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Platforms for Resilience Driver

Platforms for Resilience

Creating flexibility and innovation amid system failures System shocks and disruptions in the arenas of energy, finance, climate, and health care are key forces of destabilization in this century. Institutional strategies that focus on resisting disruption […]   Platforms for Resilience »

Community Intelligence Cartographer LearningAgent

Community Intelligence Cartographer

Community intelligence cartographers will tap the collective intelligence of their local communities. They will leverage social networking strategies to develop swarms and smart mobs in order to identify emerging learning opportunities in the community […]   Community Intelligence Cartographer »

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Social Network Theory Put to the Test

University of Pennsylvania Computer Scientists from Technology News. In 1969, when psychologists Jeffery Travers and Stanley Milgram first explained that everyone was separated by only six connections from anyone else. Now, computer scientists at the […]   Social Network Theory Put to the Test »

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UCLA Alumni Explore Cultures and Gain New Perscpectives From Tours

UCLA alumni understand that a commitment to lifelong learning encompasses many diverse experiences. From international travel to personal fitness, the UCLA Alumni Association has helped alumni explore travel and recreational interests since 1941.   UCLA Alumni Explore Cultures and Gain New Perscpectives From Tours »

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3 Physicists Won Nobel Prize

A Japanese-American and 2 Japanese physicists won the 2008 Nobel Prize in Physics for discovering tiny breaks in the symmetry of nature's fundamental particles that help explain rules governing the universe. Yoichiro Nambu, of the Enrico Fermi Institute […]   3 Physicists Won Nobel Prize »

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Computer and Electrical Issues Slow Thousands of C

A series of unrelated computer and power problems recently delayed thousands of riders on Virginia and Maryland commuter trains and Metro's Orange Line to Vienna. The problems have been resolved, but passengers criticized the transit agency for not giving […]   Computer and Electrical Issues Slow Thousands of C »

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Physics Nobel Prize of 2007

In 1988, France's Albert Fert and Germany’s Peter Gruenberg discovered a physical effect that led to sensitive tools for reading information stored on hard disks. Their discovery lets the electronics industry use smaller disks. In the phenomenon, called […]   Physics Nobel Prize of 2007 »

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Ohio Grant Worth $8 Million for Liquid Crystal Res

The state's Third Frontier research and development project and Ohio Research Scholars Program (ORSP) gave $8 million for the Research Cluster on Surfaces in Advanced Materials, a collaboration between Northeastern Ohio liquid crystal research companies […]   Ohio Grant Worth $8 Million for Liquid Crystal Res »

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Diane Demee-Benoit notes how we are moving from economies of scales to economies of groups

Diane, previously with the George Lucas Foundation, notes how open-source programs and products are changing the economy, and by engaging the collective wisdom of others we have the opportunity to create new services for others.    Diane Demee-Benoit notes how we are moving from economies of scales to economies of groups »

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Jane McGonigal speaks on the skills students are learning from games

Jane McGonigal, Director of Game Research and Development at Institute for the Future, talks about the differences in the increased level of engagement and optimism students have with games over the classroom.    Jane McGonigal speaks on the skills students are learning from games »

 

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