TEDxSantaCruz: David Merrill - Sifteo Cubes, Makers and Learners: My Double Ah-Ha Moment
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This presentation presents an update to David Merrill's 2009 TED talk which you can view at: http://www.ted.com/talks/david_merrill_demos_siftables_the_smart_blocks.html David Merrill is co-founder and president of Sifteo, a company based in San Francisco building the future of play. Sifteo's first product is a tabletop user interface system ma... Read more
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- -: TEDxSantaCruz: David Merrill - Sifteo Cubes, Makers and Learners: My Double Ah-Ha Moment
January 14, 2012 (over 12 years ago)This presentation presents an update to David Merrill's 2009 TED talk which you can view at: http://www.ted.com/talks/david_merrill_demos_siftables_the_smart_blocks.html David Merrill is co-founder and president of Sifteo, a company based in San Francisco building the future of play. Sifteo's fi...
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- -: TEDxSantaCruz: Terrie Williams - The Biology of Big
January 14, 2012 (over 12 years ago)Terrie Williams, PhD is a Co-Founder of the Center of Ocean Health and Director of the Marine Mammal Physiology Program at the University of California, Santa Cruz. She has spent her life studying how big animals survive on our changing planet, from Alaskan killer whales to African cheetahs. H...
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- -: TEDxSantaCruz: Howard Martin - Engaging The Intelligence of the Heart
January 14, 2012 (over 12 years ago)Howard Martin is one of the original leaders who helped Doc Childre found HeartMath. In 1999 he co-authored The HeartMath Solution published by HarperSanFrancisco and he has been with HeartMath's world-wide training and consulting team since its inception in 1991. In 2000 he authored The HeartMat...
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- -: TEDxSantaCruz: Gina Castaneda - Uniting Rival Teen Gang Members Through Soccer
June 23, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)As an adolescent, Gina Castaneda experienced intervals of homelessness and even lived in a car for a period of time with her mother. Despite the adversities of growing up in a violent neighborhood and a violent home, Gina avoided gang entrenchment. In April 2008, Gina founded the Aztecas Soccer P...
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- -: TEDxSantaCruz: Nancy Abrams and Joel Primack - Changing The World Through A Shared Cosmology
July 8, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)Nancy Ellen Abrams is a lawyer (J.D., U. of Michigan) with a B.A. from the University of Chicago in the history and philosophy of science. She specializes in the role of science in a new politics and is an award-winning writer and lecturer at UCSC. Joel R. Primack is Distinguished Professor of ...
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- -: TEDxSantaCruz: Lori Butterworth - Sustaining Compassion: A Nonprofit Story
July 9, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)Lori has founded two award-winning, nationally recognized non-profit organizations, which have dramatically improved care for thousands of children with life-threatening conditions. As the founder and former Executive Director of Jacob's Heart, Lori designed, implemented, and secured sustainable ...
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- -: TEDxSantaCruz: Roger McNamee - Disruption and Engagement
July 9, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)Roger McNamee is a co-founder of Elevation Partners, an investment partnership focused on the intersection of media and entertainment content and consumer technology. Roger performs 100 shows a year in the band Moonalice, where he plays bass and guitar. Moonalice pioneered the use of social media...
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- -: TEDxSantaCruz: Catherine Aurelio - Gamification
July 18, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)Catherine Aurelio is the User Experience and Creative Direction Lead at Bunchball. She has more than 15 years of experience in interactive media and print design creating award winning solutions for her clients in a variety of industries. In her current role, she provides program design solutions...
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- -: TEDxSantaCruz: Kyle Thiermann - Surfing For Change
July 18, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)Kyle Theirmann, 21, is a pro surfer with a passion to systemically effect change. Combining surfing great waves around the world with making a series of short films about current issues, Thiermann focuses on the power we have to create a better world through everyday actions that we take. Throug...
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- -: TEDxSantaCruz: Jay Silver - World as Construction Kit
July 24, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)Jay Silver is a PhD Researcher in the Lifelong Kindergarten Group at MIT Media Lab, and he is currently working at Intel Research helping them develop a Maker Culture. He cofounded Joy Labs, Experiendipity, and Beginners' Mind. Time named one of his inventions "Top 15 Toys for Young Geniuses," an...
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