Eric Whitacre’s Virtual Choir 2.0 — Sleep
A stunning glimpse of the future of the new media:
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Technology
Hans Rosling’s magic washing machine
Count me a huge fan of Rosling’s work: See also his “200 countries, 200 years, 4 minutes.”
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Ray Stata, Lyric Semiconductor, and probability chips
Stata Ventures is Kaizen interviewee Ray Stata’s venture capital vehicle. It recently provided funding to technology startup Lyric Semiconductor. Lyric is developing probability chip technology. Traditional chips use binary “yes/no” switches, but probability chips “can accept inputs and calculate outputs that are between 0 and 1, directly representing probabilities, or levels of certainty.” Commercial applications
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Why the nano is 750 times better than the Walkman
More fun with philosophy math, following up on two earlier posts: Why life is 255 times better now than in 1800 and Why life in America is 40 times better than in 1900. Focusing on innovations in music technology, Russ Roberts notes: “In 1979, Sony introduced the Walkman, the first portable music player. It weighed
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St. Louis’s Gateway Arch
Sadly, the Gateway Arch is showing signs of corroding. The Arch is one of my favorite monuments, standing on the western bank of the Mississippi, symbolizing and inviting one to embark upon the great trek to new territory. St. Louis was part of the Louisiana Purchase; Lewis and Clark geared up for their expedition on
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FindTheBest.com — Kevin O’Connor’s latest
Check out FindTheBest.com, which allows you to compare all sorts of things. The Internet gives you access to indefinite amounts of information, but how does one sort the relevant from the irrelevant? The site is co-founded by Internet entrepreneur Kevin O’Connor, who was co-founder of the very successful DoubleClick.com. O’Connor describes the thinking that led
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Pomo and the evils of social media
I invite you to read the abstract to this published (!) paper [pdf] by academics Antonio Maturano and Sergio Belluci. You will learn that Facebook is a “tool able to amplify an individual‘s alienation and narcissism, which, are a consequence of the mercantile form of social organization which has reached its climax in capitalism.” You
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Ray Stata on entrepreneurship and technology leadership
My full interview with Ray Stata is now online at CEE’s site. (An abridged version of the interview was published in the December issue of Kaizen [pdf].) Ray Stata is Chairman of Analog Devices, Inc., based in Norwood, Massachusetts. Working out of his basement, Mr. Stata co-founded Analog Devices in the 1960s. As of 2009,
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