Cutting Edge: 8/17/07

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Articles
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Live concert recordings on USB sticks
http://www.last100.com/2007/08/13/live-concert-recordings-on-usb-sticks/

Ken's Abstract: CD's are outdated, this new wave for music sales personalizes the experience by letting you take home the live recording of a concert you're at.
Why it's important: Why can't this idea apply to everything we enjoy - conferences, classes, weddings?

Our Lives, Controlled From Some Guy’s Couch
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/14/science/14tier.html?pagewanted=2&ei=5090&en=22bfff4070a81187&ex=1344744000

Ken's Abstract: You thought the thinking behind the Matrix was cool.
Why it's important: There's a 20% chance we're living in one.

Didja Hear NBC is Taking on YouTube?
http://www.randomculture.com/random_culture/2007/08/didja-hear-nbc-.html

Ken's Abstract: NBC is launching an all advertising video site.
Why it's important: Don't commercials drive pop culture?

The Future of Gaming
http://librarygarden.blogspot.com/2007/08/future-of-gaming.html

Ken's Abstract: "Games like Trauma Center are a lot of fun (the player is a surgeon who performs everything from removing cysts to heart surgery) but they have a greater potential if applied to the medical field."
Why it's important: How is game development evolving and where is it headed?


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Videos of the Week :
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Eric Ryan - Founder of Method
http://www.aaaa.org/EWEB/upload/webcasts/ap_07/ryan.html

Post Secret
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6rTkp1dek4

Brian Eno Talks About His 77 Million Paintings
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-1cTC8DFu8&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Flaughingsquid%2Ecom%2F

Ken Robinson on Being Creative
http://jump.webstreaminghost.com/wm/sfb/ken1_high.wax


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Tools
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Preezo
http://www.preezo.com/index.php

Zoomr
http://www.zooomr.com/

Spock
http://www.spock.com/about

Last.fm
http://www.last.fm/download/


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Events
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9/8 - 9/9/2007 - Singularity Summit
http://www.singinst.org/summit2007/

2/24 - 5/12/2008 - MoMa: Design and the Elastic Mind
http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/exhibitions.php?id=5632&ref=calendar


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Book of the Week:
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BOOKS - Freak Show
http://www.xtra.ca/public/viewstory.aspx?AFF_TYPE=3&STORY_ID=3440&PUB_TEMPLATE_ID=2


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Podcast of the Week:
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This American Life: The Spokesman
http://www.thislife.org/Radio_Episode.aspx?sched=1201


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Pictures of the Week:
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