May
20
As he does every year Adam Savage of Mythbuster fame made his grand appearance at the Maker Faire Bay Area, the great gathering of inventors, engineers, artists and other people who love to make things. This year Savage tackled why he and the 50,000 or so people who showed up at the faire spend time, …
May
18
As of yesterday afternoon, the Talk That “TED Won’t Show You” had about 300 views on YouTube. Today it is up to more than 164,000–such is the power of the real new media: passionate viewers who have no trouble taking ownership of content and speaking up if they disagree with the media maker. In March …
May
16
This weekend on FORA.tv, we present one of our most popular live events: the Maker Faire Bay Area 2012. There really isn’t anything quite like it: Put together a bunch of mind-bending inventors, erudite, but slightly crazy, engineers, arts-and-crafts creative geniuses and people who consume technology the way the rest of us eat snacks, and …
May
16
A few weeks ago we covered the story of Chen Guangcheng, the blind human rights activist who became embroiled in a cat-and-mouse game with Chinese authorities and created a minor diplomatic incident when he sought refuge at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing. The good news from that story is Chen was eventually granted permission to …
May
15
Is the United States system of higher education among best in the world? The answer is a resounding yes, at least according to a recent analysis by Universitas 21 (via GOOD), which gave the American system the top ranking in the world ahead of Sweden, Canada, Finland and Denmark. Universitas 21, a global network for research …
May
14
From the plight of the Kurdish people in the Middle East to the troubling impact of the oil industry in the Niger Delta in southern Nigeria, award-winning photographer and experimental filmmaker Ed Kashi has traveled the world as a documentarian of modern socioeconomic and political issues. Aside from his in-depth pieces that document global issues, …
May
14
Here’s a quick look at two events coming up on FORA.tv. Last week’s dramatic discovery of an Al-Qaeda plot to blow-up an airliner, and how it was foiled by an operative working with the CIA, MI6, and Saudi intelligence services, revealed how the terrorist organization is evolving in its methods. Though intelligence agencies have the …
May
11
George Clooney’s fundraiser for President Obama’s reelection bid, which was held at the actor’s Los Angeles house, netted $15 million, according to an article in the Huffington Post. Jokes and drinks were served aplenty. Let’s just hope Clooney, who is known for practical jokes, didn’t pull this one last night on the president: Weintraub on …
May
10
The results from the Intelligence Squared U.S. Debate, Ban College Football, are in. Watch some of the highlights, and find out the results in the full program below: Tim Green, former Atlanta Falcons star defensive end, said that college football helps mold young boys into men. Tim Green: Football Teaches Players How to Face Adversity …
May
10
President Obama’s announcement in support of marriage equality was hailed by gay rights groups as a huge step in the right direction, as gay and lesbian couples were fully validated by a sitting president for the first time in history. But as we saw with the vote in North Carolina on Tuesday that banned same-sex …