Archive for the ‘Environment’ Category

Friday math movie: Carlo Ratti Architecture that senses and responds

27 January 2012

data feedback
This video shows how we can improve our lives using sensing data.

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7 billion people next week

26 October 2011

crowd scene
There will soon be 7 billion of us.

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Singapore’s food vulnerability

16 October 2011

Food
Today is World Food Day. Here’s how one country plans to improve its precarious food situation.

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13 yr-old designs efficient solar collectors using Fibonacci sequence and trees

1 September 2011

Tree based solar collector
Here’s a useful discovery by a 13 yr-old, using math and good observation skills.

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Friday math movie: How algorithms shape our world

12 August 2011

How algorithms shape our worldDone a Google search today? You’ve used an algorithm that is helping to change the world.

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Visual.ly data visualization

18 July 2011

visual.ly -Data visuzalizationsVisual.ly is a neat new data visualization tool. Worth a look, but it has some downsides.

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Friday Math Movie – New wind turbine design

14 May 2010

turbineHere’s a more efficient, and better looking wind turbine generator.

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Friday Math movie – Addressing Population Myths

19 February 2010

populationHere’s some information about population trends.

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Friday Math Movie – Imagine Leadership

20 November 2009

be-the-changeLeadership changes our nations. Check out this movie for some real life stats examining how we can improve our world.

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Your next job possibility – analytics

16 November 2009

There could be many new job opportunities for those with math skills.

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