“MIT World™ is a free and open site that provides on-demand video of significant public events at MIT. MIT World’s video index contains more than 500 videos.” Here is the subject video of the panel discussion moderated by Pudmashree, CTO of Motorola. Enjoy listening when you want to have some easy time and casual learning [...]
Archive for February, 2008
At MITWorld; Emerging Technologies,The Innovator’s View
Posted in Management of Technology on February 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Technological Determinism Vs. Social Constructivism
Posted in Technology Policy on February 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
In simple terms , Technology shapes or determines a society’s culture, structure and history or a society’s culture, politics and socio-economic factors determine the paths for innovation and technology development.
Although these questions and theories mentioned in the subject are fundamental questions for students of S&T and its relationship to Society/Social Sciences but I feel these are [...]
Harvard Business Review: Where Will We Find Tomorrow’s Leaders?
Posted in Leadership on February 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Islam & Modern Science; Hossein Nasr to Muslims at MIT
Posted in Science in Islamic World on February 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Full Lecture here..Some excerpts follow
“Many people feel that that in fact there is no such thing as the Islamic problem of science…three main positions which exist in the Islamic world today as far as the relationship between Islam and modern science is concerned…I am sure many of you in this room, and especially at a [...]
“Faith under Fire”?
Posted in Uncategorized on February 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
One old and two new news items:
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=55884
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/01702bcc-d5b5-11dc-8b56-0000779fd2ac.html
http://edition. cnn.com/video/ #/video/world/ 2008/02/07/ newton.screaming .minarets. cnn
Some thoughts on Systems and Chaos
Posted in Just fun!, Management of Technology on February 8, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Trying to understand the universe, nature, life and the nature of life we would everyday come across these two words! System and Chaos. System is something which has a predictable, repeatable (not always) behaviour. This can be analyzed part by part and each part may behave differently (but still be studied and noted). The function [...]
IBM Millipede Project; MEMS-based Terabit Memory
Posted in Futures, S&T Convergence and Fusion on February 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
One of the projects at IBM’s Zurich S&T Lab was IBM Millipede.Using this, data equivalent to about 25 DVDs (of today) can be stored in an area equal to a postage stamp. It is different from some other universities’ projects also called “Millipede” .
Watch on Youtube: how millipede works?. Successful Millipede prototype was showcased at 2005 [...]
Message from our Designers; Raelian Movement
Posted in Futures, Science and Technology on February 5, 2008 | 1 Comment »
According to Rael, he was contacted by extraterrestrials in 1973, whom he calls our designers. They claim that they have created the humans by injecting DNA into this universe. Rael was asked to establish thier embassy. Find more at … http://rael.org/
Dr. Michio Kaku; Physics of the Impossible (March 2008)
Posted in Futures, Science and Technology on February 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The subject book is set to be on sale on March 11, 2008.
Michio is a theoretical physicist and a renowned futurist arguing humankind is at a turning point in history. In this century, we are going to make the historic transition from the ‘Age of Discovery’ to the ‘Age of Mastery’, a period in which [...]
The Road not Travelled; World Bank Report on Education & Reforms-Feb 2008
Posted in Science in Islamic World on February 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
With 75% of the MENA population being illiterate and 60% of these being under 30 years of age pose serious unemployment challenges in the future. About 100 million jobs will jabe to be created. Asia is overall picking up and ahead of Europe in education reforms and results… Find out deatiled data and further in the subject report [...]
