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Supercomputer Earth
The Future of Civilization
(& Africa's part in it)
December 4th 2008, Goethe-Zentrum Windhoek, NamibiaChristian Heller ( http://www.plomlompom.de )
The last 500,000 years
speech, language (500,000-50,000 years) graphical symbols, writing (35,000-5,000 years) abacus, library (5,000-2,500 years) printing (1,500-500 years) digital computing machines (350-150 years) real-time telecommunication (150 years) computer networks (40 years) world wide web (15 years)
“Internet map”Source: Wikimedia Commons / Matt Britt ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Matt_Britt )( http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Internet_map_1024.jpg )License: Creative Commons Attribution Generic 2.5( http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ )
Evolution of the Web / Web 2.0
participation made easier, standardized usability standards, friendly design standards for data formats & interconnections
more ways and new scales of participation anyone can publish, comment on, edit, rate, name,
tag, sort, link anything anywhere anytime wiring massive user input into intelligence
“people who bought x also bought ...” new intelligence methods as business models
Sections from“LOGO 2.0”
by Ludwig Gatzke( http://flickr.com/photos/stabilo-boss/ )
Licensed under Creative-Commons-BY-NC-SAhttp://flickr.com/photos/stabilo-boss/93136022/ http://flickr.com/photos/stabilo-boss/101793493/
Some techniques & examples
uploading media ....... YouTube.com, Flickr.com open source design ................ SourceForge.net wiki .............................................. Wikipedia.org feeds ................... Blogspot.com, Bloglines.com social networks .......................... Facebook.com social bookmarking & tagging ........... del.icio.us crowdsourcing ................................. MTurk.com anything ......................................... Google.com
Growth of the global supercomputer
thinking brain matter more humans, more intelligent brain matter growing % flows into global intellectual enterprises
artificial information storage & computing Moore's law improving problem-solving algorithms
synthesis wiring up growing intelligences of brain & machine extend intelligence network to other matter
“nabaztag”Source: Flickr / David Haberthür ( http://habi.gna.ch/ )( http://www.flickr.com/photos/habi/288065866/ )License: Creative Commons Attribution Generic 2.0( http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en )
Everything interfacing everything
new user interfaces from keyboards to touchscreens from joysticks to accelerometers from mouses to direct neural interfaces
the internet of things mobile devices GPS (Global Positioning System) RFID (Radio Frequency Identification)
“Reigh's Brain rlwat2b”Source: Flickr / Reigh LeBlanc ( http://www.flickr.com/photos/reighleblanc/ )( http://www.flickr.com/photos/reighleblanc/1372175973/ )License: Creative Commons Attribution Generic 2.0( http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en )
Supercomputer Earth at work
physical production open source 3D printing; RepRap.org extend to future nano assemblers
energy intelligently self-organizing energy grids centralization vs. decentralization
biotechnology crowdsourcing science; InnoCentive.com Freeman Dyson: bio-engineering kits for every child
“'Paradigm Shifts for 15 Lists of Key Events”Source: Wikimedia Commons / Ray Kurzweil ( http://www.kurzweilai.net/ )( http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:ParadigmShiftsFrr15Events.svg )License: Creative Commons Attribution 1.0 Generic( http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/1.0/ )
Development models
Teilhard de Chardin Noosphere, Omega Point
Ray Kurzweil Accelerating Change
Vernor Vinge Technological Singularity
“leapfrogging”
jumping directly into newest technology by-passing older forms avoiding certain intermediary problems avoiding the burden of old infrastructure
examples & opportunities for Africa internet adress space: IPv6 decentralized, alternative energy wireless telecommunication
“'SMS till you drop' -- mobile phone ad on van in Kampala, Uganda”Source: Flickr / FutureAtlas.com ( http://futureatlas.com/blog/ )( http://www.flickr.com/photos/87913776@N00/305425495/ )License: Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic( http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en )
Mobile telecommunication in Africa
explosive growth original, unexpected uses
examples for use collective use of devices & pre-paid credits information & help services via SMS micro finance / banking via SMS
Africa's Supercomputer support
acceleration through leapfrogging technological ideas through special situations unexpected contacts crowdsourcing potential? solar energy?