Tue Dec 9, near MIT Campus: Artificial Consciousness and Revolutionizing Medical Device Design

Everyone is invited to the following event:  ARTIFICIAL CONSCIOUSNESS AND REVOLUTIONIZING MEDICAL DEVICE DESIGN Event to be held at the following time, date, and location:  Tuesday, December 9, 2014 from 7:00 PM to 9:30 PM (EST) Norton's Woods Conference Center  At the American Academy of Arts & Sciences 136 Irving Street Cambridge, MA 02138 View Map Attend Event  Share this event: ___________________________________________________________________                                                          Artificial Consciousness and Revolutionizing Medical Device Design Tuesday, December 9, 2014 7:00 - 9:30 PM Norton's Woods Conference CenterAt the American Academy of Arts & Sciences 136 Irving Street Cambridge, MA, 02138 The Norton's Woods Conference Center is just off the Red Line between the Harvard Square and Porter stops. Join us for a fascinating discussion about how artificial consciousness and revolutionary medical device design are poised to transform healthcare. Our visionary speakers will discuss: Consciousness as a state of matter that can be described in terms of quantum mechanics and information theory Revolutionizing medical device design through advances in integrated circuits and microelectromechanical systems A reception will follow the presentations with the opportunity to meet the speakers and to discuss career opportunities at 4Combinator. Dr. Charles Sodini MIT LeBel Professor of Electrical Engineering Co-founder of the Medical Electronic Device Realization Center Dr. Max Tegmark MIT Professor of Physics Author of “The Mathematical Universe,” Director of the Foundational Questions Institute (FQXi) Dr. Jonathan Rothberg Chairman of 4Combinator Inventor of high-speed DNA sequencing, founder Ion Torrent, RainDance, 454 Life Sciences, ClariFi, CuraGen Join us for a 4Combinator speaker series event.