World Association of Young Scientists

Wayan Vota posted a photo:

Oui! I get very excited when I am about to tear down an XO laptop - this time to fix a keyboard that Hanalei destroyed. See that happy face - XO destruction is about to happen!

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The 13th Biennial Conference of the International Association for the Study of the Commons (IASC) will be held in Hyderabad, India from January 10th to 14th, 2011. The Conference is being held in South Asia for the first time; and in a departure from the past, will be hosted by a practitioner organization - [...]

See original: IASC 2011 - Sustaining Commons: Sustaining our Future

mrgunn: RT @jareyn: Krewe of Bacchus picture set: http://www.flickr.com/photos/amberle/sets/72157623348676051/

See original: RT @jareyn: Krewe of Bacchus picture set: http://www.flickr.com/photos/amberle/sets/72157623348676051/

mrgunn: RT @dtunkelang: Is Amazon holding back the rise of the machines with Mechanical Turk? #thenoisychannel http://bit.ly/bBxCqk

See original: RT @dtunkelang: Is Amazon holding back the rise of the machines with Mechanical Turk? #thenoisychannel http://bit.ly/bBxCqk

mrgunn: @maggiekb1 going to the stem cells session if you want that

See original: @maggiekb1 going to the stem cells session if you want that

mrgunn: RT @Maggiekb1: Will share notes on Societal Strategies for Climate & Energy in exchange for False Discoveries/ Math and Security #aaas10

See original: RT @Maggiekb1: Will share notes on Societal Strategies for Climate & Energy in exchange for False Discoveries/ Math and Security #aaas10

	Bill Gates on energy: Innovating to zero! www.ted.com At TED2010, Bill Gates unveils his vision for the world's energy future, describing the need for "miracles" to avoid planetary catastrophe and explaining why he's backing a dramatically different type of nuclear reactor. The necessary goal? Zero carbon emissions globally by 2050.tedtalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes. Featured speakers have included Al Gore on climate change, Philippe Starck on design, Jill Bolte Taylor on observing her own stroke, Nicholas Negroponte on One Laptop per Child, Jane Goodall on chimpanzees, Bill Gates on malaria and mosquitoes, Pattie Maes on the "Sixth Sense" wearable tech, and "Lost" producer JJ Abrams on the allure of mystery. TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design, and tedtalks cover these topics as well as science, business, development and the arts. Closed captions and translated subtitles in a variety of languages are now available on TED.com, at http Watch a highlight reel of the Top 10 tedtalks at www.ted.com	From: TEDtalksDirector Views: 5 0 ratings
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See original: Bill Gates on energy: Innovating to zero!

mrgunn: how could I not RT @ginatrapani: I <3 scientists. #AAAS10

See original: how could I not RT @ginatrapani: I &lt;3 scientists. #AAAS10

mrgunn: @lyrebard right, and the developed world is farming, at least for grains, close to as good as we're going to.

See original: @lyrebard right, and the developed world is farming, at least for grains, close to as good as we're going to.

mrgunn: Cool! Where's that? RT @BoraZ: #aaas10 at session on NSF and NBC News partnership

See original: Cool! Where's that? RT @BoraZ: #aaas10 at session on NSF and NBC News partnership

mrgunn: Crop yields in developed countries won't continue to increase, so we need to work on yield potential in developing countries. #aaas10

See original: Crop yields in developed countries won't continue to increase, so we need to work on yield potential in developing countries. #aaas10

mrgunn: @lyrebard well, that's not counting farming existing land better

See original: @lyrebard well, that's not counting farming existing land better

mrgunn: If we could use *already cleared* land in dev. countries as efficiently as 1st world, we could meet demand. Also, farm more fish. #aaas10

See original: If we could use *already cleared* land in dev. countries as efficiently as 1st world, we could meet demand. Also, farm more fish. #aaas10

mrgunn: RT @NOAAExhibits: NOAA Administrator Jane Lubchenco will be at the NOAA booth at 12:30 today. Stop by booth 719 and say hello. #AAAS10

See original: RT @NOAAExhibits: NOAA Administrator Jane Lubchenco will be at the NOAA booth at 12:30 today. Stop by booth 719 and say hello. #AAAS10

mrgunn: RT @popsci: Ingenious data-sharing site for people with medical issues: Patientslikeme #aaas10

See original: RT @popsci: Ingenious data-sharing site for people with medical issues: Patientslikeme #aaas10