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Pleo the robot dinosaur acts like a living pet — exploring, cuddling, playing, reacting and learning. Inventor Caleb Chung talks about Pleo and his wild toy career.
Caleb Chung dreams up toys that interact with children. He’s the inventor of Furby, a talking (and listening) robotic furball that sold some 50 million units in the late ’90s. His newest plaything: Pleo the adorable robot dinosaur.
No Comments This haunting, intimate performance by Swiss singer-songwriter Sophie Hunger features songs from her breakout debut “Monday’s Ghost” and the just-released album “1983.”
Who knew you could make art out of thread, sugar and chocolate….
Vik Muniz: Art with wire, thread, sugar, chocolate
Using examples from vacations to colonoscopies, Nobel laureate and founder of behavioral economics Daniel Kahneman reveals how our “experiencing selves” and our “remembering selves” perceive happiness differently. This new insight has profound implications for economics, public policy — and our own self-awareness.
About Daniel Kahneman
Widely regarded as the world’s most influential living psychologist, Daniel Kahneman won the Nobel in Economics for his pioneering work in behavioral economics — exploring the irrational ways we make decisions about risk.
After watching this video I’ve come to the conclusion that we live on a play deprived planet. I’m of course speaking of the civilized adult humans. Kids and animals seem to be OK when it comes to play.
Stuart Brown: Why play is vital — no matter your age
From now on I make no excuses for my need and impulse to play.
My motto is now “Let’s Play.”
The land of the free has become a legal minefield, says Philip K. Howard — especially for teachers and doctors, whose work has been paralyzed by fear of suits. What’s the answer? A lawyer himself, Howard has four propositions for simplifying US law.
About Philip K. Howard
Philip Howard is the founder of Common Good, a drive to overhaul the US legal system. His new book is Life Without Lawyers.
Sir Ken Robinson makes an entertaining and profoundly moving case for creating an education system that nurtures (rather than undermines) creativity.
Chef Dan Barber addresses a dilemma facing many chefs today:
how to keep fish on the menu.
With impeccable research and deadpan humor, he chronicles his pursuit of a sustainable fish he could love, and the foodie’s honeymoon he’s enjoyed since discovering an outrageously delicious fish raised using a revolutionary farming method in Spain.
About Dan Barber
Dan Barber is a chef and a scholar — relentlessly pursuing the stories and reasons behind the foods we grow and eat.
Links
Veta La Palma (http://www.vetalapalma.es/) and Miguel Medialdea.
Dan’s wiki profile: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Barber
Dan’s Blue Hill bio: http://www.bluehillfarm.com/food/overview/team/dan-barber
It’s not about exploiting the natural environment for profit, or sacrificing efficiency for small-scale, environmentally friendly farming. It’s about working with the environment, allowing nature to handle things the way it has done for thousands of years.
Sharing powerful stories from his anti-obesity project in Huntington, W. Va., TED Prize winner Jamie Oliver makes the case for an all-out assault on our ignorance of food.
About Jamie Oliver
Jamie Oliver is transforming the way we feed ourselves, and our children
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Jun 19, 2010 
