I‘ve just posted a series of five attention-grabbing talks on future technologies from TED (the Technology, Entertainment, Design conferences) over at Mashable, where I contribute the occasional guest blog. If you are more interested in the transformative power of technology than the latest gizmo from Apple, you might want to check them out. Speakers include [...]
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