Wangari Maathai: Taking Root
Wangari Muta Maathai (1 April 1940 – 25 September 2011) was a Kenyan environmental and political activist. She founded the Green Belt Movement, an environmental non-governmental organisation focused on the planting of trees, environmental conservation, and women’s rights. Today in PLO.com we pay tribute to the first African woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize […]
Check Up or Check Out
As a child and growing up in a small rural township here in New Zealand, I thought our family Doctor was a nice enough man. My mother, a chronic bronchial asthma sufferer swore by him. Me, I was less enamoured, though me was also only six years old and my opinion wasn’t, how would you […]
Chris Orwig: The poetics of pictures
Chris Orwig is a celebrated photographer, author and teacher. He brings unique perspective, creativity and passion to all that he does. As a photographer, he subscribes to Marc Riboud’s observation that “Photography is about savoring life at 1/100th of a second.
Pattie Maes: Demos Sixth Sense
This demo from Pattie Maes’ lab at MIT, spearheaded by Pranav Mistry caused a buzz. It’s a wearable device with a projector that paves the way for profound interaction with our environment. Imagine ‘Minority Report’ and then some.
Abraham Verghese: A Doctor’s Touch
Modern medicine is in danger of losing a powerful, old-fashioned tool: human touch. Physician and writer Abraham Verghese describes our strange new world where patients are merely data points, and calls for a return to the traditional one-on-one physical exam.
