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Craig Kielburger: The World Needs Your Kid (Allan Greg)

iw — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 15:55:24 +0000

Allan Greg talks to Craig Kielburger about his new book The World Needs Your Kid, which offers tips for raising compassionate and caring children with a uniquely Canadian perspective. (27m 7s)

Jeremy Rifkin: The Empathic Civilization (Authors@Google)

iw — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 02:35:40 +0000

Jeremy Rifkin is president of the Foundation on Economic Trends and the author of seventeen bestselling books on the impact of scientific and technological changes on the economy, the workforce, society, and the environment. One of the most popular social thinkers of our time, Rifkin is the bestselling author of The European Dream, The Hydrogen Economy, The Age of Access, The Biotech Century, and The End of Work. His new book The Empathic Civilization is the first to explore how empathetic consciousness restructures the ways we organize our personal lives, approach knowledge, pursue science and technology, conduct commerce and governance, and orchestrate civil society. The development of this empathetic consciousness is essential to creating a future where we think and behave like the whole world matters. (50m 47s)

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Prosthetic Hand Grip Pattern Tests (BeBionic)

iw — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 19:12:16 +0000

BeBionic hands feature naturally compliant grip patterns combining innovative technology with life-like appearance. Functions of the hand such as speed, grip force and grip patterns may be custom programmed to suit individual user requirements through smart software and wireless technology. Lighter than existing products it will be available to the market at an affordable price. (1m 37s)

Joseph Pine II: Multiverse (MoMo Amsterdam)

iw — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 07:10:25 +0000

Back for the second the at Mobile Monday Amsterdam, Joe Pine II speaks about the Multiverse. He defines the universe by 3 axes: time, matter and space. But what happens if we look at the opposites: no-time, no-matter and no-space. Joe takes us through all the dimension that define the Multiverse, such as augmented reality, alternate reality and warped reality. (49m 58s)

State of Thirst: California’s Water Future (KQED Quest)

iw — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 22:12:23 +0000

Are we in danger of running out of water? California’s population is growing by 600,000 people a year, but much of the state receives as much annual rainfall as Morocco. With fish populations crashing, global warming, and the demands of the country’s largest agricultural industry, the pressures on our water supply are increasing. (26m 54s)

Anthony Atala on Growing Organs (TEDMED)

iw — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 04:54:43 +0000

Anthony Atala’s state-of-the-art lab grows human organs — from muscles to blood vessels to bladders, and more. At TEDMED, he shows footage of his bio-engineers working with some of its sci-fi gizmos, including an oven-like bioreactor (preheat to 98.6 F) and a machine that “prints” human tissue. (17m 52s)

Innovators@Google: MakerBot (GoogleTalks)

iw — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 23:04:34 +0000

The @Google program welcomed Bre Pettis and Zack Hoeken to Google’s New York office to talk about makerbots, making things, and being awesome. (51m 27s)

MakerBot: The 3D Printing Robot (RobotShop)

iw — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 23:00:57 +0000

Rocketboom Tech correspondent Ellie Rountree talks to Bre Pettis, and Zach Hoeken about their new company, MakerBot Industries (2m 39s)

David Miliband: The Transition Economy — A Future Beyond Oil

iw — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 03:07:25 +0000

Drivers may face limits on the carbon they emit from their cars said The Right Honourable David Miliband MP, Britain’s Secretary of State for the Environment, at a free public lecture at the University of Cambridge’s Faculty of Law. An option would see drivers buying and selling their carbon allowances, if the Government succeeds in persuading the EU to extend the emissions trading scheme to the roads. Motorists who emit too much carbon would have to buy pollution permits from greener drivers. (41m 52s)

Joe Gray: Genome Science and Personalized Cancer Treatment

iw — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 02:29:54 +0000

Results from the Human Genome Project are enabling scientists to understand how individual cancers form and progress. This information, when combined with newly developed drugs, can optimize the treatment of individual cancers. Joe Gray, director of Berkeley Labs Life Sciences Division and Associate Laboratory Director for Life and Environmental Sciences, will focus on this approach, its promise, and its current roadblocks — particularly with regard to breast cancer. (59m 22s)