Is is just me or did the project seems a bit mundane? The introduction is about biotech and nanotech, etc, and the projects are mobile apps, scaling up 3D printing, and smart traffic. Anyone else underwhelmed? Maybe I had unreasonable expectations.
Kurzweil articulated many of his early ideas on Singularity at an AI symposium held in 2001. RealPlayer video of all the sessions used to be available through Dr. Dobb's Journal's TechNetCast feature. I watched them all and they were very, very interesting -- both for and against. Great stuff.<p>I tried to locate a link to them for this post but TechNetCast seems no more and DDJ's site doesn't bear fruit either. If anyone here knows where they might be found please share -- they are definitely worth the time.<p>Since then, Kurzweil has certainly pursued his beliefs (books, speeches, press, etc.) with these graduates being the latest expression of those ideas.
My first reaction was that if you're going to live forever, why rush to graduate, there's plenty of time. Then when I read the article, I saw that they are looking at all kinds of other opportunities. Good stuff.