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Martin Shapiro

Tim Berners-Lee: The year open data went worldwide | Video on TED.com - 0 views

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    Tim Berners-Lee (2010) Short talk about collaborating on the web with "open" data. People from around the world using open data available on-line for making changes. Great graphics
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    Good for Information
Martin Shapiro

TEDTalks as of 06.25.10 - 0 views

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    This is a spreadsheet of all talks at TED.com with a short summary. GREAT!
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    Spreadsheet of all Ted talks
Martin Shapiro

Ethan Zuckerman: Listening to global voices | Video on TED.com - 2 views

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    Good information about the fact that we have the means to communicate across the world, but we are in fact getting more isolated in terms of what we are being reported and what we are interested in. Good extension from Alyssa Miller's talk
Scott Aughenbaugh

Joseph Nye on global power shifts | Video on TED.com - 4 views

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    CSIS Trustee gives a 30,000 view of the move from West to East. 
Martin Shapiro

Dean Kamen: The emotion behind invention | Video on TED.com - 1 views

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    great for future of technology. short, good for in-class
Dennis Falk

Wadah Khanfar: A Historic Moment in the Arab World - 1 views

Morgan Reno

Are Mushrooms the New Plastic? | TED - 0 views

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    Product designer Eben Bayer reveals his recipe for a new, fungus-based packaging material that protects fragile stuff like furniture, plasma screens -- and the environment.
Steven Elliott-Gower

Why we should build wooden skyscrapers | TED Talk - 1 views

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    TED Talk that connects urbanization (and the global need for housing) to climate change. Might be good to stop the video about half way through to ask students about potential problems, and then restart to hear the speaker address some of these issues.
Scott Aughenbaugh

Rives controls the Internet - 0 views

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    * Filmed: November 2006 * Running Time: 4:07 * Description: Short humorous poem about the Internet. Good way to break up a lecture. * Rating: Very good * 7-Revolutions: Information.
Scott Aughenbaugh

E.O. Wilson on saving life on Earth - 1 views

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    * Filmed: March 2007 * Running time: 22:36 * Description: E. O. Wilson discusses biodiversity and the need to think about and protect the many varieties of life. * Rating: Very good * 7-Revolutions: Resources (Biodiversity and conservation)
Scott Aughenbaugh

Craig Venter is on the verge of creating synthetic life - 0 views

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    * Filmed: February 2008 * Running time: 15:54 * Description: Craig Venter discusses creating new organisms with bioengineering. Altered and new organisms, like bacteria, may serve an important role in the future of medicine and energy. * Rating: Excellent * 7-Revolutions: Technology
Scott Aughenbaugh

Juan Enriquez on genomics and our future - 0 views

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    * Filmed: February 2003 * Running time: 22:20 * Description: Juan Enriquez talks about the future of genomics and genetically modified organisms. He discusses why it will be important for everyone to have an understanding genetics. Draft 82 * Rating: Good (It's a bit dry) * 7-Revolutions: Technology
Scott Aughenbaugh

Ray Kurzweil on how technology will transform us - 0 views

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    * Filmed: February 2005 * Running Time: 22:56 * Description: Ray Kurzweil is an entrepreneur and inventor and has a unique perspective on the future merging of medicine, neuroscience, and computers. He claims that by the 2020s, we will have reverse-engineered the human brain and nanobots will be operating your consciousness. His talk has great graphics, videos and imagery. * Rating: Excellent * 7-Revolutions: Technology
Scott Aughenbaugh

Christopher deCharms looks inside the brain - 0 views

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    * Filmed: February 2008 * Running Time: 4:03 * Description: This talk gives a short description about how Function MRI and neuroimaging techniques will soon enable us to control a greater part of our brain and could replace, in part, the need for psychotherapy and drugs for depression and pain. Has a good "future" feel to it. * Rating: Very Good (It's short so it good for showing during class) * 7-Revolutions: Technology
Scott Aughenbaugh

Jeff Han demos his breakthrough touchscreen - 0 views

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    * Filmed: August 2006 * Running Time: 8:48 * Description: A short lecture demonstrating cutting edge technology for humancomputer interface showing an innovative touch screen. This is an interesting example of the future of technology. * Rating: Very Good * 7-Revolutions Section: Technology
Scott Aughenbaugh

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.
Scott Aughenbaugh

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.
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