All Videos Tagged Technology (Urgent Evoke) - Urgent Evoke 2024-04-29T08:55:15Z http://www.urgentevoke.com/video/video/listTagged?tag=Technology&rss=yes&xn_auth=no A Hero in the Congo tag:www.urgentevoke.com,2010-04-21:4871302:Video:98996 2010-04-21T14:21:50.717Z Richard Beresford http://www.urgentevoke.com/profile/RichardBeresford Be aware of how something as small and apparently beneficial as mobile phone technology can have a few nasty side effects - in places like the congo, and the power that information technology can also have when fighting these issues.<br /> <br /> <br /> Botanist Corneille Ewango talks about his work at the Okapi Faunal Reserve in the Congo Basin -- and his heroic work protecting it from poachers, miners and raging civil wars. Be aware of how something as small and apparently beneficial as mobile phone technology can have a few nasty side effects - in places like the congo, and the power that information technology can also have when fighting these issues.<br /> <br /> <br /> Botanist Corneille Ewango talks about his work at the Okapi Faunal Reserve in the Congo Basin -- and his heroic work protecting it from poachers, miners and raging civil wars. 'Zero Cost Diagnostics' tag:www.urgentevoke.com,2010-04-20:4871302:Video:98210 2010-04-20T21:40:45.024Z Richard Beresford http://www.urgentevoke.com/profile/RichardBeresford George Whitesides: a lab the size of a postage stamp.<br /> <br /> 'Traditional lab tests for disease diagnosis can be too expensive and cumbersome for the regions most in need. George Whitesides' ingenious answer, at TEDxBoston, is a foolproof tool that can be manufactured at virtually zero cost.<br /> <br /> In his legendary career in chemistry, George Whitesides has been a pioneer in microfabrication and nanoscale self-assembly. Now, he's fabbing a diagnostic lab on a chip.' George Whitesides: a lab the size of a postage stamp.<br /> <br /> 'Traditional lab tests for disease diagnosis can be too expensive and cumbersome for the regions most in need. George Whitesides' ingenious answer, at TEDxBoston, is a foolproof tool that can be manufactured at virtually zero cost.<br /> <br /> In his legendary career in chemistry, George Whitesides has been a pioneer in microfabrication and nanoscale self-assembly. Now, he's fabbing a diagnostic lab on a chip.' Learning from the gecko's tail tag:www.urgentevoke.com,2010-04-20:4871302:Video:98060 2010-04-20T19:26:06.519Z Richard Beresford http://www.urgentevoke.com/profile/RichardBeresford A fascinating talk by Robert Full about the self reinforcing feedback loop which is being setup between the engineering and biology worlds as a result of biomimicry. A fascinating talk by Robert Full about the self reinforcing feedback loop which is being setup between the engineering and biology worlds as a result of biomimicry. Biomimicry in action tag:www.urgentevoke.com,2010-04-20:4871302:Video:98056 2010-04-20T19:22:52.620Z Richard Beresford http://www.urgentevoke.com/profile/RichardBeresford A fascinating look at innovative technologies being inspired by nature A fascinating look at innovative technologies being inspired by nature Shadowing Ray Kurzweil tag:www.urgentevoke.com,2010-04-05:4871302:Video:80916 2010-04-05T04:50:07.153Z Matthew Aden W http://www.urgentevoke.com/profile/MatthewAdenW <a href="http://www.urgentevoke.com/video/shadowing-ray-kurzweil"><br /> <img alt="Thumbnail" height="180" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2182250997?profile=original&amp;width=240&amp;height=180" width="240"></img><br /> </a> <br></br>A great man that has inspired me greatly about our future is Ray Kurzweil. You can follow him at <a href="http://www.kurzweilai.net">http://www.kurzweilai.net</a><br></br> <br></br> I have linked a video of him speaking at TED about how technology will expand in the future, but he has so many more amazing predictions in his books, two I am reading now are "The Singularity Is Near" and… <a href="http://www.urgentevoke.com/video/shadowing-ray-kurzweil"><br /> <img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2182250997?profile=original&amp;width=240&amp;height=180" width="240" height="180" alt="Thumbnail" /><br /> </a><br />A great man that has inspired me greatly about our future is Ray Kurzweil. You can follow him at <a href="http://www.kurzweilai.net">http://www.kurzweilai.net</a><br /> <br /> I have linked a video of him speaking at TED about how technology will expand in the future, but he has so many more amazing predictions in his books, two I am reading now are "The Singularity Is Near" and "Transcend: Nine Steps to Living Well Forever" Which I would highly recommend to everyone.