Technology (10 posts found)
As we reboot the world's economy, Geoff Mulgan poses a question: Instead of sending bailout money to doomed old industries, why not use stimulus funds to bootstrap some new, socially responsible companies -- an...
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One of my all time favorite classics scenes from the movie, "You Can't Take it With You".
In which Jimmy and Jean talk about the paradigm of fear and passion, Banking and finance, commitment and duty, The S...
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Watch Ervin Laszlo shed light on the emerging changes happening today and the urgent need for technological and social cooperation and world peace.
This message and news goes beyond the fear of global warmin...
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Eric Giler demos wireless electricity at the TEC conference.
Eric Giler wants to untangle our wired lives with cable-free electric power. Here, he covers what this sci-fi tech offers, and demos MIT's breakth...
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Michael Pritchard's water filter turns filthy water drinkable
Too much of the world lacks access to clean drinking water. Engineer Michael Pritchard did something about it -- inventing the portable Lifesav...
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Mycologist Paul Stamets studies the mycelium -- and lists 6 ways that this astonishing fungus can help save the world.
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This outstanding talk by UK Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, is very poinient and appropriately points out our interconnected and interdependent world. "We're at a unique moment in history", says Mr. Brown: "we ca...
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Here is an amazing talk about the energy revolutions happening throughout the planet. Paul Hawken's talks about an energy movement without a name, lead by no one, that is the largest in recorded history, an...
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I recently had the pleasure to meet with Robert Plarr and catch up on his current efforts to bring sustainability to the planet through Fully Sustainable Homes. I have been watching his progress with great inte...
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New U of T research looks to create organic solar cells by using special quantum effect
DailyTech/Jason Mick/1.18.09
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Imagine having cheap, printable solar cells at your fingertips, woven into your ...
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