Making Video Games for Girls

Abstract:

After 20 years or so in the computer game industry， I had some ideas that people didn't think they could sell. And...  

Amy Smith Shares Simple Lifesaving Design

Abstract: I'd like to tell you the tale of one of my favorite projects. It addresses one of the biggest health issues on the pl...  

How to Make A Splash in Ssocial Media

Abstract: The talk is actually about Greenpeace， which is an environmental organization that wanted to stop the Japanese govern...  

Surprising Ideas on Climate Change

Abstract: You've all seen lots of articles on climate change， and here's yet another New York Times article， just like every ot...  

Al Gore on Averting Climate Crisis

Abstract: To be a green consumer, you have choices with everything you buy, between things that have a harsh effect or a much l...  

Arthur Benjamin Does Mathemagic

Abstract: Arthur Benjamin is a "mathemagician". In this program, he will combine his loves of math and magic to do something he...  

Al Seckel Says Our Brains Are Mis-wired

Abstract: Happiness is in terms of both illusions and movies that we go see and jokes and magic shows. There's something about ...  

Adam Grosser and His Sustainable Fridge

Abstract: 29 years ago, I had a thermo teacher who talked about absorption and refrigeration. It's one of those things that stu...  

Anand Agarawala Demos His BumpTop Desktop

Abstract: We're in like the "cave-painting" era of computer interfaces. They don't go as deep, or as emotionally engaging as th...  

Alan Kay Shares A Powerful Idea about Iideas

Abstract: Children are the future. Children in the first and second world, and most especially in the third world, need mentors...  

Anthony Atala on Growing New Organs

Abstract: We're just getting older. Medicine is doing a better job of keeping us alive. But as we age, our organs tend to fail ...  

Allison Hunt Gets A New Hip

Abstract: Now in Canada we have that great healthcare system. That means we get our new hips for free. My hip had been hurting ...  

Bertrand Piccard's Solar-powered Adventure

Abstract: The 20th century was brilliant. It allowed to do all those things there. But it will not be possible in the future an...  

Arthur Benjamin's Formula for Changing Math Education

Abstract: Calculus is an important subject. It's one of the great products of the human mind. The laws of nature are written in...  

Al Gore's New Thinking on the Climate Crisis

Abstract: The climate crisis is the rare but all-important global, or strategic, conflict. Everything is affected. We have to o...  

Alan Russell on Regenerating Our Bodies

Abstract: I'm going to talk to you today about hopefully converting fear into hope. When we go to the doctor's office, there ar...  

Your Health Depends on Where You Live

Abstract: We must teach physicians about the value of geographical information. It's called geomedicine. There are about a half...  

Al Gore Warns on the Latest Climate Trends

Abstract: Last year I showed two slides that demonstrate the arctic ice cap, which for most of the last three million years has...  

The Hunt for A Supermassive Black Hole

Abstract: How do you observe something you can't see? This is the basic question of somebody who is interested in finding and s...  

Bill Joy Muses on What's Next

Abstract: The bargain that gives us civilization is a bargain to not use power. We get our individual rights by society protect...