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Yesterday I was zapping through my TV and stopped when I saw a lecture in BBC World about DNA sequencing. The speaker, unknown to me at that time, had a unbelievable message to say: he's about to create the first artificial life form in the planet Earth.

Gene pioneer Dr. J. Craig Venter is one of the principal scientists who decoded the human genome and he was the invited speaker for this year Richard Dimbleby Lecture. if you have 43 minutes to spare, watch the video and try to answer the following question: what does the future hold in a DNA-driven world?

Update Jan 22: Excellent comment by Nuno Mendes.

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Due to a heavy lack of time, I was not able to watch this year Macworld keynote. But that’s ok, since Mahalo has done a great job trimming the 90 minutes Steve Jobs’ keynote to a 60 second video.

A brilliant video presented by Bill Gates in his CES 2008 keynote. Featuring Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Bono, Jon Stewart, with a great humor and fantastic self critic. I'm amazed:

A brilliant advert from Brylcreem. An ode to laziness and effortless, made with a lot of effort and dedication: see also the making of.

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A new service from Google, this time used from your phone. Watch the video below to see the simplicity and power of 1-800-GOOG-411:

It looks like 2008 will be the year of the phone.