Natural gestures, wearable sixth sense - now that's knowledge media[Gestos e 6o sentido para vestir - isso é que é mídia do conhecimento]

[Post com versão em PT, mais abaixo]

"Ideas worth spreading" is the motto of TED Talks. Well, instead of talking about it, I better direct you to "Pattie Maes and Pranav Mistry demo SixthSense" (8:45, see embedded video below). Just like "Rebecca Saxe: How we read each other's minds" (16:54, about MRI-ing moral judgements), it is a new technology received with both awe and apocalyptical remarks (because we advance in technology keeping the same moral challenges and dilemmas from Plato's time and before - look's like there is room for new "moral technology"). Some inspiration for us at EGC/UFSC (Graduate Program in Knowledge Engineering and Management), in which "knowledge media" is one of the research areas.

O lema de TED Talks é "Idéias que valem espalhar". Melhor do que me delongar em comentários é apontar para "Pattie Maes and Pranav Mistry demo SixthSense" (8:45, vídeo clicável abaixo - se preferir, clique em "View subtitles" e assista com legendas em português). De forma semelhante ao que vemos em "Rebecca Saxe: How we read each other's minds" (16:54, sobre analisar julgamentos morais usando ressonância magnética), é uma nova tecnologia recebida com tanto fascínio quanto horror apocalíptico (porque o fato é que avançamos na tecnologia, mas os desafios e dilemas morais são os mesmos de tempos imemoriais, sem grandes avanços na "tecnologia moral"). Uma inspiração e tanto para nós do EGC/UFSC, que tem a Mídia do Conhecimento como uma das áreas de concentração.

Science of happiness at TED Talks

Okay, this might be waaay outdated, but there must be others who are not really aware about TED Talks as I wasn't (had heard about it, never went for it). And those who know Ted Talks but not this talk I'm mentioning. Thanks due to Andréa Bordin for sharing this.

I went there, saw the mosaic of speeches and begun with Nancy Etcoff on the surprising science of happiness. There is a lot of other seemingly excellent stuff.

So this is only a tweet to those who didn't know: Yes, Ted Talks is true to its subtitle: "Ideas worth spreading". Etcoff's talk end with this simple yet effective and excessively forgotten idea from Epictetus: "First, say to yourself what you would be. Then do what you have to do".