EPISODE · Feb 1, 2014 · 47 MIN
1/22/14 Episode 11: The Human Experience
from Six Degrees of Rumination · host Nina Reno and Michael
Oh, to be human! We have the unique ability to analyze our thoughts, research the world around us, and use all we learn to do things like: Compress our own ashes into heirloom jewelrySequence tens of thousands of genomes for $1,000Create recognition algorithms that learn without usBuild robots that learn through improvising--and look like Pixar characters!Model biobots after our own sperm And, as a bonus, we can also calculate infinity. What's next? Or could anything be next after infinity? If so, we'll find it. http://www.npr.org/2014/01/19/263128098/swiss-company-compresses-cremation-ashes-into-diamonds?utm_content=socialflow&utm_campaign=nprfacebook&utm_source=npr&utm_medium=facebook http://www.kurzweilai.net/worlds-first-1000-genome-enables-factory-scale-sequencing-for-population-and-disease-studies http://www.kurzweilai.net/a-smart-object-recognition-algorithm-that-doesnt-need-humans http://www.ted.com/talks/guy_hoffman_robots_with_soul.html http://www.kurzweilai.net/tiny-swimming-biobots-propelled-by-heart-cells-or-magnetic-fields http://www.npr.org/2014/01/21/264575969/after-hibernation-rosetta-seeks-its-stone http://www.npr.org/blogs/krulwich/2014/01/21/263455905/treat-yourself-to-a-huh
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