TEDxVancouver - Jer Thorp - The Weight of Data
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Jer Thorp is an artist and educator from Vancouver, Canada, currently living in New York. Coming from a background in genetics, his digital art practice explores the many-folded boundaries between science and art. Recently, his work has been featured by The New York Times, The Guardian, Scientific American, The New Yorker, and the CBC. Thorp's ... Read more
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- -: TEDxVancouver - Jer Thorp - The Weight of Data
March 24, 2012 (about 12 years ago)Jer Thorp is an artist and educator from Vancouver, Canada, currently living in New York. Coming from a background in genetics, his digital art practice explores the many-folded boundaries between science and art. Recently, his work has been featured by The New York Times, The Guardian, Scientifi...
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- -: Online Marketing: Google's Zero Moment of Truth
January 27, 2012 (about 12 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/conference/l2_mobile_2012 Jeremy Arnon, Strategic Partner Development of Mobile Commerce for Google, examines a new trend in how consumers make purchase decisions. He argues that there's a new paradigm: ZMOT, or zero moment of truth. ----- In Q4 2010, smartpho...
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- -: TEDxCambridge - John Sheffield wants you to join the genomic revolution
January 19, 2012 (over 12 years ago)John Sheffield explains how the open sharing of data is the next step in the genomics revolution. http://www.tedxcambridge.com/thrive/john-sheffield/
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- -: TEDxCambridge - Hugo Campos fights for the right to open his heart's data
January 19, 2012 (over 12 years ago)Hugo Campos is a passionate advocate for the rights of patients to access their data and become empowered participants in their own health care. His $30,000 implantable cardiac defibrillator continually collects information about his body, yet he has no access to this valuable data. He is on a mi...
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- -: TEDxCambridge - Hugo Campos fights for the right to open his heart data
January 19, 2012 (over 12 years ago)Hugo Campos is a passionate advocate for the rights of patients to access their data and become empowered participants in their own health care. His $30,000 implantable cardiac defibrillator continually collects information about his body, yet he has no access to this valuable data. He is on a mi...
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- -: TEDxPhilly - Amy Hillier - Mapping experiences and access to opportunity in cities
January 19, 2012 (over 12 years ago)A pressing issue for Amy Hillier: Why does the place of our birth and child rearing influence the amount of opportunities available to us as adults? Is there something we can do about this? If we could trace our experiences using modern mapping technologies - like GIS, GPS, LiDAR and others - to ...
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- -: Mikko Hypponen: Three types of online attack
January 18, 2012 (over 12 years ago)http://www.ted.com Cybercrime expert Mikko Hypponen talks us through three types of online attack on our privacy and data -- and only two are considered crimes. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's leading thinkers and do...
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- -: Will the Pursuit of Happiness Make You Happy?
January 7, 2012 (over 12 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/conference/l2_innovation_forum_2011 Does the pursuit of happiness actually lead to happiness? Stanford business professor Jennifer Aaker reveals surprising data from two studies that may suggest otherwise. ----- A social psychologist and marketer, Jennifer is ...
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- -: How the Internet Can Educate Our Computer 'Overlords'
December 29, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2011/11/30/Brewster_Kahle_Universal_Access_to_All_Knowledge Founder Brewster Kahle discusses the next step for the Internet Archive, which involves making its information accessible to a new type of consumer: computers. He explains that in addition to helping im...
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- -: TEDxRainier - Joe Justice - WikiSpeed
December 27, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Joe Justice applies current software development principles to manufacture, achieving extraordinary results in designing a high efficiency and high performance automobile. In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to shar...
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