Technology Vision

In this provocative, utterly original work of 'scientific fiction', Kai-Fu Lee, the former president of Google China and best-selling author of AI Superpowers, joins forces with celebrated novelist Chen Qiufan to imagine our world in 2041 and how it will be shaped by AI. In 10 gripping short stories, set 20 years in the future, they introduce listeners to an array of eye-opening 2041 settings.

When neuroscientist Susan Barry was 50 years old, she took an unforgettable trip to Manhattan. As she emerged from the dim light of the subway into the sunshine, she saw a view of the city that she had witnessed many times in the past but now saw in an astonishingly new way. Skyscrapers on street corners appeared to loom out toward her like the bows of giant ships. Tree branches projected upward and outward, enclosing and commanding palpable volumes of space.

Blinded at age three, Mike May defied expectations by breaking world records in downhill speed skiing, joining the CIA, and becoming a successful inventor, entrepreneur, and family man. He had never yearned for vision. Then, in 1999, a chance encounter brought startling news: a revolutionary stem-cell transplant surgery could restore May's vision.

In this transporting book, David Oliver Relin shines a light on the work of Geoffrey Tabin and Sanduk Ruit, gifted ophthalmologists who have dedicated their lives to restoring sight to some of the world’s most isolated, impoverished people through the Himalayan Cataract Project, an organization they founded in 1995. Tabin was the high-achieving bad boy of Harvard Medical School, an accomplished mountain climber and adrenaline junkie as brilliant as he was unconventional.

In this audiobook John Kehoe addresses an inspiring appeal to anyone who has ever sought to understand the deep meaning and beauty of the world around him. The author explains how anyone who embarks on a spiritual quest can receive a reward not in the other world, not in the afterlife, but here and now.

Since the internet's popularity in the 1990s, cyberspace has continued to evolve. We have developed several computer-mediated virtual environments, such as social networks, video conferencing, virtual 3D worlds, augmented reality apps, and non-fungible token games. Such virtual settings, albeit non-permanent and disconnected, have enabled us to achieve varying degrees of digital transformation. Metaverse was invented to further encourage digital revolution in all aspects of our physical life.

Do you see clearly? Or do faraway objects look blurry to you? Maybe objects in the distance look clear, but you have trouble reading close-up print. What determines how your vision works? Listen to this book to find out about how your genes affect your physical features.

Video has changed our world - from how we reach people, storytelling, and invoke emotion. It's though video that entrepreneurs are able to tap and generate six-seven figures annually from online video content. And, with a proper guide, you too could be en-route to increasing your influence and income with your own cultural ad. In Video Influencer Authority experts Jowy Cenat and Uche Brendan Madu draw on a decade of experience as well as interviews with more than one hundred top creators to give you a step-by-step video success playbook.

The development of “Avatar” technology - the fusion of human awareness consciousness with remote robotic bodies - offers breathtaking advances in medicine, culture, work, transportation, education, and imagination. The Avatar project is designed to drive the exponential innovations needed to make General Purpose Avatars an everyday reality. The transformational potential of avatars is endless - and who better to illustrate the possibilities than some of the most insightful science fiction writers working in the field today?

Blinded at age three, Mike May defied expectations by breaking world records in downhill speed skiing, joining the CIA, and becoming a successful inventor, entrepreneur, and family man. He had never yearned for vision. Then, in 1999, a chance encounter brought startling news: a revolutionary stem cell transplant surgery could restore May's vision.

With recent advances, color-blind individuals ranging from children to adults can now experience full-spectrum colors. Discover the recent breakthroughs in technology, such as EnChroma glasses, color-blind monitors, guides for children with color-blindness, intimate setting for first-time EnChroma users, interviews from case studies of colorblind children and adults, and more. Not only will you discover modern remedies for color-blindness, you will gain unique perspective that has not been available until now.

Dieses Hörbuch ist so aufgebaut, dass Ihnen die Inhalte im Rahmen der geschichtlichen Entwicklung der KI vermittelt werden. Aus diesem Grund beginnt unsere Reise mit dem Punkt "Einführung und geschichtlicher Hintergrund der KI". Im zweiten Abschnitt greifen wir zunächst die anfänglichen Techniken der KI auf. Sie lernen dabei die Konzepte und berühmte Beispielsysteme kennen, die diese frühe Phase der Euphorie auslösten.