Media corral

I don't know about other bloggers but I get hassles inserting audio excerpts into a blog, going back in it to edit text, then finding it won't publish as half the code supporting the media has dropped off the radar.  My attempted fix will be to put a bunch of media into this one spot and link to it from text in previous and future blogs.  See how it goes anyway;
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Serious Games. I don't know what 'reality' category to put this in, it isn't AR or VR, maybe Game Scenario Reality. For example. see how society can inform itself by enlisting 7000 volunteers to game role play : http://www.superstructgame.org/. Then consider that this game was written and run in 2007, listen then imagine how much further we can take this with iClass phones, great example of 'collective intelligence'.
'Serious Games' or 'Games for Good' have a greater purpose than just entertainment - they're being used to help us understand and solve current problems as well as to identify future threats.
Noah Falstein: Serious games are a new enough thing and a nebulous enough thing that people are still arguing about definitions, but the one that I find most accurate I think is - a game or something that uses game techniques and technology, for a purpose beyond entertainment. So it may well be entertaining. Many of the serious games are fun as well, but its main purpose is not the entertainment, but rather something else, often teaching or some sort of instruction, sometimes something like research or persuasion, there are quite a few different uses for them.
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http://www.archive.org/details/www.abc.net.au_rnGamesforGood/
Download PDF transcript with clickable links here [right click '83kb' hyperlink]
http://www.archive.org/details/www.abc.net.au_rnSeriousgames.pdf/
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New Media Horizons PDF 09 Report
http://www.archive.org/details/www.nmh.orgnewmediahorizons09report/
Grab this report, its well worth a read, and as well a saying whats wired now it suggests adoption timelines for emerging tech, apps and wares.
From phones to smartbooks, mobile devices with access to the Internet now make it possible to do all kinds of activities for work, study, and socializing — wherever one happens to be. In recent years, mobile phones have evolved to include innovative interfaces, GPS and wifi capability, and support for third-party applications. Small mobile Internet devices including netbooks and smartbooks offer another way to stay connected and work on the go: smaller than laptops but larger than mobile phones, these devices are compact and powerful.
Placed on the far horizon for Australia and New Zealand last year because of slow adoption rate and low availability of bandwidth, mobiles are moving toward adoption more quickly thanks to reduced costs for bandwidth and new plans that offer alternatives to hefty overage charges. Bandwidth and coverage is still a concern for consumers, however, and outside of urban centers, finding a signal is often difficult. In many cases, while students may own mobile Internet devices, the cost and availability of bandwidth prevents them from taking advantage of the full range of applications available to them.
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The Internet of things
http://www.archive.org/details.php?identifier=ABC_rnAustraliaTheInternetofThings
"Imagine your toaster has an inbuilt computer and it can speak to your fridge. Now imagine your fridge talking to the computer at your local shopping centre. All without your involvement. More and more everyday objects are becoming internet connected. So are we about to witness a new phase for the internet? An internet where objects, not people, communicate: "
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Do you read me HAL?
"Robots are among us. They might be on their way in to childcare and aged care as silicon carers too. Will the 'digital natives' born today be more comfortable with that prospect? And, many thousands have now been deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan, with billions being invested in the development of fully autonomous killing agents. Will they fight fairly? Could they be more ethical and humane than humans? Over a series of shows, Natasha Mitchell speaks to leading roboticists and thinkers about the brave new now."
Link for audio download
http://www.archive.org/details/www.abc.net.au_rnAustraliaDoyoureadmeHAL_Robotwars_moralmachinesandsiliconthatcares/
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http://www.archive.org/details/www.abc.net.au_rnDoyoureadmeHAL_Robotwars_moralmachinesandsilicon.pdf/
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The coming 'Singularity… or not?
"Next month,[Oct 09] thinkers worldwide will gather at the Singularity Summit [http://www.singularitysummit.com/] in New York, and you can see from the speakers that the scene is a curious mix of transhumanists (who want to use technological knowledge to live forever...and forever), futurists (who contemplate the possibilities of what might happen if we did), technologists and computer scientists (who could potentially make it happen), philosophers of mind (what will happen to our minds if we do?), and perhaps a few lifestyle evangelists thrown into the mix.
Here's how the conference describes the concept:
"The Singularity represents an "event horizon" in the predictability of human technological development past which present models of the future may cease to give reliable answers, following the creation of strong AI or the enhancement of human intelligence".
Futurist Ray Kurzweil writes:
"What, then, is the Singularity? It's a future period during which the pace of technological change will be so rapid, its impact so deep, that human life will be irreversibly transformed. Although neither utopian or dystopian, this epoch will transform the concepts that we rely on to give meaning to our lives, from our business models to the cycle of human life, including death itself. Understanding the Singularity will alter our perspective on the significance of our past and the ramifications for our future. To truly understand it inherently changes one's view of life in general and one's own particular life"." ABC Radio National's 'All in the Mind' presented by Natsha Mitchell [http://www.abc.net.au/rn/allinthemind/stories/2009/2686321.htm] with the programs blog on this subject at: {http://blogs.abc.net.au/allinthemind/2009/09/what-on-earth-is-the-singularity.html#comments}
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PDF Audio transcript download with clickable links
http://www.archive.org/details/www.abc.net.au_rnThecomingofthesingularityaudiotranscript.pdf/
PDF Audio transcript download of ABC's Natasha Mitchell 'All in the mind' blog with clickable links
http://www.archive.org/details/www.abc.net.au_rnThecomingofthesingularityaudiotranscript.pdf/

www.ted.com Ray Kurzweil's vodcast where he explains the math of how he came to his conclusion.
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The Tribe has spoken…
Seth Godin describes himself as an agent of change. He's also an author who's curious about the way we live our lives. His latest book is called Tribes. And his theory is that the internet and modern communication technology have made it easier for people to make meaningful groupings. He describes a tribe as a group that shares a culture and a mission and he says the world has entered a new age of tribalism.
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ABC PDF podcast transcript with clickable links
http://www.archive.org/details/www.abc.net.au_rnTheTribehasspoken....pdf