Search Results: sci-tech
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Theory of Networking
The field of social network analysis gives us a language for talking about what networks are and why they function the way they do. In this video, we explore the difference between networks and institutions, and centralized and de-centralized networks. We also take a look at why networks are so hard to map and at fr... more
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Cantina - Open Source Technology in Israel
The Cantina Tel Aviv - The Israeli Home for Open Source and Innovation - is an up and coming non-profit organization aimed at the proliferation of open source technologies in Israel. How do you push this type of idea into the heart of a proprietar... more
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Shimon Steinberg - TEDxTelAviv
Entomologist Shimon Steinberg loves his pets. These include parasitic wasps, pirate bugs, and predatory beetles. Zillions of these critters are mass-produced in Kibbutz Sde-Eliyahu, located in the north of Israel, and shipped all over the world, where they serve as the first line of defense against agricultural pest... more
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Isaac Berzin - TEDxTelAviv
A chemical engineer, founder of GreenFuel, and CEO of Element Cleantech USA, Isaac Berzin is passionate about algae: he believes that seaweed holds the key for eating up carbon emissions and producing renewable energy. So does the Time magazine, which named Berzin as one of the 100 most influential people in politic... more
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Dr. Ada Yonath - Nobel Prize Winner
Born in 1939 in the Geula neighborhood of Jerusalem, books were Ada Yonath's refuge. A love of learning and achievement propelled a young Yonath to get her PhD in 1968 from the Weizmann Institut... more
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Ray Kurzweil - Futurist
Raymond Kurzweil, the son of Jewish parents who fled Austria just before the beginning of WWII, has been awarded 16 honorary degrees and is the recipient of the Arthur C. Clarke Lifetime Achievement award. He has written extensively about artificial intelligencemore
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Ray Kurzweil - Futurist
Raymond Kurzweil, the son of Jewish parents who fled Austria just before the beginning of WWII, has been awarded 16 honorary degrees and is the recipient of the Arthur C. Clarke Lifetime Achievement award. He has written extensively about artificial intelligencemore
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Robert Singer - World ORT
Before joining World ORT, Mr. Singer served as Chief Education Officer of the Southern Command for the IDF and spent twelve years with the Office of the Prime Mini... more
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Stefan Einhorn
Stefan Einhorn serves as professor for molecular oncology at Karolinska Institutet in addition to being a medical doctor specializing in oncology. Stefan is the author of numerous popular science books as well as books on religious phi... more
