{"id":2829,"date":"2014-09-07T04:39:00","date_gmt":"2014-09-07T08:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/featurezoo.net\/wordpress\/?p=2829"},"modified":"2022-05-12T04:56:23","modified_gmt":"2022-05-12T08:56:23","slug":"the-daily-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/futurezoo.net\/wordpress\/?p=2829","title":{"rendered":"ETH ZURICH: THE DAILY FUTURE"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This fall we wrapped up production on a set\u00a0of seven science shorts we made for The<strong> Daily Future<\/strong> series\u00a0produced by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ethz.ch\/en.html\">ETH Zurich<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Daily Future\u00a0<\/strong> series was created to introduce\u00a0ETH Zurich to a new audience as focus on\u00a0some of the institute\u2019s core areas of research and study: nano-robotics, quantum computing, natural sciences, astrophysics, and big data. Our approach was to sidestep the standard\u00a0\u201cscience-y\u201d visual tropes, and offer up\u00a0a fresh friendly approach to these often complex topics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/108464897?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>BIG DATA: The Automated Response\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Big Data is relatively new branch of information science, which not only charts our daily lives through the culmination of statistics in large data sets, but also impacts it dramatically. Donald Kossman, Professor at the Institute for Information Systems (ETH Zurich), discusses some of the applications of Big Data and their impact on society at large.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/108462867?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>BIG DATA: Citizen Science<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kevin Schawinski of the Institute for Astronomy at ETH, talks about Big Data, the growing significance of \u201ccitizen science\u201d and how fields like astronomy are increasingly intertwined with \u201ccrowd wisdom\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/99699541?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>BLACKHOLES: THE LAST FRONTIER<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Black Holes generally get a bad rap, as ominous galactic specters of doom. Kevin Schawinski of ETH\u2019s Institute of Astronomy, who has made this his area of research, sets the record straight. According to Schawinski, there\u2019s been a huge misunderstanding, black holes are actually something very essential to the creative processes of the universe\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/104877688?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>RISE OF THE NANOBOT<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The future is in the hand of tiny robots, really tiny robots\u2014and the expectation is that they will perform miraculous tasks, such as eye surgery and environmental cleanup. Brad Nelson heads the Institute for Robotics and Intelligent Systems at ETH Zurich, where they focus on creating these nano devices inspired by the biological mechanisms of bacteria such as E\u00a0coli and salmonella.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/97190641?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>THE SEDUCTIVE PATHOGEN<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There\u2019s an arms race going on in nature\u2014according to Consuelo de Moraes,\u00a0 Professor of Biocommunications at ETH Zurich. In her research, she has discovered some very surprising aspects of plant \u2013 insect communications, and some even sneakier gambits in pathogens responsible for diseases such as malaria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/92817560?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>SMART CITIES: OUTPUT \/ INPUT<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What is a \u201cSmart City\u201d? Gerhard Schmitt, Professor of Information Architecture at ETH Zurich, and founder of ETH\u2019s Future Cities Lab in Singapore, breaks down the ideas of \u201csmartness\u201d in urban design, introducing us to some core concepts such as \u201cwaste as capital\u201d and \u201cresilience\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/104823684?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>SUPERPOSITIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Awareness of quantum physics has entered the mainstream culture by now, and it\u2019s ideas are part of daily expression, but do we know what is actually meant by \u201cquantum computing\u201d? Jonathan Home of the Institute of Quantum Electronics, at ETH Zurich, answers some questions about what we can expect from this \u201cnew structure for logic.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>And now a bonus\u2014 <strong>A Brief Anatomy<\/strong>\u00a0was produced an event at the <a href=\"https:\/\/futurezoo.net\/wordpress\/?p=2837\">Zurich Meets NY Festival<\/a>, and is technically not part of the Daily Future series, but it does serve\u00a0as a prologue to the other shorts, setting\u00a0the tone for the ETH academic culture\u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/94866549?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ETH: A BRIEF ANATOMY<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A short foray into the history and ideas behind the growth of ETH as one of the premier global institutions for science and technology, with a track record for producing Nobel Laureates and other such distinguished alumni. Three of the school\u2019s policy makers are interviewed: outgoing ETH President Ralph Eichler; incumbent President (and former Rector) Lino Guzzella; and Gerd Folkers, Director of Collegium Helveticum. They give us their perspective on what makes ETH so unique, and thriving center for academic research and learning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This fall we wrapped up production on a set\u00a0of seven science shorts we made for The Daily Future series\u00a0produced by ETH Zurich. The Daily Future\u00a0 series was created to introduce\u00a0ETH Zurich to a new audience as focus on\u00a0some of the institute\u2019s core areas of research and study: nano-robotics, quantum computing, natural sciences, astrophysics, and big data. Our approach was to sidestep the standard\u00a0\u201cscience-y\u201d visual tropes, and offer up\u00a0a fresh friendly approach to these often complex topics. BIG DATA: The Automated Response\u00a0 Big Data is relatively new branch of information science, which not only charts our daily lives through the culmination of statistics in large data sets, but also impacts it dramatically. Donald Kossman, Professor at the Institute for Information Systems (ETH Zurich), discusses some of the applications of Big Data and their impact on society at large. BIG DATA: Citizen Science Kevin Schawinski of the Institute for Astronomy at ETH, talks about Big Data, the growing significance of \u201ccitizen science\u201d and how fields like astronomy are increasingly intertwined with \u201ccrowd wisdom\u201d. BLACKHOLES: THE LAST FRONTIER Black Holes generally get a bad rap, as ominous galactic specters of doom. Kevin Schawinski of ETH\u2019s Institute of Astronomy, who has made this his area of research, sets the record straight. According to Schawinski, there\u2019s been a huge misunderstanding, black holes are actually something very essential to the creative processes of the universe\u2026 RISE OF THE NANOBOT The future is in the hand of tiny robots, really tiny robots\u2014and the expectation is that they will perform miraculous tasks, such as eye surgery and environmental cleanup. Brad Nelson heads the Institute for Robotics and Intelligent Systems at ETH Zurich, where they focus on creating these nano devices inspired by the biological mechanisms of bacteria such as E\u00a0coli and salmonella. THE SEDUCTIVE PATHOGEN There\u2019s an arms race going on in nature\u2014according to Consuelo de Moraes,\u00a0 Professor of Biocommunications at ETH Zurich. In her research, she has discovered some very surprising aspects of plant \u2013 insect communications, and some even sneakier gambits in pathogens responsible for diseases such as malaria. SMART CITIES: OUTPUT \/ INPUT What is a \u201cSmart City\u201d? Gerhard Schmitt, Professor of Information Architecture at ETH Zurich, and founder of ETH\u2019s Future Cities Lab in Singapore, breaks down the ideas of \u201csmartness\u201d in urban design, introducing us to some core concepts such as \u201cwaste as capital\u201d and \u201cresilience\u201d. SUPERPOSITIONS Awareness of quantum physics has entered the mainstream culture by now, and it\u2019s ideas are part of daily expression, but do we know what is actually meant by \u201cquantum computing\u201d? Jonathan Home of the Institute of Quantum Electronics, at ETH Zurich, answers some questions about what we can expect from this \u201cnew structure for logic.\u201d And now a bonus\u2014 A Brief Anatomy\u00a0was produced an event at the Zurich Meets NY Festival, and is technically not part of the Daily Future series, but it does serve\u00a0as a prologue to the other shorts, setting\u00a0the tone for the ETH academic culture\u2014 ETH: A BRIEF ANATOMY A short foray into the history and ideas behind the growth of ETH as one of the premier global institutions for science and technology, with a track record for producing Nobel Laureates and other such distinguished alumni. Three of the school\u2019s policy makers are interviewed: outgoing ETH President Ralph Eichler; incumbent President (and former Rector) Lino Guzzella; and Gerd Folkers, Director of Collegium Helveticum. 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