Summary: This presentation is being presented at Envision08.

The next 10 years of technology innovation will be unlike anything our world has ever seen. Corporations and individuals need to paddle like hell to catch this wave – or they might just be ripped asunder. Jonas Lamis, executive director of SciVestor, will take you on a tour of the near future and discuss the implications of breakthrough technologies on industry and society. Mr. Lamis will cover:

* Understanding The Law of Accelerating Returns
* Waking up the Web - How semantic technologies and AI will change the future of the web
* Green Autonomy - How Robotics and AI are redesigning the automobile and possibly changing the climate crisis debate.
* A Younger You - The emerging science of longevity medicine, and what it might mean to you
* The Big Wave Model - A framework for thinking about the potential value of new concepts and companies

Author: Jonas Lamis
Date: April 2008
Length: 38 pages
Research ID: O8R-003
Concepts Discussed: Moore's Law, Google, semantic web, Blue Brain, autonomous vehicles, Paal Payasam, Velodyne, 23andMe.com, Intuitive Surgical, Younger You, Ray Kurzweil, Warren Buffet