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An information integration theory of consciousness (PDF paper download)
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Rod Furlan
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Rod Furlan
Singularity University
This is going to be a very special summer
I am one of the 40 candidates admitted to the inaugural class of the Singularity University at the NASA Ames Research Center starting today.
Singularity University (SU) is a joint effort of NASA, Google, and some of the foremost authorities in science and technology. Its objective is to expose a group of promising graduate students and professionals to a broad range of cutting-edge research that is likely to lead to disruptive technological innovation in the near future.
Or according to their own words:
Singularity University aims to assemble, educate and inspire a cadre of leaders who strive to understand and facilitate the development of exponentially advancing technologies and apply, focus and guide these tools to address humanity’s grand challenges.
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Rod Furlan
Designing the Human Mind
“Is it possible to create a complete model of the human brain? Henry Markram is well on his way, but explains that it’s going to take a computer 20,000 times more powerful than any that exists today with a memory capacity 500 times the size of the Internet.”
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Rod Furlan
Working on a new prototype
I just started working on an new prototype that will be demonstrated in a couple of months at the ███████████ ██████████. I have a a bunch of interesting problems to solve so I couldn’t be happier.It is basically a ██████ that will allow the user to ████████ ████ █████ █████████ without ███████ ████ █ █████ ████. It is going to be like ███████████ for the masses.
Stay tuned for cryptic updates that might not make any sense
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Rod Furlan
Profit is a side-effect of a job well done
I am 29 and I am a compulsive builder. It isn’t like I want to build things, I simply have to because otherwise they consume me. Considering that I can envision way more than I can actually work on I find myself always having to give up ideas for the sake of completing projects already underway.
Once I am done, I don’t feel like I have any time to spare to enjoy success. Off I am to the next project.
To be honest, I feel like the journey is more important than the destination. Profits are nothing but a side-effect of a job well done.
My .02
Originally posted as a comment by rfurlan on Howard Lindzon using Disqus.
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Rod Furlan
Introducing TwitZap
My latest project just went live. If you love Twitter as much as I do, I am sure you will love TwitZap too:
“TwitZap is a new way to use Twitter. It lets you slice Twitter into realtime streams of stuff that matters to you. On top of that, TwitZap users can tweet each other in real-time using our Twitter accelerator technology even while Twitter is down.”
It is basically a web-based, real-time Twitter client + search monitor. Think TweetDeck without the install – making it possible to use it anywhere, anytime.
Its unique advantage is that communication between TwitZap users is instantaneous – tweets are delivered in less than 800ms from end-to-end even when Twitter is slow or down.All tweets are still relayed to Twitter as soon as possible. You can even see other users that are on the same channels as you – which is pretty cool and incentivize instant interactions.
This morning, TwiZap got featured on Mashable and was the #1 trending topic on twitter search. Not bad for two weeks of work
However, this is probably going to be my last web project for a while. While it is incredibly gratifying to build something the whole world can use, web development is just not challenging enough to keep me excited about it.
I just feel like it is just too much busy-work for my taste, with very few really interesting problems to solve.
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Rod Furlan
Thank you!
Thank you all for the encouraging feedback on my Nexus ATS platform.I didn’t expect that so many people would contact me about it. Unfortunately, Nexus is a private project and at this point I don’t have the time/resources to turn it into something that I could share.
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Rod Furlan
Introducing HotArb.com
HotArb.com is just a little something I have been working on my spare time. It provides daily alerts about cointegrated S&P 900 stocks that are currently converging from a significant mutual mispricing.Trade at your own risk
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McLarty
Very cool bud.
-Jeffrey McLarty
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Rod Furlan
FxTwits is now Live!
I took last week off to work on a little Twitter mashup with my partner from Wireclub Media.
In short, FxTwits is an open forex trading community powered by Twitter. It captures the Twitter buzz for all the major currency pairs and acts like a forex “squawk box” you can use to get a feel of what currency traders all around the world are up to.
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Rod Furlan
Science is Culture
I rarely have time to read magazines. In this day and age where everything is just a click away, I never find myself offline long enough to justify the need for a magazine. Last week when I was flying to Las Vegas I was fortunate enough to come across an issue of SEED Magazine. I read it nonstop from take-off to landing.
SEED = (Wired - douchebaggery) * 0.3 + (SciAm - boring) * 0.7
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Rod Furlan
The new Lynxmotion Phoenix Hexapod kit
I was just checking out the new Phoenix Hexapod kit from Lynxmotion. What a beautiful little machine – I absolutely love its design and the way it moves. For around $1000 dolars you get:
- Lynxmotion Phoenix Aluminum Parts
- 6x ASB-04B Brackets
- 6 x HS-475HB Servos
- 12 x HS-645MG Servos
- 18x Aluminum Servo Horns
- SSC-32 Servo Controller
- Bot Board 2
- Basic Atom Pro 28 (comes pre-programmed)
- 2.4ghz Wireless PS2 Controller
- Wiring Harness
- 6v 2600mA NiMh Battery
- 6v 850mAh NiMh Battery
- Jumper Cables
- DB-9 Serial Cable
You can order yours from Trossen Robotics :)
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Rod Furlan
Wireclub.com – Over a Million Served!
Wireclub.com is one of the businesses I currently own and it has just recently reached an important milestone – over one million users have chosen Wireclub.com as their social network of choice!
I am off to celebrate now
Mikey, 
McLarty 2:42 pm on February 8, 2009 Permalink |
I’ll take 1000 contracts of that at $0.02! haha. I find myself in the exact same boat. I got laid off…now I’m like, BAM: TONS OF TIME…which way do I sprint first?
Rod Furlan 7:39 pm on February 8, 2009 Permalink |
Deciding on what to do next is so hard sometimes. Make sure you are excited about whatever you choose to do next. Life is too short to work on things you don’t care about
Mikey 3:51 pm on March 4, 2009 Permalink |
I like that quote you said: I feel like the journey is more important than the destination. Profits are nothing but a side-effect of a job well done. Very inspirational