Filmmaker and futurist Jason Silva has been described as “part Timothy Leary, part Ray Kurzweil, and part Neo from The Matrix.”
Via emergentfutures
A great interview with Ray Kurzweil — who is speaking 6/21/12 at our upcoming World Innovation Forum NYC. Get info and register here.
Human hearts replaced by 10,000 RPM artificial pump with no pulse - “At least fifty calves and three human beings are living with no pulse in their bodies, thanks to an artificial pump that replaced their naturally-grown hearts, as detailed in a story from Popular Science. Doctors Bud Frazier and Billy Cohn devised the artificial organ, and it can completely replace a heart and provide a continuous flow of blood throughout a body without recreating a pulse.”
via The Verge.
This video is a preview of Microsoft’s vision for sustainability and innovation by 2019. While interesting, I’m not sure how realistic some of these innovations are, but I won’t be caught dead writing that something in the tech world “can never happen.”
h/t @charlierybak and the team at Freak Nasty Friday.
Hypnotic music. Kudos to Microsoft for going the extra mile to fully execute this imaginative vision to video.