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Here is my piece from Edutopia: A Student Calls for a Learning...
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The 100-Year March of Technology in 1 Graph
- In 1900, <10% of families owned a stove or had access to electricity
- In 1915,...
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Why Collaborative Storytelling Is The Future Of Marketing
Full Story: FastCompany
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Phoenix Pro: New Guitar Plugin Turns Hacks into ShreddersHah! If only.
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Reimagining business with a social mindset – Deloitte Tech Trends 2012
Even today, business leaders may dismiss the potential of social business,...
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My prediction for the next 5 years: demand for renewable energies will grow even faster than demand for Internet access. This is one of my core...
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Mazda Envisions Creating Their Future Car Today
It’s a new bold design idea of a car that weighs less than 1,000 pounds, yet still packs a...
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The Missing 20th Century: How Copyright Protection Makes Books Vanish
The above chart shows a distribution of 2500 newly printed fiction books...
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Railroad Sensors Predict Derailments Wirelessly « Wireless Sensor Networks Blog
Union Pacific, the nation’s largest railroad company, says
When we think of geeks, we usually think of Albert Einstein, Stephen Hawking and Bill Gates etc. But beyond the recent present there is a name that we now but not always remember - Nikola Tesla. Sometimes considered the father of the electrical age, Tesla had pioneered inventions ahead of most people’s imaginations. For example: Marconi the winner of the noble prize for physics for creating the radio, based his work on Tesla’s research. I believe the infographic, provided via the title link, speaks to his contribution to science and how we should reconsider him as the one of the top 5 innovators in history.
EdX: The Future of Online Education
EdX is a not-for-profit joint venture between Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to offer online versions of their classes and those of other universities. At the same time, edX will support Harvard and MIT faculty in conducting research on teaching and learning on campus through tools that enrich classroom and laboratory experiences. The goal of this initiative is to create a global community of online learners while improving education for everyone.
Zuckerberg has come a long way since his Harvard days of writing the source code for the largest social network in the world. Controlling over 1/8th of the world’s online experience, Zuckerberg sits tall as the CEO of the largest social network. Now Zuckerberg is part of an elite club that sits next to the president at the White House, discussing national strategies.
While “The Social Network” portrays Zuckerberg as an awkward, lanky teenager who stole an idea, he is representative of one of the best execution artists. An idea is as good as its execution, and Zuckerberg had to battle Friendster, MySpace, Buddylists and social networks originating from similar Ivy League campuses. The Winklevosses had their own separate social network which never took off. Now imagine a world where Zuckerberg followed all the rules and collaborated with the Winklevosses. 800 Million Users? I think not.
Planetsolar, Largest Solar-Powered Boat, to Complete Round-the-World Journey on Friday
Raphael Domjan, a 39 year old tech junkie, loves jetting, trekking, mountaineering and boating. He is a jack of all trades and ardent proponent of clean energy. Taking Jules Vernes’ vision seriously (i.e. Around The World in 80 Days), Raphael will soon complete a tour around the world on Friday in his luxurious Planet Solar boat, the largest solar power boat ever built. Taking the solar powered concept on the waters, Raphel along with Immo, hope to transfer every ship into a solar powered one and revamp the entire shipbuilding industry into a 100% clean technology powered one.
90% Less Electricity, 80% Less Energy Air Conditioning
Researchers at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) invented a breakthrough technology that improves air conditioning in a novel way—with heat. NREL combined desiccant materials, which remove moisture from the air using heat, and advanced evaporative technologies to develop a cooling unit that uses 90% less electricity and up to 80% less total energy than traditional air conditioning (AC). This solution, called the desiccant enhanced evaporative air conditioner (DEVAP), also controls humidity more effectively to improve the comfort of people in buildings.
Everyone a Changemaker | RSA
World-renowned social entrepreneur and founder of Ashoka, Bill Drayton discusses the key skills every person must learn in order to contribute meaningfully to a rapidly changing world.
About fourteen months ago, the Indian state of Gujarat announced that they will be building a $2.3 billion solar park, the largest photovoltaic station in the world. With about 600 megawatts of power, the Indian solar park is the size of lower Manhattan and generates 3 times as much solar power as the Chinese Goldmud Solar Park.
Built via a collaboration between 21 companies, the park brings India’s national renewable energy capacity at 6%, only 9% shy of its 2020 green goal. While this park sits as the largest global solar park today, Tunisia hopes to clinch the numero uno spot by building a 2000 megawatt solar park by 2016.
The Next Generation Of Scientists
The science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) students of today are tomorrow’s scientists. They’re the future disease curers, bridge builders, space explorers, and in many STEM fields, they’re nearly half women.
In the past decade, the number of degrees that women earned at all levels has steadily increased, which will help close the STEM gap in US’s workforce. Women still have fields where they make up a small minority, but supporting women in these fields is one way to insure a steady pipeline of bright scientists to lead the future of American competitiveness and innovation.
The Growth of Gilt Groupe
Want to learn more about Gilt Groupe’s hyper growth to revenues of approximately $500 million and employee size of 1000 employees in just 3 years? Founder Alexis Maybank discusses the growth strategy and what led Gilt to become a power player in the online retail industry.
