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Too Much Information? - 1 views
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Prominent people around the world reflect on the communications revolution: What technology does for us, and to us, and what we can do about it.
The digital demo | The Economist - 0 views
Realtime Statistics - 4 views
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This site does as its title suggests--provides statistics in real time. It includes current data on population, food and hunger, technology, information, and other topics relevant to seven revolutions.
Ethanol Takes A Hit Amid Falling Oil Prices - 0 views
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* Aired: January 2009 * Running time: 5:27 * Description: Provides information about energy prices and ethanol. * Rating: Good. Used during a lecture on biofuels. * 7-Revolutions Section: Resources, Technology
Nicholas Negroponte on One Laptop per Child - 0 views
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* Filmed: August 2006 * Running Time: 17.38 * Description: Nicholas Negroponte discusses his work to provide cheap ($100), portable, self-charging laptops to developing countries. He talks about how these laptops can change education and ultimately reduce poverty. * Rating: Good * 7-Revolutions Sections: Technology, Information Processing.
Kevin Kelly on the next 5,000 days of the web - 0 views
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* Filmed: December 2007 * Running Time: 19.34 * Description: Kevin Kelly describes what the Internet is today and predicts where it is going. He begins with interesting statistics about how the Internet is used today, then makes some predictions of how the Internet will change in the next 10, 20 and 30 years. Draft 81 * Rating: Good: Interesting stats but it's a bit slow at times. * 7-Revolutions Sections: Technology, Information Processing.
Radiolab: (So-Called) Life - 1 views
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* Aired: March 2008 * Running time: 58:58 * Description: This is a very entertaining and informative program on research in biotechnology and bioengineering. It talks about present research and makes some interesting predictions about the future. * Rating: Excellent * 7-Revolutions Section: Technology
The Groundwater Story Animation - 1 views
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* Running Time: 3:40 * Description: This is an animated short film about groundwater. It provides good information, but is also very humorous. * Rating: Very good * 7-Revolutioins: Resources, Technology
The Economist on Information management - 0 views
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This is a brief article in The Economist focusing on managing information today and in the future. Good overview of some issues from revs three and four.
One Second on the Internet - 2 views
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This is an interesting infographic to demonstrate the volume of traffic on the internet. It covers instagram, facebook, skype, google searches, email, and so forth. It is a quick way to get a sense of the scope of information flow and connectivity.
China and the Internet: A Giant Cage | The Economist - 0 views
Information & Communications Technologies - 1 views
Resource on Information Revolution - 5 views
I found an interesting site that I think might produce some interesting material: www.wegf.org
The Political Power of Social Media | Foreign Affairs - 1 views
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Discussion of the political impact of social media has focused on the power of mass protests to topple governments. In fact, social media's real potential lies in supporting civil society and the public sphere -- which will produce change over years and decades, not weeks or months.
From Innovation to Revolution | Foreign Affairs - 2 views
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Summary: Do the tools of social media make it possible for protesters to challenge their governments? Malcolm Gladwell argues that there is no evidence that they do; Clay Shirky disagrees.