The video is about the exponential progression of information technology (exemplified by eg Moores Law), and how that in combination with more advanced artificial intelligence (AI) and the reverse-engineering of the human brain in the future could lead to a technological singularity, as theorized by people such as Ray Kurzweil. It discusses the development of technology as an evolutionary process, and shows by examples that evolution is an exponential process. The video also mentions how more advanced technology in the future could enable us to cure aging, and how this can give us eternal life (or at least enable us to live indefinitely), as proposed by people such as Abrey de Grey. The video also mentions the potential of molecular nanotechnology, and technologies such as virtual reality. It argues that investing in science and innovation is the best way of solving our challenges of global warming, resource scarcity, global poverty, and lack of space and resources due to population growth. CHARITIES THAT I RECOMMEND 1. The Open Cog Foundation: opencog.org 2. The Foresight Institute: www.foresight.org 3. The X-prize foundation. Watch video here: www.youtube.com Donate here: www.xprize.org If you know of good charities promoting research and innovation that will bring about long-term technological progress, then leave a comment, and I´ll consider including them. A FEW FAQ 1. Won´t the robots turn against us like they do in Hollywood-movies? I don´t think so. First of all I …
Video Rating: 4 / 5

A discussion of “desktop manufacturing” that may eventually become possible with nanotechnology. Brian Wang, research director of the Lifeboat Foundation, and Wasiq Bokhari, managing partner of Cleantech Circle, are interviewed by Martin Wasserman.
Video Rating: 4 / 5

Welcome to the nano scale. Nanoscale is where properties differ significantly from those at a larger scale. The strange world of nanoscience can take you into atoms and beyond the stars. A new horizon has begun for mankind in creating new technologies and one day eradicating diseases. Synopsis Nanotechnology has the potential to revolutionize our lives and to provide technological solutions to our problems in energy, the environment and medicine. To fully realize this potential we need to be able to control the synthesis of nanoparticles, the construction of nano-devices, the characterization of materials on the nanoscale, as well as to understand the effects of these things on our environment and our health. This conference will bring together physicists, chemists and materials scientists at the forefront of the science of making and characterizing materials at the nanoscale, with biologists and biochemists at the forefront of applying these discoveries in the medical and biological sphere. It serves two purposes. First to bring together research active basic and applied scientists from different backgrounds in an intimate atmosphere to learn about needs and scientific advances in the forefront of their respective fields and to build interactions and collaborations. Second, it will provide a rich educational opportunity for students and young researchers attending from different scientific backgrounds. The talks are designed to be comprehensible to someone outside the …
Video Rating: 4 / 5

Incoming search terms:

• physics nanoscience 2011 powerpoint

Time travel will be possible,according to some scientists.One of them is Ron Mallett,a physicist who is building his OWN TIMEMACHINE!And he expects it to be operational around 2016!Furthermore: Nanotechnology is going to change our society,our world ánd ourselves ,as a (trans-?)human,species….

How do we consider the impacts of new technologies? This video introduces the conceptual nanotechnology ‘utility fog’ and addresses some of the big issues it could raise as an example. Written, animated and directed by James Hutson, Bridge8. Transcript can be found here: technyou.edu.au