Further
readings

Lars Tvede, the author of SUPERTRENDS

People and presentations that I enjoyed.

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The future of banking: Microsofts vision of the future of banking: Peak oil – how will you ride the slide?
Peak oil explained: Richard Heinberg Defines Peak Oil: Shale oil explanation:
News story on shale oil: Detailed explanation on shale gas: Juan Enriquez about how we can grow energy:
Bill Gates about a new form of nuclear energy: Shai Agassi's explain a vision for electric cars, which he thinks will get exponentially more efficient: Steven Cowley explain the necessity and future reality of nuclear reality:
Gregory Stock on the how and why we soon will alter our own genes: Hod Lipson on simulating evolution through self-aware robots: Jeff Hawkins on how brain science will change computing
Rodney Brooks on how robots will invade our lives and how they will behave: David Agus about genomics can help us combat cancer: Craig Venter on why we are on the verge of creating synthetic life out of chemicals:
Kary Mullis' explain a new way to cure killer infections: Alan Russell explains how one can stimulate the body to rebuild lost parts: Juan Enriquez on the enormous consequences of genomics and its implications on our future:
Craig Venter explains how he sent his bout around the Earth and collected genomes and decoded them: Very long (but highly interesting) Cary Fowler describes a Noah’s ark of genes: Aubrey de Grey talks about the timing future aging prevention:
Dean Ornish explains how lifestyle changes can alter gene expressions: IT Alexis Ohanian gives a funny example of how the Internet can be used to create a splash for no money: John Walker explains how he electronically recreates old, recorded music as it must originally have sounded:
Kevin Kelly on the next 5,000 days of the web: Tim Berners-Lee, who invented the web, argues that governments and other organizations should put their raw data on the net, since if they do, an enormous number of private innovation will find new ways to make use of such data: Long interview with Gordon Moore on his life in computing and as co-founder of Intel:
Paul Debevec shows the state of the art of computer animation of human facial expressions: About the concept of penshaped computers with beamers: Another link about pen PCs:
Thoughts about future mobile phones that provide information about everything around you and become part of normal dressing: Video from dARPA Urban Chellenge and its selfdriven cars: Interview with HP about how to improve computer performance including the use of memristors:
Professor Seth Lloyd explains and demonstrate the quantum computer: Guestimate that quantum computers may work commercially around year 2026: Interview about the growth of the Chinese luxury market:
Jay Walker explains the growth of the English language use world-wide: James H Kunstler explains which environments people like to live in: Richard Florida on the rise of the Creative Class and locations that generate economic growth: