Lucid NYC - Part 6

Kiran Bedi: How I remade one of India’s toughest prisons

http://www.ted.com Kiran Bedi managed one of India’s toughest prisons — and used a new focus on prevention and education to turn it into a center of learning and meditation. She shares her thoughts on crime and punishment from the stage at TEDWomen.

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://www.ted.com/translate. Watch a highlight reel of the Top 10 TEDTalks at http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/top10

Mobile Year in Review 2010

Video by Mobile Future: http://mobilefuture.org. 2010 was the year mobile connected the world. With stunning statistics, facts, and visual cues, this video takes a tour of key consumer and technology mobile trends across an eventful year. Some highlights of the video include:

Massive increase in apps downloaded:
- FIVE BILLION apps downloaded – up from 300 million in 2009

Whopping expansion of location-based services
- FIVE MILLION Foursquare users — up from 200,000 users in 2009

Surge in mobile social media platforms
- 347 PERCENT growth in Twitter mobile usage
- 200 MILLION mobile Facebook Users
- 100 MILLION YouTube videos played on mobile devices everyday

Animation by: http://www.istrategylabs.com

National Outcry Over TSA Body Scanners and Invasive Pat-Downs in Airports 1 of 2

As one of the busiest travel seasons of the year approaches there is a public outcry over new airport security measures that include full-body scanners and invasive police-style pat-downs.

Watch Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fR05FdF2RFM

Democracy Now! speaks with Ginger McCall of the Electronic Privacy Information Center, Chris Calabrese with the American Civil Liberties Union, and New York City Councilperson David Greenfield, who introduced a resolution to ban the use of the full body scanners in airports within the city.

For the complete interview, transcript, podcast, and more information, visit www.DemocracyNow.org.

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A Night Out with Lucid NYC

Lucid NYC is an event series that provides a forum for people to share their unusual and original projects with New York City Audiences. Our events spotlight three dynamic New Yorkers, each giving a short presentation describing what they are doing in front of an engaged NYC audience. We also regularly have live music performances to enhance the experience during the social networking periods before and after the presentations.

This movie was made at our January 2010, featuring Leo Bonanni, Ji Lee and the Yes Mens’ Andy Bichlbaum.

David Bismark: E-voting without fraud

http://www.ted.com David Bismark demos a new system for voting that contains a simple, verifiable way to prevent fraud and miscounting — while keeping each person’s vote secret.

NEXT EVENT - May 29, 2012

Kiran Bedi: How I remade one of India’s toughest prisons

Mobile Year in Review 2010

National Outcry Over TSA Body Scanners and Invasive Pat-Downs in Airports 1 of 2

A Night Out with Lucid NYC

David Bismark: E-voting without fraud

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