Jennifer Granholm Proposes a Clean Energy Competition
The competition among states to “race to the top” of education seems to be going very well, so why aren’t we emulating that competition with clean energy? Jennifer Granholm, two time and beloved...
View ArticleSalman Khan Shows How To Reinvent Education Using Videos
Creator of Khan Academy and former hedge fund analyst Salman Khan says we can improve the classroom by integrating videos into the lessons. In this TEDEducation presentations he explains everything...
View ArticleThis is What SpaceX Has Accomplished in Only 11 Years
So the world’s first private space exploration company and Elon’s Musks brainchild SpaceX has been hard at work for the past 11 years. So far they have delivered the first private resupply to the...
View ArticleElon Musk Kidnapped by Rainn Wilson and Forced to Reveal Inner Thoughts
Rainn Wilson‘s latest project, Soul Pancake, now includes an interview with Elon Musk, the founder of Paypal, SpaceX, SolarCity, and Tesla Motor. Wilson trapped Musk in the back of his van so he could...
View ArticleJaque Fresco’s Plan for Engineering a New Civilization
Our value system, and ultimately existence, has reached a critical threshold. Can we continue as humans to suffer from the global inequality that stems from a materialistic and competitive society?...
View ArticleNASA’s 2014 Budget May Include Asteroid Retrieval Mission in 2025
Forget traveling directly to the asteroid- that’s too expensive. Today, NASA Chief Charles Bolden proposed a plan for an asteroid “lasso” mission that will bring a 500-ton rock to low-earth orbit for...
View ArticleScience and Ice Cream: Smitten Ice Cream’s Liquid Nitrogen Machine
Nitrogen is an abundant gas fundamental to life and the universe. At a low enough temperature, like -321F (-195C), it becomes a liquid that can freeze ice cream ingredients in only a minute. Smitten...
View ArticleBuilding a Life-Size, Wifi Equipped Statue of Tesla in Silicon Valley
Nikola Tesla, the world’s most visionary and altruistic electrical engineer, deserves exposure to the entire world. Unfortunately, progress can only happen in small steps. One of the steps to...
View ArticleHow Focused Design Can Actually Solve Human Problems: Housing
Director of Healthabitat and architect Paul Pholeros and his team was assigned a simple mission: Stop people from getting sick in south Australia. While it “may sound simple,” Pholeros stresses the...
View ArticleNew ‘Penetrator’ Space Probe Hopes to Find Life Inside Europa
Scientists are predicting the existence of a mysterious ocean beneath the surface of Jupiter’s icy moon Europa. And if there’s one thing that we’ve learned about the presence of water, it’s that...
View ArticleTED Founder Richard Wurman Explains Information, Questions, and Innovation
Richard Wurman, an author, architect, and founder of the TED conference says there is no information explosion. His justification? There is actually a non-information explosion happening! We’re being...
View ArticleObservations and Questions about Life-Logging
As humans, we can probably all agree that life is a precious- and hard to remember- experience. Luckily, the rapid development of technology has made possible the opportunity to observe our entire...
View ArticleReviving Nikola Tesla’s Wardenclyffe Tower – Global Energy Transmission
In 1917, what could have been one of the greatest inventions in history was demolished for scrap metal. This was Nikola Tesla’s Wardenclyffe Tower, with which he was planning to transmit energy...
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