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Harvard's Berkman Center, Google, and the Family Online Safety Institute hosted this discussion featuring Professor Jonathan Zittrain previewing his forthcoming book "The Future of the Internet - And How To Stop It" with a response by Professor Larry Lessig and an introduction by Google's own Vint Cerf.

This event took place at Google's Washington, D.C. office on March 20, 2008.

Professor Jonathan Zittrain of the Oxford Internet Institute previews his book "The Future of the Internet — And How to Stop It" at the Tribeca Grand in NYC on April 11 2008.

More info, including downloads of the book and this video: Jonathan Zittrain – The Future of the Internet – And How to Stop It (video) isoc-ny.org

TED: Ideas worth spreading Feeling like the world is becoming less friendly? Social theorist Jonathan Zittrain begs to difffer. The Internet, he suggests, is made up of millions of disinterested acts of kindness, curiosity and trust.

Eric Topol: The wireless future of medicine

TED: Ideas worth spreading Eric Topol says we'll soon use our smartphones to monitor our vital signs and chronic conditions. At TEDMED, he highlights several of the most important wireless devices in medicine's future -- all helping to keep more of us out of hospital beds.

TED: Ideas worth spreading In this prophetic talk from 2003, roboticist Rodney Brooks talks about how robots are going to work their way into our lives -- starting with toys and moving into household chores ... and beyond.

TED: Ideas worth spreading Hod Lipson demonstrates a few of his cool little robots, which have the ability to learn, understand themselves and even self-replicate.

Hod Lipson: Robots that are "self-aware"