WPR RECORDING SESSION: Matvei Yankevelich

source: Harvard University     2016年5月20日
Matvei Yankelevich reads the entirety of his new collection of poems Some Worlds for Dr. Vogt (Black Square Editions, 2015), a compelling, patiently accruing, centripetal, world/werld/whirled-making compound. A Q&A session with Yankelevich follows the event.
For additional information, visit hcl.harvard.edu/poetryroom.
Date: April 28, 2016, at the Woodberry Poetry Room, Harvard University.

Can you solve the passcode riddle? - Ganesh Pai

source: TED-Ed      2016年7月7日
View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/can-you-sol...
In a dystopian world, your resistance group is humanity’s last hope. Unfortunately, you’ve all been captured by the tyrannical rulers and brought to the ancient coliseum for their deadly entertainment. Will you be able to solve the passcode riddle and get everyone out safely? Ganesh Pai shows how.
Lesson by Ganesh Pai, animation by Jun Zee Myers.

Shenzhen: The Silicon Valley of Hardware (Part 1) | Future Cities | WIRED

source: WIRED UK     2016年6月7日
The first documentary in our Future Cities strand takes us inside the bustling Chinese city of Shenzhen. Subscribe to WIRED►► http://po.st/SubscribeWired
In this first episode we take a glimpse into Huaqiangbei, the city's vast market district, and talk Moore’s Law and its impact on software vs hardware development before visiting HAX, the only hardware accelerator of its kind in the world. We also begin to explore the origins of this unique and vibrant city, and how it continues to be shaped. Episode two is out next Tuesday 14th June. Subscribe to the WIRED YouTube channel to not miss an episode.
Future Cities is part of a new flagship documentary strand from WIRED Video that explores the technologies, trends and ideas that are changing our world.

RoboBees use static electricity to stick on walls

source: Harvard University      2016年5月19日
The RoboBee, pioneered at the Harvard Microrobotics Lab, uses an electrode patch and a foam mount that absorbs shock to stick to ceilings and overhangs. The robot takes off and flies normally. When the electrode patch is supplied with a charge, it can stick to almost any surface, from glass to wood to a leaf. To detach, the power supply is simply switched off.

Designing Our Futures | Richard Clarke | RSA Replay

source: The RSA     2016年6月20日
Designing Our Futures with Richard Clarke, Global VP of Advanced Innovation at Nike. Richard Clarke shares his journey from SDA award winner to global head of advanced innovation at Nike, and explores the power of design in problem solving and shaping the future.
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A Question of Law and Wealth

source: London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) 2016年3月4日
Date: Wednesday 2 March 2016
Time: 6.30-8pm
Venue: Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House
Speakers: Professor Jonathan Fisher, Dr Eva Micheler, Professor Niamh Moloney, Dr Joseph Spooner
Chair: Dr Emmanuel Melissaris

The law plays a crucial part in the creation, proliferation, and distribution of wealth. Through private law institutions such as contract and property, but also through the criminal law (consider the numerous offences pertaining to wealth, such theft, fraud, money laundering) the law creates and regulates the categories making possible the exclusive relations between us and the world. In doing so the law also, at least indirectly, shapes social relations.
Questions of wealth creation and distribution have become particularly urgent since the beginning of the ongoing financial crisis. This also puts to the question the way in which law regulates wealth. Are corporations and financial markets sufficiently regulated? Is it even possible to regulate them by law? What protection does the law offer to the worse-off and especially those who financially depend on creditors? What role can the criminal law play in hindering aggressive corporate conduct especially in conditions of globalisation?
LSE Law academics conduct cutting edge research on such questions. At this event, four of our experts will share and discuss their work with the audience and offer answers to such pressing questions and offer their insights as to how the law can be employed fairly and effectively to regulate wealth.
Jonathan Fisher (@JFisherQC) is a Visiting Professor in Practice at LSE.
Eva Micheler is Associate Professor in Law at LSE.
Niamh Moloney is Professor of Law at LSE.
Joseph Spooner (@jtspooner) is Assistant Professor of Insolvency Law at LSE.
Emmanuel Melissaris (@EMelissaris) is Associate Professor of Law at LSE.
LSE Law (@lselaw) is an integral part of the School's mission, plays a major role in policy debates & in the education of lawyers and law teachers from around the world.

Vineet Sahu: Humanities and Social Sciences - Ethics (IIT Kanpur)

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source: nptelhrd     2016年2月9日
Ethics by Prof. Vineet Sahu, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Kanpur. For more details on NPTEL visit http://nptel.ac.in

Lec-01 Introduction to Ethics - ‘Crito’ A Socratic dialogue 31:51
Lec-02 Introduction to Ethics -An assessment of Ethical relativism 17:36
Lec-03 Consequentialism -Introduction 34:28
Lec-04 Consequentialism ­ Rule & Act 17:29
Lec-05 Hedonism 29:59
Lec-06 Utilitarianism 1:01:43
Lec-07 Deontological theories ­ Introduction 31:10
Lec-08 Deontological theories ­ Immanuel Kant 38:14
Lec-09 Ethical Rules (with reference to W D Ross) 16:38
Lec-10 Situation Ethics 45:11
Lec-11 Virtue Ethics 47:54
Lec-12 Metaethical Theories 45:08
Lec-13 Ethical Relativism: A discussion on Universal Declaration of Human Rights 41:12
Lec-14 Ethical Naturalism 34:51
Lec-15 Ethical Naturalism contd 47:17
Lec-16 Ethical Naturalism-Emotivism 25:44
Lec-17a Ethical Non­naturalism 43:22
Lec-17b Ethical Non­naturalism-II 44:25
Lec-18 Non­cognitive or Nondescriptivist Theories(Intuitionism) 22:22
Lec-19 Non­cognitive or Nondescriptivist Theories-Intuitionism Nihilism 41:41
Lec-20 Why be Moral? 32:37
Lec-21 Ethics in the Indian tradition 16:52
Lec-22 Theory of Karma ­ Part 1 23:42
Lec-23 Theory of Karma ­ Part 2 32:15
Lec-24 Nishkama Karma ­ Part 1 24:22
Lec-25 Nishkama Karma ­ Part 2 27:41
Lec-26 Gandhian Ethics ­ Part 1 29:09
Lec-27 Gandhian Ethics ­ Part 2 35:33
Lec-28 Gandhian Ethics ­ Part 3 (Satyagraha) 39:05
Lec-29 Purusharthas 24:49
Lec-30 Buddhist Ethics ­ Part 1 35:36
Lec-31 Buddhist Ethics ­ Part 2-Jaina Ethics 33:56
Lec-32 Some ethical issues (Applied Ethics) ‘Famine Affluence and Morality’ Part- I 53:49
Lec-33 Some ethical issues (Applied Ethics) ‘Famine Affluence and Morality’ Part- II 1:05:37
Lec-34 Discussing Thomas Pogge’s ‘Real World Justice’ Part 1 57:38
Lec-35 Discussing Thomas Pogge’s ‘Real World Justice’ Part 2 47:59
Lec-36 Discussing Thomas Pogge’s ‘Real World Justice’ Part 3 23:57
Lec-37 Sexuality: Ethical Perspectives ­ Part 1 52:57
Lec-38 Sexuality: Ethical Perspectives ­ Part 2 56:48

Computer Science - Virtual Reality by Steven LaValle

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source: nptelhrd    2016年1月24日
Virtual Reality by Prof Steven LaValle, Visiting Professor, IITM, UIUC. For more details on NPTEL visit http://nptel.ac.in

Lec-01 Course mechanics 6:08
Lec-02 Goals and VR definitions 25:20
Lec-03 Historical perspective 15:18
Lec-04 Bird's-eye view-General 17:40
Lec-05 general, Cont'd 17:32
Lec-06 Hardware 18:38
Lec-07 Software 13:29
Lec-08 Sensation and Perception 27:23
Lec-09 Geometric modeling 20:05
Lec-10 Transforming models 10:19
Lec-11 Matrix Algebra and 2D Rotations 20:00
Lec-12 3D Rotations and Yaw, Pitch, and Roll 11:35
Lec-13 3D Rotations and Yaw, Pitch, and Roll, cont'd 11:06
Lec-14 Axis-angle Representations 8:33
Lec-15 Quaternions 28:07
Lec-16 Converting and Multiplying Rotations 7:04
Lec-17 Converting and Multiplying Rotations, Cont'd 12:36
Lec-18 Homogeneous Transforms 14:08
Lec-19 The chain of viewing transforms 28:41
Lec-20 Eye transforms 17:48
Lec-21 Eye transforms, cont'd 7:07
Lec-22 Canonical view transform 31:17
Lec-23 Viewport transform 7:03
Lec-24 Viewport Transform, cont'd 2:15
Lec-25 Three Interpretations of Light 10:44
Lec-26 Refraction 15:23
Lec-27 Simple lenses 17:06
Lec-28 Diopters 14:53
Lec-29 Imaging properties of lenses 9:58
Lec-30 Lens aberrations 32:57
Lec-31 Optical system of eyes 14:56
Lec-32 Photoreceptors 16:59
Lec-33 Sufficient resolution for VR 12:07
Lec-34 Light intensity 10:42
Lec-35 Eye movements 17:23
Lec-36 Eye movements, cont'd 13:47
Lec-37 Eye movement issues for VR 15:54
Lec-38 Neuroscience of vision 17:55
Lec-39 Depth perception 17:40
Lec-40 Depth perception, cont'd 7:24
Lec-41 Motion perception 38:20
Lec-42 Frame rates and displays 17:45
Lec-43 Frame rates and displays, cont'd 22:42
Lec-44 Overview 8:30
Lec-45 Orientation Tracking 29:46
Lec-46 Tilt drift correction 27:21
Lec-47 Yaw drift correction 8:47
Lec-48 Tracking with a camera 25:22
Lec-49 Perspective n-point problem 16:29
Lec-50 Filtering 10:06
Lec-51 Lighthouse approach 21:57
Lec-52 Overview 8:25
Lec-53 Overview, Cont'd 8:05
Lec-54 Shading models 30:08
Lec-55 Rasterization 25:08
Lec-56 Pixel shading 17:52
Lec-57 VR-specific problems 26:15
Lec-58 Distortion shading 8:41
Lec-59 Post-Rendering Image Warp 18:32
Lec-60 Physics and Physiology 22:04
Lec-61 Auditory perception 13:35
Lec-62 Auditory localization 25:59
Lec-63 Rendering 13:48
Lec-64 Spatialization and display 22:17
Lec-65 Combining other senses 9:00
Lec-66 Overview 9:40
Lec-67 Locomotion 35:55
Lec-68 Manipulation 20:06
Lec-69 System control 9:21
Lec-70 Social interaction 30:26
Lec-71 Evaluation of VR Systems 25:26

Analytical Technologies in Biotechnology (2013) by Ashwani K Sharma (IIT Roorkee)

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source: nptelhrd     2013年11月14日
Analytical Technologies in Biotechnology by Dr. Ashwani K Sharma, Department of Biotechnology, IIT Roorkee. For more details on NPTEL visit http://nptel.iitm.ac.in

Lec-01 Basic concepts in microscopy 1 48:17
Lec-02 Basic concepts in microscopy 2 43:23
Lec-03 Dark-field and phase contrast microscopy 45:49
Lec-04 Differential interference contrast and polarization 44:00
Lec-05 Fluorescence and confocal microscopy 41:07
Lec-06 Transmission electron microscopy 46:27
Lec-07 Transmission electron microscopy cont. and scanning electron microscopy 43:31
Lec-01 Basic concepts 1 43:05
Lec-02 Basic concepts 2 41:47
Lec-03 GM counting and Scintillation counting 47:09
Lec-04 Scintillation counting continued 39:54
Lec-05 Autoradiography and RIA 54:19
Lec-06 Safety aspects and applications 49:45
Lec-01 Introduction and Basic concepts in chromatography 1 42:21
Lec-02 Basic concepts in chromatography 2 47:48
Lec-03 Low-pressure liquid chromatography (LPLC) and high performance liquid chromatography 52:48
Lec-04 Ion-exchange chromatography 48:39
Lec-05 Gel-filtration chromatography 48:57
Lec-06 Affinity chromatography 41:05
Lec-07 Gas-liquid chromatography 50:43
Lec-01 Basic concepts in electrophoresis 47:25
Lec-02 Horizontal and vertical gel electrophoresis 46:03
Lec-03 Native gel electrophoresis and SDS-PAGE 47:52
Lec-04 Isoelectric focusing (IEF), 2-D gel electrophoresis and protein detection methods 52:50
Lec-05 Electrophoresis of nucleic acids 50:41
Lec-06 Immunoelectrophoresis and capillary electrophoresis 54:08
Lec-01 Introduction and basic concepts 1 46:17
Lec-02 Basic concepts-2 48:17
Lec-03 Types of centrifuges and analytical ultracentrifugation method 55:03
Lec-04 Separation methods in preparative ultracentrifuges 51:14
Lec-05 Types of rotors 48:16
Lec-06 Types of rotors cont. and care of rotors 47:58
Lec-01 Introduction and basic concepts 50:57
Lec-02 UV-Visible spectroscopy 49:58
Lec-03 Infrared and fluorescence spectroscopy 54:43
Lec-04 Circular dichroism (CD) spectroscopy 46:55
Lec-05 Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy and X-ray crystallography 1:04:26
Lec-06 Atomic spectroscopy and mass spectrometry 51:22
Lec-01 Polymerase chain reaction(PCR) 52:20
Lec-02 DNA sequencing methods 1:00:45
Lec-03 Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) 44:13

Introduction to Computational Fluid Dynamics (IIT Madras) by M. Ramakrishna

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source: nptelhrd      2015年3月30日
Aerospace - Introduction to CFD by Prof M. Ramakrishna, Department of Aerospace Engineering, IIT Madras. For more details on NPTEL visit http://nptel.ac.in

Lec-01 Introduction, Why and how we need computers 47:54
Lec-02 Representing Arrays and functions on computers 40:51
Lec-03 Representing functions - Box functions 47:45
Lec-04 Representing functions - Polynomials & Hat functions 53:34
Lec-05 Hat functions, Quadratic & Cubic representations 50:27
Lec-06 Demo - Hat functions, Aliasing 50:58
Lec-07 Representing Derivatives - finite differences 50:44
Lec-08 Finite differences, Laplace equation 49:32
Lec-09 Laplace equation - Jacobi iterations 50:12
Lec-10 Laplace equation - Iteration matrices 51:18
Lec-11 Laplace equation - convergence rate 33:01
Lec-12 Laplace equation - convergence rate Continued 30:23
Lec-13 Demo - representation error, Laplace equation 50:57
Lec-14 Demo - Laplace equation, SOR 50:56
Lec-15 Laplace equation - final, Linear Wave equation 51:24
Lec-16 Linear wave equation - Closed form & numerical solution, stability analysis 50:46
Lec-17 Generating a stable scheme & Boundary conditions 51:34
Lec-18 Modified equation 51:11
Lec-19 Effect of higher derivative terms on Wave equation 51:34
Lec-20 Artificial dissipation, upwinding, generating schemes 51:48
Lec-21 Demo - Modified equation, Wave equation 51:06
Lec-22 Demo - Wave equation / Heat Equation 50:03
Lec-23 Quasi-linear One-Dimensional. wave equation 31:32
Lec-24 Shock speed, stability analysis, Derive Governing equations 51:50
Lec-25 One-Dimensional Euler equations - Attempts to decouple 51:06
Lec-26 Derive Eigenvectors, Writing Programs 52:14
Lec-27 Applying Boundary conditions 50:53
Lec-28 Implicit Boundary conditions 51:12
Lec-29 Flux Vector Splitting, setup Roe’s averaging 51:13
Lec-30 Roe’s averaging 51:59
Lec-31 Demo - One Dimensional flow 51:34
Lec-32 Accelerating convergence - Preconditioning, dual time stepping 52:41
Lec-33 Accelerating convergence, Intro to Multigrid method 53:33
Lec-34 Multigrid method 53:31
Lec-35 Multigrid method - final, Parallel Computing 52:16
Lec-36 Calculus of Variations - Three Lemmas and a Theorem 52:37
Lec-37 Calculus of Variations - Application to Laplace Equation 50:56
Lec-38 Calculus of Variations -final & Random Walk 52:39
Lec-39 Overview and Recap of the course 53:47

Christina Seid: Owner of Chinatown Ice Cream Factory (CICF) | Talks at G...

source: Talks at Google     2016年6月17日
Christina Seid, co-owner of the Chinatown Ice Cream Factory, comes to Google to share her story and the story of the original Chinatown Ice Cream Factory.
Christina is best known as the owner of Chinatown Ice Cream Factory (CICF), a New York City dessert shop dubbed a “NYC landmark” that has received critical acclaim from Gourmet Magazine, Food Network, Timeout, The New York Times, Zagat, Louis Vuitton and many more. Christina is actively involved in nonprofit and community advocacy groups, such as the Greater Chinatown Community Association’s Young Adult Leadership Team, the Advisory Board of the Chinatown Youth Initiatives and Young Professionals for Asian Women in Business.

Mark Binelli: "Screamin' Jay Hawkin's All-Time Greatest Hits" | Talks at...

source: Talks at Google    2016年6月8日
The R&B wildman Screamin' Jay Hawkins only had a single hit, the classic "I Put a Spell On You," and was often written off as a novelty act -- or worse, an offense to his race -- but his myth-making was legendary. Mark Binelli embraces the man and legend to create a fantastical portrait of this unlikeliest of protagonists. At Rolling Stone, Binelli has profiled some of the greatest musicians of our time, and this novel plays with the focus on "authenticity" in much music writing about African-Americans. Binelli is the author of Detroit City Is the Place to Be and Sacco and Vanzetti Must Die! as well as contributing editor at Rolling Stone and Men's Journal.
This talk was hosted by Boris Debic.
eBook: https://play.google.com/store/books/d...

Joshua Hammer: "The Bad-ass Librarians of Timbuktu" | Talks at Google

source: Talks at Google 2016年5月18日
Authored by Joshua Hammer, one of today’s most seasoned journalists, THE BAD-ASS LIBRARIANS introduces readers to Abdel Kader Haidara, a mild-mannered historian and librarian from Timbuktu who morphed into one of the world’s greatest smugglers and pulled off a brazen heist worthy of Ocean’s Eleven. A true story, this “vivid, fast-paced narrative” (Kirkus Reviews) is a tale of triumph and positivity that takes place in the Islamic world—something that has sadly been missing in recent months, and arguably recent years. A recent review from Publishers Weekly sums the book up beautifully: “Hammer does a service to Haidara and the Islamic faith by providing the illuminating history of these manuscripts, managing to weave the complicated threads of this recent segment of history into a thrilling story.”

Haidara’s story begins in the 1980s when, as a young adventurer and collector for a government library, he journeyed across the Sahara Desert and along the Niger River to track down and salvage thousands of ancient Islamic manuscripts that had fallen into obscurity. Through his efforts, the city acquired 350,000 precious volumes, many written during the Golden Age of Timbuktu in the 1500s. Tragically, his efforts nearly unraveled when Al Qaeda militants seized control of Timbuktu and most of Mali in 2012. As the militants tightened their control, Haidara organized a clandestine and dangerous operation to sneak all 350,000 volumes out of Timbuktu, by road and by river, to the safety of southern Mali. THE BAD-ASS LIBRARIANS recounts Haidara’s heroic and ultimately successful effort to outwit Al Qaeda and preserve Mali’s literary patrimony.

Today, the manuscripts are held in a dozen specially-prepared safe houses in Mali’s capital of Bamako, which were set up by Haidara with funding from several European countries, including Switzerland and Germany. Now that they’re safe, Haidara’s focus is digitizing and cataloging them, and fundraising for their eventual return to Timbuktu.

Thwarting Killer Mosquitoes: The State-of-the-Art Fight Against Malaria and West Nile Virus 711

source: Harvard University     2013年5月15日
While many mosquitoes are little more than nuisance insects, some species are capable of transmitting deadly illnesses to humans.
According to the CDC, 2012 was the worst year for West Nile virus. Malaria -- long-battled -- continues to defy eradication, despite renewed efforts to control and eliminate the disease. This Forum event focused on the fight against these deadly illnesses, emphasizing the latest technologies in mosquito control, challenges in drug resistance, and critical need to sustain efforts -- even after incidence declines. This event also explored controversies surrounding genetically modified mosquitoes, pesticides, cross-border control, and counterfeit antimalarial drugs.
Part of the Andelot Series on Current Science Controversies, this event was presented May 1, 2013 in collaboration with GlobalPost.
Watch the entire series from The Forum at Harvard School of Public Health at www.ForumHSPH.org.

Noam Chomsky: On Power and Ideology | The New School

source: The New School     2015年9月21日
Presented by Haymarket Books and the Schools of Public Engagement (http://www.newschool.edu/public-engag...) at The New School (http://www.newschool.edu), Noam Chomsky discusses the persistent and largely invariant features of U.S. foreign policy — in the words of U.S. planners, "the overall framework of order” — and its intimate relationship with U.S. domestic policy.
MIT Institute Professor (emeritus) of linguistics and philosophy Noam Chomsky is widely regarded to be one of the foremost critics of U.S. foreign policy in the world. He has published numerous groundbreaking books, articles, and essays on global politics, history, and linguistics. His recent books include The New York Times bestsellers Hegemony or Survival and Failed States, as well as Hopes and Prospects and Masters of Mankind. Haymarket Books is currently reissuing twelve of his classic books in new editions.
Location: John L. Tishman Auditorium, University Center
Saturday, September 19, 2015 at 7:00 pm