Today I'm offering up a recommendation for one of the most interesting speeches I've heard in years. Jeff Hawkins, the founder of Palm and inventor of the Treo, presents a keynote at the RSA 2008 conference about the mind's technique for processing and storing sensory information. How does a person (or a computer) tell the difference between a picture of a cat and a dog?
Yes, I know, he probably doesn't have an iPhone, but we'll forgive him for this due to his past!
His speech is especially interesting because it's not too technical for the average person to understand; even a child in grade school should find it intriguing. If you're watching this on a Mac, as I assume you are, you might want to install Flip4Mac (review) first to more easily view the WMV stream. A Flash stream is also available. You may also want to check out his company's website, Numenta and even download the research platform for the Mac.
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