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.
Faybiene Miranda: The Power of Words
“Faybiene Miranda is a legendary name in reggae, not the least of all because of her lyrical stand in music. She was banned from airplay by the Socialist Government during the mid seventies and her first recording, ‘Prophecy’, became a hit and is regarded as one of the biggest classics from this period.”
Josh Sundquist: 1MT1MT: One More Thing, One More Time
At age nine, Josh Sundquist was diagnosed with a rare form of bone cancer and given a 50 percent chance to live. He spent a year on chemotherapy treatments and his left leg was amputated. When he was 13, Doctors declared him cured of the disease. He took up ski racing three years later. In […]
Steve Jobs: How to live before you die
In this Stanford University commencement speech, Steve Jobs, CEO and co-founder of Apple and Pixar, urges us to pursue our dreams and see the opportunities in life’s setbacks, including death itself.
