Business
Susan Shaw: The oil spill’s toxic trade-off
Break down the oil slick, keep it off the shores: that’s grounds for pumping toxic dispersant into the Gulf, say clean-up overseers. Susan Shaw shows evidence it’s sparing some beaches only at devastating cost to the health of the deep sea. Tags: Business, Health, oil, sea, spill, Susan Shaw
Dennis Hong: My 7 species of robot
At TEDxNASA, Dennis Hong introduces seven award-winnning, all-terrain robots — like the humanoid, soccer-playing DARwIn and the cliff-gripping CLIMBeR — all built by his team at RoMeLa, Virginia Tech. Watch to the end to hear the five creative secrets to his lab’s incredible technical success. Tags: Business, Darwin, Dennis Hong, Innovation, robot, Technology, Ted
Rob Hopkins: Transition to a world without oil
Rob Hopkins reminds us that the oil our world depends on is steadily running out. He proposes a unique solution to this problem — the Transition response, where we prepare ourselves for life without oil and sacrifice our luxuries to build systems and communities that are completely independent of fossil fuels. Tags: Business, Inspiring, oil, [...]
Economy and the Meltdown
How it all started? It all started with lending money to Subprime borrowers or at least as the world knows how it began. Next in line was Credit crisis, as a result of freeze on lending. Banks, financial institutions and businesses across the world have lost tons of money causing the economic tectonic plates to [...]
Mass Career Customization – Cathy Benko
Cathy Benko visits Google’s Mountain View, CA headquarters to discuss her book “Mass Career Customization: Aligning the Workplace with Today’s Nontraditional Workforce.” Far-reaching changes in attitudes and family structures have been redefining the workforce for more than two decades – yet the workplace has remained much the same. During this time, many companies have learned [...]
