Everything old is new again…
Having heard about the raw food movement, I went to learn about and sample it. Better than expected.
Solar Flare- The Energy Bar for Nerds
A couple of teenage sisters have developed a new energy bar that feeds the brain as well as the body. Their award winning product has already been flown into space – they have a patent pending.
Hollywood, Health and Society (HHS)- PT. 1: Turning TV and films into tools for change
The best session I attended at World Future Society was called “Conscious Evolution”. The overall theme was leveraging the arts and broadcast media to create positive change in society. Who knew? One of the panelists was Sandra de Castro Buffington, Director of Hollywood Health & Society program at the USC Annenberg Norman Lear Center. A Read the full article…
Yesterday the world lost a magnificent innovator
Yesterday, the world lost Dr. Baruch Blumberg, a lifelong learner, explorer and innovator. Best noted for his winning the Nobel Prize for development of the Hepatitis B vaccine, he had also co-created the field of Astrobiology and actively supported space exploration for its contributions to improving life on earth. Humble, warm and caring- he will be missed by many.
Mad About the Gender Gap? Don’t Lay It All on Nature.
Are there any differences between male and female brains? Yes. Male superiority in math is not one of them.
What’s a great country like the US doing with an education system like this?
The US education system is struggling to do its job and because of the financial meltdown of the last few years, education programs at all levels are experiencing more funding cuts. What does this mean for our ability to be an innovation leader in the future?
Are men and women of two different minds?
Are the brain structures of men and women the same or different? Does it matter? Here are my thoughts…. what are yours?
Think 3D movies are great? Try 3D printing!
Did you know that Boeing actually produces about 30 parts of the Dreamliner 787 using 3D printing? Have you even heard of 3D printing before?
What I did in my “spare”(!) time…
The last several weeks I’ve been totally immersed in helping organize TEDxBayArea TEDWomen (designed to coincide with the first global TEDWomen event in Wash, DC). We had about 150 attendees plus an unknown number watching the livestream. Breaks were filled with energized conversations about all manner of topics. It was an exciting day. Like the Read the full article…
It’s not what you know but how the flow goes…
Earlier this month I attended a TED X program where I heard John Hagel talk about his new book, Power of Pull. A basic tenet of the book is that in a world where the rate of change is forever accelerating, companies have to be willing to accept that they won’t always be able to Read the full article…