Fw:Thinking

Computers and brains don't work the same way but that hasn't stopped us from trying to make computers that can "think."

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Futurists often talk about computers and brains as if they were interchangeable. Your hosts explore the many ways that computers and brains are fundamentally different, as well as what each machine is best and worst at.

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We're old hands at making predictions but history is filled with inaccurate (and hilarious) guesses that were way off the mark.

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It's time to talk about 3D printing again. What are some of the advances we've seen over the last year? From houses to medical casts, we cover it all.

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What does it take to get off the grid? From electricity to water to just getting by, we take a look at how challenging it is to disconnect.

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Are we limited by the senses we've evolved or can we extend them? From sensing magnetic fields to seeing in the dark, we look at how humans in the future may have a better idea of what's going on.

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Why has battery technology lagged behind other advancements? Are we doomed to have batteries hold us back?

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Are solar vehicles practical? We look at how solar-powered vehicles are teaching us new lessons in engineering.

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Can we create a friendly artificial intelligence? Is such a thing impossible? We look at the best and worst case scenarios.

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What is the concept of the Singularity? What are the different pathways? Is it really only a couple of decades away?

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