We haven't done hard science in a long while. It is something that you have a tough time to get anywhere else than at the Future Salon.
Michael Korns has looked deeply into the current status of the Science of, as he calls it Extreme Physics: The Theory of Everything. Can we finally unify the large and the small? Unify the behavior of
planetary bodies under gravity with the behavior of subatomic
particles under quantum theory?
He will introduce us to the current state of the knowledge regarding: String Theory, M Theory and Loop Quantum Gravity. All that in layman's terms using no mathematics. He has done his presentation already at the Las Vegas Futurist meeting last month and people were raving about it. More details soon.
The second part of the evening will be more lighthearted. Spot Draves will let his Electric Sheep run free. I love the premise: If machines will get conscious, what will they dream about?
He is using the sleep cycles of computers all over the world to create magic, very beautiful eliminated clouds and structures. It is not only great art, but there is also a very strong concept and technical realization behind it, which he will introduce. He just came out with a DVD which in part you can experience here.
I can't wait for the electric sheep to illuminate the big screens in SAP's Southern Cross Conference Room.
Friday June 18th 7pm - 9pm (Dinner afterwards)
SAP Labs
Building D
3410 Hillview Avenue
Palo Alto, CA 94304
(Driving directions to building D via Highway 101)
(Driving directions to building D via Highway 280)
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