Yoda: Immortality Beckons…Only One Scientist in Japan Paying Attention

Wiser crowd, finally. Can a Jellyfish Unlock the Secret of Immortality? Nathanial Rich New York Times, 28 November 2012 After more than 4,000 years — almost since the dawn of recorded time, when Utnapishtim told Gilgamesh that the secret to immortality lay in a coral found on the ocean floor — man finally discovered eternal …

Yoda: Addictive Macro-Learning – The Future

Totally Addictive Education: The Future of Learning Steven Kotler Forbes, 8/27/2012 EXTRACT: Today’s educational system is all about standardization. We treat every kid the same. But not every kid learns the same. Some need the microscopic first, others the macroscopic. Some people are tangential learners, some prefer their facts in a linear fashion. Some are …

Yoda: Digital Communications Revolution

Open Internet, Force Is…. Digital Communications Revolution The importance of a revolution in digital and communications technology has risen in importance since 2011. Interestingly, the most significant proportion of respondents came from Latin America, who particularly emphasised explosions in social media and mobile phones. Respondents from this region had a particularly higher focus on this …

Yoda: Learning with ‘e’s: The future of gaming

Serious Game, life is. Learning with ‘e’s: The future of gaming Games based learning is one of the most important strategies for 21st Century education. We have enjoyed playing games since time immemorial, and video arcade games such as Asteroids and Space Invaders of the 1970’s were just the start of the emergence of digital games. Recently, …