So I was just exploring Drudge Report and I came across an article explaining how Obama was going to talk about a spending freeze in his State of the Union address this Wednesday, January 27, 2010. But it wasn’t what he was going to talk about that really piqued my interest (although I always love to listen to articulate politicians) but it was the fact that the White House is going to stream the speech LIVE on it’s website and has given users the ability to embed the video into their own websites. Since Hulu, YouTube, CNN, Facebook, and even a new iPhone app will be streaming the video to US citizens and people around the globe, I figured I’d do my duty as a citizen and embed the White House’s stream into this post. Without any further ado, I present to you the first Internet broadcast of the President’s State of the Union Address to the United States of America…at 9pm EST January 27th, 2010. Thank you.
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President Obama’s First State of the Union Address -
January 27, 2010 by
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2045: Will there be a Space Elevator? -
August 14, 2009 by
squirrelz
There are certain parties on the world stage that believe there certainly will be. In “Leaving the Planet by Space Elevator
Ray Kurzweil & The Singularity -
July 25, 2009 by
squirrelz
This has got to be one of the most mind-blowing theories/predictions I’ve ever come across. I find myself almost completely agreeing with Mr. Ray Kurzweil’s logic. Before I continue with this article, let me warn you. This is about the rise of “machine consciousness” and the eventual machine race. Now hold on a minute. I know what you’re thinking, “WTF is he talking about?!” In blatant vernacular, I can put it as The Matrix, Terminator, & I, Robot all in one coming to fruition in our lifetime and its called The Singularity. Check it out.
Basic synopsis: The Singularity is when machine intelligence surpasses human intelligence. In practical terms that means by 2045, $1000 will buy you a computer a billion times more intelligent than every human on Earth combined. In philosophical talk, Irving John Good put it best when he said this in 1965:
The Sixth Sense -
July 21, 2009 by
squirrelz
No, I’m not talking about Bruce Willis or Haley Osment in that 1999 flick with that awesome twist at the end (Yeah, I loved it). I’m talking about the brainchild of Pranav Mistry, Dr. Pattie Maes, and Liyan Chang in the Fluid Interfaces Group over at the MIT Media Lab. Just so you can be on the same page as me, here’s the video I saw back in March.
Cool, right? Now, let’s go over that again. The SixthSense prototype is comprised of a pocket projector, a mirror, a camera, and a mobile computing device placed in the wearer’s pocket (Still needs an iPod or at the very least a Pandora app. if you ask me) all for $350. That seems like a bargain, right? Think again. Although retail price will most likely go down when its finally put into production, carriers will inflate the price right back up to something in the ball park of $600/year ($50/month) for a data plan. However, that’s only if SixthSense chooses to keep the phone. If they don’t, then this device is just going to be a thousand times cooler than the iTouch.
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