tag:techtv.mit.edu,:Array/167252360 2008-05-06 19:18:24 -0400 Disruptive Environments Conference Science, Advocacy, and Media. Panelists: Naomi Oreskes, Andrew Revkin, Kerry Emanuel, Kevin Conrad, Moderator: Boyce Rensberger, Thursday, April 10, 2008 7217 tag:techtv.mit.edu,:Array/166898780 2008-05-06 19:14:18 -0400 Disruptive Environments Conference Q&A session, held on Thursday, April 10, 2008 2071 tag:techtv.mit.edu,:Array/166735480 2008-06-20 09:55:03 -0400 MIT CTL <p>Allison C Bennett &amp; Yi Zhuan Chin</p><p><em><strong>Research Fest 2008</strong></em></p><p><em></em>In August 2007 the US government passed the 9/11 Act, requiring all US-bound containerized cargo to be scanned using radiation and non-intrusive imaging equipment at foreign seaports prior to vessel loading by July 2012. This project creates a quantitative framework to assist importers in analyzing the financial costs and delay concerns associated with 100% container scanning.</p><p>21-May-08, Session 1 (1:15-2:15) </p> 1040 tag:techtv.mit.edu,:Array/166661960 2007-04-27 17:18:56 -0400 MIT ZigZag A look at alternative fuels and energy sources to address global warming. 491 tag:techtv.mit.edu,:Array/166604480 2008-07-16 10:02:55 -0400 MIT Public Service Center Videos Phi Ho ('08) discusses his work with The Global Child in Cambodia while on a Public Service Fellowship. 32 tag:techtv.mit.edu,:Array/191760240 2008-12-19 12:33:18 -0500 music MUSIC Session 4 2171 tag:techtv.mit.edu,:Array/191305340 2009-01-15 10:06:20 -0500 Convergence Culture Consortium The Internet has altered transnational media flows, making it easier to move content across national and geographic boundaries, but complicating the economic structures that support these flows. How do we manage global distribution in the current context? What is the impact of the Internet on the interaction between local audiences and globalised content? What is the role of international audiences as taste-makers, and what can that tell us about making content relevant to multiple local audiences? How do we balance international distribution windows with audiences who move content themselves? 6343 tag:techtv.mit.edu,:Array/190075540 2009-01-22 14:33:32 -0500 MIT Public Service Center Videos The MIT Public Service Center enables students to collaborate with communities anywhere in the world, and to work on issues that affect the planet. From coral reef regeneration to energy resources to medical technologies to new science programs for schools, MIT students gain confidence, competence, knowledge, and experience that enables them to recognize their place as leaders of positive change. 215 tag:techtv.mit.edu,:Array/187994600 2009-06-16 16:12:08 -0400 MIT Public Service Center Videos Alia Whitney-Johnson ’09, participated in the MIT Public Service Fellowship program and Student Leaders in Service program, part of Americorps. Alia founded Emerge Global to help empower young girls and women through jewelry making, and provide them with the skills necessary to become confident, respected, self-reliant members of society in the wake of the tsunami in 2004 and general disrespect of women in Sri Lanka. Alia has received a Truman Scholarship and a Rhodes Scholarship. 127 tag:techtv.mit.edu,:Array/187458120 2009-07-10 11:01:07 -0400 MIT Public Service Center Videos Scot Frank is a co-inventor of SolSource, a portable solar concentrator that can be used for heating the home, cooking and electricity generation. It was created to withstand the high winds of remote mountainous regions. Scot Frank and fellow teammates of SolSource Tibet received an IDEAS Award from the MIT IDEAS Competition in 2008 for their innovative design of the solar concentrator. In 2009, Scot found himself on two IDEAS teams, HeatSource and Global Citizen Water Initiative, in which both teams received awards to continue their work and implementation of their ideas. Scot has also received two other Public Service Fellowships that helped to inform his project work in solar and heat energy and water quality issues. 37