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This afternoon, MIT’s Political Science distinguished speakers series hosts Regina Dugan and Kaigham Gabriel, director and deputy director of DARPA, the US defense advanced research… Read More »DARPA director Regina Dugan at MIT: “Just Make It”
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Award-winning Nigerian filmmaker Zik Zulu Okafor is one of the first speakers at today’s New Media Nollywood Conference at Georgia Tech. In conjunction with this… Read More »#Nollytech – Understanding New Media Nollywood
Ian Condry offers an extended introduction to Mimi Ito’s work… because her plane has been delayed and it’s likely to be another half hour before… Read More »Mimi Ito on Otaku culture and cultural soft power
Dear Chris, June, Bruno – One of my students at the Center for Civic Media and I were discussing the need for more conference venues… Read More »An open letter to TED organizers on #TEDHighConcept