“Radical innovation and a true democratization of medical care are within reach, but only if we consumers demand it.”
Dr. Eric Topol brings power to the people in his new book The Creative Destruction of Medicine. This is the best guide I’ve seen to help consumers as well as professionals navigate the uncharted territory of personalized medicine. Read more »
Written by Margaret Steen for Stanford Center for Social Innovation; published: March 21, 2012
![[photo - Eric Schlosser]](http://csi.gsb.stanford.edu/sites/csi.gsb.stanford.edu/files/imagecache/img199x214/Eric-Schlosser.jpg "[photo - Eric Schlosser]")
Is the food movement in danger of becoming elitist? That was the critique given by Eric Schlosser, author of the book Fast Food Nation, and co-producer of the documentary “Food Inc.” March 14 at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. Schlosser’s talk, “Environmentalism, Elitism, and Food,” was this year’s Conradin von Gugelberg Memorial Lecture, honoring the environmental commitment of a member of the MBA Class of ’87.
Schlosser is an investigative journalist whose bestselling book, Fast Food Nation, was an expose of the fast-food industry, and he followed up with “Food Inc.,” a film about corporate control of the American food supply. In his lecture he compared the current food movement with the environmental movement, looking at the history of each and warning that the food movement, like the environmental movement before it, risks losing touch with its democratic roots. Read more »
Not just Britain’s children, is it? 岂只是英国的儿童？
By Richard Black, Environment correspondent, BBC News, 29 March 2012
UK children are losing contact with nature at a “dramatic” rate, and their health and education are suffering, a National Trust report says.
Traffic, the lure of video screens and parental anxieties are conspiring to keep children indoors, it says.
Evidence suggests the problem is worse in the UK than other parts of Europe, and may help explain poor UK rankings in childhood satisfaction surveys.
The trust is launching a consultation on tackling “nature deficit disorder”.
“This is about changing the way children grow up and see the world,” said Stephen Moss, the author, naturalist and former BBC Springwatch producer who wrote the Natural Childhood report for the National Trust.
“The natural world doesn’t come with an instruction leaflet, so it teaches you to use your creative imagination.
“When you build a den with your mates when you’re nine years old, you learn teamwork – you disagree with each other, you have arguments, you resolve them, you work together again – it’s like a team-building course, only you did it when you were nine.” Read more »
ALS may be the most deadly disease many people have never heard of. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also referred to as Lou Gehrig’s disease affects at least 30,000 people in the United States and 450,000 people worldwide. It is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder that causes muscle atrophy, paralysis, and ultimately death with a three to five year survival rate. Read more »
Denmark, followed by Israel, Sweden, Finland and the US provide the best conditions today for clean technology start-up creation, according to the first Global Cleantech Innovation Index.
FEBRUARY 27, 2012 — LONDON — Today, Cleantech Group and WWF publish Coming Clean: The Global Cleantech Innovation Index 2012. The report looks at where entrepreneurial cleantech companies are growing today, reasons as to where they will spring-up over the coming years, and which countries are falling above and below the curve for fostering cleantech innovation. Read more »
“Now is the time. We’ve proven that it works in the clinic…multiple times and multiple ways. Now is the time that virtual reality (VR) needs to move out of the lab and into every clinic and hospital to deliver the clear benefits.” So began a pointed rallying call from Dr. Walter Greenleaf, who along with Jaron Lanier, pioneered the use of VR in clinical settings.
Known mainly for failing to live up to its potential, a recent conference “Medicine Meets Virtual Reality” (MMVR) highlighted how this label is fading…fast. Read more »
This article was published in New York Times a year ago, but the images are still potent as long as the reality they depict remains. They remind me of my hometown, except J. Henry Fair has not made it there to create another eerily artful piece.
下半部的中文是在“文学城”网站上看到的。
- BeiBei Song, Editor ｜ 宋贝贝
Abstraction of Destruction J. Henry Fair’s aerial photographs in this show at Gerald Peters Gallery include “Lightning Rods”” (2009), depicting a holding tank at an oil sands facility in Alberta, Canada. More Photos »
The vivid color photographs of J. Henry Fair lead an uneasy double life as potent records of environmental pollution and as ersatz evocations of abstract painting. This makes “Abstraction of Destruction,” his exhibition at the Gerald Peters Gallery, a strange battle between medium and message, between harsh truths and trite, generic beauty. Read more »
A recent discussion at Swissnex San Francisco provided insights into the challenge of making robots more human. This goal holds profound implications for healthcare and the treatment of injuries to the body and brain. Read more »
G. Steven Burrill is biotech’s unofficial spokesperson. Involved in creating industry stalwarts such as Genentech, Amgen and Chiron, he’s expanded his influence through a $1B+ venture capital fund and a successful merchant bank.
His annual State of Biotech report is eagerly anticipated by the entire industry.
This year’s address underscored the value of “Understanding how the world is, how it’s going to change and how to build companies for the future. There’s no magic formula…just perspective.” Read more »
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