Image via Wikipedia Gesture Based Computing has a long History dating back to the 50s when the first tablet was developed for Handwriting Recognition (Stylator). More elaborate devices and systems employing Gesture Recognition appeared in the 60s. Rand demonstrated their tablet which was the first graphical computer input device and Ivan Sutherland completed the Sketchpad… Read More Gesture Based Computing
This TED Talk by Nigel Mark on “how to make work-life balance work”, is a fairly honest look at the real issues associated with this problem. While I enjoyed the talk and his down to earth sense of humor, he didn’t really answer the question for me. Maybe I should watch the whole video again!… Read More Nigel Marsh: How to make work-life balance work
In this TEDtalk, Hanna Rosin reviews startling new data that shows women actually surpassing men in several important measures, such as college graduation … http://widgets.vodpod.com/w/video_embed/Groupvideo.8391933 Hanna Rosin: New data on the rise of women, posted with vodpod Transcript We are now going through an amazing and unprecedented moment where the power dynamics between men and… Read More Hanna Rosin: New data on the rise of women
The Happy Planet Index (HPI) is an interesting measure of happiness. In this video from TED.com, statistician Nic Marks, who created the HPI, asks why we measure a nation’s success by its productivity instead of by the happiness and well-being of its people. http://widgets.vodpod.com/w/video_embed/Groupvideo.8285450 Nic Marks: The Happy Planet Index, posted with vodpod Transcript Martin… Read More Nic Marks: The Happy Planet Index
In this TEDtalk, Pattie Maes presents Sixth Sense Technology. http://widgets.vodpod.com/w/video_embed/Groupvideo.8285637 Pattie Maes & Pranav Mistry: Unveiling the “Six…, posted with vodpod Transcript I’ve been intrigued by this question of whether we could evolve or develop a sixth sense. A sense that would give us seamless access and easy access to meta-information or information that may… Read More Pattie Maes: sixth sense demo
