Hey Guys,

I stumbled on some really good stuff on tedtalks. There are a series of podcasts that talk about areas of our topics. I was thinking that it would be great if we could play bits of them for our presentation.

there's one link that our teacher gave us about Amy Smith from MIT . There is a Podcast of her talking about making clean burning fuel from manure and designing for people in third world countries.

http://tedblog.typepad.com/tedblog/2006/08/amy_smith_on_te.html

Iqbal Quadir is co-founder of GrameenPhone, an innovative wireless operator offering services to poor rural villages in Bangladesh. In this talk, he explains the triple impact of bringing cel phone service to rural areas (connecting the village to the world, creating business opportunities, and generating over time a culture of entrepreneurship.) He also relates his personal "A-ha moment," when he understood that "connectivity is productivity." (Recorded July 2005 in Oxford, UK. Duration: 16:37)

http://tedblog.typepad.com/tedblog/2006/10/iqbal_quadir_on.html

Nicholas Negroponte is former Director of the MIT Media Lab, and founder of the non-profit, One Laptop Per Child, dedicated to making the famed "$100 laptop" a reality. In this talk, he outlines some of the challenges of getting the laptop produced, and explains why he stepped down as Media Lab director to focus on the initiative full-time, "for the rest of my life." (Recorded February 2006 in Monterey, CA. Duration: 18:21)

http://tedblog.typepad.com/tedblog/2006/08/nicholas_negrop.html


check them out. they are really good and a great starting point.

Mike