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How algorithms shape our world By Kevin Slavin

29 Nov

The video features Kevin Slavin, he argues that we’re living in a world designed for — and increasingly controlled by — algorithms. In this riveting talk from TEDGlobal, he shows how these complex computer programs determine espionage tactics, stock prices, movie scripts, and architecture. Slavin also warns that we are writing code we can’t understand with implications we can’t control. Have a great time with the video.

Network Goes Physical

19 Jul


The video features Ashwin Rajan talks about “Network Goes Physical” in Aalto University. Ashwin is interaction designer. His idea is to connect social network experience to the product design. Objects have a charm and natural interactivity missing in most current digital technology. We now have the possibility of fashioning our own physical objects with interesting new ‘networked’ properties. Here he uses three everyday objects to discuss ways of thinking about how we might put digital back into the physical. Think the video was entertaining and at the same time it was educative. All your comments are welcomed and don’t forget to LIKE the post in Facebook and +1 the Post in Google+.

How To Build Your Creative Confidence By David Kelley

22 Jun


The video deals with how much you can increase your creative confidence skills. There are many videos about creative confidence but i took this because i wanted you guys to understand the way of generating confidence by knowing how others did it rather than soe jack telling them what to do or give them a list of things to do. Is your school or workplace divided into “creatives” versus practical people? Yet surely, David Kelley suggests, creativity is not the domain of only a chosen few. Telling stories from his legendary design career and his own life, he offers ways to build the confidence to create. All your comments are welcomed and don’t forget to LIKE the post or +1 it.

Know How You Can Get An MIT Like education Without Much Of Money? Sure By Scott Young

20 Jun


Scott is a speed-reading, vegetarian, holistic learning, productivity hacking recent university graduate. And, for the last five years he’s been experimenting to find out how to get more from life. His current project is to learn MIT’s 4-year curriculum for computer science in 12 months, without taking any classes. Scott earned his Bachelor of Commerce Honors from the University of Manitoba and his blog features more than 850 articles and books focused on “getting more from life”. All your comments are welcomed and don’t forget to LIKE the post or +1 it.

Can Technology Change Education? Yes! By Raj Dhingra

18 Jun


Raj Dhingra is a twenty-year veteran of the technology industry with an extensive track record of building strong, sustainable and profitable industry leadership positions in new and emerging categories. Raj brings entrepreneurial drive and success, and a rich depth of corporate experience across general management, business development, product development, sales and marketing functions. Prior to joining NComputing in April 2011, Raj was VP and GM at Citrix where he led the company’s desktop virtualization business from zero to half a billion dollars growth in sales over a 3 year period. As well as his leadership role in global virtualization companies such as Citrix, Dhingra has held executive leadership positions in public companies such as McAfee, 3Com, SonicWALL and startups such as IntruVert Networks (acquired by McAfee) and PortAuthority Technologies (acquired by Websense).

What’s in an Engineer’s Mind? ===> By Dr. Tom Powers

17 Jun


                                           Dr. Thomas Powers is currently an assistant professor in the Philosophy Department and research fellow of the Delaware Biotechnology Institute at the University of Delaware. He directs the Science, Ethics, and Public Policy program and serve as assistant director of the Delaware Interdisciplinary Ethics Program. Prior to coming to Delaware, Dr. Powers was a National Science Foundation postdoctoral fellow in the School of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Virginia. His Ph.D. in philosophy (University of Texas at Austin) concerned formalism in ethics and the philosophy of Immanuel Kant. Some of his recent research focuses on the ethics of emerging technologies (especially nanotechnology), computer ethics, and environmental ethics.