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History and Effects of the Civilization

02 octobre 2011 Topics : Social Science | Economy | Philosophy | Politics












References
[1] A History of Violence and Edge Master Class 2011 by Steven Pinker
[2] Edge.org
[3] S. Pinker, The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined. Viking Adult, 2011, p. 832.
[4] Steven Pinker Profile
[1] N. Ferguson, Civilization: The West and the Rest. Penguin Press HC, The, 2011, p. 432.




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Bio-inspired designs :Thomas Heatherwick & Matt Pearson

19 mai 2011 Topics : Art

References

[1] M. Pearson, Generative Art, Manning Publications, 2011.


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Carlo Ratti: Architecture that senses and responds

05 mai 2011 Topics : Technology | Art

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Kevin Kelly : What Technology Wants

02 décembre 2010 Topics : Technology | Science




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[1] K. Kelly, What Technology Wants, Viking Books, 2010.
[2] K. Kelly Home Page

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Changing Education Paradigms by K. Robinson and Malcolm McLaren

31 mai 2011 Topics : Education








References


[1] K. Robinson, The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything, Viking Adult, 2009.
[2] K. Robinson, Out of Our Minds: Learning to be Creative, Capstone, 2001.
[3] K. Robinson' web site

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Robotic Flowers

30 octobre 2010 Topics : Technology | Art


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Daniel Dennett, Jeff Hawkins & Sebastian Seung, Conscience and brain theory

04 août 2010 Topics : Philosophy | Science









References


[1] D.C. Dennett, Consciousness Explained, Penguin Books Ltd, 2007.
[2] J. Hawkins and S. Blakeslee, On Intelligence, St. Martin's Griffin, 2005.
[3] D. George and J. Hawkins, "Towards a mathematical theory of cortical micro-circuits.," PLoS computational biology, vol. 5, 2009, p. e1000532.
[4] Numenta, Inc

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My day with an Electric Car

02 août 2010 Topics : Technology









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Environment

09 août 2010 Topics : Science | Enviroment










References


[1] D.J. MacKay, Sustainable Energy - Without the Hot Air, UIT Cambridge Ltd., 2009.
[2] S. Brand, Whole Earth Discipline: An Ecopragmatist Manifesto, Atlantic Books, 2010.
[3] Edge's page about Stephen Schneider
[4] Age of Stupid
[5] J. Rockström, W. Steffen, K. Noone, A. Persson, F.S. Chapin, E.F. Lambin, T.M. Lenton, M. Scheffer, C. Folke, H.J. Schellnhuber, B. Nykvist, C.A. de Wit, T. Hughes, S. van Der Leeuw, H. Rodhe, S. Sörlin, P.K. Snyder, R. Costanza, U. Svedin, M. Falkenmark, L. Karlberg, R.W. Corell, V.J. Fabry, J. Hansen, B. Walker, D. Liverman, K. Richardson, P. Crutzen, and J.A. Foley, "A safe operating space for humanity.," Nature, vol. 461, 2009, pp. 472-5.


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Benoît Mandelbrot

09 août 2010 Topics : Science | Math





References:

[1] Fractales, hasard et finance
[2] The (Mis) Behaviour of Markets: A Fractal View of Risk, Ruin and Reward
[3] A theory of roughness : A talk with Benoit Mandelbrot on Edge.org




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Malcolm Gladwell - Pursuit of the perfect spaghetti sauce

01 août 2010 Topics : Social Science


References


[1] Malcolm Gladwell home page
[2] Malcolm Gladwell, Blink: The Power Of Thinking Without Thinking, Back Bay Books, 2007.

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Clay Shirky - Institutions vs. collaboration

09 août 2010 Topics : Social Science | Networking

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Reverse Engineer the Human Brain

09 août 2010 Topics : Science | Computer Science


Reference


[1] H+ magazine

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Nicholas Christakis - Connected

10 août 2010 Topics : Social Science | Networking



References


[1] Nicholas Christakis, Connected: The Surprising Power of Our Social Networks and How They Shape Our Lives


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