2017-06-08

The University of Edinburgh (videos of May 2017)

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2:20 Art students make waves in Venice 15 students from five Scottish Art colleges are joining acclaimed artist Rachel Maclean – an Edinburgh College of Art (ECA) alumna – at the Venice Biennale as part of a Professional Development Pro...
1:15:10 Prof. Jeffrey Stout - Religion and the Politics of Explanation Professor Jeffrey Stout, Professor of Religion at Princeton University, delivers the Gifford Lecture entitled "Religion and the Politics of Explanation". It is the sixth lecture in the series 'Reli...
1:21:02 Prof. Jeffrey Stout - Slavishness, Democracy, and the Death of God Professor Jeffrey Stout, Professor of Religion at Princeton University, delivers the Gifford Lecture entitled "Slavishness, Democracy, and the Death of God". It is the fifth lecture in the series '...
2:07 Interview with Prof Jeffrey Stout - Gifford Lecture series 2017 Prof Jeffrey Stout, of Princeton University, says he's humbled to stand where his standard-setters stood at this year’s Gifford Lecture series.
During the series, he questions whether religion ha...
1:35:45 Prof. Jeffrey Stout - Abolitionism, Political Religion, and Secularism Professor Jeffrey Stout, Professor of Religion at Princeton University, delivers the Gifford Lecture entitled "Abolitionism, Political Religion, and Secularism". It is the fourth lecture in the ser...
1:29:56 Prof. Jeffrey Stout - Why Religion, Faith, and Freedom Proved Hard to Reconcile Professor Jeffrey Stout, Professor of Religion at Princeton University, delivers the Gifford Lecture entitled "Why Religion, Faith, and Freedom Proved Hard to Reconcile". It is the third lecture in...
1:22:49 Prof. Jeffrey Stout - Early Modern Critics of Tyranny and Oppression Professor Jeffrey Stout, Professor of Religion at Princeton University, delivers the Gifford Lecture entitled "Early Modern Critics of Tyranny and Oppression". It is the second lecture in the serie...
2:19 Artist Rachel Maclean meets students ahead of Venice Biennale A group of Edinburgh College of Art students and their peers from five other Scottish art colleges recently met the acclaimed artist Rachel Maclean as part of Scotland + Venice.
Next week will see ...
1:36:10 Prof. Jeffrey Stout - Religion since Cicero Professor Jeffrey Stout, Professor of Religion at Princeton University, delivers the Gifford Lecture entitled "Religion since Cicero". It is the first lecture in the series 'Religion Unbound: Ideal...

Singularity University (videos of April & May 2017)

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1:31:48 Muhammad Yunus at SingularityU New Zealand | Singularity University Subscribe: http://bit.ly/1Wq6gwm
Connect with Singularity University:
Website: http://su.org
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11:39 Raymond McCauley | Digital Biology | Singularity Hub Alison Berman of Singularity Hub interviews Raymond McCauley at Singularity University's Exponential Manufacturing Conference. Raymond McCauley is a scientist, engineer, and entrepreneur working at...
8:59 Playing with Social Robots | Singularity Hub Alison Berman of Singularity Hub interviews Matthew Ebisu at Singularity University's Exponential Manufacturing Conference. Matthew Ebisu is a robotics maker at the Singularity University iLab.
Su...
8:30 Warehouse Robots | Exponential Manufacturing | Singularity Hub Alison Berman of Singularity Hub interviews Bruce Welty at Singularity University's Exponential Manufacturing Conference.
From Bruce''s bio: Bruce has been a pioneer and visionary in automating w...
11:49 Collaborative Robots with Clara Vu from Veo | Singularity Hub Subscribe: http://bit.ly/1Wq6gwm
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19:27 The Future of Making Things | Autodesk's Erin Bradner | Singularity Hub Alison Berman interviews Erin Bradner at SU's Exponential Manufacturing Conference. Erin is a Distinguished Research Scientist and was on the founding team for generative design at Autodesk. Aut...
12:58 Bill McInnis | 3D Printing the Perfect Fit | Singularity Hub Alison Berman of Singularity Hub interviews Bill McInnis at Singularity University's Exponential Manufacturing Conference. McInnis, a former NASA engineer, is the Head of Reebok Future and Reebok...
15:07 Pablos Holman | Inventor and Hacker | Singularity Hub Pablos Holman talks to Singularity Hub's Alison Berman at this year's Exponential Manufacturing Conference in Boston. Pablos has worked on spaceships with Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, 3-D printers at Ma...
7:49 The Future of AR | John Werner from Meta | Singularity Hub John Werner interviewed by Alison Berman of Singularity Hub
John Werner was most recently the head of Innovation and New Ventures for the Camera Culture Group at the MIT Media Lab and is now the VP...
13:16 Inventing the Future | Megan Brewster | Singularity Hub Megan Brewster interviewed by Alison Berman of Singularity Hub. Alison has a PhD in Applied Materials from MIT and is a former Fellow and Senior Policy Advisor for Advanced Manufacturing
in the Wh...
10:41 Artificial Intelligence Today | Singularity Hub Neil Jacobstein, Chair of A.I. and Robotics, interviewed by Alison Berman of Singularity Hub, on the A.I. trends for 2017 and beyond
For more on conferences at SU, check out https://exponential.si...
12:02 The Future of Energy with Ramez Naam | Singularity Hub
Ramez Naam speaks about the future of abundant energy at Exponential Manufacturing 2017 in Boston. Ramaz Naam is a professional technologist and science fiction writer. He is best known as the aut...
9:32 How Today's Technology Is Catching up to Star Trek | Vivek Wadhwa | Singularity U Singularity Hub Interviews Vivek Wadhwa, Technologist, Entrepreneur and Co-Author of "The Driver in the Driverless Car." Read the article on Hub: http://suhub.co/2nUGu9X
From his bio: Vivek Wadhwa...

Harvard GSD (videos of May 2017)

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3:53 GSD Fellowship Reception 2017: Phil Harrison AB ’86, MArch ’93 The Harvard University Graduate School of Design (GSD) celebrated fellowships, financial aid, and the power of the GSD community during its second annual fellowship reception on Wednesday, April 12...
4:15 GSD Fellowship Reception 2017: Payette Financial Aid Fund The Harvard University Graduate School of Design (GSD) celebrated fellowships, financial aid, and the power of the GSD community during its second annual fellowship reception on Wednesday, April 12...
4:08 GSD Fellowship Reception 2017: Alex Timmer MArch ’16 The Harvard University Graduate School of Design (GSD) celebrated fellowships, financial aid, and the power of the GSD community during its second annual fellowship reception on Wednesday, April 12...
2:58 GSD Fellowship Reception 2017: Mohsen Mostafavi The Harvard University Graduate School of Design (GSD) celebrated fellowships, financial aid, and the power of the GSD community during its second annual fellowship reception on Wednesday, April 12...
1:56:42 Landscape Architecture in Latin America: Unpacking Theory, Practice, and Agency, Panel 2 Women in Design (WiD) and Latin GSD, in collaboration with the Department of Landscape Architecture, present “Landscape Architecture in Latin America: Unpacking Theory, Practice, and Agency.” This ...
2:31:42 Landscape Architecture in Latin America: Unpacking Theory, Practice, and Agency, Panel 1 Women in Design (WiD) and Latin GSD, in collaboration with the Department of Landscape Architecture, present “Landscape Architecture in Latin America: Unpacking Theory, Practice, and Agency.” This ...
1:04:46 Landscape Architecture in Latin America: Unpacking Theory, Practice, and Agency, Round Table Women in Design (WiD) and Latin GSD, in collaboration with the Department of Landscape Architecture, present “Landscape Architecture in Latin America: Unpacking Theory, Practice, and Agency.” This ...
1:50:57 After Dark: Nocturnal Landscapes and Public Spaces in the Arabian Peninsula, Panel III In the Arabian Peninsula, public spaces are often most used after darkness falls, and the temperature along with it. This symposium explores typologies of nocturnal landscapes common in the Arabian...
2:28:45 After Dark: Nocturnal Landscapes and Public Spaces in the Arabian Peninsula, Panel I In the Arabian Peninsula, public spaces are often most used after darkness falls, and the temperature along with it. This symposium explores typologies of nocturnal landscapes common in the Arabian...
1:58:35 After Dark: Nocturnal Landscapes and Public Spaces in the Arabian Peninsula, Panel IV In the Arabian Peninsula, public spaces are often most used after darkness falls, and the temperature along with it. This symposium explores typologies of nocturnal landscapes common in the Arabian...
2:22:47 After Dark: Nocturnal Landscapes and Public Spaces in the Arabian Peninsula, Panel II In the Arabian Peninsula, public spaces are often most used after darkness falls, and the temperature along with it. This symposium explores typologies of nocturnal landscapes common in the Arabian...
2:29:19 DDes 30th Anniversary Program, Into Practice: Innovation, Creativity and Design Entrepreneurship Since the founding of the DDes program, alumni have been cutting edge leaders in the academy, in industry, and in key government positions, leveraging design research as a mode of inquiry, thinking...
2:40:57 DDes 30th Anniversary Program, Academic Leadership: The Future of Design Research Since the founding of the DDes program, alumni have been cutting edge leaders in the academy, in industry, and in key government positions, leveraging design research as a mode of inquiry, thinking...
1:25:40 DDes 30th Anniversary Program, Government: Strategies, Tactics, and Design Since the founding of the DDes program, alumni have been cutting edge leaders in the academy, in industry, and in key government positions, leveraging design research as a mode of inquiry, thinking...
1:08:50 DDes 30th Anniversary Program, Keynote Lecture Since the founding of the DDes program, alumni have been cutting edge leaders in the academy, in industry, and in key government positions, leveraging design research as a mode of inquiry, thinking...

Gresham College (videos of May 2017)

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52:02 The Right Stuff: Information, Privacy and the Ethics of Disclosure - Dr Gwen Adshead Personal information is understood as the property of individuals, especially in the domain of health care and no information can be disclosed without permission of its 'owner'. This way of thinkin...
55:24 'All Must Have Prizes': Citizen Science and the Environment - Professor Carolyn Roberts Prior to the twentieth century, most environmental observations such as rainfall amounts and air temperatures were made by lay observers with interest and time on their hands. Later on, such measur...
52:39 Queen Elizabeth II - Professor Vernon Bogdanor FBA CBE The reign of Elizabeth II has been the longest in British history. https://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/queen-eliza...
It has coincided with the transformation of the mystical monarch...
40:38 What is Noise? Beauty and Taste in Twentieth Century Music - Dr Toby Young Since the premiere of John Cages infamous silent work 433, scholars have been fascinated by the question of what noise is, how it differs from music, and whether it can ever be beautiful. Drawing o...
45:30 The Poetry of Emily Dickinson: Metaphor and its Philosophical Mysteries - Professor Belinda Jack Metaphor has more to it than we may imagine.
https://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/the-poetry-...
The philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstei...
53:25 Is Matter Evil? Philip Pullman's Dark Materials Trilogy - Professor Alister McGrath One of the great theological debates in the early church arose from Gnosticism. https://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/is-matter-evil
It was movement in late antiquity which held that the m...
53:11 'Two Point One Children': Why There Is No Typical Family in the Family Court - Professor Jo Delahunt This lecture will explore vulnerable parties and children in the Family Court. https://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/two-point-o......
51:47 Making Software 'Correct by Construction' - Professor Martyn Thomas CBE Is it possible to build software so that you know that it is correct? How could this be done? Has anyone tried? What would it cost? https://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/making-soft......
54:26 The External Financing Position - Professor Jagjit Chadha For most of the period since we have had records, the UK has held a positive net international investment positions versus the rest of the world. But the UK is now a net debtor versus the rest of t...
52:53 The Gospel of Apartheid - Professor Alec Ryrie South Africas Dutch Reformed Church (DRC) and the Afrikaner people it served had, since the 17th century drawn a distinction between white Christians and the apparently unconvertible heathen people...
57:06 Energetic Mathematics - Professor Chris Budd The annual consumption of electricity in the UK is 300 TWh https://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/energetic-m...
It is supplied over a complex network starting, usually, with power b...
49:47 The Eradication of Infectious Diseases - Professor Christopher Whitty Eradicating an infectious disease for all time is one of the greatest gifts a generation can give to all subsequent ones. https://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/the-eradica......
1:10 The Offspring of Semi-Female Mimics in Ruffs - Professor Steve Jones A question from the lecture 'Cheats, Liars and Fornicators: The Hidden Face of Mother Nature' by Professor Steve Jones https://www.gresham.ac.uk/short/the-offspring-of-semi-fem......
49:19 King George VI - Professor Vernon Bogdanor George VI was the unexpected king. https://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/king-george-vi
As the second son of George V, he had no reason to believe, until less than a month before his acce...