Caroline Casey: Looking past limits
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http://www.ted.com Activist Caroline Casey tells the story of her extraordinary life, starting with a revelation (no spoilers). In a talk that challenges perceptions, Casey asks us all to move beyond the limits we may think we have. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's l... Read more
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- -: Caroline Casey: Looking past limits
April 8, 2011 (about 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com Activist Caroline Casey tells the story of her extraordinary life, starting with a revelation (no spoilers). In a talk that challenges perceptions, Casey asks us all to move beyond the limits we may think we have. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and perform...
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- -: Quicksilver: Universal Access and Action
October 9, 2007 (over 16 years ago)Google Tech Talks August 30, 2007 ABSTRACT Quicksilver hides almost unbounded power beneath the interface of a keyboard-driven launcher. Using a basic grammatical model, it allows you to move beyond basic search and work effortlessly with applications, data, and the web. Quickilver is above all...
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- -: Low-Cost Internet Access Using Mechanical Backhaul
October 9, 2007 (over 16 years ago)Google TechTalks March 22, 2006 S. Keshav University of Waterloo ABSTRACT Rural kiosks in developing countries provide a variety of services such as providing birth and death certificates, land records, and consulting on medical and agricultural problems. Fundamental to a kiosk's operation is ...
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- -: PopTech 2009 Social Innovation Fellow Deb Levine
February 19, 2010 (about 14 years ago)Deb Levine founded ISIS Internet Sexuality Information Services in 2001 to build tools to promote sexual health and prevent disease. Using the web, mobile phones and other media, ISIS gives people private and convenient access to information on critical health issues like HIV prevention and unp...
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- -: TEDx Alva Park ALBERTA SPREAFICO / Enhancing Access to Health Care Worldwide
November 17, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Innovator Alberta Spreafico is the Outreach and International Development Program Coordinator at Henry Ford Health Systems, Department of Surgery and the Chair of Sustainable Development and Human Empowerment for WINFOCUS. Alberta works worldwide to design and contribute to the on-field implement...
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- -: The Fight to Keep Genetic Information Private
September 18, 2008 (over 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/07/15/Creative_Disruptions_David_Ewing_Duncan David Ewing Duncan, co-host of NPR's "Biotech Nation," discusses GINA - the Genetic Information Non-Descrimination Act - and other efforts resulting from concerns over public access to personal genetic informati...
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- -: Privacy vs Convenience in Personal Genetic Tech
June 3, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/05/19/A_Closer_Look_at_Personal_Genomic_Testing A panel of DNA policy and research experts connect the openness affiliated with the web 2.0 phenomenon to the growing acceptance for personal genetic testing. "We have a different sensitivity to privacy becaus...
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- -: World Wide Web Creator Worries About Internet Control
October 26, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/10/08/Next_Decade_Technologies_Changing_the_World-Tim-Berners-Lee World Wide Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee shares his concerns regarding net neutrality and online privacy. He says that Internet users need to be responsible for "keeping an eye out" to protect...
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- -: Comcast CEO On Net Neutrality - Brian Roberts
October 27, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/10/20/A_Conversation_with_Comcast_CEO_Brian_Roberts CEO Brian Roberts responds to FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski push to formalize net neutrality guidelines. "Tell me exactly what it means and what problem we're solving that requires an act of government,"...
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- -: Are Smart Phones Making Us Dumb? - Vint Cerf
February 8, 2010 (about 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/01/07/Whats_Next_with_the_Internet_Vint_Cerf_Looks_Ahead "Father of the Internet" Vint Cerf argues that smart phones and other mobile technology will not make people less intelligent. "It reminds me of the guy that complained about the invention of writing,...
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