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A think tank is an organization, institute, or group that conducts research and engages in advocacy for many different things. For example, social policy, economic issues, science or technology issues, or military advice are some of the common areas addressed by a variety of think tanks (1). There are many different opinions about the value of think tanks that range from the National Institute

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One area that has been evolving, but could still use further improvement is the area of education. As mentioned in As The Future Catches You, education will become an increasingly important differentiator not just at the individual level, but at the national level. Both societal and personal issues impact one's ability to improve their knowledge.A possible solution would be to utilize technology

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There is a whole chapter of The Fortune Sellers (Chapter 2) dedicated to weather forecasting. Tropical Depression, I mean Hurricane, I mean Tropical Storm Fay is a classic example of weather forecasting weakness. There are many factors that impact storm intensification, however, the forecasters were at a loss because there were no historical models that matched the behavior of this storm. The

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Web 3.0 is a layer on top of the current web that will attempt to make the web less of a catalog and more of a guide. It will utilize artificial intelligence for “intelligent” web applications. It is believed by some that the “openness” of Web 3.0 will facilitate collaborative software development that will make SaaS a reality. This article gives a great overview of Web 1.0, 2.0, and 3.0: http

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Here is an interesting article about predictions and how a company is using Web 2.0 to "bet the mentality of the masses trumps the wisdom of a few": http://searchcio.techtarget.com/news/article/0,289142,sid182_gci1315185,00.html

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The failed prediction also became the basis for a successful prediction. At the time this prediction was made in 1195 / 1996, bandwidth was scarce, computers were slow and expensive. Larry Ellison’s original idea was that the PC was….and, as a result, would be replaced by a network device. A small, inexpensive, and untethered network device would access all data from a central network as

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The failed prediction that comes to mind comes from something that I actually experienced:"Oracle Corp. CEO and Chairman Larry Ellison told a group of customers here that the first network computer conforming to the company's specifications will be launched in October(1996), and priced at $299. Ellison predicted that there will be 100 million NCs in use by the year 2000. "Virtually every major

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I finished this book yesterday. It is really an incredible read....it's amazing how many facts you can consume in a two hour read. Now, I just need to convince my daughter to read it too.The book focuses on how the genetics will become the dominant language of the future. It also addresses what will be required to adapt to this new language and the opportunities that will be possible. However

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I use a few web 2.0 tools:Wikipedia Flickr for photos Blogspot (mostly for this class) / Oracle blog (for work) Twitter (for this class) LinkedIn Second Life (for school) Google Maps Moodle / BlackboardThe biggest problem is the finding the time to actually use all of these tools. It would be great to have some spare time to work with all of these tools and figure out how they could be helpful.

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We learned today that the statistics portion of the program is being removed in the future. This is a huge mistake. In CS, especially for research, we need more of this type of training not less. This is important because research is showing how truly weak our skills are:http://blog.carnegielearning.com/blog/default.aspx?id=23http://blogs.eweek.com/careers/content001/education/

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Today brings to a close our last residency. While it good to be almost done, I will definitely miss meeting with such a wonderful group of individuals. Hopefully, we will keep in touch and cross paths again at some future point.

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I viewed this talk from www.ted.comhttp://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/clay_shirky_on_institutions_versus_collaboration.htmlClay Shirky focuses on the rising usefulness of decentralized technologies such as peer-to peer, wireless networks, social software, and open-source software. New technologies are enabling new kids of cooperative structures to flourish as a way of getting things

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Geometry (shapes and function) In N (number) of AdaptationsCheck this out:http://www.just-auto.com/blogdetail.aspx?ID=1860It's amazing how current events are driving innovations that will change the face of the future. As discussed in the book, I'm not sure anyone could have accurately predicted these changes. I can't wait to see Nigel fly down the road in this.

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Here's a link with a very interesting article regarding this class: http://www.ns.umich.edu/htdocs/releases/story.php?id=6643

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This is my blog for CS855.

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