TEDxSF - Bill Thomas - Elderhood Rising: The Dawn of a New World Age
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William H. Thomas, M.D. is an international authority on geriatric medicine and eldercare. A graduate of Harvard Medical School in 1986, he completed graduate medical training at the Highland Hospital/University of Rochester Family Medicine Residency. While pursuing a career in Emergency Medicine, a part-time position as the medical director o... Read more
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- -: TEDxSF - Bill Thomas - Elderhood Rising: The Dawn of a New World Age
June 8, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)William H. Thomas, M.D. is an international authority on geriatric medicine and eldercare. A graduate of Harvard Medical School in 1986, he completed graduate medical training at the Highland Hospital/University of Rochester Family Medicine Residency. While pursuing a career in Emergency Medici...
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- -: TEDxSF - Margue Cornblatt & Christine MM - Man, Machine & iSparky
June 9, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)About the Sparky Project: The name Sparky is based on an acronym for "Self Portrait Artifact --Roving Chassis I" - an art project started in 1994. Since that time Sparky has evolved from an oversized RC toy with a few of "baby monitor" video cameras into a fully web-enabled telepresence robot. Th...
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- -: TEDxSF - Carey Perloff - How Live Theater Keeps Us Human
June 10, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)A vigorous proponent of unusual classical literature and a passionate advocate of new work and new theatrical forms, Carey Perloff has been artistic director of acclaimed American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco since 1992. Perloff has directed dozens of award-winning productions for A.C.T....
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- -: TEDxSF - Wendy Northcutt -Darwin Awards
June 10, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)Wendy Northcutt is a scientist and graduate of UC Berkeley with a degree in molecular biology. She began collecting the stories that make up the Darwin Awards in 1993 while working at Stanford and is the founder of the popular website www.DarwinAwards.com. She is the author of five previous Da...
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- -: TEDxSF - Simon Mainwaring - From Me First to We First
June 10, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)Simon Mainwaring is an award-winning branding consultant, respected author, influential blogger and international speaker. He is the founder of We First, a social branding consultancy committed to helping brands build communities, profit and positive impact. He is a member of the General Mills Di...
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- -: TEDxSF - Scott Hess - Millennials: Who They Are & Why We Hate Them
June 10, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)Scott Hess is the Vice President of Insights for TRU, a global youth research firm, and is considered one of the foremost authorities on American youth. In this role, Scott works across TRU's syndicated and custom research divisions to discover, distill, and communicate compelling, actionable ins...
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- -: TEDxSF - Roz Picard - Emotion Technology
June 10, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)Professor Rosalind W. Picard, ScD is founder and director of the Affective Computing research group at the MIT Media Lab, co-director of the Things That Think consortium, and leader of the new and growing Autism & Communication Technology Initiative at MIT. In April 2009 she co-founded Affectiva,...
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- -: TEDxSF - Reckless Sons
June 10, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)Brainchild of Manhattan based writer/musician Matt Butler, Reckless Sons thrive on being one of New York's most versatile and interesting up and coming acts. Inspired by a truly eclectic set of influences, Reckless Sons are the product of Butler's vision of a brand new school of American Rockn'ro...
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Louie Schwartzberg: TEDxSF - Louie Schwartzberg - Gratitude
June 11, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)Louie Schwartzberg is an award-winning cinematographer, director, and producer whose notable career spans more than three decades providing breathtaking imagery for feature films, television shows, documentaries and commercials.This piece includes his short film on Gratitude and Happiness. Broth...
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- -: TEDxSF - Berkeley Bionics - Merging Technology and the Human Body
June 11, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)More than anything else, Eythor Bender is a team builder. You want to be on his team. And that's good news for bionics, a nascent industry that Eythor has championed and grown, taking bionic prosthetics from unconventional approaches to sustainable, approved products that merge man and machine, a...
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