Dawn of the Harvest It only has taken us 214 years since Giuseppe Piazzi spotted the asteroid Ceres, but if everything goes correctly Friday, the Dawn space craft will enter in to orbit around Ceres. The space craft launched in 2007 and spent part of 2011 and 2012 around the asteroid Vista, a smaller […]
Silicon Valley is not only a beacon of innovation within the American technology scene. Many of its most successful ventures have begun in the hands of international entrepreneurs who have made the Valley their second home in order to give their companies the best chance at success. But as prices soar and innovation becomes a […]
Trina DasGupta is the founder and CEO of Single Palm Tree Productions, a media company dedicated to using entertainment as a vehicle to help build global understanding. When I spoke with Trina about this panel—“America Meet World: How Global Satirists See Us”—the passion she has for her work was undeniable. Rather than trying (and inevitably failing) to […]
We live in a world where people can actually make a living by creating and managing a blog. Although many of these blogs look drastically different from when they first became popular, the basic idea is still the same. Content gets pushed out; people consume and share it. Whether you’re already an expert at running your couponing […]
Based on the most recent statistics of the National Golf Foundation, there were approximately 25.3 million golfers in the U.S. in 2012, which is a three percent decrease of the total number of golfers just two years prior. The panel Old Game, New Tricks: What’s the Future of Golf? will be conducted by a group […]
Since its invention, the Internet has played a huge role in our daily lives. It has affected both our professional and personal lives, and many people cannot imagine a world without it. However, not everyone shares the same opinions about the digital revolution and its impact on society. Clive Thompson is a journalist who writes […]
“My motivation was to change the world.” Dr. Paul Bunje has studied the life in the planet’s great oceans for many years. He has also done work on arguably the greatest challenge of our time, the issue of climate change. Now at XPRIZE he is heading up the Wendy Schmidt Ocean Health Competition, geared towards […]