Our Cell Phones, Ourselves
Nokia researcher Jan Chipchase’s investigation into the ways we interact with technology has led him from the villages of Uganda to the insides of our pockets. Along the way, he’s made some unexpected discoveries: about the novel ways illiterate people interface with their cellphones, or the role the cellphone can sometimes play in commerce, or [...]
Future Mobile Technology
Younghee Jung leads a multidisciplinary research team at Nokia called “Insight and Innovation” (download PowerPoint slides from Nokia Connection 2007 conference). Jung talks about what to expect next from your mobile phone, the newest ideas in the pipeline, and the questions that Nokia is asking women. She spends the first half of the video describing [...]
Environmental Entrepreneurship
In the past few years, we have greatly improved our environmental quality. However, new challenges of disappearing habitat, ineffective regulations etc continue to pose more challenging problems. This has given rise to a new breed of environmental activists – environmental entrepreneurs. Environmental entrepreneurs specialize in identifying conservation opportunities, mobilizing resources, and building a constituency for [...]
