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Does Privacy Matter? - G Craig Vachon @ TEDxSantaCruz
This TEDxSantaCruz talk is one of 16 surrounding our theme of "Open" at the second full-day TEDxSantaCruz event held September 15, 2012 at the Cabrillo College Crocker Theater in Aptos, CA (Santa Cruz County). http://www.tedxsantacruz.org Craig thinks he is the luckiest person he has ever met. As an angel investor, futurist and entrepreneur, Craig has helped small companies devise business plans and raise ~$1.1B from VCs to enable their growth, [and the creation of many worthwhile jobs]. He and his tolerant wife have lived and worked for more than 10 years outside of the US, in such diverse locales as Tokyo [twice], Hong Kong, Taipei, Pune India, Vancouver BC and London UK. His most-current role [and investment] is at AnchorFree, the world #39;s most-popular consumer VPN. AnchorFree provides its users with security, privacy [do-not-track] and unfettered access to the World Wide Web from anywhere [even in places with government/other censorship]. Craig hopes to someday invest in truth and teleportation machines. He is a poorly-talented stone sculptor, water-color painter and classic convertible collector. Craig lovingly makes and drinks his great-grandmother #39;s limoncello. In thespirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx ...From:TEDxTalksViews:844 176ratingsTime:13:27More inEducation

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How to Paint Digitally: Livestream 004
nicholaskay.com **** IF YOU LIKE WHAT YOU SEE, PLEASE #39;LIKE #39; THIS VIDEO AND SUBSCRIBE TO MY CHANNEL**** Facebook page Please "like!" http://www.facebook.com Youtube Channel: http://www.youtube.com Blog: nicholaskay.blogspot.com Deviant Art: nicholaskay.deviantart.com Twitter: @nicholasmkay Online Store: http://www.mysoti.com ______________________________________________________________________ Some more livestreaming! This video is part 4 of my futurist Hussar. Please feel free to check out my other videos and my blog, nicholaskay.blogspot.com for more updates on my work. Thanks for watching! -Nick Credits: Artist: Nicholas Kay Programs Used: Adobe Photoshop CS4, Camtasia Studio, Windows 7 64bit Equipment Used: Wacom 21 UX Cintiq I have the world wide commercial distribution rights to this video. I created all the still images used for the introduction and credit sequences. I created these images myself using Adobe Photoshop on my personal computer. I created the digital painting featured in this video myself using Adobe Photoshop on my personal computer. I created the recording of my digital painting process (mentioned above) myself using Camtasia Studio on my personal computer. The voice actor in the video is me. There is no music in this video. There are no filmed performances. There are no movie or TV visuals present. There are no video game visuals. The software used was Adobe Photoshop and Camtasia Studio. These were both operated on my personal computer by me.From:Nicholas KayViews:0 40ratingsTime:02:05:04More inEducation

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(GD002) Antoni Maiovvi - Prisoner Nightdrive (Mircalla Remix)
Pre-Order The 12" Now - http://www.indiegogo.com From within fog and street lamps, giallo disco records return continuing their journey into the mouth of madness with Antoni Maiovvi #39;s Stockholm Synthdrone EP. Six tracks of sleazed out voodoo soundtracks for the dancefloors of no named clubs in strange cities. Including remixes by Cage Aviary #39;s Jamie Paton, New York Bloodwave pioneer Mircalla and giallo disco #39;s own Vercetti Technicolor. Darkroom #39;s electro-tech slimes along the floor like leather clad ectoplasmic spectres, furthering Maiovvi #39;s own New Beat / Early Detroit fetish. Prisoner Nightdrive is a slow motion cinematic epic. Brooding FM Bass and polyrhythmic arps recall John Carpenter at his most tense. Voodoo Voodoo #39;s Frizzi-Does-Dirty-House atmospheres could bring the dead back to life through battered floor toms and occult chants. Lastly on the 12" EP is a dubbed out rework of Darkroom by Cage Aviary #39;s Jamie Paton, right for a subtle and sordid place at 3am for those about to become lovers... On the digital only version, we include two more remixes, first up a darkwave re-imagining of Prisoner Nightdrive by New York #39;s Mircalla and a futurist terror-tech remix of Voodoo Voodoo by Vercetti Technicolor Limited to 200 Copies giallodiscorecords.bandcamp.com - Digital giallodisco.tumblr.com - Follow us on Tumblr http://www.facebook.com - Follow Us On FacebookFrom:Giallo DiscoViews:45 1ratingsTime:04:31More inMusic

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Shell Technology Forums, 12 - 19 October 2012, Perth, Melbourne and Brisbane
Shell Australia recently brought together global and local technical experts and engine manufacturers to participate in the third annual Shell Mining and Transport Technology Forums held in Perth, Melbourne and Brisbane. The Shell Technology Forums provided customers the opportunity to have an open dialogue with Shell technical experts to discuss the challenges facing today #39;s energy industry, and how to work together towards possible energy solutions. Shell is working with partners and focusing on key areas including integrated natural gas, biofuels, carbon capture and storage and energy efficiency. At the Shell Technology Forums, sessions were held on biodiesel and its implications, current and future Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) technologies, developments in engine technology, fluid management best practice and using technologically advanced products to help improve operations. Global Futurist and Thought Leader Dr Keith Suter was a guest speaker at the Forums, and said Shell has developed a technique called "scenario planning" to help think about the future of global energy demands. Scenario planning is not what #39;s currently being suggested or what you would like to see happen, but considers the possibilities of change that are out there that we #39;re not seeing yet. For more information visit: http://www.shell.com.auFrom:ShellViews:112 1ratingsTime:02:51More inPeople Blogs

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Future of Vietnam -- economy, technology, banking, real estate etc - keynote speaker Patrick Dixon
Future of Vietnam, demographics, economy, education, labour force, foreign investment in manufacturing, future of banking, mobile multichannel customers, emerging middle class, future of real estate, future of health care, future infrastructure. Expect rapid economic growth over the next three decades. demographics - 90m people, median age of only 27, literacy rate 94%, 80% children secondary school, labour costs half China and Thailand. 7% annual growth pa from 91 to 2012 - equal only to China at 9.9%. Factory of the world - with $206bn inward investment over 25 years - 14000 projects including Canon, Samsung smart phones, Intels 1bn chip plant Electrics exports growing 25-30% a year. Agricultural success story - Nestles $270m coffee processing plant. Domestic consumer market growth a year.Future of banking, telecom, digital, energy, green tech and real estate.What kind of leaders - agile, innovative, global thinking. How to motivate teams to change fast enough to seize opportunities. Message before keynote by Dr Patrick Dixon, futurist author of 14 books and Chairman Global Change LtdFrom:pjvdixonViews:117 4ratingsTime:04:09More inEducation

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Blade Runner 30th Anniversary Blu-Ray
Blade Runner 30th Anniversary Blu-Ray Pricing availability: amzn.to Disc One RIDLEY SCOTT #39;S ALL-NEW "FINAL CUT" VERSION OF THE FILM Restored and remastered with added extended scenes, added lines, new and cleaner special effects and all new 5.1 Dolby Digital Audio. Also includes: Commentary by Ridley Scott Commentary by executive producer/co-screenwriter Hampton Fancher and co-screenwriter David Peoples; producer Michael Deely and production executive Katherine Haber Commentary by visual futurist Syd Mead; production designer Lawrence G. Paull, art director David L. Snyder and special photographic effects supervisors Douglas Trumbull, Richard Yuricich and David Dryer Disc Two DOCUMENTARY DANGEROUS DAYS: MAKING BLADE RUNNER A feature-length authoritative documentary revealing all the elements that shaped this hugely influential cinema landmark. Cast, crew, critics and colleagues give a behind-the-scenes, in-depth look at the film -- from its literary roots and inception through casting, production, visuals and special effects to its controversial legacy and place in Hollywood history. Disc Three 1982 THEATRICAL VERSION This is the version that introduced US movie-going audiences to a revolutionary film with a new and excitingly provocative vision of the near-future. It contains Deckard/Harrison Ford #39;s character narration and has Deckard and Rachel #39;s (Sean Young) "happy ending" escape scene. 1982 INTERNATIONAL VERSION Also used on US home video, laserdisc and cable ...From:phototristanViews:142 3ratingsTime:04:25More inFilm Animation

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From Ego to Eco: Media, Energy, Politics: Intro to 11/5 Sao Paulo Event (Futurist Gerd Leonhard) 2
Go here for more details: http://www.mediafuturist.com More on this topic at gerd.fm Please note: You can now download most of my videos by simply subscribing to this iTunes video feed (via Blip.tv) gerd.fm *** audio-only versions are now available here: gerd.fm or on the web at http://www.futuretalks.com My vimeo channel is here vimeo.comFrom:FuturesAgencyViews:0 0ratingsTime:08:41More inPeople Blogs

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97 year old man gets explicit about how fucked up we have made the world.
Zeitgeist Moving Forward Documentary http://www.youtube.com Zeitgeist: Moving Forward, by director Peter Joseph, is a feature length documentary work which presents a case for a transition out of the current socioeconomic monetary paradigm which governs the entire world society. This subject matter transcends the issues of cultural relativism and traditional ideology and moves to relate the core, empirical "life ground" attributes of human and social survival, extrapolating those immutable natural laws into a new sustainable social paradigm called a "Resource-Based Economy". en.wikipedia.org Jacque Fresco (born March 13, 1916), is a self-educated structural designer, architectural designer, philosopher of science, concept artist, educator, and futurist. Jacque Fresco writes and lectures his views of sustainable cities, energy efficiency, natural resource management, cybernated technology, advanced automation, and the role of science in society. With his colleague, Roxanne Meadows, he is the founder and director of The Venus Project. Jacque Fresco promotes changes to society through a global implementation of a socioeconomic system predicated on his views of social cooperation, technological automation, and scientific methodology, which he refers to as a #39;resource-based economy.From:duriansriderViews:27 0ratingsTime:04:15More inNonprofits Activism

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Kenneth R. Weinstein President of the Hudson Institute - FRANCE 24 [10-29-2012]
Click MeTee.com and buy a Tee-Shirt using the link above for a 2% discount. MeTee: Tee-Shirt Design in Seconds. - The Hudson Institute is an American conservative not for profit think tank founded in 1961, in Croton-on-Hudson, New York, by futurist, military strategist, and systems theorist Herman Kahn and his colleagues at the RAND Corporation. The Institute is committed to innovative research and analysis that promotes #39;global security, prosperity and freedom #39;. It promotes public policy change in accordance with its stated values of a #39;commitment to free markets and individual responsibility, confidence in the power of technology to assist progress, respect for the importance of culture and religion in human affairs, and determination to preserve America #39;s national security. #39; - Subscribe for Breaking News. Like/Dislike, Comment, Favorite and share on Twitter, Facebook, and Google+ to get the word out on this video. Like on Facebook for videos in your newsfeed: http://www.facebook.com Become a channel sponsor for 30 days for $1/day and send me a private message. Have any ad you want to play at the end of each video (any one video can go viral with tens-of-thousands of hits) Put this video on your own channel with a more interesting title (never know if this channel will get taken down): http://www.keepvid.com Download video with keepvid and upload file to your own Youtube account. Signup to get video headlines emailed daily tinyurl.comFrom:TheBestNews2013Views:2 0ratingsTime:11:08More inNews Politics

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Sensum at Belfast Media Festival 2012 part 2
More of Sensum at the Belfast Media Festival at BBC Blackstaff studios on the 18th and 19th of October. Visitors to the festival get hands on with Sensum and give their thoughts on the experience. Featuring: Susan Lovell - BBC NI http://www.bbc.co.uk Ian Kennedy - Creative Skillset http://www.creativeskillset.org Gerd Leonhard - Futurist http Aidan Browne - Belfast Metropolitan College http://www.belfastmet.ac.uk Derry O #39;Brien - Network Ireland Television http Filmed by Neil Clerkin Philip Quinn, edited by Neil Clerkin.From:Tracy DempseyViews:3 0ratingsTime:03:57More inScience Technology

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