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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" media="screen" href="/~d/styles/rss2enclosuresfull.xsl"?><?xml-stylesheet type="text/css" media="screen" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~d/styles/itemcontent.css"?><rss xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:openSearch="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/" xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" version="2.0"><channel><atom:id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4533669824534479334</atom:id><lastBuildDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2009 22:02:50 +0000</lastBuildDate><title>Broader Perspective Podcast</title><description /><link>http://melanieswan.blogspot.com/</link><managingEditor>noreply@blogger.com (LaBlogga)</managingEditor><generator>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>15</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><media:copyright>Creative Commons - Attribution Non-commercial Share-alike</media:copyright><media:thumbnail url="http://www.melanieswan.com/images/BroaderPerspectivePodcast.png" /><media:keywords>future,futurist,futurism,technology,singularity,virtual,worlds,future,of,technology</media:keywords><media:category scheme="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd">Technology</media:category><itunes:owner><itunes:email>m@melanieswan.com</itunes:email><itunes:name>Melanie Swan</itunes:name></itunes:owner><itunes:author>Melanie Swan</itunes:author><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="http://www.melanieswan.com/images/BroaderPerspectivePodcast.png" /><itunes:keywords>future,futurist,futurism,technology,singularity,virtual,worlds,future,of,technology</itunes:keywords><itunes:subtitle>A futurist synthesist podcast ideating technology innovations</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary>This podcast provides ongoing talks on the future of innovative technology</itunes:summary><itunes:category text="Technology" /><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="self" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/BroaderPerspectivePodcast" type="application/rss+xml" /><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com" /><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4533669824534479334.post-5189388353395036288</guid><pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2009 22:02:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-04-19T15:02:50.327-07:00</atom:updated><title>Future of Life Sciences</title><description>&lt;center&gt;															&lt;script type="text/javascript" src="http://blip.tv/scripts/pokkariPlayer.js?ver=2008010901"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;					&lt;script type="text/javascript" src="http://blip.tv/syndication/write_player?skin=js&amp;posts_id=2022160&amp;source=3&amp;autoplay=true&amp;file_type=flv&amp;player_width=&amp;player_height="&gt;&lt;/script&gt;					&lt;div id="blip_movie_content_2022160"&gt;					&lt;a rel="enclosure" href="http://blip.tv/file/get/LaBloggo-FutureOfLifeSciences143.mp3" onclick="play_blip_movie_2022160(); return false;"&gt;&lt;img title="Click to play" alt="Video thumbnail. Click to play"  src="http://blip.tv/file/get/LaBloggo-FutureOfLifeSciences143.mp3.jpg" border="0" title="Click to Play" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;					&lt;br /&gt;					&lt;a rel="enclosure" href="http://blip.tv/file/get/LaBloggo-FutureOfLifeSciences143.mp3" onclick="play_blip_movie_2022160(); return false;"&gt;Click to Play&lt;/a&gt;					&lt;/div&gt;										&lt;/center&gt;&lt;div class="blip_description"&gt;At some point in the next few decades, the capability of technology could outpace that of life. We think of life and technology as being disparate, but they need not be, one path forward is to reengineer life into technology that can keep paces with technological advances. In fact, life and technology are already starting to converge as high impact research findings show in synthetic biology, DNA nanotechnology, nanomedicine, neuroimaging, whole brain simulation and longevity.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4533669824534479334-5189388353395036288?l=melanieswan.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://melanieswan.blogspot.com/2009/04/future-of-life-sciences_19.html</link><author>m@melanieswan.com (Melanie Swan)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><enclosure url="http://blip.tv/file/get/LaBloggo-FutureOfLifeSciences143.mp3" length="29086276" type="audio/mpeg" /><media:content url="http://blip.tv/file/get/LaBloggo-FutureOfLifeSciences143.mp3" fileSize="29086276" type="audio/mpeg" /><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle> Click to Play At some point in the next few decades, the capability of technology could outpace that of life. We think of life and technology as being disparate, but they need not be, one path forward is to reengineer life into technology that can keep p</itunes:subtitle><itunes:author>Melanie Swan</itunes:author><itunes:summary> Click to Play At some point in the next few decades, the capability of technology could outpace that of life. We think of life and technology as being disparate, but they need not be, one path forward is to reengineer life into technology that can keep paces with technological advances. In fact, life and technology are already starting to converge as high impact research findings show in synthetic biology, DNA nanotechnology, nanomedicine, neuroimaging, whole brain simulation and longevity. </itunes:summary><itunes:keywords>future,futurist,futurism,technology,singularity,virtual,worlds,future,of,technology</itunes:keywords></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4533669824534479334.post-713911659681798508</guid><pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2009 21:20:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-04-09T14:20:43.259-07:00</atom:updated><title>Future of Life Sciences</title><description>&lt;center&gt;															&lt;script type="text/javascript" src="http://blip.tv/scripts/pokkariPlayer.js?ver=2008010901"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;					&lt;script type="text/javascript" src="http://blip.tv/syndication/write_player?skin=js&amp;posts_id=1982894&amp;source=3&amp;autoplay=true&amp;file_type=flv&amp;player_width=&amp;player_height="&gt;&lt;/script&gt;					&lt;div id="blip_movie_content_1982894"&gt;					&lt;a rel="enclosure" href="http://blip.tv/file/get/LaBloggo-FutureOfLifeSciences102.mp3" onclick="play_blip_movie_1982894(); return false;"&gt;&lt;img title="Click to play" alt="Video thumbnail. Click to play"  src="http://blip.tv/file/get/LaBloggo-FutureOfLifeSciences102.mp3.jpg" border="0" title="Click to Play" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;					&lt;br /&gt;					&lt;a rel="enclosure" href="http://blip.tv/file/get/LaBloggo-FutureOfLifeSciences102.mp3" onclick="play_blip_movie_1982894(); return false;"&gt;Click to Play&lt;/a&gt;					&lt;/div&gt;										&lt;/center&gt;&lt;div class="blip_description"&gt;&lt;p&gt;At some point in the next few decades, the capability of technology could outpace that of life. We think of life and technology as being disparate, but they need not be, one path forward is to reengineer life into technology that can keep paces with technological advances. In fact, life and technology are already starting to converge as high0oNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:&amp;#34;&amp;#34;; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:&amp;#34;Times New Roman&amp;#34;; mso-fareast-font-family:&amp;#34;Times New Roman&amp;#34;;} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --&amp;#62; high-impact research findings show in synthetic biology, DNA nanotechnology, nanomedicine, neuroimaging, whole brain simulation and longevity.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4533669824534479334-713911659681798508?l=melanieswan.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://melanieswan.blogspot.com/2009/04/future-of-life-sciences_09.html</link><author>m@melanieswan.com (Melanie Swan)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><enclosure url="http://blip.tv/file/get/LaBloggo-FutureOfLifeSciences102.mp3" length="29111461" type="audio/mpeg" /><media:content url="http://blip.tv/file/get/LaBloggo-FutureOfLifeSciences102.mp3" fileSize="29111461" type="audio/mpeg" /><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle> Click to Play At some point in the next few decades, the capability of technology could outpace that of life. We think of life and technology as being disparate, but they need not be, one path forward is to reengineer life into technology that can keep p</itunes:subtitle><itunes:author>Melanie Swan</itunes:author><itunes:summary> Click to Play At some point in the next few decades, the capability of technology could outpace that of life. We think of life and technology as being disparate, but they need not be, one path forward is to reengineer life into technology that can keep paces with technological advances. In fact, life and technology are already starting to converge as high0oNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:&amp;#34;&amp;#34;; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:&amp;#34;Times New Roman&amp;#34;; mso-fareast-font-family:&amp;#34;Times New Roman&amp;#34;;} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --&amp;#62; high-impact research findings show in synthetic biology, DNA nanotechnology, nanomedicine, neuroimaging, whole brain simulation and longevity. </itunes:summary><itunes:keywords>future,futurist,futurism,technology,singularity,virtual,worlds,future,of,technology</itunes:keywords></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4533669824534479334.post-6385581244200734938</guid><pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2009 21:03:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-04-08T14:03:28.471-07:00</atom:updated><title>Future of Life Sciences</title><description>&lt;center&gt;															&lt;script type="text/javascript" src="http://blip.tv/scripts/pokkariPlayer.js?ver=2008010901"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;					&lt;script type="text/javascript" src="http://blip.tv/syndication/write_player?skin=js&amp;posts_id=1982894&amp;source=3&amp;autoplay=true&amp;file_type=flv&amp;player_width=&amp;player_height="&gt;&lt;/script&gt;					&lt;div id="blip_movie_content_1982894"&gt;					&lt;a rel="enclosure" href="http://blip.tv/file/get/LaBloggo-FutureOfLifeSciences151.mp3" onclick="play_blip_movie_1982894(); return false;"&gt;&lt;img title="Click to play" alt="Video thumbnail. Click to play"  src="http://blip.tv/file/get/LaBloggo-FutureOfLifeSciences151.mp3.jpg" border="0" title="Click to Play" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;					&lt;br /&gt;					&lt;a rel="enclosure" href="http://blip.tv/file/get/LaBloggo-FutureOfLifeSciences151.mp3" onclick="play_blip_movie_1982894(); return false;"&gt;Click to Play&lt;/a&gt;					&lt;/div&gt;										&lt;/center&gt;&lt;div class="blip_description"&gt;&lt;p&gt;At some point in the next few decades, the capability of technology could outpace that of life. We think of life and technology as being disparate, but they need not be, one path forward is to reengineer life into technology that can keep paces with technological advances. In fact, life and technology are already starting to converge as high0oNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:&amp;#34;&amp;#34;; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:&amp;#34;Times New Roman&amp;#34;; mso-fareast-font-family:&amp;#34;Times New Roman&amp;#34;;} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --&amp;#62;  high-impact research findings show in synthetic biology, DNA nanotechnology, nanomedicine, neuroimaging, whole brain simulation and longevity.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4533669824534479334-6385581244200734938?l=melanieswan.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://melanieswan.blogspot.com/2009/04/future-of-life-sciences.html</link><author>m@melanieswan.com (Melanie Swan)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4533669824534479334.post-3052426709095662274</guid><pubDate>Sun, 30 Nov 2008 16:03:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-11-30T08:03:18.404-08:00</atom:updated><title>Future of Technology, November 2008 update</title><description>&lt;center&gt;															&lt;script type="text/javascript" src="http://blip.tv/scripts/pokkariPlayer.js?ver=2008010901"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;					&lt;script type="text/javascript" src="http://blip.tv/syndication/write_player?skin=js&amp;posts_id=1530440&amp;source=3&amp;autoplay=true&amp;file_type=flv&amp;player_width=&amp;player_height="&gt;&lt;/script&gt;					&lt;div id="blip_movie_content_1530440"&gt;					&lt;a rel="enclosure" href="http://blip.tv/file/get/LaBloggo-FutureOfTechnologyNovember2008Update465.mp3" onclick="play_blip_movie_1530440(); return false;"&gt;&lt;img title="Click to play" alt="Video thumbnail. Click to play"  src="http://blip.tv/file/get/LaBloggo-FutureOfTechnologyNovember2008Update465.mp3.jpg" border="0" title="Click to Play" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;					&lt;br /&gt;					&lt;a rel="enclosure" href="http://blip.tv/file/get/LaBloggo-FutureOfTechnologyNovember2008Update465.mp3" onclick="play_blip_movie_1530440(); return false;"&gt;Click to Play&lt;/a&gt;					&lt;/div&gt;										&lt;/center&gt;&lt;div class="blip_description"&gt;&lt;p&gt;A general futurist look at how linear, exponential and discontinuous growth is shaping the &lt;span&gt;future&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;of&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;technology&lt;/span&gt; and what may be expected in key areas such as hardware, software, semiconductors, artificial intelligence, nanotechnology, biotechnology, life extension and virtual worlds.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4533669824534479334-3052426709095662274?l=melanieswan.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://melanieswan.blogspot.com/2008/11/future-of-technology-november-2008.html</link><author>m@melanieswan.com (Melanie Swan)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><enclosure url="http://blip.tv/file/get/LaBloggo-FutureOfTechnologyNovember2008Update465.mp3" length="33828356" type="audio/mpeg" /><media:content url="http://blip.tv/file/get/LaBloggo-FutureOfTechnologyNovember2008Update465.mp3" fileSize="33828356" type="audio/mpeg" /><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle> Click to Play A general futurist look at how linear, exponential and discontinuous growth is shaping the future of technology and what may be expected in key areas such as hardware, software, semiconductors, artificial intelligence, nanotechnology, biote</itunes:subtitle><itunes:author>Melanie Swan</itunes:author><itunes:summary> Click to Play A general futurist look at how linear, exponential and discontinuous growth is shaping the future of technology and what may be expected in key areas such as hardware, software, semiconductors, artificial intelligence, nanotechnology, biotechnology, life extension and virtual worlds. </itunes:summary><itunes:keywords>future,futurist,futurism,technology,singularity,virtual,worlds,future,of,technology</itunes:keywords></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4533669824534479334.post-2191868659524327979</guid><pubDate>Sat, 18 Oct 2008 21:34:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-10-18T14:34:54.885-07:00</atom:updated><title>Bioengineering: making life from scratch</title><description>&lt;center&gt;															&lt;script type="text/javascript" src="http://blip.tv/scripts/pokkariPlayer.js?ver=2008010901"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;					&lt;script type="text/javascript" src="http://blip.tv/syndication/write_player?skin=js&amp;posts_id=1378770&amp;source=3&amp;autoplay=true&amp;file_type=flv&amp;player_width=&amp;player_height="&gt;&lt;/script&gt;					&lt;div id="blip_movie_content_1378770"&gt;					&lt;a rel="enclosure" href="http://blip.tv/file/get/LaBloggo-BioengineeringMakingLifeFromScratch990.mp3" onclick="play_blip_movie_1378770(); return false;"&gt;&lt;img title="Click to play" alt="Video thumbnail. Click to play"  src="http://blip.tv/file/get/LaBloggo-BioengineeringMakingLifeFromScratch990.mp3.jpg" border="0" title="Click to Play" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;					&lt;br /&gt;					&lt;a rel="enclosure" href="http://blip.tv/file/get/LaBloggo-BioengineeringMakingLifeFromScratch990.mp3" onclick="play_blip_movie_1378770(); return false;"&gt;Click to Play&lt;/a&gt;					&lt;/div&gt;										&lt;/center&gt;&lt;div class="blip_description"&gt;&lt;p&gt;An overview of bioengineering and synthetic biology; definition, history, key research findings, scientists, current initiatives and future outlook.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4533669824534479334-2191868659524327979?l=melanieswan.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://melanieswan.blogspot.com/2008/10/bioengineering-making-life-from-scratch_18.html</link><author>m@melanieswan.com (Melanie Swan)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><enclosure url="http://blip.tv/file/get/LaBloggo-BioengineeringMakingLifeFromScratch990.mp3" length="8554661" type="audio/mpeg" /><media:content url="http://blip.tv/file/get/LaBloggo-BioengineeringMakingLifeFromScratch990.mp3" fileSize="8554661" type="audio/mpeg" /><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle> Click to Play An overview of bioengineering and synthetic biology; definition, history, key research findings, scientists, current initiatives and future outlook. </itunes:subtitle><itunes:author>Melanie Swan</itunes:author><itunes:summary> Click to Play An overview of bioengineering and synthetic biology; definition, history, key research findings, scientists, current initiatives and future outlook. </itunes:summary><itunes:keywords>future,futurist,futurism,technology,singularity,virtual,worlds,future,of,technology</itunes:keywords></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4533669824534479334.post-5846577216817736117</guid><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2008 22:42:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-01-31T14:42:59.877-08:00</atom:updated><title>Future of Technology Jan. 2008</title><description>&lt;center&gt;															&lt;script type="text/javascript" src="http://blip.tv/scripts/pokkariPlayer.js?ver=2007111701"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;					&lt;script type="text/javascript" src="http://blip.tv/syndication/write_player?skin=js&amp;posts_id=644572&amp;source=3&amp;autoplay=true&amp;file_type=flv&amp;player_width=&amp;player_height="&gt;&lt;/script&gt;					&lt;div id="blip_movie_content_644572"&gt;					&lt;a rel="enclosure" href="http://blip.tv/file/get/LaBloggo-FutureOfTechnologyJan2008307.mp3" onclick="play_blip_movie_644572(); return false;"&gt;&lt;img title="Click to play" alt="Video thumbnail. Click to play"  src="http://blip.tv/file/get/LaBloggo-FutureOfTechnologyJan2008307.mp3.jpg" border="0" title="Click to Play" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;					&lt;br /&gt;					&lt;a rel="enclosure" href="http://blip.tv/file/get/LaBloggo-FutureOfTechnologyJan2008307.mp3" onclick="play_blip_movie_644572(); return false;"&gt;Click to Play&lt;/a&gt;					&lt;/div&gt;										&lt;/center&gt;&lt;div class="blip_description"&gt;A general futurist look at how linear, exponential and discontinuous growth is shaping the future of technology and what may be expected in key areas such as hardware, software, semiconductors, artificial intelligence, nanotechnology, biotechnology, life extension and virtual worlds. This is the Jan. 2008 update to the similar file dated Oct. 2007. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4533669824534479334-5846577216817736117?l=melanieswan.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://melanieswan.blogspot.com/2008/01/future-of-technology-jan-2008.html</link><author>m@melanieswan.com (Melanie Swan)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><enclosure url="http://blip.tv/file/get/LaBloggo-FutureOfTechnologyJan2008307.mp3" length="36548466" type="audio/mpeg" /><media:content url="http://blip.tv/file/get/LaBloggo-FutureOfTechnologyJan2008307.mp3" fileSize="36548466" type="audio/mpeg" /><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle> Click to Play A general futurist look at how linear, exponential and discontinuous growth is shaping the future of technology and what may be expected in key areas such as hardware, software, semiconductors, artificial intelligence, nanotechnology, biote</itunes:subtitle><itunes:author>Melanie Swan</itunes:author><itunes:summary> Click to Play A general futurist look at how linear, exponential and discontinuous growth is shaping the future of technology and what may be expected in key areas such as hardware, software, semiconductors, artificial intelligence, nanotechnology, biotechnology, life extension and virtual worlds. This is the Jan. 2008 update to the similar file dated Oct. 2007. </itunes:summary><itunes:keywords>future,futurist,futurism,technology,singularity,virtual,worlds,future,of,technology</itunes:keywords></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4533669824534479334.post-4802278020922916639</guid><pubDate>Thu, 06 Dec 2007 00:35:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2007-12-05T16:35:55.242-08:00</atom:updated><title>Future of Technology</title><description>&lt;center&gt;															&lt;script type="text/javascript" src="http://blip.tv/scripts/pokkariPlayer.js?ver=2007111701"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;script type="text/javascript" src="http://blip.tv/syndication/write_player?skin=js&amp;posts_id=528804&amp;source=3&amp;autoplay=true&amp;file_type=flv&amp;player_width=&amp;player_height="&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;div id="blip_movie_content_528804"&gt;&lt;a rel="enclosure" href="http://blip.tv/file/get/Mxswan-FutureOfTechnology605.mp3" onclick="play_blip_movie_528804(); return false;"&gt;&lt;img title="Click to play" alt="Video thumbnail. Click to play"  src="http://blip.tv/file/get/Mxswan-FutureOfTechnology605.mp3.jpg" border="0" title="Click to Play" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a rel="enclosure" href="http://blip.tv/file/get/Mxswan-FutureOfTechnology605.mp3" onclick="play_blip_movie_528804(); return false;"&gt;Click to Play&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;										&lt;/center&gt;&lt;div class="blip_description"&gt;A general futurist look at how linear, exponential and discontinuous growth is shaping the future of technology and what may be expected in key areas such as hardware, software, semiconductors, artificial intelligence, nanotechnology, biotechnology, life extension and virtual worlds.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4533669824534479334-4802278020922916639?l=melanieswan.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://melanieswan.blogspot.com/2007/12/future-of-technology_05.html</link><author>m@melanieswan.com (Melanie Swan)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><enclosure url="http://blip.tv/file/get/Mxswan-FutureOfTechnology605.mp3" length="12228034" type="audio/mpeg" /><media:content url="http://blip.tv/file/get/Mxswan-FutureOfTechnology605.mp3" fileSize="12228034" type="audio/mpeg" /><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle> Click to Play A general futurist look at how linear, exponential and discontinuous growth is shaping the future of technology and what may be expected in key areas such as hardware, software, semiconductors, artificial intelligence, nanotechnology, biote</itunes:subtitle><itunes:author>Melanie Swan</itunes:author><itunes:summary> Click to Play A general futurist look at how linear, exponential and discontinuous growth is shaping the future of technology and what may be expected in key areas such as hardware, software, semiconductors, artificial intelligence, nanotechnology, biotechnology, life extension and virtual worlds. </itunes:summary><itunes:keywords>future,futurist,futurism,technology,singularity,virtual,worlds,future,of,technology</itunes:keywords></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4533669824534479334.post-6851874297715724814</guid><pubDate>Thu, 06 Dec 2007 00:27:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2007-12-05T16:27:22.235-08:00</atom:updated><title>Virtual Worlds Overview</title><description>&lt;center&gt;															&lt;script type="text/javascript" src="http://blip.tv/scripts/pokkariPlayer.js?ver=2007111701"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;script type="text/javascript" src="http://blip.tv/syndication/write_player?skin=js&amp;posts_id=528790&amp;source=3&amp;autoplay=true&amp;file_type=flv&amp;player_width=&amp;player_height="&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;div id="blip_movie_content_528790"&gt;&lt;a rel="enclosure" href="http://blip.tv/file/get/Mxswan-VirtualWorldsOverview519.mp3" onclick="play_blip_movie_528790(); return false;"&gt;&lt;img title="Click to play" alt="Video thumbnail. Click to play"  src="http://blip.tv/file/get/Mxswan-VirtualWorldsOverview519.mp3.jpg" border="0" title="Click to Play" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a rel="enclosure" href="http://blip.tv/file/get/Mxswan-VirtualWorldsOverview519.mp3" onclick="play_blip_movie_528790(); return false;"&gt;Click to Play&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;										&lt;/center&gt;&lt;div class="blip_description"&gt;An overview of the metaverse and how virtual worlds have become routine for business, academic and government use. The demographics, activities and advanced applications of virtual worlds.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4533669824534479334-6851874297715724814?l=melanieswan.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://melanieswan.blogspot.com/2007/12/virtual-worlds-overview_05.html</link><author>m@melanieswan.com (Melanie Swan)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><enclosure url="http://blip.tv/file/get/Mxswan-VirtualWorldsOverview519.mp3" length="17101563" type="audio/mpeg" /><media:content url="http://blip.tv/file/get/Mxswan-VirtualWorldsOverview519.mp3" fileSize="17101563" type="audio/mpeg" /><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle> Click to Play An overview of the metaverse and how virtual worlds have become routine for business, academic and government use. The demographics, activities and advanced applications of virtual worlds. </itunes:subtitle><itunes:author>Melanie Swan</itunes:author><itunes:summary> Click to Play An overview of the metaverse and how virtual worlds have become routine for business, academic and government use. The demographics, activities and advanced applications of virtual worlds. </itunes:summary><itunes:keywords>future,futurist,futurism,technology,singularity,virtual,worlds,future,of,technology</itunes:keywords></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4533669824534479334.post-7369617905751368390</guid><pubDate>Thu, 06 Dec 2007 00:21:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2007-12-05T16:21:26.577-08:00</atom:updated><title>Virtual Worlds Economy</title><description>&lt;center&gt;															&lt;script type="text/javascript" src="http://blip.tv/scripts/pokkariPlayer.js?ver=2007111701"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;script type="text/javascript" src="http://blip.tv/syndication/write_player?skin=js&amp;posts_id=528764&amp;source=3&amp;autoplay=true&amp;file_type=flv&amp;player_width=&amp;player_height="&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;div id="blip_movie_content_528764"&gt;&lt;a rel="enclosure" href="http://blip.tv/file/get/Mxswan-VirtualWorldEconomy972.mp3" onclick="play_blip_movie_528764(); return false;"&gt;&lt;img title="Click to play" alt="Video thumbnail. Click to play"  src="http://blip.tv/file/get/Mxswan-VirtualWorldEconomy972.mp3.jpg" border="0" title="Click to Play" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a rel="enclosure" href="http://blip.tv/file/get/Mxswan-VirtualWorldEconomy972.mp3" onclick="play_blip_movie_528764(); return false;"&gt;Click to Play&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;										&lt;/center&gt;&lt;div class="blip_description"&gt;A definition of virtual world asset classes, the virtual worlds ecosystem and the attendant accounting, valuation, taxation and legal issues that arise in virtual world economics.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4533669824534479334-7369617905751368390?l=melanieswan.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://melanieswan.blogspot.com/2007/12/virtual-worlds-economy.html</link><author>m@melanieswan.com (Melanie Swan)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><enclosure url="http://blip.tv/file/get/Mxswan-VirtualWorldEconomy972.mp3" length="15051286" type="audio/mpeg" /><media:content url="http://blip.tv/file/get/Mxswan-VirtualWorldEconomy972.mp3" fileSize="15051286" type="audio/mpeg" /><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle> Click to Play A definition of virtual world asset classes, the virtual worlds ecosystem and the attendant accounting, valuation, taxation and legal issues that arise in virtual world economics. </itunes:subtitle><itunes:author>Melanie Swan</itunes:author><itunes:summary> Click to Play A definition of virtual world asset classes, the virtual worlds ecosystem and the attendant accounting, valuation, taxation and legal issues that arise in virtual world economics. </itunes:summary><itunes:keywords>future,futurist,futurism,technology,singularity,virtual,worlds,future,of,technology</itunes:keywords></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4533669824534479334.post-2149691382700423898</guid><pubDate>Thu, 06 Dec 2007 00:08:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2007-12-05T16:08:03.388-08:00</atom:updated><title>Nexus of Biology and Computing</title><description>&lt;center&gt;															&lt;script type="text/javascript" src="http://blip.tv/scripts/pokkariPlayer.js?ver=2007111701"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;script type="text/javascript" src="http://blip.tv/syndication/write_player?skin=js&amp;posts_id=528745&amp;source=3&amp;autoplay=true&amp;file_type=flv&amp;player_width=&amp;player_height="&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;div id="blip_movie_content_528745"&gt;&lt;a rel="enclosure" href="http://blip.tv/file/get/Mxswan-NexusOfBiologyAndComputing543.wav" onclick="play_blip_movie_528745(); return false;"&gt;&lt;img title="Click to play" alt="Video thumbnail. Click to play"  src="http://blip.tv/file/get/Mxswan-NexusOfBiologyAndComputing543.wav.jpg" border="0" title="Click to Play" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a rel="enclosure" href="http://blip.tv/file/get/Mxswan-NexusOfBiologyAndComputing543.wav" onclick="play_blip_movie_528745(); return false;"&gt;Click to Play&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;										&lt;/center&gt;&lt;div class="blip_description"&gt;A look at how biologically-inspired models are supplementing traditional linear computational methodologies&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4533669824534479334-2149691382700423898?l=melanieswan.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://melanieswan.blogspot.com/2007/12/nexus-of-biology-and-computing.html</link><author>m@melanieswan.com (Melanie Swan)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><enclosure url="http://blip.tv/file/get/Mxswan-NexusOfBiologyAndComputing543.wav" length="5971004" type="audio/x-wav" /><media:content url="http://blip.tv/file/get/Mxswan-NexusOfBiologyAndComputing543.wav" fileSize="5971004" type="audio/x-wav" /><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle> Click to Play A look at how biologically-inspired models are supplementing traditional linear computational methodologies </itunes:subtitle><itunes:author>Melanie Swan</itunes:author><itunes:summary> Click to Play A look at how biologically-inspired models are supplementing traditional linear computational methodologies </itunes:summary><itunes:keywords>future,futurist,futurism,technology,singularity,virtual,worlds,future,of,technology</itunes:keywords></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4533669824534479334.post-7489777431741496277</guid><pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2007 16:25:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2007-12-05T08:25:29.966-08:00</atom:updated><title>Imagining the Internet</title><description>&lt;center&gt;															&lt;script type="text/javascript" src="http://blip.tv/scripts/pokkariPlayer.js?ver=2007111701"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;script type="text/javascript" src="http://blip.tv/syndication/write_player?skin=js&amp;posts_id=527764&amp;source=3&amp;autoplay=true&amp;file_type=flv&amp;player_width=&amp;player_height="&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;div id="blip_movie_content_527764"&gt;&lt;a rel="enclosure" href="http://blip.tv/file/get/Mxswan-ImaginingTheInternet522.mp3" onclick="play_blip_movie_527764(); return false;"&gt;&lt;img title="Click to play" alt="Video thumbnail. Click to play"  src="http://blip.tv/file/get/Mxswan-ImaginingTheInternet522.mp3.jpg" border="0" title="Click to Play" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a rel="enclosure" href="http://blip.tv/file/get/Mxswan-ImaginingTheInternet522.mp3" onclick="play_blip_movie_527764(); return false;"&gt;Click to Play&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;										&lt;/center&gt;&lt;div class="blip_description"&gt;An interview with the Elon University Pew Trust project Imagining the Internet&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4533669824534479334-7489777431741496277?l=melanieswan.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://melanieswan.blogspot.com/2007/12/imagining-internet.html</link><author>m@melanieswan.com (Melanie Swan)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><enclosure url="http://blip.tv/file/get/Mxswan-ImaginingTheInternet522.mp3" length="3658395" type="audio/mpeg" /><media:content url="http://blip.tv/file/get/Mxswan-ImaginingTheInternet522.mp3" fileSize="3658395" type="audio/mpeg" /><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle> Click to Play An interview with the Elon University Pew Trust project Imagining the Internet </itunes:subtitle><itunes:author>Melanie Swan</itunes:author><itunes:summary> Click to Play An interview with the Elon University Pew Trust project Imagining the Internet </itunes:summary><itunes:keywords>future,futurist,futurism,technology,singularity,virtual,worlds,future,of,technology</itunes:keywords></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4533669824534479334.post-6782557572446328046</guid><pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2007 16:19:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2007-12-05T08:22:42.367-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">kurzweil</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">singularity is near</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">futurist</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">ray kurzweil</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">futurism</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">artificial intelligence</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">future</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">singularity</category><title>Futurist review of The Singularity is Near by Ray Kurzweil</title><description>&lt;center&gt;               &lt;script type="text/javascript" src="http://blip.tv/scripts/pokkariPlayer.js?ver=2007111701"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;script type="text/javascript" src="http://blip.tv/syndication/write_player?skin=js&amp;amp;posts_id=527749&amp;amp;source=3&amp;amp;autoplay=true&amp;amp;file_type=flv&amp;amp;player_width=&amp;amp;player_height="&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;div id="blip_movie_content_527749"&gt;&lt;a rel="enclosure" href="http://blip.tv/file/get/Mxswan-FuturistReviewOfTheSingularityIsNearByRayKurzweil964.mp3" onclick="play_blip_movie_527749(); return false;"&gt;&lt;img alt="Video thumbnail. Click to play" src="http://blip.tv/file/get/Mxswan-FuturistReviewOfTheSingularityIsNearByRayKurzweil964.mp3.jpg" title="Click to play" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a rel="enclosure" href="http://blip.tv/file/get/Mxswan-FuturistReviewOfTheSingularityIsNearByRayKurzweil964.mp3" onclick="play_blip_movie_527749(); return false;"&gt;Click to Play&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;          &lt;/center&gt;&lt;div class="blip_description"&gt;A futurist review of the book The Singularity is Near by Ray Kurzweil&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4533669824534479334-6782557572446328046?l=melanieswan.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://melanieswan.blogspot.com/2007/12/futurist-review-of-singularity-is-near.html</link><author>m@melanieswan.com (Melanie Swan)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><enclosure url="http://blip.tv/file/get/Mxswan-FuturistReviewOfTheSingularityIsNearByRayKurzweil964.mp3" length="8155575" type="audio/mpeg" /><media:content url="http://blip.tv/file/get/Mxswan-FuturistReviewOfTheSingularityIsNearByRayKurzweil964.mp3" fileSize="8155575" type="audio/mpeg" /><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle> Click to Play A futurist review of the book The Singularity is Near by Ray Kurzweil</itunes:subtitle><itunes:author>Melanie Swan</itunes:author><itunes:summary> Click to Play A futurist review of the book The Singularity is Near by Ray Kurzweil</itunes:summary><itunes:keywords>future,futurist,futurism,technology,singularity,virtual,worlds,future,of,technology</itunes:keywords></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4533669824534479334.post-3015663349168684353</guid><pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2007 16:15:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2007-12-05T08:15:49.559-08:00</atom:updated><title>Futurist review of On Intelligence by Jeff Hawkins</title><description>&lt;center&gt;															&lt;script type="text/javascript" src="http://blip.tv/scripts/pokkariPlayer.js?ver=2007111701"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;script type="text/javascript" src="http://blip.tv/syndication/write_player?skin=js&amp;posts_id=527742&amp;source=3&amp;autoplay=true&amp;file_type=flv&amp;player_width=&amp;player_height="&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;div id="blip_movie_content_527742"&gt;&lt;a rel="enclosure" href="http://blip.tv/file/get/Mxswan-FuturistReviewOfOnIntelligenceByJeffHawkins764.mp3" onclick="play_blip_movie_527742(); return false;"&gt;&lt;img title="Click to play" alt="Video thumbnail. Click to play"  src="http://blip.tv/file/get/Mxswan-FuturistReviewOfOnIntelligenceByJeffHawkins764.mp3.jpg" border="0" title="Click to Play" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a rel="enclosure" href="http://blip.tv/file/get/Mxswan-FuturistReviewOfOnIntelligenceByJeffHawkins764.mp3" onclick="play_blip_movie_527742(); return false;"&gt;Click to Play&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;										&lt;/center&gt;&lt;div class="blip_description"&gt;A futurist review of the book On Intelligence by Jeff Hawkins&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4533669824534479334-3015663349168684353?l=melanieswan.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://melanieswan.blogspot.com/2007/12/futurist-review-of-on-intelligence-by.html</link><author>m@melanieswan.com (Melanie Swan)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><enclosure url="http://blip.tv/file/get/Mxswan-FuturistReviewOfOnIntelligenceByJeffHawkins764.mp3" length="15776115" type="audio/mpeg" /><media:content url="http://blip.tv/file/get/Mxswan-FuturistReviewOfOnIntelligenceByJeffHawkins764.mp3" fileSize="15776115" type="audio/mpeg" /><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle> Click to Play A futurist review of the book On Intelligence by Jeff Hawkins </itunes:subtitle><itunes:author>Melanie Swan</itunes:author><itunes:summary> Click to Play A futurist review of the book On Intelligence by Jeff Hawkins </itunes:summary><itunes:keywords>future,futurist,futurism,technology,singularity,virtual,worlds,future,of,technology</itunes:keywords></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4533669824534479334.post-3307680648414920285</guid><pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2007 16:12:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2007-12-05T08:12:19.721-08:00</atom:updated><title>Futurist review of Collapse by Jared Diamond</title><description>&lt;center&gt;															&lt;script type="text/javascript" src="http://blip.tv/scripts/pokkariPlayer.js?ver=2007111701"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;script type="text/javascript" src="http://blip.tv/syndication/write_player?skin=js&amp;posts_id=527692&amp;source=3&amp;autoplay=true&amp;file_type=flv&amp;player_width=&amp;player_height="&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;div id="blip_movie_content_527692"&gt;&lt;a rel="enclosure" href="http://blip.tv/file/get/Mxswan-CollapseFuturistReview593.mp3" onclick="play_blip_movie_527692(); return false;"&gt;&lt;img title="Click to play" alt="Video thumbnail. 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