Richard Jackson on Aging Challenges - 0 views
Richard Jackson on Aging Successes - 0 views
The Global Banquet: Politics of Food - 0 views
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* Released January 2007 * Running time: 56 minutes * The Global Banquet examines the ethical questions at the heart of the globalization debate including how food security and social development are related and how factory farming can lead to degradation of the natural environment.
Obesity and Overweight for Professionals: Data and Statistics - 1 views
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* http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/obesity/trend/maps/index.htm * Description: This shows the change in obesity percentages for each state from 1985 to 2007. The increase in obesity is shocking. * Rating: Excellent * 7-Revolutions: Resources (food)
Study Shows Europe's Population Falling : NPR - 0 views
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* Aired: August 2008 * Running time: 4:51 * Description: This short program is about how population in European countries is dropping dramatically and discusses some of the related problems. * Rating: Very good (Good as link during lecture) * 7-Revolutions Sections: Population
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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
Insurers Eye Savings from Treatment Overseas - 0 views
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* Aired: May 2008 * Running time: 7:37 * Description: This program discusses how medical tourism is becoming more and more common and is a good example of outsourcing. * Rating: good * 7-Revolutions Sections: Economic Integration
Do Trees Worsen Droughts? - 0 views
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* Aired: March 2008 * Running Time: 5:35 Draft 84 * Description: This short program discusses how countries might deal with the increasing occurrences of drought with climate change. It focuses on Panama and how the Panama Canal requires a large amount of water to function and how a local rainforest affects the water flow. * Rating; Good * 7-Revolutons Sections: Resources (water)
Global Environmental Outlook - 0 views
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* Running Time: 7:44 * Description: This short video discusses the pressing problem of environmental changes including pollution, global climate change, and depleting biodiversity. This discusses the United Nations Environment Program GEO-4. * Rating: Very Good * 7-Revolutions Section: Resources
Harvest of fear: what about this fish? - 0 views
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* Running Time: 5:35 * Description: This gives a short report about genetically modified salmon and some of the concerns related to natural stocks of salmon. * Rating: Very Good * 7-Revolutions: Technology, Resources
Aqua Colbert | March 20,2008 - 0 views
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* Running Time: 2:34 * Aired: March 2008 * Description: A very humorous short film on the comedy show, The Colbert Report. It is spoof on the how damaging and impractical plastic water bottles. Warning: it does have a couple of off-color reference. * Rating: Excellent (very funny) * 7-Revolutions: Resources, Technology
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