- -: DIY Manufacturing: Run Your Own Factory from the Comfort of Your Living Room
May 21, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)Complete Premium video at: http://fora.tv/conference/wired_business_conference_2011 WIRED editor-in-chief Chris Anderson and Autodesk CEO Carl Bass discuss the future of 3D printing, and how amateur designers may soon be able to build resource-intensive products like furniture using remote but c...
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- -: Bill T. Jones: Bringing Art to an Evolving Audience
August 2, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/series/masters_modern_dance World-renowned choreographer and director Bill T. Jones describes his interest in attracting a wider audience for his production of "Fela!" Jones reflects on the evolving theater culture in America, saying, "The demographics of the co...
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- -: Mikhail Baryshnikov on Opening the Baryshnikov Arts Center
August 3, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/series/masters_modern_dance Renowned choreographer Mikhail Baryshnikov discusses his motivation for opening the Baryshnikov Arts Center. He insists that practicing art is becoming more problematic due to the pressures of the economy. "I try to help young artists...
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- -: What Can Five Wet Monkeys Teach Us About Creativity?
August 25, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/conference/chq_creativity_innovation Col. Casey Haskins, an accomplished military officer and professor at West Point Academy, argues that one of the biggest obstacles to creativity is a reliance on the status quo. "We do lots of stuff that we have no idea why w...
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- -: $25 Incubator Shows Good Design Can Save Lives Affordably
September 1, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/conference/chq_creativity_innovation Stanford's d.school co-founder George Kembel delivers an update on former student projects, including an inexpensive incubator and a solar powered lamp. The Embrace incubator, a low-cost infant warmer, will save an estimated ...
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- -: Senator Gillibrand: Women's Role in Innovation Is Key to Advancement
October 11, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/conference/wie_symposium_2011 Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) argues that although women are burdened by economic gender inequalities, they are key to America leading the way in global innovation. ----- WIE Inspiration Day: Getting Women off the Sidelines in...
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- -: A Diet of Masterpieces Makes You Fat: The Virtues of Bad Art
October 18, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/conference/new_yorker_festival_2011 New Yorker art critic Peter Schjeldahl sits down with Steve Martin to discuss the merits of bad art. "You learn from good art that you can't do it," Schjeldahl says, "and from bad art you see where it breaks." ----- The New ...
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- -: Has No Child Left Behind Pushed Creativity Out of the Classroom?
October 19, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2011/09/17/Making_Education_and_Innovation Margaret Honey, New York Hall of Science CEO, argues that the rigid testing mandates of No Child Left Behind have pushed more creative and hands-on activities out of the classroom. Honey hopes the makerspace in her muse...
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- -: Gavin Newsom: Don't Overlook Arts Education
October 26, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/partner/California_STEM_Learning_Network California Lt. Governor Gavin Newsom emphasizes the importance of including arts and creativity in a science, technology, engineering and mathematics educational foundation. Urging educators not to let lack of money be an...
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William Allen White: 1936 Commencement Address at Northwestern University
June 1, 1937 (almost 87 years ago)William Allen White speaks of pride in the heritage that the graduates of Northwestern University have. In a country started upon by creative and hard-working people, America's future is in the hands of the newly graduates.
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