I’m really interested in Brad’s thoughts/opinions on this.

A quick copy/pasta of 23andMe from Wikipedia:

23andMe is a privately held personal genomics and biotechnology company based in Mountain View, California[1] that claims to be developing new methods and technologies that will enable consumers to understand their own genetic information. The company is named for the 23 pairs of chromosomes in a normal human cell. 23andMe was founded to “empower individuals and develop new ways of accelerating research.”[2] The current cost of 23andMe’s product is $499 for both health and ancestry. The ancestry edition costs $399 and the health edition costs $429. The product previously cost $399 for everything. Both Google and New Enterprise Associates have invested in 23andMe.The 23andMe website is currently split into four categories: Health and Traits, Ancestry, Sharing and Community, and Research. They currently test or are researching over 100 diseases, conditions, and traits.

So today (as it’s DNA Day), they’re offering the package deal of both the Health and Ancestry tests for 99$.

Totally Gattaca, right?

World Builder from BranitVFX on Vimeo.

Awesomeness. I would love to work in that kind of an environment.

Aren’t actually holograms at all.

The CNN anchors were not really speaking to three-dimensional projected images, but rather empty space, Kreuzer said. The images were simply added to what viewers saw on their screens at home, in much the same way computer-generated special effects are added to movies.

Kreuzer said the images were tomograms, which are images that are captured from all sides, reconstructed by computers, then displayed on screen.

Holograms, on the other hand, are projected into space.

CNN officials could not be reached for comment.

As some of you may know, I’m an avid fan of TED talks. One of my favorites to this day is Ray Kurzweil’s talk about technology and how it will transform us all. Earlier this month, I was fortunate enough to actually attend a lecture by Kurzweil at RIT. The talk, just like his TED talk, was about technological singularity and how it is rapidly approaching.

Below is a slightly abridged version of what we saw at RIT this month, and if you haven’t seen it, I strongly recommend watching.

Technology has changed us so quickly in such a short period of time it’s absolutely astounding, and the change is growing exponentially. Some of the predictions Kurzweil is making for the next 40 years are downright mind blowing. We’re the last generation to know what life was like prior to the internet. We lived the transition from no internet to ubiquitous use. We’re ARE the crest of this new era and we’re riding it right into the future. Juice.