TED Talks
Christopher Soghoian: Government surveillance — this is just the beginning
Privacy researcher Christopher Soghoian sees the landscape of government surveillance shifting beneath our feet, as an industry grows to support monitoring programs. Through private companies, he says, governments are buying technology...
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Cloud Computer Forum - Remarks of Patrick Gallagher, Director, NIST
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) sponsored the Cloud Computing Forum and Workshop II November 4-5, 2010 to update government and industry stakeholders on developing cloud computing standards. NIST Director...
TED Talks
TED: How to govern AI — even if it's hard to predict | Helen Toner
No one truly understands AI, not even experts, says Helen Toner, an AI policy researcher and former board member of OpenAI. But that doesn't mean we can't govern it. She shows how we can make smart policies to regulate this technology...
TED Talks
TED: The urgent risks of runaway AI -- and what to do about them | Gary Marcus
Will truth and reason survive the evolution of artificial intelligence? AI researcher Gary Marcus says no, not if untrustworthy technology continues to be integrated into our lives at such dangerously high speeds. He advocates for an...
Curated Video
Transforming Education: The Hole in the Wall Project Empowering Indian Children
The Hole in the Wall Project is a unique IT experiment that has brought computer literacy to over 40,000 Indian children in just five years. By setting up computers in public places, children in urban and remote areas have been able to...
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Keynote Remarks of Vivek Kundra - U.S. Chief Information Officer
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) sponsored the Cloud Computing Forum and Workship II November 4-5, 2010 to update government and industry stakeholders on developing cloud standards. Federal CIO Vivek Kundra...
Science360
Engineering researchers help Tucson plan for drier days ahead - Science Nation
With water resources dwindling as the population continues to rise, many communities in the desert southwest are proactively seeking to make the tough choices now, so they can avoid more drastic measures in the future. The communities...
The Wall Street Journal
AI and Image Recognition
Deep learning and computer imaging are opening a range of applications for business and society - from facial and gesture recognition to medical image analysis and autonomous driving. What's the best use of this new technology?
Curated Video
UX Design for Web Developers (Video 25)
User experience (UX) design is a theoretical understanding of how users interact with websites. The major challenge developers building a company website face is finding the right balance that fulfills the objectives of the company as...
Curated Video
Technological Change: Invention, Innovation, and Market Incentives
The video is a lecture about the topic of technological change, specifically focusing on the difference between invention and innovation and how they relate to firms and markets. The lecturer discusses the positive effects of...
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Did You Know? The History of the Internet
Discover how the Internet grew to connect billions of people worldwide.
The Royal Institution
How Can AI Help Humanity? - with Nick Jennings
From Netflix to driverless cars, we are entering a world increasingly impacted by artificial intelligence. Nick Jennings investigates how it can be used to aid humanity. Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe...
Science360
Engineering the spark that starts wildfires
Hot metal fragments can be created from power lines, overheated brakes, railway tracks, or any other manner of metal-on-metal action in our industrialized society. The particles can reach more than 5,000 degrees Fahrenheit, around the...
The Royal Institution
Q&A - How Can AI Help Humanity? - with Nick Jennings
Will businesses be driving the evolution of AI? Will AI at one point be self-deterministic? Will Chief Information Officers have a role in safeguarding human jobs? Nick Jennings answers audience questions following his discourse....
Curated Video
Two Vortex Rings Colliding in SLOW MOTION - Smarter Every Day 195
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Reading Through History
Albert Sydney Johnston in Command: Army of Tennessee
Sorry, but due to serious computer errors, malfunctions, and a middle of the night Microsoft restart (long story), the only version of this video that I escaped with is in 480P. Get The Ashes of Our Fathers here:...
Science360
DESIGNING OUR FUTURE: A PANEL DISCUSSION ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
DESIGNING OUR FUTURE: A PANEL DISCUSSION ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is transforming the modern world, presenting both challenges and opportunities. Three leading AI experts weigh in on the current state of...
SciShow
Great Minds: Alan Turing
Alan Turing helped defeat the Nazis and conceptualized the first computers, yet he was arrested for gross indecency because he was homosexual. The video explains the math genius and how his many talents were used to help society. It also...
C-SPAN
Bell Ringer: The Power of the Supreme Court to Check the President
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer is considered to be one of the Supreme Court's landmark cases because it demonstrated the checks and balances inherent in the three branches of the United States government. A short video sets...
Other
Educational Cyberground: Trends in Computing
Are you looking for some random facts, survey results and quotes about technology in the future? Then you have come to the right place. This site contains links to many surveys with predictions about the future of technology