Technology
Technology Made Personal
Check out this cool Google search ad. Love how it makes technology feel “personal” and such an integral part of our life.
Tags: Google, Inspiring, Technology, Technology
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, Rob [...]
Stefana Broadbent: How the Internet enables intimacy
We worry that IM, texting, Facebook are spoiling human intimacy, but Stefana Broadbent’s research shows how communication tech is capable of cultivating deeper relationships, bringing love across barriers like distance and workplace rules.
Tags: communication, Facebook, Internet, Social, Stefana Broadbent, Technology
Henry Markram: Supercomputing the brain’s secrets
Henry Markram says the mysteries of the mind can be solved — soon. Mental illness, memory, perception: they’re made of neurons and electric signals, and he plans to find them with a supercomputer that models all the brain’s 100,000,000,000,000 synapses.
Tags: Brain, Henry Markram, Innovation, mind, Supercomputing, Technology
Tibet – Technology Bridging the Divide
What are the first few words that come to your mind when you think of Tibet… spiritual and breathtakingly beautiful landscape? Disputed land? Watch Losang Rabgey share a “lesser known” side of Tibet, one where this ancient tribe of people want to participate in the new globalization as much as you or me. Those of [...]
