Professor Vedral reveals the best explanation of the universe that I’ve ever seen! I’ve been thinking along these lines for some time now, but wasn’t able to put it into such easy to comprehend terms.

I think understanding what information is, what the universe is, points toward an answer to the question: “Why are we here?”. And at the heart of everything is probability. That is the concept of information.

Since the beginning, the universe has been moving in one direction, towards ever increasing complexity. It’s about energy density per unit time (energy per gram per second). Up until the first transistorized computer was demonstrated at the University of Manchester in 1953, we were the most energy dense per second thing the universe had created (assuming no aliens or alien tech). Per second, we’re even more energy dense than a star! Now computers are by far more energy dense per second than us.

What is the end product the universe is trying (probabilistically) to produce? Will technology continue to aid us on this journey as it does now or will it eventually replace us? I don’t know. In other words, is technology, or something greater than technology, the end goal or are we? One thing is for sure, we created technology. The universe could not create it without first creating us.

I like to think of it like an assembly line for a car. The production process has already started, but the assembly line itself has yet to be completed! It starts out with the basic parts and pieces (energy, matter, laws of physics) needed for assembly, and as the car progresses down the line it gets more and more complex. I think we are either a robot working to produce the car on that assembly line, or we are the car. Either way, I don’t think we’ll have to wait long to find out.

Read more at: What is the Singularity?

This device makes connection possible between devices that previously couldn’t talk to each! Anyone who’s been looking into how to get their computer to display on their big TV knows it ain’t easy or inexpensive. Hopefully, this device will change all that.

Click the via link at the bottom to go to Engadget’s post with the official press release and descriptions of some interesting use scenarios.

These two videos do a great job of explaining your options with Google Voice depending on if you use it with your existing number, or use it with a Google number.

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