Innovation, Magic, You
Yanki Margalit Oct 2012 Magic is Happening “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic” - ACC
Yanki Margalit Oct 2012 You and I are doing it
“Technology empowers the individual” Recent Magic to admire 64 years 71 years 58 years Time Mag - Ray Kurzweil -Singularity “Man Becomes Immortal*”
“* If you believe humans and machines will become one. Welcome to the Singularity movement”
Time Magazine 2011 Where is BIG Brother? “Technology empowers the individual. How surprising! Over 7 Billion people but everyone has a face” We ain’t seen nothing yet
Computing & Artificial Intelligence Synthetic biology & Genomics Brain research Nano-tech & materials Sustainable and clean Energy Robotics Space exploration Social connectivity What if
I could have a supercomputer at home for a few thousand $?
I could have my own DNA lab?
I could sequence my own genome?
I could print my own shoes or gun?
I could generate my own home electricity?
I could build my own lunar spaceship robot?
I could start my own revolution?
I could print my own money? Welcome the DIY Movement
Products & technologies to empower us to generate the next magic DIY Supercomputer & Robotics
What Raspberry Pi - a US$35 PC unit built in array to create a Lego contained supercomputer Who Simon Cox and his 6 year old son Implication Super computers are becoming children’s toys; Robots getting smarter
Raspberry Pi
Arduino DIY Synthetic biology
What International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) Who iGem, DIYBio, Genspace Implication Life is never the same again; Biology meets Computing at home DIY 3D printing
What 3D desktop printers Who Makerbot, Formlabs, Object Implication Everything changes; Information is everything; 3rd Industrial revolution
Form 1 on Kickstarter
RepRap DIY Solar energy
What Build your solar power Who Everywhere Implication Clean energy; free energy; DIY energy DIY DNA SNP test
What Map your DNA Who 23andMe Implication Know better than your Doctor; Connect to your heritage DIY High education
What Learn! Who Kahn Academy, Coursera Implication Democratization of knowledge DIY Revolution DIY Nano satellite
What Landing an Israeli spaceship on the moon Who Space IL Implication Inspiration, education and development of a private Space industry in Israel DYI money
What P2P digital currency Who BitCoin Implication Democratization of money; Separation of money & identity DIY Funding
What Social funding platform Who KickStarter Implication Democratization of venture capital Should we be concerned?
Hacked DNA
Hacked money Evil terrorist virus Criminals in the darkness Printed guns
Robots taking our jobs but This fall I am planting… Next? Artificial Intelligence Colonies on Mars Autonomous Cars
Mind Reading
Our Connectome Lettuce Bots Encode – Understanding our code Thank you magicians