Wonderscape
Benjamin Franklin: A Founding Father's Influence and Legacy
This video revisits the life and accomplishments of Benjamin Franklin, highlighting his early beginnings, values, and significant contributions as a writer, printer, inventor, and Founding Father. It contrasts Franklin's influence with...
Financial Times
Rise of food waste technology
FT Food Revolution - New technology and AI are helping tackle the mounting problem of food waste. Start-ups that allow supermarkets to shift their pricing based on the freshness of food, digital 'twins' that help producers to monitor...
Financial Times
Can high-tech urban farming reduce Singapore's reliance on imports?
FT Food Revolution - The so-called 'economic miracle' that transformed Singapore into a prosperous city-state saw most of its arable land redeveloped. With less than 1 per cent left to grow crops, the government hopes advanced urban...
Financial Times
Are electric air taxis and commuter planes really getting closer?
FT Rethink - Last year investors poured around $5bn into companies seeking to get manned electric VTOLs - vertical take-off and landing craft - airborne. The technology is improving, but as the FT’s Charlotte Middlehurst reports, there...
Curated Video
The Great American Songbook
The Great American Songbook, a collection of jazz standards and show tunes created by talented songwriters in early 20th century New York, provided solace and joy during difficult times in U.S. history.
Curated Video
NASA: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, aka NASA, has been at the forefront of science, technology, and space exploration since 1958. Its work remains an inspiration to millions of people around the world.
Curated Video
Building the Erie Canal: Explained
The earliest major industrial project in the United States’ history, the Erie Canal connected East to West by water and enabled a new era of commerce, trade, and movement.
The Business Professor
Intrapreneur
What does it mean to be an Intrapreneur? Intrapreneurship is the act of behaving like an entrepreneur while working within a large organization.
The Business Professor
Innovation Management
What is Innovation Management? Innovation management is a combination of the management of innovation processes, and change management. It refers to product, business process, marketing and organizational innovation.
The Business Professor
Disruptive Innovation
What is Disruptive Innovation? disruptive innovation is innovation that creates a new market and value network or enters at the bottom of an existing market and eventually displaces established market-leading firms, products, and alliances.
The Business Professor
Diffusion of Innovations Theory
What is the Diffusion of Innovations Theory? Diffusion of innovations is a theory that seeks to explain how, why, and at what rate new ideas and technology spread. The theory was popularized by Everett Rogers in his book Diffusion of...
Curated Video
Tomorrow's Energy
Andrew Hoffman, Professor of Sustainable Enterprise at the University of Michigan, gives us a taste of how he thinks the world’s view on energy will change radically over the next 30 years.
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Jeremy Utley - Demystifying Innovation
Jeremy is the Director of Executive Education at the d.school, and an Adjunct Professor at Stanford’s School of Engineering, where he has earned multiple “favorite professor” distinctions from graduate programs. He holds a BBA with...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Bill Bass - Being Literate in a Digital Age
Bill Bass is an award winning educator and former English teacher who now serves as Innovation Coordinator for Instructional Technology, Information, Library Media and Federal Programs in the Parkway School District in St. Louis, MO. As...
Curated Video
Operation Paperclip
Operation Paperclip saw around 1,600 Nazi scientists recruited by US intelligence to aid American innovation. As a result, none were ever held accountable for their crimes.
Curated Video
The Untold Unbreakable Code
Native American Code Talkers used their own indigenous dialects to bamboozle enemy code breakers and help Allied forces to win two World Wars.
Nature League
A World Without Mosquitoes?
On this episode of Nature League, Adrian asks Brit what would happen if all mosquitoes went extinct. Graphics by Tamar Ziri; Original intro and branding by Matt Gaydos and Maia Ledesma. Special help from Felix and Jane
Economics Explained
The Tragic Reality of Brain Drain on Poor Countries
The phenomenon of brain drain is when the best and brightest workers from poor countries immigrate to rich countries in the pursuit of higher pay and living conditions. This can hinder the development of poor countries because many of...
Vlogbrothers
Are Textbooks Obsolete?
In which John discusses the astonishing cost of textbooks, and why they continue to be so ubiquitous despite an explosion of free educational resources.
Curated Video
The uncertainity factor in leadership
This video discusses the uncertainty factor in leadership and how leaders are individuals who face their uncertainties head-on, while others fail to do so. It explores the concept of uncertainty in leadership and the pressure that comes...
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Roundtable on Federal Government Engagement in Standards
Recorded Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2011, at the Hoover Building in Washington, D.C. The U.S. Department of Commerce and NIST hosted a moderated panel discussion about what role the government should play in standards development and use and how...
Healthcare Triage
Innovation in a Changing US Health System
The US healthcare system has a lot of issues, but one thing it's got going for it is innovation. More clinical trials originate in the United States, and more Nobel Physiology and Medicine Laureates are from here than from any other...
Mediacorp
The Harmony of Religions and Cultures in Malaysia
This video investigates the integration of Buddhism into Malaysian culture and the success of having religious harmony. The Heart of ASEAN: episode 4, part 4/11
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Shaping the Future of Cybersecurity Education
Governor of Maryland, Martin O'Malley, addressed cybersecurity participants from academia, Industry, and government as the closing keynote speaker for the first day of a workshop hosted by the National Initiative on Cyber Education...