I wonder if 50 years from now we'll look back, and maybe Julian Assange will be the hero and J. Edgar Hoover will be the enemy of the state. Rick Smolan assangebackedgar Change image and share on social
The way they heat their homes in Korea is to put bricks under the floors, so the heat actually radiates from underneath the floor. Rick Smolan brickfloorheat Change image and share on social
I think we're going to have auxiliary hard drives to offload our memories. Rick Smolan auxiliarydrivehard Change image and share on social
You can't talk about big data without talking about things like privacy and ownership. Rick Smolan bigdatumownership Change image and share on social
One of the nice things about living in Silicon Valley is that I end up at all these conferences and things, and I get to listen in on the zeitgeist. Rick Smolan conferenceendlisten Change image and share on social
Netflix and Amazon know when you stop and start a program, whether you wanted the whole thing, all of that. Rick Smolan amazonnetflixprogram Change image and share on social
Big Data is just that - big. But, it's a term that is largely misunderstood and difficult to explain. Rick Smolan bigdatumdifficult Change image and share on social
A lot of people don't want to know, but I'd like to know if I have a 10 percent or a 90 percent chance of developing Alzheimer's some day. If I know I'm likely to develop it, I'm certainly going to start looking around right now to find if there is something that I can do to offset it. Rick Smolan alzheimerchanceday share on social
My company, Against All Odds Productions, has done print on demand; we were the first to do a book with a CD-ROM in the early 1990s. We do custom covers. It's always fun to do something new. Rick Smolan 1990sbookcompany Change image and share on social
