Pattie Maes: Unveiling game-changing wearable tech
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http://www.ted.com This demo -- from Pattie Maes' lab at MIT, spearheaded by Pranav Mistry -- was the buzz of TED. It's a wearable device with a projector that paves the way for profound interaction with our environment. Imagine "Minority Report" and then some. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Co... Read more
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- -: Pattie Maes: Unveiling game-changing wearable tech
March 10, 2009 (about 15 years ago)http://www.ted.com This demo -- from Pattie Maes' lab at MIT, spearheaded by Pranav Mistry -- was the buzz of TED. It's a wearable device with a projector that paves the way for profound interaction with our environment. Imagine "Minority Report" and then some. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast ...
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- -: Authors@Google: David Thomas
March 17, 2009 (about 15 years ago)A Harvard Business School professor and a recognized & award winning thought leader in the areas of cultural diversity in organizations and strategic human resource management, David Thomas's work is thought-provoking, controversial and might make you think differently about the diversity climate...
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- -: Shelby Steele - "Racial Masking" in American Popular Culture
February 1, 2008 (over 16 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/01/18/Shelby_Steele_on_Why_Barack_Obama_Cannot_Win Hoover Institution Senior Fellow Shelby Steele explains "racial masking," a phenomenon he identifies as a common experience for minorities in American culture. ----- A Bound Man: Why We Are Excited About ...
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- -: America as Post-Racial, or Post-Racist? - Michael Eric Dyson
October 23, 2008 (over 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/10/01/Michael_Eric_Dyson_No_Dreams_Deferred Author and commentator Michael Eric Dyson discusses white Democratic racism towards Barack Obama, and contrasts the idea of a "post-racist" society with a "post-racial" one. ----- Michael Eric Dyson addresses th...
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- -: Inside a Congressional Filibuster - George Mitchell
December 20, 2008 (over 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/10/22/George_Mitchell_The_Role_of_the_US_in_a_Changing_World Former U.S. Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell describes his first experience with a Senatorial filibuster. ----- George Mitchell shares his thoughts on the direction our nation should be ta...
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- -: Perils of DNA Surveillance - Jeffrey Rosen
January 26, 2009 (over 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/11/02/Battle_of_Ideas_Whose_Data_Is_it_Anyway Law professor Jeffrey Rosen explains the dangers of indexing genetic records and making them available electronically to law enforcement. Rosen believes the practice may lead to genetic surveillance and "suspici...
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- -: Should the GOP Move Right To Save Itself? - Ramesh Ponnuru
February 20, 2009 (about 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/01/26/A_Path_to_Recovery_for_the_Republican_Party National Review senior editor Ramesh Ponnuru says history has encouraged the GOP "to move right" after facing defeat, but warns that a return to "the path of the conservative principle" may not alone be enou...
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- -: Gay Marriage vs Civil Unions: Separate Is Not Equal - Gavin Newsom
March 17, 2009 (about 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/03/11/San_Francisco_Mayor_Gavin_Newsom_in_Conversation San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom compares the issue of same-sex marriage to racial discrimination and chastises politicians who claim they support equality for all, yet do not support gay marriage. "How...
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- -: Does Affirmative Action Stigmatize Students? - Julian Bond and Dalton Conley
April 27, 2009 (about 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/04/16/Race_vs_Class_The_Future_of_Affirmative_Action Julian Bond, NAACP Chairman, debates Dalton Conley, NYU Dean of Social Sciences, about the psychological harm of affirmative action. Conley argues that all unequal admissions such as legacy, donor, and at...
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- -: Finding a New Voice for the GOP - David Brooks and Gail Collins
June 2, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/04/23/Obamas_First_100_Days_with_David_Brooks_and_Gail_Collins New York Times columnists David Brooks and Gail Collins contemplate the future of the Republican Party. Brooks believes the GOP has no voice on germane issues of the day and Collins says conserv...
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