Pork...
Via Scoop.it - Web of Things “IBM has set out to prove it can revolutionize the food industry with data, starting with China. Six industrial slaughterhouses and 100 markets in Shandong Province are part of a large scale test in tracking pork from farm to customer. Pigs are marked with ear tags containing unique barcodes, those same barcodes appear on the bins that carry their meat during...
ACTA: prosecution for communication? — RT
Via Scoop.it - The Next Edge The ACTA copyright protection treaty, which has recently been signed in Poland, represents outdated copyright legislation that could lead to punishment just for an act of communication. Via rt.com
Bacteria sensors could halve the cost of...
Via Scoop.it - Web of Things The cost of desalinated water could be cut by almost half using new wireless bacteria sensors, according to the technology’s creators. via The Engineer.co.uk Via theengineer.co.uk
Magic Mushrooms Expand the Mind By Dampening Brain...
Via Scoop.it - Consciousness Based on this idea, Huxley posited that ordinary consciousness represents only a fraction of what the mind can take in. In order to keep us focused on survival, Huxley claimed, the brain must act as a “reducing valve” on the flood of potentially overwhelming sights, sounds and sensations. What remains, Huxley wrote, is a “measly trickle of the kind of consciousness”...
The True Hive Mind – How Honeybee Colonies Think
Via Scoop.it - The Next Edge “This extends to decision-making, which is the main subject of Honeybee Democracy. The bees exercise a collective intelligence that mimics not just small-group decision-making but the cognitive deliberations of our own brains:” Via wired.com
Google Effects on Memory: Cognitive Consequences...
http://www.wjh.harvard.edu/~wegner/pdfs/science.1207745.full.pdf
“The advent of the Internet, with sophisticated algorithmic search engines, has made accessing information as easy as lifting a finger. No longer do we have to make costly efforts to find the things we want. We can “Google” the old classmate, find articles online, or look up the actor who was on the tip of our tongue. The...
PARTICIPATORY SENSING 1/4 – the data-citizen...
Via Scoop.it - Web of Things “Using open source technologies, like Arduino-based sensor units or mobile apps, data-citizens will be able to gather their own real-time data regarding issues they are really concerned about, such as air quality, noise levels, street deficiencies, plagues, etc. All data will be shared in open public repositories, like Pachube, available for everyone. Long term...
Things in the Brain
Via Scoop.it - Web of Things We are not things. We are beings.
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Printed Sensors Could Help Save You From Spoiled...
Via Scoop.it - Web of Things Thinfilm’s first-gen sensors will be able to cache data about the object itself, on the item itself. In this case, the sensors will record data concerning the object’s temperature history, tracking precise time, temperature and exposure information, and also displaying it in a low-power readout. The data within can be accessed as needed, insomuch it doesn’t need to be...
Smart tag lets you print electronics on plastic
Via Scoop.it - Web of Things ThinFilm Electronics says it has assembled the pieces for a simple printed-on-plastic computing device with processing power, memory, and display that will enable ‘smart objects’ and an Internet of things. Via news.cnet.com
Jon Kabot-Zinn presents Wherever You Go, There You...
Via Scoop.it - Consciousness Kabat-Zinn - It’s brutally simple. Not simple-minded, but brutally simple, but it’s also not easy. And I want to emphasize that it’s not easy. And it’s not for everyone. You’ve got to be willing to actually be something of an athlete of your own consciousness, so to speak. via Bodhi Tree BOOKSTORE more highlights :...
Weaving electronics into the fabric of our...
Via Scoop.it - Web of Things “With these non-conventional materials you have a great deal of freedom. We believe this approach to circuitry in substrates will lead to the creation of smart substances, and once you start thinking about the possible applications, it’s hard to stop: surgeon’s gloves with smart skin, walls of a house that store energy and generate large-scale displays, magazines with...
Ian MacKenzie | We Come From The Future
Via Scoop.it - Consciousness “Darin Drda, author of The Four Global Truths, writes: Although they speak different languages, both tell the same story: the fate of life on Earth will be determined by forces beyond humanity’s control. This idea strikes me as a very dangerous one, certain to accelerate our collective journey down the road to ruin. What’s more, it doesn’t jive with the...
NASA's Maps of US Trees Will Be a "Before" Picture...
Via Scoop.it - The Next Edge NASA has created a map of the all the trees in the United States to serve as an inventory and provide a “before” picture for climate change… Via treehugger.com
The God Particle, Quantum Entanglement, And The...
Via Scoop.it - Consciousness Quantum Entanglement is at the heart of understanding how significant events across the universe operate at the macro- and micro- level in split-second synchronicity despite considerable distance between them. We are beginning to see the entire universe as a holographically interlinked network of energy and information, organically whole. And as the mystic Rumi wrote...
The Mirror in Us: Mirror Neurons & Workplace...
Via Scoop.it - The Next Edge Emotions and actions are powerfully contagious. When we see someone laugh, cry, show disgust and experience pain, in some sense we share those feelings. When we see a great actor, musician or athletic perform at the peak of their abilities, it can feel like we are experiencing something of what they feel. In the 1990’s when a research team at the University of...
Inspired by Abundance - by Jason Silva
Via Scoop.it - The Next Edge Jason Silva (filmmaker and founding producer/host for Current TV), one of our earliest readers, was so inspired by Abundance that he made this video mash-up! Via youtube.com
Nature’s Knack | TEDtalk | The Next Edge
Via Scoop.it - The Next Edge Take 18 minutes of your day to watch this TEDtalk.
“If you haven’t heard about Janine Benyus, it’s about time you have. Janine has been at the forefront of biomimicry for a number of years now. She co-founded the Biomimicry Institute, which has morphed into various projects, including its current form as Biomimcry 3.8, a global network of scientists, thinkers,...
'A new forensics': adapting to changing digital...
Via Scoop.it - Web of Things “The number of wireless devices continues to grow into a large ‘Internet of things’. When searching a desk, we now have to grab the desktop computer but also look out for USB drives disguised as pens, digital cameras disguised as tissue boxes and a myriad of MP3 players, smart phones and other devices. Never has there been so much data and so many different ways...
TI spurs Internet of Things with easy-embed WiFi...
Via Scoop.it - Web of Things The Internet of Things drive, where every electronic device can communicate with each other in a mesh of digital linkery, continues to gather pace, with Texas INstruments unveiling a low-cost embedded WiFi chipset targeting everyday gadgets. - SlashGear Via slashgear.com
Easier, better identitiy on the horizon
Via Scoop.it - Web of Things “Together, three trends lead to an Internet of Things, where smart phones use NFC to make statements about the physical world. For example, there has already been an art exhibition that lets visitors vote for their favorite display by tapping with their smartphone. But more importantly, there’s an Internet of Secure Things coming. You will be able to use your...
The Blood of the Earth, or Pulp Nonfiction
Via Scoop.it - The Next Edge Our core narrative, the story into which every serious thinker is required to fit his or her thoughts, is the narrative of progress—the story that defines all of human existence as a single great upward trajectory from the caves to the stars, and insists that the present is better than the past and the future will inevitably be better still. The problem with that...
The best things in life aren't things.
Via Scoop.it - Web of Things How might the “Web of Things” help us realise this?
Technology Strategy Board invests in Internet of...
Via Scoop.it - Web of Things Graham Fisher, a Director at Cambridge Wireless, welcomed the efforts made by the Technology Strategy Board. He told TechEye that there are plenty of opportunities to be had with an Internet of Things, though there is more that needs to be done in terms of infrastructure in order to create the ecosystem the TSB is striving for.
“Rural connectivity could be an issue...
How Social Movements Happen, Part I: Zenith,...
Via Scoop.it - The Next Edge “The new reality is first sensed by those few people in the system who interface with the outside world, but is essentially invisible to the people on the inside. The difficulty here is that the new reality threatens the order of the whole edifice - there is no sustainable adaptation that doesn’t involve giving up key fundamental assumptions of the...
How the Internet of things could make the world...
Via Scoop.it - Web of Things “If everything is traceable, that means that we’ll be more aware of the entire life cycle of our stuff — even once we’ve given it up willingly. This means that when, say, the laptop bag you gave to Goodwill ultimately ends up in the landfill a few weeks later (like a reported 40 percent of things that go to Goodwill do) it will be hard to ignore your role in...
Cerf on science: The father of the Internet talks...
Via Scoop.it - Web of Things When Vint Cerf talks about Google’s upcoming global Science Fair, you can hear the infectious enthusiasm in his voice.
Again, Cerf sees some aspects of that fictional world becoming reality, especially with regard to the Internet of Things. “The Android OS is turning out to be of interest… in other devices, things that consume electricity, appliances around the...
Virtual Ego
Via Scoop.it - Consciousness “Alan Watts. If ego = control, then the formula for enlightenment is: Develop and grasp at self-control until you reach complete frustration and then realize the contradictions and true nature of self-control, or self-guidance. Striving for a type of self-control that is subtlely, inherently impossible builds up into complete frustration, until out of this...
How The Consciousness Shift May Be Affecting You
Via Scoop.it - Consciousness “This shift is being catalyzed by an increase of Divine Evolutionary Light pouring into Earth’s atmosphere. This light is the force behind all evolution throughout the universe… the process of every created thing unfolding its full divine potential and moving up the ladder of consciousness. We are currently experiencing a long, sometimes rocky transition into...
William Gibson on real vs. virtual and singularity
Via Scoop.it - The Next Edge The author takes a moment to debunk “singularity” — the theory that man and machine will eventually merge in some kind of climax — calling it “the geek rapture.” In Gibson’s opinion, the biggest changes will sneak into our lives gradually, the way Walkmans morphed into iPods, then iPhones. “There’s not going to be any ‘future,’ because things are changing too...
The wireless world: Is there chaos around the...
Via Scoop.it - Web of Things “Not everyone is looking forward to this with open arms however, for the same reasons people are against ID cards, and have rightfully suspicious views of centralised data. Not everyone wants their underpants to beam their movements directly to the government or their spouse. Throwing a surprise party? Forget it. Hide-and-seek? Out of the question.
‘Everyday...
Intel’s automotive plans herald the ever connected...
Via Scoop.it - Web of Things “There are aspects to this internet of things that really are profoundly concerning, however. Privacy is one of them. No one can doubt that if all cars are all wi-fi or LTE connected, busybodies in government will no doubt want access to where exactly where people are, where people have been, and where people are going. The upside, of course, is that licences,...
Government gives away £500,000 to 10 lucky firms...
Via Scoop.it - Web of Things “A UK GOVERNMENT backed project is giving 10 British companies up to £50,000 each to conduct preparatory studies for moving towards an applications and services marketplace, or ‘internet of things’.
Source: The Inquirer (http://s.tt/15bJm) Via theinquirer.net
Who Will Control the Internet of Things?
Via Scoop.it - Web of Things “Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL ) filed a patent at the tail end of 2009 dubbed “Local Device Awareness,” which describes automated connections between a number of close-range devices. Some potential applications could be device position targeting (think locating your keys) or proximity-based gaming.” “If Apple’s patent seems overly broad,...
How the Consumerization of Data Leads to More...
Via Scoop.it - Web of Things “Bloomberg recently published an article that cites numerous examples of cities around the world that have embarked upon so-called “smart city projects.” For example, urban areas from Memphis to Rio de Janeiro are using data and analytics to help lead progress against crime, pollution, and congestion. In fact, cities worldwide are expected to invest up to $108...
Koios - The online complex problem solving...
Via Scoop.it - The Next Edge Koios is to become a catalyst for social problem solving, to accelerate and take problem solving to a whole new level. We are also the first world-wide contest for complex problem solving. Via koios.org
Reframing the Problems - The Long Now
Via Scoop.it - The Next Edge “Now” is the period in which people feel they live and act and have responsibility. For most of us, “now” is about a week, sometimes a year. For some traditional tribes in the American northeast and Australia, “now” is seven generations back and forward (350 years). Just as the Earth photographs gave us a sense of “the big...
The Rise And Fall Of Poverty Porn
Via Scoop.it - The Next Edge It used to be that the best way to raise money for the developing world was to show the abject poverty that could be found there, but NGOs are finding that tactic no longer works. Via fastcoexist.com
Money & Life trailer
Via Scoop.it - The Next Edge Via vimeo.com
Future of Facebook: Society (CC 3.0)
Via Scoop.it - The Next Edge Leading social and tech experts present their visions for Facebook’s future impact on society. Some believe Facebook will become pervasive plumbing for the s… Via youtube.com
The Alliance for Wild Ethics | David Abram |...
Via Scoop.it - The Next Edge Alliance for Wild Ethics is a consortium of individuals and organizations working to ease the spreading devastation of the animate earth through a rapid transformation of culture. ht David McConville Via wildethics.com
Think About This: The Agony of Emergence
Via Scoop.it - Consciousness One of the most underappreciated figures in the history of evolutionary spirituality is the German philosopher and linguist Jean Gebser. His masterpiece, The Ever-Present Origin (1949), outlines his unique vision of the emergence of human consciousness. Gebser tracks human history through a series of “mutations,” or structures of consciousness, from the archaic mind...
transcendental attractor
Via Scoop.it - Consciousness Psycedelic eschatologist Terrence McKenna suggests a more modern perspective: I’ve taken [Whitehead’s] notion of concresence and attempted to consttruct a terminal cosmology that literally stands on its head the scientific explanation of the origin of the universe. I don’t believe the universe is the push outward into substntial existence by primal...
What is medical materialism?
Via Scoop.it - Consciousness The concept of “medical materialism,” so well described by William James in his Varieties of Religious Experience, is just one more form of reductionism that is sometimes applied to matters of religion. For our purposes here, we will define “reductionism” as any attempt to explain the greater in terms of the lesser, that is, any attempt to...
SSE Talks - 40 Hz Brainwaves and Higher...
Via Scoop.it - Consciousness Title:
Does Gamma Brain Wave Emission Correlate with Higher Consciousness? Summary: Gamma emission (40 Hz brainwaves) are present in the frontal lobes of people of “higher consciousness.” Neurofeedback was used to train non-advanced meditators to emit gamma brainwaves, resulting in similiar subjective reports of “higher...
Contemplating Consciousness
Via Scoop.it - Consciousness The work of the artist George Rodart…. Via georgerodart.com
Science on the SPOT: Open Source Creativity -...
Via Scoop.it - The Next Edge Inspired in part by the open source movement, public spaces are emerging where people congregate to share ideas, make cool projects, teach, and brainstorm with collaborators on everything from coding to cooking. With no leaders, they have one rule: “Be excellent to each other.”
ht Jenny Ryan @tunabananas Via youtube.com
What is a VillageTown?
Via Scoop.it - The Next Edge “The Experience of a VillageTown is a natural process of human growth and development. It is a framework upon which a community defines itself. When you combine your purchasing power with others, you gain control of your money, your life and your future. Your outcome is a place to live that is vibrant, colorful, healthy and strong; a wonderful place to live -...
The Law of Accelerating Returns | KurzweilAI
Via Scoop.it - Consciousness “And just who are these people in the machine, anyway? The answer will depend on who you ask. If you ask the people in the machine, they will strenuously claim to be the original persons. For example, if we scan–let’s say myself–and record the exact state, level, and position of every neurotransmitter, synapse, neural connection, and every other relevant detail,...
Change This - Leading Transformation and...
Via Scoop.it - The Next Edge “Social media is not the catalyst for change, but merely one of its agents. We must remember that Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, and the like are the networks that facilitate an uprising. However, it is repression, angst, injustice, inequality, vision, aspiration and hope that serve as the true stimulus for insurrection and progress. Technology plays a part in...