Topic: The Future
Dr. Moira Gunn shares insight with Eric Thomlinson, President and CEO of Altea Therapeutics, about their new devices for injecting drugs, without the use of a needle.
The 2009 presidential election was the most closely monitored election in US history, thanks in part to the efforts of tech entrepreneurs like David Troy. Troy speaks at the 2009 Emerging Communications Conference about how he and his teams were able to create the Twitter Vote Report, which allowed people to report on poll conditions, and the Inauguration Report '09, a first hand documentation of people's experiences at the 2009 presidential election.
Dr. Moira Gunn talks with Duke University professor, Henry Petroski, about his new book, The Essential Engineer: Why Science Alone Will Not Solve Our Global Problems, where he explores science and engineering and how they must work together to address our world's most pressing issues.
When it comes to aging baby boomers, "the personal is political" is still a strong rallying cry for people engaged in social enterprise. In this audio lecture, sponsored by the Center for Social Innovation, the ever-lively Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Ellen Goodman looks at redefining aging and how we may continue to make meaningful contributions to our families, communities, and country into the elder years.
At the 2009 eComm, Mark Rolston, Chief Creative Officer of Frog Design, talks about a new phase in design exemplified by the likes of Wii and the Android open OS. We currently live in two worlds, the real and the virtual, mediated by 'white boxes' less and less limited by functional distinction. Rolston ponders what we want to do next, what we'll be able to do next, and how the interface device, if there is one, will look and feel.
In his densely informative presentation, Cullen Jennings, Cisco's Distinguished Engineer talks about Network Address Translations (NATs), how they work, what's going on and more importantly, why we should care. Jennings looks at if and when we're really going to run out of IP addresses, how ISPs are using this to avoid the network neutrality push, and the disturbing implications ISP 'Carrier Grade NATs' have for application developers and end users alike.
Wikipedia isn't just a resource created by volunteers, it's also a highly social project, a test-bed for researchers, and a source of valuable data for scientists studying community behavior. This panel features some of the wiki community's top contributors, who present the latest trends, issues, and knowledge from Wikimania, the annual international Wikimedia conference.
The Barack Obama administration ushered in a new model of cooperation between citizens and their government. In this audio interview from the Gov 2.0 Summit, O'Reilly Media founder, Tim O'Reilly, speaks with America's first Federal Chief Technology Officer, Aneesh Chopra, about using technology to build a digital commonwealth and a digital nation.
According to science fiction author Karl Schroeder, it is sometimes possible to get things done more efficiently by relinquishing the traditional methods of control. Open source, democracy, government 2.0, and the invisible hand of the free market are mechanisms that demonstrate of the success of this phenomenon of handing control to a self-willed entity. He calls this principle "rewilding", and tells how this metaphor relates to open source software and other contemporary technological trends.
Jerry Michalski demonstrates the user interface and features of TheBrain, a concept-map application for your mind. He takes questions from the audience which delve into the deeper implications, uses, and future of the software.
For twelve years, Michalski has recorded, connected, and added links to over 112,000 of his thoughts in TheBrain, so he's well placed to discuss how the application helps him organize and access his ideas and how it affects his lifestyle.
