- -: Obama's Blue Button Challenge for Digital Medical Records
July 20, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2011/06/22/Aneesh_Chopra_Policy_and_Progress_in_a_Borderless_World White House CTO Aneesh Chopra describes President Obama's challenge to the United States Department of Veterans Affairs to digitize health records and allow veterans to download personal health i...
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- -: Mobile Technology: The New Face of Conservation?
July 21, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2011/06/27/Peter_Kareiva_Conservation_in_the_Real_World Peter Kareiva, chief scientist for The Nature Conservancy, discusses how mobile technology and social networks can be leveraged to foster climate change awareness and inspire the next generation of conserva...
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- -: How a 'Feed-in Tariff' Could Revolutionize the Power Grid
July 26, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/conference/chq_spies_technology_espionage R. James Woolsey, former Director of the CIA, discusses key methods for modernizing and improving America's energy grid. He explains that levying a "feed-in tariff" would allow individuals to sell energy from renewable s...
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- -: Using Hydroponics to Curb Global Hunger
August 15, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/08/31/Singularity_Universitys_Rob_Nail Rob Nail, associate founder and COO of Singularity University, showcases a project to end world famine, called Agropolis. Nail discusses the role the project plays in advancing genetic engineering in an environmentally...
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- -: The Future of Cloud Enabled Devices
August 16, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/09/01/Anthony_Townsend_The_Future_of_Lightweight_Innovation Institute For The Future's Anthony Townsend demonstrates the benefits of Internet connected devices, such as sensors on a bicycle. Townsend explains how people and cities are able to gather data ab...
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- -: The Post-Digital Age of Advertising
August 19, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/08/31/Will_Sansom_Selling_Great_Food_in_an_Innovative_Way Will Sansom, a writer for Contagious Magazine, discusses innovative advertising in the "post-digital" world. He describes StickyBits, an app that allows users to interact with comments left by other ...
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- -: OnLive Makes Remote Computing Feel Local
August 20, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/series/nextwork_conference_2011 Steven Perlman, founder and CEO of OnLive, demonstrates the company's latest service, which allows users to remotely run a top-of-the-line computer on any device (laptop, tablet, etc.) in real time over the internet. ----- Flash...
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- -: Is Silicon Valley Ignoring Women?
September 27, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/conference/igniting_innovation Are tech investors ignoring women? Business columnist and UC Berkeley visiting scholar Vivek Wadhwa thinks so. Wadhwa slams Silicon Valley venture capitalists for showing an inherent bias for startups created by "boys from Stanford...
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- -: Robots for Humanity
November 15, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2011/10/25/The_Promise_of_Robotics Steve Cousins, president and CEO of Willow Garage, expands on how robotics can benefit the disabled. Cousins explains how robots can assist with everyday tasks such as shaving and itching, as well as autonomous tasks. "This set...
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- -: Information Technology & Transparency: Vivek Kundra Takes Your Questions
July 1, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)Federal Chief Information Officer Vivek Kundra answers your questions from Facebook and the White House website about all things technology, information, and transparency. June 30, 2009. See: http://it.usaspending.gov/ (Public Domain)
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