Showing posts with label Future. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Future. Show all posts

Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Panel Discussion: The Future of Technology & Education

Panel Discussion: The Future of Technology & Education Tube. Duration : 40.28 Mins.


Series: Collaboration Technology and Engaging the Campus 2009 Title: Panel Discussion: The Future of Technology & Education Speakers: Kenneth C. Green (Moderator) - The founding director of The Campus Computing Project Lara Oerter - Vice President, Solution Strategy and Marketing, Blackboard Bill St. Arnaud - The Chief Research Officer for CANARIE Inc. Patty Sullivan - Education Solutions Executive, IBM Corporation Barbara E. Truman - Director, Course Development and Web Services, University of Central Florida Andrew Yu - Mobile Devices Platform Project Manager, MIT Recorded in the Ballroom in the Thwing Center on the Campus of Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio Date: Thursday May 7, 2009

Sunday, November 25, 2012

Alan Stern & Elon Musk—The Future of Commercial Space Flight (with Alan Stern's slides)

Alan Stern & Elon Musk—The Future of Commercial Space Flight (with Alan Stern's slides) Video Clips. Duration : 106.77 Mins.


A new era in space exploration is underway: an era driven by commercial human spaceflight. From suborbital tourism to commercial orbital research stations to commercial lunar expeditions, humans are poised to reach into space in unprecedented ways. View this discussion (from April 29, 2011) sponsored by the Colorado Center for Lunar Dust and Atmospheric Studies (CCLDAS), on how the new space era is reshaping our view of humanity's relationship to space exploration! Speakers include: Alan Stern, former NASA executive and New Horizons mission PI Elon Musk, founder of SpaceX and Tesla Corporation twitter.com www.facebook.com

Thursday, November 22, 2012

TEDxOverlake - Dr. H. Jack West - Self-Educated Patients and The Future of Cancer Care

TEDxOverlake - Dr. H. Jack West - Self-Educated Patients and The Future of Cancer Care Tube. Duration : 10.33 Mins.


Dr. Jack West is a medical oncologist at Swedish Cancer Institute and serves as President/CEO of the Global Resource for Advancing Cancer Education (GRACE), a nonprofit organization providing free, timely information on current and emerging optimal cancer treatments directly from experts to patients and caregivers. Prior to his current position, Dr. West attended Princeton University, then the University of Cambridge on a Fulbright Scholarship before returning to the US to attend Harvard Medical School. He completed his internship and residency at Boston's Brigham & Women's Hospital followed by a fellowship in medical oncology at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.

Thursday, October 11, 2012

TEDxUniPittsburgh - Jesse Schell - The Future is Beautiful

TEDxUniPittsburgh - Jesse Schell - The Future is Beautiful Tube. Duration : 15.57 Mins.


"The Future is Beautiful" Using games to improve education. Prior to launching Schell Games in 2002 Jesse was the Creative Director at Disney Imagineering Studio. He is also an Assistant Professor of Entertainment Technology at CMU's Entertainment Technology Center. schellgames.com About TEDxUniPittsburgh The mission of TEDxUniPittsburgh is to share ideas among the various universities in Pittsburgh. Uni can be interpreted as meaning University and as meaning One. www.tedxunipittsburgh.com AboutTEDx, x = independently organized event In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.

Wednesday, September 19, 2012

TEDxSoCal - Nick Pugh - The Future of Painting

TEDxSoCal - Nick Pugh - The Future of Painting Tube. Duration : 18.40 Mins.


Nick Pugh has a passion for creativity and loves to pursue it in a wide range of media. His work in the entertainment industry focuses on the development and realization of new projects, in collaboration with producers, directors and studios. After graduating from Art Center College of Design in Pasadena with a BS in Transportation, Nick undertook a long-term project to build a functional concept vehicle of his own design called Xeno. Over the years he has also worked closely with the visual effects studio Rhythm and Hues on numerous feature films, commercials and video games. Nick enjoys teaching "Originality in Design" and "Digital Landscape Painting" at Art Center and will launch a new class in the fall on developing and pitching movie ideas. Nick's innovative work has been featured in numerous publications including Wired, the Los Angeles Times, Vogue, Intersection and GQ. He is the author of Luminair, Techniques Of Digital Painting From Life (Design Studio Press, 2006) and is a featured artist in the seminal books Concept Design 1 and 2. Nick lives in Long Beach with his wife and two daughters. ABOUT TEDx In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The ...