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Ray Kurzweil - Futurist

YouTube via ComputerHistory
"[Recorded July 13 2009] Ray Kurzweil is a 21st century polymath. He is a scientist, inventor, entrepreneur, author, visionary and futurist. As a scientist and inventor he has pioneered work in optical character recognition (OCR), speech recognition technology, and electronic keyboard instruments. As an entrepreneur, Kurzweil has founded businesses in the fields of OCR, music synthesis, speech recognition, reading technology, virtual reality and financial investment. He is the author of numerous books on health, artificial intelligence (AI), the technological singularity and futurism. The Kurzweilian version of the future is the inevitable merger of humans and intelligent machines.

In this discussion with Computer History Museum Senior Curator Dag Spicer, Kurzweil shares his vision of how technology will re-shape the human body (and culture generally) into one that incorporates advanced technologies into a new type of post-human organism. Kurzweil sees this transformation occurring over the next 20 to 50 years and beginning with the integration of electronic-based systems into the human body. Some decades after that, a further transformation occurs--one based on nanotechnology—which incorporates the manipulation and construction of interfaces and complex systems based on atomic-level structures that merge with and control specific bodily functions and attack its problems (i.e. cancer). Some of the philosophical implications of Kurzweils vision are also discussed."

Reactable meets Barcelona Bakalao - part1

YouTube via tikovbcn. via owen in the comments of this post.
"Techno live jam of Barcelona Bakalao and Reactable at Reactable office."

DarkEnergy + Revolution 2: 2009 Slightly Delayed (Raw Cut)

YouTube via OculoRapido
"Test drive of a Doepfer Dark Energy with a Moog MF-104Z analog delay (right channel), with MIDI sequencing by a Future Retro Revolution (left channel). Ambient dronespace and mixdown provided by Blacet/Metalbox/Wiard/Cynthia modular synthesizer system. The Dark Energy uses the Start Up synth parameter setup described in the Doepfer manual (page 31). Available light video shot with a Sanyo Xacti HD1010. Thanks to Shawn Cleary and Analogue Haven for blazing gear! Produced by Doktor Bob at Rapid Eye Soundlabs. Copyright 2009 Robert B. Trelease. Aarrrgggh: Tha' POPZ are back!"

Moon Modular M553 MIDI2Clock Sync Test

YouTube via JohnLRice
"Just testing my new M553 MIDI2Clock module by taking a nice Gabrielesque preset patch off of my Yamaha RM1X MIDI sequencer and sync'ing up the Q960 and M569CV sequencers.

I was about to tear this patch down and try something else and I decided to video it first just in case someone else might enjoy it too. :-)"

Waldorf Q - BRAND NEW in box unused

via this auction

nice scan of the cover of the user's manual

spotted by Mr. Array

Rhodes Chroma Apple II Interface Card

via Chris Ryan on the Rhodes Chroma list:

"I've posted Hardware Description and Specification, which is Appendix O from the Sequencer Manual. This details the Chroma/Computer Interface PC board for the Apple II, and includes the schematic and component layout drawing in PDF format, which were missing from the scan of the manual available at the site."

Circuit-Bent/Modified Korg DDD-1 MIDI Drum Machine

via this auction

"It has been professionally modified by Class A Electronics, LLC/Diabolical Devices. We have added a 13 point bending patch bay which will generate a wide variety of affects from ring-mods to computer glitch noises. We have also installed bright blue LEDs in place of the original red ones. The play and record LEDs are now 10mm blue. Comes with patch cables. I will post video soon." Check the auction as it wasn't up at the time of this post.

Also see the sellers other items.