Vivek Wadhwa: Chinese Innovation is a 'Giant Scam'
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Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2012/03/28/An_Economist-Style_Debate_on_Global_Innovation Vivek Wadhwa, Visiting Scholar at UC Berkeley's School of Information, argues that Chinese innovation lags far behind innovation in the United States because China's rigid political structure doesn't allow for risk-taking. ---- Proposition: America is ... Read more
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- -: Vivek Wadhwa: Chinese Innovation is a 'Giant Scam'
April 13, 2012 (about 12 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2012/03/28/An_Economist-Style_Debate_on_Global_Innovation Vivek Wadhwa, Visiting Scholar at UC Berkeley's School of Information, argues that Chinese innovation lags far behind innovation in the United States because China's rigid political structure doesn't allo...
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- -: TEDxVictoria - Derek Jacoby: A Hackerspace for Biology
January 8, 2012 (over 12 years ago)Derek Jacoby is a PhD student at UVic, founding member of makerspace.ca, fellow at BioCurious, biotech faculty at Singularity University. He is ready to bring tomorrow's technologies home to Victoria. Filmed at TEDxVictoria on November 19 2011. http://tedxvictoria.com http://makerspace.ca http://...
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- -: Rodney Brooks: How robots will invade our lives
October 10, 2008 (over 15 years ago)http://www.ted.com In this prophetic talk from 2003, roboticist Rodney Brooks talks about how robots are going to work their way into our lives -- starting with toys and moving into household chores ... and beyond.
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- -: Juan Enriquez: Tech evolution will eclipse the financial crisis
February 17, 2009 (about 15 years ago)http://www.ted.com Even as mega-banks topple, Juan Enriquez says the big reboot is yet to come. But don't look for it on your ballot -- or in the stock exchange. It'll come from science labs, and it promises keener bodies and minds. Our kids are going to be ... different. TEDTalks is a daily vid...
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- -: Ray Kurzweil: A university for the coming singularity
June 2, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)http://www.ted.com Ray Kurzweil's latest graphs show that technology's breakneck advances will only accelerate -- recession or not. He unveils his new project, Singularity University, to study oncoming tech and guide it to benefit humanity. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and...
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- -: Ray Kurzweil Explains the Coming Singularity
April 28, 2009 (about 15 years ago)http://bit.ly/mKPiI9 - Futurist Ray Kurzweil details the technology timeline leading up to 2029 including the downsides to Singularity.
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- -: Watson's Jeopardy Win: A False Victory for AI?
April 28, 2011 (about 13 years ago)Complete Premium video at: http://fora.tv/conference/ideas_economy_innovation Is artificial intelligence on the march? Willow Garage CEO Steve Cousins says the recent victory of IMB's supercomputer Watson over two human contestants on the quiz show "Jeopardy!" did not advance technology to the e...
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- -: Is Society on the Verge of Collapse?
August 10, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2011/07/25/Why_Cities_Grow_Corporations_Die_and_Life_Gets_Faster Theoretical physicist Geoffrey B. West discusses the implications of a society that defines success as perpetual exponential growth. West suggests that a collapse may be as inevitable as a heart at...
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