Wednesday, February 29, 2012
海峡论谈: 林书豪旋风
美国之音海峡论谈: "林来疯"从纽约吹到海峡两岸，不论你看不看篮球赛，最近一定都知道有个林书豪，尤其是台湾的媒体和民众可说是全体陷入这股"林来疯"，也已经有很多很多的相关报导了，今天我们的节目希望以一种比较理性的态度来谈一谈，林书豪究竟为什么成功，他的成功经验能够为两岸的父母和年轻人带来什么启示?
[Video] Heather Payne talks Ladies (and Gents) Learning Code
We’re a women-run not-for-profit group working to empower everyone to feel comfortable learning beginner-friendly technical skills in a social, collaborative way.
Today’s customer portrait introduces you to a talented social entrepreneur whose innovative workshop series is taking Toronto by storm!
Heather Payne is the founder of Ladies Learning Code, a women-run not-for-profit group working to empower folks to feel comfortable learning beginner-friendly technical skills in a social, collaborative way.
Believe it or not LLC was born out of a tweet Heather sent out to the Toronto community to gauge if there was interest in an accessible learning environment to introduce folks to programming! Someone casually suggested the name but it fit the workshops perfectly. LLC now runs multiple events each month on topics ranging from Getting Started with Ruby to how to enhance your personal brand using Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop.
We’re proud to have folks like Heather in the FreshBooks family! Watch the video to hear Heather talk about the life of the entrepreneur, on why Ladies Learning Code isn’t just for ladies, and what it’s like to trust your instincts and see a great idea take flight.
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A graduate of the Richard Ivey School of Business, Heather spent most of her first year post-graduation living in China and working towards a Masters in International Relations. That's also where she first learned to build a self-hosted Wordpress site (a blog about fitness, which she sold after a year). Upon her return to Toronto, she excelled in a corporate marketing role before her desire to join a startup became too strong to ignore. In July 2011, Heather joined a Toronto-based, three-person tech startup building on the Facebook platform. Her experience there (in a non-technical role) has made her even more determined to learn to program - so that she can contribute to building something of her own one day. Like everyone involved with Ladies Learning Code, Heather has been blown away by the support the group has received from Toronto's tech community, and beyond. If you have any comments, suggestions or ideas for Ladies Learning Code, feel free to contact Heather at heather [at] heatherpayne.ca
Melissa was born and raised in London, Ontario. When her family purchased their first computer, she began spending her evenings and summers coding a Harry Potter fan site (by trial and error). She then entered high school, where computer science was not promoted or encouraged, and lost touch with coding. Melissa went on to graduate from the Richard Ivey School of Business and since her first startup in university, she's realized what an advantage a technical skill set would bring. Since then, she’s always dreamed of a group for women that makes coding and tech sexy and really makes it accessible to complete beginners. She thinks the buzz around the #ladieslearningcode is case in point that Toronto (and the world) needs groups like this and she couldn’t be more excited to be part of it. Ladies Learning Code is more than a resource to her, it’s a community.
Breanna was born and raised in a small village in British Columbia, and knew the big city of Toronto was calling her name when she started her own online business at the young age of 10. Breanna attended The University of Toronto, Computer Science and finished her degree in Information Technology Management at Ryerson University. In her spare time, you will almost always find Breanna "Googling" anything and everything - usually from her iPhone, reading the latest technology magazines and blogs, catching a concert, Facebooking, blogging and tweeting galore! As a woman that works in IT, she wants to help encourage other women to get involved and help make tech less intimidating and scary.
Laura grew up all over Southwestern Ontario, moving around her whole life. Always “the new girl” Laura began to understand, pretty early on, the importance of relationships and “staying connected”. With an educational and professional background in Human Resources, Laura made the shift to the world of consulting 4 years ago and has not looked back. The link between technology and human relationships fascinates her. This has ignited a personal passion for exploring and helping others to learn, women in particular, how to leverage and evolve the technology available to us in our world today and even tomorrow. In her spare time, Laura is exploring what technology has to offer and how it can help her do her job better, much like many of Ladies Learning Code’s beginner-level students. She has recognized these untapped resources at her fingertips and is energized to help others break through into this world of opportunity!
Monday, February 27, 2012
Saturday, February 25, 2012
Getting started - Storify
Storify is a social storytelling platform that lets you tell stories by bringing together media from social networks like Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Instagram and more.
The Tale Of A Wolfram Research Co-founder And His Beloved “Periodic Table Table” [Video]
Out of the annals of history comes this doozy. A man by the name of Theodore Gray is a co-founder of Wolfram Research, best known as the creator of Wolfram Alpha, the two-year-old computational answer engine, which Siri uses for 25 percent of her mobile searches.
Along with Stephen Wolfram, Gray helped develop Mathematica, the computational software used in technical computing that makes Wolfram Alpha, among other things, tick. He is an author, polymath, and, it seems, an amateur Chemist — or should I say, element collector. Yes, as the story goes, about 10 years ago, he built and created his own wooden “periodic table table” (presumably on company time), complete with compartments underneath in which Gray collects samples of the periodic table’s elements. This feat of carpentry, Rams-ian design, and wizardry won him an “Ig Nobel Prize” in Chemistry back in 2002.
Yesterday, a new video, or rather episode of “Bytesize Science,” emerged on YouTube wherein Gray discusses the tale behind his periodic table table. The video has been being passed around, and was tipped to us (thanks to Kirk Zamieroski). We thought it was worth sharing, based on pure awesomeness, the high quality kitsch, and DIY mastery. Luckily no radioactive elements made it into the table — or at least we didn’t spot any lead. No one was hurt in the making of the table, as far as we know, other than perhaps Schrodinger’s cat?
As the video’s uploader points out, Gray has gone on to win less Ig Nobel awards, becoming the 2011 winner of the ACS Grady Stack Award for Interpreting Chemistry for the Public, and the periodic table table is a “testament” to his love for chemistry — and his compulsive eBay purchasing habits.
We hope you enjoy.
Friday, February 24, 2012
Digital future of newspapers, seen from 1981 and 2012
The future of newspapers seems precarious, given the rise of digital media. However, back in 1981, when only about 3,000 people in the Bay Area had PCs, newspapers were already contemplating their online futures. Eleven newspapers, in fact, pooled their efforts to pilot an online venue. Media watcher Jim Romenesko surfaced this report from KRON on the earliest effort to put newspapers online.
Of course, in 1981, the interface was all text. But still, the promise of online news was enticing. An enthusiast in the video pointed to the fact that articles from online newspapers could be copied and printed out. “Engineers now predict the day will come when we get all our newspapers and magazines by computer,” according to the report. A commentator added, however, that it took two hours to download the complete newspaper text by [phone-based acoustic coupler modem], so with a $5-an-hour access fee, the cost of the paper was a lot more than a 20-cent (at the time) copy of a newspaper.
Of course, the online newspapers predicted in that report are already yesterday’s news. What no one in 1981 could have foreseen is the rise of converged media — in which both newspapers and television re-invent themselves into something remarkably similar in a new channel. Consider this: if you go to a newspaper site such as USA Today and Wall Street Journal, you can watch videos of breaking news, interviews, or special interest stories. Is USA Today or Wall Street Journal now a broadcast network?
Similarly, if you go to CBS News, or CNN, you can read text stories. Is CBS News or CNN now a newspaper? Does the difference even matter anymore?
The Internet has converged these two media to the point where you can’t distinguish between the two. Newspapers provide video reports, and television stations provide articles to read. If there’s a future for newspapers, converged media is it. And the distinctions between newspapers and broadcast networks are no longer so clear.
Storify is reinventing storytelling for the social media age
Storify is reinventing storytelling for the social media age, and today we're bringing our platform to the device that is reinventing computing: the iPad.
Storify demo from Burt Herman on Vimeo.
在這個資訊爆炸的年代，整理、收集網路上源源不絕的資料，可不是一件簡單的事情。美國創業公司Storify，以類似剪報的形式，幫使用者將收集到的網路資訊集結成冊。Storify週一正式推出公開測試版，歡迎網友們試用比較。
Storify幫助使用者針對特定事件或主題，收集網頁、新聞、圖片等各種資料。Storify以簡單清爽的介面，讓使用者搜尋Google、 Flickr、 YouTube、 Facebook和Twitter等多項來源。使用者找到資料之後，可以直接將資料拖曳到「故事」頁面，Storify會針對不同的資料性質，顯示網頁摘要、影片、圖片等。當使用者想要回顧時，只要打開這個故事頁面，所有的資訊都一目了然。
位於美國舊金山的Storify，成立大約才一年半，目前資金總額兩百萬美元左右。Storify今年稍早曾經推出限定試用版，邀請需要大量閱讀網路資訊的記者們使用，獲得了相當正面的迴響。現在Storify正式開放給一般大眾，只要有Twitter帳號就可以免費註冊使用。根據美國廣告雜誌Adweek的報導，Storify打算利用廣告、或是與企業品牌合作的方式獲得營收。目前Levi's和Samsung已經開始利用Storify的服務推廣行銷活動。
The Good Stuff — Episode 2: One Cool Kid
The Good Stuff — Episode 2: One Cool Kid
What can one person do? A lot! Just ask Cole! At just 8-years old, he organized his schoolmates to take on KFC.
The Good Stuff — Episode 1: Take THAT, plastic bags!
The Good Stuff — Episode 1: Take THAT, plastic bags!
What do Northern California and Brownsville, Texas have in common? A lot more than you might think!
Thursday, February 23, 2012
How the Angry Birds Almost Died Before the First Level
How Rovio Aims to Keep its Angry Birds Flying High (02:46)
Mikael Hed almost pulled the plug on Rovio while the Angry Birds were still in development.
After several years in business, his mobile game company had yet to produce a hit. Rovio’s chief backer, Hed’s father, Kaj, was struggling to figure out how to keep the company going.
“He told me that he wanted to mortgage my grandparents’ flat so he could put some more money in the company to keep it afloat,” Mikael Hed said in an interview. “That was pretty tough. I certainly did not want to be the person responsible for putting my grandparents on the street.”
Angry Birds was in development and Hed thought he might have a winner on his hands. But at the same time, the company had made dozens of games already without striking it rich, and even the best iPhone games weren’t making that much money.
“Just looking at the odds, we shouldn’t take that kind of a risk,” Hed recalls thinking. But his father went ahead anyway.
“I’m glad he did,” Hed said, noting his grandparents still have their home. “Now I am glad he did, but it was a big gamble.”
The move has clearly paid off. According to figures made public and noted this week by a Finnish newspaper, Kaj Hed owns nearly 70 percent of the company, worth by some estimates between $6 billion and $9 billion.
Mikael Hed almost pulled the plug on Rovio while the Angry Birds were still in development.
After several years in business, his mobile game company had yet to produce a hit. Rovio’s chief backer, Hed’s father, Kaj, was struggling to figure out how to keep the company going.
“He told me that he wanted to mortgage my grandparents’ flat so he could put some more money in the company to keep it afloat,” Mikael Hed said in an interview. “That was pretty tough. I certainly did not want to be the person responsible for putting my grandparents on the street.”
Angry Birds was in development and Hed thought he might have a winner on his hands. But at the same time, the company had made dozens of games already without striking it rich, and even the best iPhone games weren’t making that much money.
“Just looking at the odds, we shouldn’t take that kind of a risk,” Hed recalls thinking. But his father went ahead anyway.
“I’m glad he did,” Hed said, noting his grandparents still have their home. “Now I am glad he did, but it was a big gamble.”
The move has clearly paid off. According to figures made public and noted this week by a Finnish newspaper, Kaj Hed owns nearly 70 percent of the company, worth by some estimates between $6 billion and $9 billion.
A history of communication
Follow us during 140 years of communication development, connecting places, people and now finally things in the Networked Society.
Short film captures the importance of ‘thinking cities’
The film, “Thinking Cities,” focuses on how cities are using Information Communications Technology (ICT) to start to come up with these solutions. It highlights interesting projects in cities like Boston, Seattle, and Stockholm where ICT is being used right now to address issues like waste, energy use, and civic engagement.
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Newton’s Third Law | University of Southern California
Newton’s Third Law | University of Southern California
The college lecture: Send us your favorite videos
The lecture, an efficient yet often impersonal form of teaching, is under attack, reports The Post’s Daniel de Vise.
Science, math and engineering departments in particular are finding the lecture method’s a turn-off for students.
Really, why spend hundreds of dollars to sit in a room with hundreds of others when you can learn for free from the comfort of your laptop?
With that in mind, what’s the best online lecture you’ve seen? We’ve rounded up a handful of interesting and quirky videos, but we need your help to expand the list:
Pittsburghese | Carnegie Mellon University
Barbara Johnstone, a professor in CMU’s English department, breaks down the nitty-gritty of the Pittsburgh dialect. (For instance, “feel” sounds like “fill” and “fool” like “full.”) Plus, she digs into the cultural reasons that locals keep these quirks alive.
Justice | Harvard University
The college lecture: Send us your favorite videos
The lecture, an efficient yet often impersonal form of teaching, is under attack, reports The Post’s Daniel de Vise.
Science, math and engineering departments in particular are finding the lecture method’s a turn-off for students.
Really, why spend hundreds of dollars to sit in a room with hundreds of others when you can learn for free from the comfort of your laptop?
With that in mind, what’s the best online lecture you’ve seen? We’ve rounded up a handful of interesting and quirky videos, but we need your help to expand the list:
Pittsburghese | Carnegie Mellon University
Barbara Johnstone, a professor in CMU’s English department, breaks down the nitty-gritty of the Pittsburgh dialect. (For instance, “feel” sounds like “fill” and “fool” like “full.”) Plus, she digs into the cultural reasons that locals keep these quirks alive.
Justice | Harvard University
Monday, February 20, 2012
2010-02-19 美国万花筒:游美国.说美语--查尔斯顿篇
美国之音美国万花筒: 游美国.说美语(下)--美国万花筒记者刘恩民和外景主持人白洁带我们到富有美国南方文化色彩的城市查尔斯顿了解查尔斯顿的当地文化和介绍南方美食。
2010-11-05 美国万花筒:白洁说美语
美国之音美国万花筒: 白洁说美语-这个星期白洁又要带你去首都华盛顿，品尝当地既出名又独特的餐厅。有大餐、有甜点、还有绿色有机食品，包准你吃到饱......
Thursday, February 16, 2012
有故事的人：敖幼祥-1
他畫了好多好笑的四格漫畫，可是在他的人生格子裡，很多都帶著酸酸的眼淚...從一個小時候氣喘，只能坐著睡覺的小孩，到畫出獲獎無數的【烏龍院】，就是本週我們要告訴你的故事。9/5(一)晚間十點，《華視新聞雜誌－有故事的人》─敖幼祥。
Dutch exports: tulips, cheese and ... dance
Dutch dance music has conquered the world. DJs like Armin van Buuren, Tiësto and Afrojack are exporting their music to the remotest corners of the world.
by Daan Roelofs
The value of those exports is considerable, according to the latest figures of Dutch copyright organisation Buma/Stemra, which says that in the last two years it has doubled to nearly 50 million euros.
The Netherlands' music exports totalled some 81.5 million euros in 2010. Classical and alternative music had a fair share in this result, but the mainstay was brought by the electronic dance music setting huge crowds in motion. Let's dance!
Fred Vloo's picture view the location of this item Amsterdam's Asian Food Festival 2012
Chinese New Year, also known as the Lunar New Year, is the most important event in the Chinese calendar. It’s a special occasion marked by family gatherings, special food, temple offerings and the color red.
In 2012, Chinese New Year fell on 23 January.
Celebrations in Amsterdam were held on Sunday, 29 January with the Asian Food Festival.
Among the delicacies on offer were yu sheng, a raw fish salad which is said to bring good luck, and fai-hai, a type of seaweed that is believed to bring prosperity.
Vegetarians choose to eat lettuce, which the Chinese believe sounds like the word for 'luck'.
Simplify Multitasking and Note-taking at the Bench -Labguru
Labguru Bench iPad from BioData Ltd on Vimeo.
This lets you Do More Science by enabling you to retrieve and record your protocols and results straight from your bench. The app also tracks multiple experiments at once, and alarms remind you about time-sensitive tasks.
Labguru - Dr. Anat Ben Zvi - Testimonial from BioData Ltd on Vimeo.
Labguru - Dr. Eli Lewis - Testimonial from BioData Ltd on Vimeo.
http://www.labguru.com/company/testimonials
What is the Ushahidi Platform - a crisis response app.
What is the Ushahidi Platform? from Ushahidi on Vimeo.
http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifWe built the Ushahidi platform as a tool to easily crowdsource information using multiple channels, including SMS, email, Twitter and the web.
http://web.venue365.com/webbyawards/index.jsp?content_id=15856577&topic_id=19498872&c_id=webby
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
The Jeremy Lin Phenomenon
Watch The Jeremy Lin Phenomenon on PBS. See more from PBS NewsHour.
SUMMARY
Jeremy Lin, a point guard for the New York Knicks and the first Chinese-American player in NBA history, is on a storybook run in his first four games as a starter. Ray Suarez and Jeff Yang of The Wall Street Journal explore how an unknown basketball player suddenly captured the attention of the NBA, the sports world and beyond.
Transcript
JEFFREY BROWN: Next, how an unknown basketball player suddenly captured the attention of the sports world and beyond.
Ray Suarez looks at the Jeremy Lin phenomenon.
RAY SUAREZ: Just a week ago, few fans knew his name or his face, but tonight when basketball point guard Jeremy Lin takes to the floor for the New York Knicks, all eyes will be on him.
A Harvard graduate and the first Chinese-American player in NBA history, the 23-year-old was cut by two other NBA teams before the Knicks picked him up and sat him on the bench. After moving to the starting lineup earlier this month, he scored more than points in his first four starts, 109, than any other NBA player since 1976. And fans around the world have been dazzled by plays like this one.
For more about the Lin phenomenon, we turn to Jeff Yang of The Wall Street Journal.
And, Jeff, the story was already implausible in 100 other ways, it seems, cut by his early teams, not scouted as a prospect in high school. But it's really the fact that he's Taiwanese-American that has gained a lot of the attention.
What is fascinating about his Asian-American background?
JEFF YANG, The Wall Street Journal: I think the thing that's fascinating obviously for Asian-Americans is that there really has never been anyone like him before, I mean, not just in basketball, but arguably in sports.
Organized sports is such a huge thing in America, such a big part of the fabric of our culture, and yet we've never had a player who wasn't just successful, but dominating in one of these sports before. And Jeremy comes along. He's somebody completely unheralded.
He's got a huge amount of talent, but has been effectively ignored. And, overnight, like a Cinderella story, he becomes the biggest news in all of New York and maybe all the world.
RAY SUAREZ: You mentioned that there's never been anyone like him before. What about Yao Ming? What's different about Jeremy Lin?
JEFF YANG: Well, obviously, there are two really big differences right off the bat.
The first is, Yao Ming was exceptionally physically gifted, but in a specific way. I mean, he was 7'6'' tall. And you can't, as they say, teach size. So he was somebody who came into the league already a superstar and with gifts that you honestly can't just create with hard work.
And, furthermore, he's Chinese. He's somebody, actually, a foreign player who's come to the United States, both with a certain reputation, but also with certain limitations. He -- English wasn't his first language. He wasn't culturally part of the fabric of the United States when he first came here.
And he was still hugely inspirational. But when you look at Jeremy, you're looking at somebody totally different. He's an all-American kid who is redefining the notion of what an all-American kid is. And that is a big part, I think, of what why Jeremy is such an exceptionally interesting story.
RAY SUAREZ: I've just plowed through several dozen articles on his sudden rise. And an interesting things pops up. He's constantly referred to as intelligent, or his court smarts make up for a lack of being physically imposing.
Now, is that kind of the flip side of the stereotypes that many minority players bridle under, that they are physically gifted? Now, being smart is a good stereotype, but it is -- is it a stereotype nonetheless?
JEFF YANG: Well, I mean, it doesn't hurt that the guy did go to a pretty good school. He went to Harvard University. So, it's not as if it's not accurate on some level.
I do think that, when you look at the way that his career has played out, where team after team and individual after individual has sort of underestimated his physical abilities, there probably is a little bit of that, a sense in which he's looked at as many maybe a smart player, but not somebody who can really run with the big boys.
And that is something that I think Asian-American athletes in general have gotten tagged with, this idea that they have to bring brains to the table, because they don't have the brawn or the raw talent. His brains and leadership have also played a big role. He's changed the nature of the team. He's gotten a lot of great shots and great looks for his teammates. They're playing better together than they ever have.
And we're hoping that it will only get better when the big stars actually come back off the disabled list.
RAY SUAREZ: He also seems to be having fun with it, though, isn't he, whether it's bowing to Carmelo Anthony or doing a little courtside ritual that involves opening books and pocketing glasses.
JEFF YANG: There's something about him that's almost infectious. He's playful. He's funny. He can be very serious and very solemn in some ways.
He's got a very strong Christian faith. But, at the same time, when people see him play, they see somebody who makes them remember the playground, makes them remember the pickup games they have played themselves. And that's -- that's amazing.
RAY SUAREZ: One black athlete tweeted that, if a black player did what Jeremy Lin has done over the past week-and-a-half, it just wouldn't make much of a splash.
But, interestingly, Ta-Nehisi Coates blogged on The Atlantic that it's true that, if he were black, this would probably be a smaller story, but, if he weren't talented, it would not be a story at all.
JEFF YANG: I absolutely agree with that.
I think that, in a way -- and the statement you're talking about was by Floyd Mayweather, who's a boxer. The notion that somehow he doesn't deserve the attention he's getting is ludicrous. The guy has done some amazing stuff. He's turned a team around. He's turned a season around. He's maybe saved his coach's job.
And he's certainly proven that he deserves to play on that field with anybody. The fact that he's Asian-American certainly makes him exceptional, unique and inspiring in a lot of ways, certainly for me, for people like me. But there's no question that his talent got him there and that his talent will keep him there.
RAY SUAREZ: Jeff Yang from The Wall Street Journal, thanks for joining us.
JEFF YANG: Thank you.
I'm not cool
Monday, February 13, 2012
Dyslexie font designed to help dyslexics read, write
Most of the 15 to 20 percent of people in the United States who have a language-based disability suffer from dyslexia, a condition that makes reading and comprehension difficult. Those who suffer from dyslexia often transpose or rotate letters (a b becomes a q; an n becomes and u), and they have difficulty differentiating letters that look similar, such as i and j. Those who suffer from severe dyslexia might even see the letters moving, or in three dimensions, as they try to read them. All of these factors greatly impede the speed and clarity with which they can read.
Saturday, February 11, 2012
Friday, February 10, 2012
A haptic weather forecasting device
Cryoscope from Robb Godshaw on Vimeo.
A haptic weather forecasting device
The Cryoscope shows the user exactly what to expect outside by haptically exhibiting exactly how cold or warm it is to be outside. The user simply touches an aluminum cube that has been heated or cooled to the appropriate temperature. The unit fetches weather data from the internet, and translates it to the cube physically, pumping heat in or out of the cube.
Thursday, February 09, 2012
We Are All Weird
Success Mag interview, 2012 from Seth Godin on Vimeo.
Squidoo founder, bestselling author and prolific blogger Seth Godin recently sat down with Success Magazine’s Darren Hardy to talk about his vision, the ideas in his latest book, We Are All Weird, the smart marketer of today, and how businesses become remarkable.
Children’s Creativity Museum
At the Children’s Creativity Museum, we go beyond the conventional environment of play by inspiring kids to imagine, create and share in our multimedia environment. With every visit, kids walk away with a unique media or art project that reflects and celebrates their creativity.
All of our core studios and exhibits are facilitated by skilled artists and our C.I.T.Y. Guides who are guaranteed to spark your imagination as they guide you through the creative process. You will also notice our Creativity Critters throughout the museum. Explore our exhibits to find out more about their favorite activities.
Is your school seeing a mass influx of laptops, smartphones, tablets and other wireless devices?
Are you prepared for the invasion of the 4th "R"...wiReless?
While implementing a “Bring Your Own Device” (BYOD) strategy allows school systems to provide one-to-one computing for students, reduced equipment costs and eliminating technology refresh capital, wireless networks are feeling an enormous strain, not to mention access control and additional management issues.
TEDxTaipei miniTalks - Jiun-Huei Proty Wu - 02
Professor Jiun-Huei Proty Wu is a cosmologist teaching at National Taiwan University, jointly appointed by Academia Sinica and National Cheng-Chi University. Growing up in Taiwan, he developed a fighting spirit from the challenging experience of military service, an attitude he carried throughout his life. At 12 years of age, he built two telescopes using surplus wood and a PVC water pipe, hoping to prove the existence of the goddess of the moon. Two years later, while using these two telescopes to observe the universe, he successfully captured the astonishing moment when the Comet Halley passed, sparking his career in cosmology. At 28, he obtained his PhD in cosmology from the Relativity Group at Cambridge, led by Professor Stephen Hawking. After working at U.C. Berkeley and NASA, he returned to Taiwan and has been back for over a decade. He is currently the Project Scientist of the cosmological telescope, AMiBA, in Hawaii, and plans to build a time machine at the South Pole to search for the origins of the cosmos.
Wednesday, February 08, 2012
inDay Speaker Series with Scott Harrison
Scott Harrison, founder and CEO of Charity Water, presents "Water Changes Everything" as LinkedIn's inDay speaker.
There are one billion people without clean water to drink. Can you imagine that? No bottled water. No special filter on the faucet. No water in the faucet. No faucet. Over the past five years, with the help of more than 200,000 donors worldwide, charity: water has funded 6,041 water projects in 19 developing countries. Those projects will provide over 2.5 million people with clean, safe drinking water.
More information at www.charitywater.org.
Tuesday, February 07, 2012
10-year-old student accidentally discovers explosive new molecule
Despite being somewhat of a hollywood cliche, serendipitous scientific discoveries rarely ever happen. Just ask any scientist and that person will tell you about all the painstaking detail that goes into designing an experiment to hone in on specific probable outcomes. But when they do happen, heck, they make for pretty good stories. And when it’s a 10-year old girl accidentally discovering a potentially explosive molecule, it’s definitely worth me telling you about it.
The little prodigy in question is fifth grader Clara Lazen, whose class assignment was to build a molecule using one of those modeling kits with the colorful balls and plastic connectors. Many kids would probably throw together a little H2O and call it a day — but not Clara. She randomly pieced together a combination of oxygen, nitrogen and carbon atoms to create a molecule her chemistry teacher, Kenneth Boehr, had never seen before.
“I just saw that these go together more,” Clara told the Fox News local affiliate in Kansas City. “Like they fit more together. And they look better. And all the holes have to be filled in for it to be stable.”
Monday, February 06, 2012
Saturday, February 04, 2012
Personal Fondue Set
Enjoy a delicious fondue snack whenever the hankering hits you with the 4-piece Personal Fondue Set.
Add your favorite dipping sauce to the 4-ounce stoneware bowl and light the included tealight candle to start the melting process. When ready, dip your favorite snacks (such as fruits, vegetables, bread, and cake) using the included stainless steel fondue fork.
Stoneware bowl, stoneware plate, and stainless steel fork are dishwasher safe.
Friday, February 03, 2012
Beyond Bricks and Clicks: Smart Phones and Smart Shopping
Near Field Communications (NFC), Geo-location services, and augmented reality (AR) are disrupting the consumer shopping experience while increasing sales and margins for brick and mortar retailers.
Putting interested buyers in front of relevant shelves at local stores is a huge monetizable opportunity for mobile platforms. 400,000 new Android devices are enabled each day, 60-70M phones are shipping with NFC this year alone and 15% of Tier 1 retailers are integrating mobile e-commerce platforms. Come discover how start ups in mobile are making shopping a whole lot smarter...read more at: http://www.vlab.org/article.html?aid=415
Moderator and Panel:
Aaron Emigh, CTO and Co-Founder, Shopkick, Inc. (Presenter)
Nitzan Shaer, Managing Director and Founder of High Start Group (Moderator)
Bob Borchers, General Partner, Opus Capital
Ben Hedrington, Director of Web Strategy, Best Buy Co. Inc
Matt Weathers, VP Product, ShopSavvy
David Agus
Systemic Thinking About Cancer
Dr. David Agus discusses thinking systemically about cancer and other things
Vitamin C and the Limeys
Sal and Dr. David Agus talk about the history of Scurvy and Vitamin C
Inflammation
Dr. David Agus talks about inflammation (while Sal repeatedly misspells it with one "m")
Dr. David Agus discusses thinking systemically about cancer and other things
Vitamin C and the Limeys
Sal and Dr. David Agus talk about the history of Scurvy and Vitamin C
Inflammation
Dr. David Agus talks about inflammation (while Sal repeatedly misspells it with one "m")
Thursday, February 02, 2012
Wednesday, February 01, 2012
Bjarke Ingels: Hedonistic sustainability
ABOUT THIS TALK
Bjarke Ingels' architecture is luxurious, sustainable and community-driven. At TEDxEast he shows us his playful designs, from a factory chimney that blows smoke rings to a ski slope built atop a waste processing plant.
Mick Mountz: The hidden world of box-packing
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Mick Mountz is the founder and CEO of Kiva Systems, a company dedicated to finding high tech solutions that make inventory fulfillment fast, cheap and efficient.
ABOUT THIS TALK
We make millions of online purchases daily, but who (or what) actually puts our items into packages? At TEDxBoston, Mick Mountz weaves a fascinating tale out of a seemingly boring subject: online ordering, its challenges -- and the surprisingly high-tech solutions.
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