The Singularity Summit is the premier dialog on the Singularity.

The first Singularity Summit was held at Stanford in 2006 to further understanding and discussion about the Singularity concept and the future of human technological progress. It was founded as a venue for leading thinkers to explore the subject, whether scientist, enthusiast, or skeptic.

Online Videos of the Conference 2009 in New York NY:

The Current Economy Creates Chronic Stress Symptoms
For some people stress manifests physically in the form of skin conditions such as eczema or hives. Chronic Stress Intensifies MS and many more symptoms are found by scientist.

But what are the effects of our economy and social system. Decisions ? See whats going on in some more details.

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Watch some insights and following genetic, medical, technolgical insights. May 2009

Explore the Next Phase of Virtual Reality

The Coming Singularity

Preparing For the Singularity

The Future of Nanotechnology

Living Well Forever

Ending Disease

Channel 4 Documentary following the revolutionary life-extension and immortality ideas of this somewhat eccentric scientist, Dr. Aubrey de Grey.

This show is all about the radical ideas of a Cambridge biomedical gerontologist called Aubrey de Grey who believes that, within the next 20-30 years, we could extend life indefinitely by addressing seven major factors in the aging process. He describes his work as Strategies for Engineered Negligible Senescence (SENS).

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http://www.sens.org

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First, it is hard work. To become an expert in a field, one needs at least about 10,000 hours of labor. Examples Bill Gates has also worked 10.000 h with his university computer.

Second, it is lucky circumstances. Also the Birthday is a significant indicator. Also seen in the PISA Study 2006. Like being born at the beginning of the year instead of at the end.

Third, Language is also one part. Chinesa language has some advantages in mathematics because of there short numbernames. So Gladwells means that because of this people can remember more values than english, german speaking humans.

Fourth, where do you come from. The Culture behind one nation or group has also a significant point. Working hard from the sunrise to the night. Over the schoolholidays kids from lower income families forgotten more that other children. Lack of “knowledge entertaining”.

A lot of great points within this book. not always really analytical correct but nice and fast to read.
You will find some very interessting points or can think futher on.

Drawing inspiration from successful leaders becomes critical. They invite you to watch, engage and debate with the Survival of the Fastest community. Join at http://www.youtube.com/user/survivalofthefastest 

Guy Phillipson, CEO, Internet Advertising Bureau -

Balancing online and offline media spend

Keyfacts: 

• 2/3 regularly watching TV while surfing the internet
• online is the entertainment channel
• TV & online is a golden combination

The quest for brand differentiation

Keyfacts:

• we see 3000 Brandmessages a day.
• How can we differenciate good advertising
• the Internet is a two Way Advertising Street.
• not a high cost medium, also in the usage of social networks
• you must being creative to stand out of the crowd.

 
Google, Telegraph.co.uk and London Business School join forces to deliver new thought leadership channel for business leaders

• Marissa Mayer Google on key areas of technology & organizational structures 
• If you have someone who’s smart, who doesn’t get things done, that’s a problem.
• We like to work with really small teams.
• the voice breakthrough will probably happen in the next five years

Bert Hölldobler is Foundation Professor at Arizona State University and the recipient of numerous awards, including the Pulitzer Prize and the Leibniz Prize. He lives in Arizona and Germany.

Edward O. Wilson, a Harvard professor for nearly five decades, is the author of more than twenty books and the recipient of two Pulitzer Prizes and the National Medal of Science. He lives in Lexington, Massachusetts.

The Superorganism promises to be one of the most important scientific works published in this decade. Coming eighteen years after the publication of The Ants, this new volume expands our knowledge of the social insects (among them, ants, bees, wasps, and termites) and is based on remarkable research conducted mostly within the last two decades.

These superorganisms—a tightly knit colony of individuals, formed by altruistic cooperation, complex communication, and division of labor—represent one of the basic stages of biological organization, midway between the organism and the entire species. The study of the superorganism, as the authors demonstrate, has led to important advances in our understanding of how the transitions between such levels have occurred in evolution and how life as a whole has progressed from simple to complex forms. 

Individual time perspective shapes your life and is shaped by the world around you.

People turned to make a decision on

•  memories  > past orientated
•  situation/stimulation -> present orientated
•  anticipated consequences > future orientated

Different types of reactions:  “marsh mellows test”

Very nice the children which are waiting for getting two marsh mellows.  See this reactions and predict this on meetings and your own decisions.

The test shows the link between   IF & THEN.    

More in details on his blog: http://www.thetimeparadox.com/

“If you are a decision maker, then you need to read this book. It informs about the central problem of how to defer between immediate rewards and future payoffs.The Time Paradox is comprehensive, admirably clear, and a delightful read.” —Nassim Nicholas Taleb, author of The Black Swan        

The following types of peoples were differentiated:

1. Present Hedonistic
2. Present Fatalistic
3. Future
4. Past

orientated persons. Depending on these studies there are differencies in using drugs, driving car, making decisions, 

Gambling, Food, Sex, Drugs, are based on present orientations says Philip Zimbardo.
  

In my opinion this could lead to a new way of effectiveness of Advertising. 

• -  new forms of advertising which differs between the types present/future/past.

                         

Fotograf:	fdecomite
Titel:	Tunnels of Time

Marissa Mayer (Google) on Cloud Computing

iGoogle to add chat and become more social

Google’s Marissa Mayer on search evolution

http://www.stanford.edu/

The first mathematician to make use of infinitesimals was Archimedes (c. 250 BC)[1]. The Archimedean property is the property of having no nonzero infinitesimals in an ordered algebraic structure.

When Newton and Leibniz developed calculus, they made use of infinitesimals. 

It was not until the second half of the nineteenth century that the calculus was given a formal mathematical foundation by Karl Weierstrass and others using the notion of a limit. In the 20th century, it was found that infinitesimals could also be treated rigorously, despite the longstanding consensus that this was impossible. Neither formulation is wrong, and both give the same results if used correctly.

Crowd-Sourcing the World - Leverage the unused work force:

A startup hopes to tap into the expertise of developing nations via cell phones. An easy System like MechanicalTurk.com from Amazon to get unused work to everybody. 

In my opinion this is a ground breaking scalable businessmodel for

• affilliatemarketing
• marketing networks
• telecommunication companies like Nokia,Sony,Samsung,Apple, Orange, Telecom Italia, O2, Vodafone, …..

Transaction-based working tasks for the crowd. Only Knowledge and action counts, and that perhaps the problem. Problem for the focus group from Nathan Eagle, and in general. But let´s try and improve the understanding and schools everywhere.

This in combination with the different online/offline working tasks could lead to a structured leveraging of unused work force around the globe.

Nathan Eagle founder of txteagle (http://txteagle.com/index.html) is a Research Scientist at MIT and a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Santa Fe Institute. His research involves applying machine learning and network analysis techniques to large human behavioral datasets. He holds a BS and two MS degrees from Stanford University and a PhD from MIT.

Other ways are from Google: lets customers refine its search results, and Amazon uses a system called the Mechanical Turk to off-load all manner of simple tasks to humans around the world; people will work on these tasks, even for pennies.

More Details at: MIT Review

Another break through into the future:

The group of David Smith from Duke University and Southeast University in Nanjing, China rendering objects invisible by forcing light waves to act as if the objects weren’t there. 

They developed an improved cloak that can conceal a bump—and anything hidden beneath—on a flat surface. It is built from metamaterials  a way to bring light to work in unusual ways.

The only thing is that the team from Prof. Smith works in the wavelengths of microwave radiation. There is a big step to visible light, but the scalable methods are perhaps right to do that in the near future.

http://www.sciam.com/blog/60-second-science/post.cfm?id=invisibility-cloak-one-step-closer-2009-01-15

Simon R. Jones BSc PGDip MA from the Department of Psychology, Durham University takes this studies to his doctocal thesis. People with a higher caffeine intake, from sources such as coffee, tea and caffeinated energy drinks, are more likely to report hallucinatory experiences such as hearing voices and seeing things that are not there, according to the Durham University study.

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-01/du-hci011209.php

With this in mind we can face the next coming week:

Think about the future decisions and thoughts of yourself and your colleagues/friends in your next meeting with a cup of coffee  (hahaha)   But there is also the other way round to use this.

Facts about caffeine (Source: Wikipedia)

• Caffeine is a central nervous system stimulant, having the effect of temporarily warding off drowsiness and restoring alertness.  See also the chemical formula left in the background of this blog 
   
• With ninety per cent of North Americans consuming some of form caffeine every day, it is the world’s most widely used drug.
   
• In its pure state, caffeine is a crystalline white powder.
   
• Caffeine is completely absorbed by the stomach and small intestine within 45 minutes of ingestion.
   
• When taken in moderation, studies have shown that caffeine can increase the capacity for mental or physical labour.
   
• Caffeine use can lead to a condition called caffeine intoxication. Symptoms include nervousness, irritability, anxiety, muscle twitching, insomnia, headaches, and heart palpitations. This is not commonly seen when daily caffeine intake is less than 250mg.

More insights into the Mind and prediction of decisions.  

Watch The Human Mind (BBC) Part 1 - Get Smart in How to Videos  |  View More Free Videos Online at Veoh.com

Just a small Introduction from Klaus Schwab, Founder and Executive Chairman of the World Economic Forum. Klaus Schwab said: “..we are not unilateral, not isolated on one dimension, we look at the global agenda, in a integrated, comprehensive, multistakeholder way.” Is there anything more to say?

The Technology Pioneers 2009 :

from: http://www.weforum.org/en/Communities/Technology%20Pioneers/SelectedTechPioneers/index.htm

In summary there a some great companies with a track record, a proven business model but for me it´s also interesting to see what are the issues that make this companies so outstanding.

Biotech/Health

AC Immune S.A.
www.acimmune.com 
Prof. Andrea Pfeifer, Chief Executive Officer
AC Immune S.A. is a Swiss biopharmaceutical company developing innovative therapeutics for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) along three axes of AD therapies: vaccines, antibodies and small molecules.

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals
www.alnylam.com 
John Maraganore, Chief Executive Officer
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals is a biopharmaceutical company developing novel therapeutics based on a breakthrough in biology known as RNA interference, or RNAi, a discovery that enables the creation of a broad new class of human therapeutics.

BioMedica Diagnostics
www.biomedicadiagnostics.com 
Dr Abdullah Kirumira, Chief Executive Officer
The primary mission of BioMedica is the dissemination of affordable Medical Diagnostics in the developing world.

Intercell AG
www.intercell.com 
Gerd Zettlmeissl, Chief Executive Officer
Intercell is a biotechnology company developing novel vaccines against infectious diseases.

Mobile Healthcare Inc
www.lifewatcher.com 
James Hiroshi Nakagawa, Chief Executive Officer - read the interview 
Mobile Healthcare Inc. (MHC) is a private, Tokyo-based integrated solutions provider of unique real-time mobile solutions for preventing and managing lifestyle-related chronic diseases.

MorphoSys AG
www.morphosys.com 
Dr. Simon E. Moroney, Chief Executive Officer - read the interview 
MorphoSys AG, located in Martinsried/Munich, is one of the world’s leading biotechnology companies focusing on fully human antibodies.

Phase Forward, Inc.
www.phaseforward.com 
Robert Weiler, Chairman, President and CEO
Phase Forward’s software helps biopharmaceutical and medical device companies bring better, safer therapies to market more efficiently and cost effectively.

Proteus Biomedical
www.proteusbiomed.com 
Andrew Thompson, Chief Executive Officer - read the interview 
Proteus is a leader in Intelligent Medicine: personalizing proven therapies by embedding computers and sensors into drugs and devices and linking them to mobile computers. 

 

Energy/Environment

CURRENT Group, LLC
www.currentgroup.com 
Thomas J. Casey - Chief Executive Officer
CURRENT is the leader in enabling electric utilities worldwide to implement a Smart Grid benefiting utilities, consumers and the environment.

BrightSource Energy, Inc.
www.brightsourceenergy.com 
Arnold Goldman, Chairman and Founder 
BrightSource Energy, Inc. designs and builds large scale solar plants that deliver low-cost solar energy in the form of steam and/or electricity, at prices competitive with fossil fuels, to industrial and utility customers worldwide.

Cows to Kilowatts Partnership Limited
www.biotec.or.th/biotechnology-en/newsdetail.asp?id=732 
Dr. Joseph Adelegan, Executive Director and Head of Partnership
The partnership is abating pollution, mitigating greenhouse gas emission and creates cheap source of domestic energy through the installation of sustainable bioreactor.

GreenPeak Technologies
www.greenpeak.com 
Mr. Cees Links,, Chief Executive Officer - read the interview 
GreenPeak is a semiconductor, module and software company offering wireless and green ultra low power network communication technology for sense and control applications.

Lemnis Lighting
www.lemnislighting.com 
Frans Alexander Otten, Chairman - read the interview 
Lemnis was established to provide the world with the most energy efficient lighting products.

NovaTorque
www.novatorque.com 
John Petro - Founder and CTO
NovaTorque has invented highly efficient electric motors that achieve half to a quarter of the losses of conventional motors and 50-100% higher power densities.

RECYCLA Chile
www.recycla.cl 
Fernando Nilo, Founder and Chief Executive Officer
RECYCLA offers a sustainable final destination for electronic equipment that frequently contains hazardous materials.

RecycleBank, LLC
www.RecycleBank.com 
Ron Gonen – Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder
RecycleBank is a rewards program that motivates people to recycle.

SemiLEDs Corporation
www.semileds.com 
Mr. Trung Tri Doan, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
SemiLEDs Corporation is one of the world’s leading providers of high-performance light-emitting diodes (HPLED) suitable for general lighting applications.

Virent Energy Systems, Inc
www.virent.com 
Dr. Randy Cortright, Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer - Read the interview 
Virent’s BioForming(TM) process cost-effectively and renewably generates conventional hydrocarbon fuels such as gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel from plant sugars.

ZPower, Inc.
www.zpowerbattery.com 
Ross E. Dueber, President and Chief Executive Officer
ZPower is dedicated to innovating change in the field of battery technology. 

IT

Advanced Track & Trace
www.advancedtrackandtrace.com 
Jean-Pierre Massicot, Chief Executive Officer
Advanced Track & Trace is a pioneer in digital security solutions applied to Brand Protection.

Brightcove Inc.
www.brightcove.com 
Jeremy Allaire, Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Brightcove is an online video platform that empowers video producers and programmers to build broadband businesses while giving viewers more choices and control over their use of video and television.

Etsy Inc.
www.etsy.com 
Robert Kalin, Founder
Etsy’s mission is to enable people to make their living making things.

GameForge
www.gameforge.de 
Klaas Kersting, Chief Executive Officer
Gameforge is the largest independent supplier of browser- and client-based MMOGs (massively multiplayer online games) worldwide.

JiGrahak Mobility Solution Pvt. Ltd.
www.ngpay.com 
Sourabh Jain, Chief Executive Officer
JiGrahak provides “ngpay”, India’s first end-to-end, mass market mobile commerce service.

Mint.com
www.mint.com 
Aaron Patzer, Chief Executive Officer
Mint.com applies breakthrough technology to make it easier to make smarter financial decisions.

Mojix, Inc.
www.mojix.com 
Dr.Ramin Sadr, Founder & Chief Executive Officer - read the interview 
Mojix, Inc. was founded in 2004 by a team of former JPL/NASA scientists and engineers with the vision of applying breakthroughs in deep space communications to exponentially refine the precision, reach and scope of RFID technology.

MPedigree
www.mPedigree.org 
Bright B. Simons, Chief Strategist
mPedigree manages the 1393 service, which has been deployed in Ghana since January of this year, and is the first system anywhere in the world by means of which consumers and patients can instantly verify the source of a purchased pharmaceutical at no cost, at the point of purchase, using standard mobile phones.

Nivio
www.nivio.com 
Sachin Duggal, Chief Executive Officer - read the interview 
Nivio is the first online Windows desktop.

Qifang Inc
www.qifang.cn 
Calvin Chin, Chief Executive Officer - read the interview 
Qifang is a company built on the simple premise that everyone should be able to get an education, no matter their financial means.

Slide, Inc.
www.slide.com 
Max Levchin, Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Slide’s current sources of revenue include product sponsorships, product-placement within applications, display advertising, and direct-to-consumer products.

SpinVox Ltd
www.spinvox.com 
Ms Christina Domecq, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer
SpinVox is the creator and global leader in an entirely new category of communications which it has called Voice-to-Screen.

Tideway Systems
www.tideway.com 
Richard M. Muirhead, Chief Executive Officer
Tideway provides data center search software that continuously consumes and transforms IT data into intelligence, including identifying application software components and inter-relationships and mapping them to physical and virtual infrastructure.

Ubiquisys Ltd
www.ubiquisys.com 
Chris Gilbert, Chief Executive Officer - read the interview 
Ubiquisys launched the femto industry in 2004 to improve and reduce the cost of mobile coverage, capacity and services in homes and offices.

TraceTracker Innovation ASA
www.tracetracker.com 
Ole-Henning Fredriksen, Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer - read the interview 
TraceTracker is the global information exchange for the food industry.

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