Week 1 – January 30

Course Overview. Goals and Activities

Lecture and Discussion:  Is There Really Anything New Under the Sun?
Leaping between new and old technologies.

CNET Cutting Edge

http://news.cnet.com/cutting-edge/

THE FUTURE OF INNOVATION

http://thefutureofinnovation.org/the_future_of_innovation_diary

27 Science Fictions That Became Science Facts In 2012

http://myscienceacademy.org/2013/01/03/27-science-fictions-that-became-science-facts-in-2012/

10 inventions inspired by science fiction

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/Ten-Inventions-Inspired-by-Science-Fiction.html

Center for Digital education

The Higher Education Short List of Emerging Technology

http://www.centerdigitaled.com/news/The-Higher-Education-Short-List-of-Emerging-Technology.html

The Space Elevator:

http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2000/ast07sep_1/

Reading Assignment for Tuesday February 3:

Technology Transfer, The Cold War and the relationship of military technology to civilian use, NASA, ARPA,

1.. From Augmenting Human Intellect: a Conceptual Framework, Douglas Engelbart.

2.  Is Google Making Us Stupid?

http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2008/07/is-google-making-us-stupid/306868/#

 

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