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The "Sixth Sense," game-changing wearable tech
[wpvideo zMQtUssW] This demo — from Pattie Maes’ lab at MIT, spearheaded by Pranav Mistry — was the buzz of TED. It’s a wearable device with a projector that paves the way for profound interaction with our environment. Imagine “Minority Report” and then some. Pattie Maes was the key architect behind what was once called [...]
Mar 17, 2009 | 0 comments | View Post
”’What have we measured, what do we know.." A conversation about physics with Lisa Randall.
Charlie Rose: A discussion about theoretical physics with Harvard professor Lisa Randall. Her book is called “Warped Passages: Unraveling the Mysteries of The Universe’s Hidden Dimensions”. A short second segment: With Harvard biology professor Edward O. Wilson. His latest book is “The Creation: An Appeal to Save Life on Earth”. total run time 56 mins.
Feb 22, 2009 | 0 comments | View Post
Bonnie Raitt and Dolores Huerta … making the world a better place.
[vodpod id=Groupvideo.2123732&w=425&h=350&fv=] Bonnie Raitt and Dolores Huerta Bonnie Raitt: legendary musician, feminist, activist. Dolores Huerta: legendary organizer, feminist, activist. Two women who both achieved great successes in their fields and who are not stopping anytime soon. But while one was marching on the streets for migrant laborers, the other was headlining concerts bringing attention to [...]
Feb 19, 2009 | 0 comments | View Post
Who’s Keeping Burger King Workers Below the Poverty Line?
Who’s Keeping Burger King Workers Below the Poverty Line? ======== [vodpod id=Groupvideo.2105026&w=425&h=350&fv=] What would you do with an extra $18,000 in your pocket? That’s the amount of extra cash each and every Burger King employee in America would have received last year if Goldman Sachs (one of the fast-food chain’s largest owners) had shared its [...]
Feb 17, 2009 | 0 comments | View Post
Santa Seeks Urgent Help !
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Dec 24, 2008 | 0 comments | View Post
Amory Lovins with Real World Energy Solutions !
[viddler id=a2b304a0&w=437&h=370] Amory Lovins is cofounder of the Rocky Mountain Institute. Here in an interview with Charlie Rose, Lovins gives leveled headed information and statistics about energy ideas and solutions. July 15, 2008, www.charlierose.com
Jul 26, 2008 | 0 comments | View Post
"human beings…skin covered petri dishes" Lipton
[audio http://talktomeguy.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/pam-oslie-w-bruce-liptonrofnl021909.mp3] Bruce Lipton interviewed by Pam Oslie on Santa Barbara News Talk Radio July 2, 2008 “…psychology is the filter for the cell…” A wonderful romp through the genius of Bruce Lipton ! Pam Oslies’ website www.auracolors.com ••
Janine Benyus – Innovation Inspired by Nature
[viddler id=1b76711f&w=437&h=370] In this inspiring talk about recent developments in biomimicry, Janine Benyus provides heartening examples of ways in which nature is already influencing the products and systems we build. A self-proclaimed nature nerd, Benyus is the author of Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature, a book that has galvanized scientists, architects, designers and engineers into [...]
Jun 13, 2008 | 0 comments | View Post
Why We are Happy… or Not !
[viddler id=c8607fd7&h=370&w=437] Dan Gilbert, author of Stumbling on Happiness, challenges the idea that we’ll be miserable if we don’t get what we want. Our “psychological immune system” lets us feel truly happy even when things don’t go as planned Harvard psychologist Dan Gilbert says our beliefs about what will make us happy are often wrong [...]
Jun 04, 2008 | 0 comments | View Post
Amory Lovins on Winning the Oil End Game !
[viddler id=ef9c94d2&h=370&w=437] In this energizing talk, Amory Lovins lays out his simple plan for weaning the US off oil and revitalizing the economy. Amory Lovins is cofounder of the Rocky Mountain Institute and the instigator of ingenious ideas to transform the energy and automobile industries. Amory Lovins was worried (and writing) about energy long before [...]
May 17, 2008 | 0 comments | View Post
Jill Bolte Taylor, interview – 'Stroke of Insight'
Interview with Jill Bolte Taylor, Ph.D. “Stroke of Insight” Recently TED.com [1] featured an 18 minute clip about a brain researcher who had suffered a stroke in the left hemisphere of her brain. One morning Jill Bolte Taylor, PH.D, a brain scientist at Harvard, found herself in the midst of having a stroke. Being the [...]
May 06, 2008 | 2 comments | View Post
Happy Earth's Day !
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5BxymuiAxQ] Take a minute!
Apr 22, 2008 | 0 comments | View Post
The Precautionary Principle !
[viddler id=8e36e163&h=370&w=437] Carolyn Raffenperger clearly raps down the Precautionary Principle ! Worth every bit of the 5 minutes !
Apr 01, 2008 | 0 comments | View Post
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