links for 2007-10-19: Pop!Tech 2007 edition
Robert Freling of Solar Electric Light Fund (SELF) showing the front and back of Sheila Kennedy’s Portable Light, that integrates ancient Meso-american weaving traditions developed by the Huichol people with flexible CIGs based thin-film photo-voltaics and solid state lighting. Freling launched the PopTech Carbon Initiative on eBay with SELF’s solar irrigation project in Benin.
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GCDT is the noah’s ark of plants on planet earth. When we think of biodiversity, most people think of whales and pandas (charismatic megafauna), but biodiversity of wheat, potatoes and other crops are essential for life on earth.
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Vanessa German’s performance at Pop!Tech drew tears and sparked group hugs among people who’d never met in the upper left balcony area. If you have the opportunity to see her live, take it!
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Watch “coal.”
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Interactive feature inside world’s seed bank being built inside an arctic mountain.
Innovative, beautiful storytelling platform to explore Jonathan’s Spring 2007 journey to Barrow, Alaska. He documented extensively, taking pictures between 1 and 37 times every five minutes depending on the intensity of his experience.-
The Sea Around Us Project investigates the impact of fisheries on the world’s marine ecosystems. To achieve this, the project uses a Geographic Information System (GIS) to map global fisheries catches from 1950 to the present, under explicit consideratio