Thirsty Energy: Water and Energy in the 21st Century
Published by the World Economic Forum, this report outlines the links between water, energy and climate change, with a particular focus on the water requirements of energy production.
SUNY Oswego's Rock the Vote: Help With Your Ballot
Basic tips and pointers to help those filling out ballots for the first time for the 2012 election. Video by HCI student Kevin Graham. For more info, visit http://sunyoswegocivicengagement.wordpress.com
MSUToday: The MSU Winboni: Window-washing robot wins awards
This creation is the brainchild of four MSU mechanical engineering students whose product took first place in the International Student Design Competition of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Nov. 2 in Boston. It took the students five tries and 900 hours to meet contest specifications.
Sparse Deconvolution (An MM Algorithm)
Ivan Selesnick
This tutorial describes a computationally efficient method for deconvolution of 1-D signals. It is assumed that the convolution system is described by a difference equation. The algorithm is […]
Promo - One Minute Romanian
Hello! My name is Roxana and I'd like to welcome you to One Minute Romanian from the Radio Lingua Network. In this podcast I'm going to be teaching you the basics of Romanian. The great thing about this language course is that you'll be learning all you need to know in just 60 seconds - or thereabouts! Each one minute language lesson will equip you with just enough Romanian to help you get by in lots of situations, either on holiday, or on a business trip to Romania, or just to impress your Roma
Lesson 03 - One Minute Romanian
In lesson 3 of One Minute Romanian you will learn to say that you can speak a little Romanian. Remember - even a few phrases of a language can help you make friends and enjoy travel more. Find out more about One Minute Romanian at our website - http://www.oneminutelanguages.com. One Minute Romanian is brought to you by the Radio Lingua Network and is ©Copyright 2008.Author(s):
Lesson 04 - One Minute Romanian
In lesson 4 of One Minute Romanian you will learn how to say you don't understand something. Remember - even a few phrases of a language can help you make friends and enjoy travel more. Find out more about One Minute Romanian at our website - http://www.oneminutelanguages.com. One Minute Romanian is brought to you by the Radio Lingua Network and is ©Copyright 2008.Author(s):
Dragon Captured and Berthed to Station
Expedition 33 Commander Suni Williams used the International Space Station's Canadarm2 robotic arm to install the SpaceX Dragon cargo ship to its docking port on the Earth-facing side of the Harmony node at 9:03 a.m. EDT Wednesday, Oct. 10.
Earlier, working from the robotics workstation inside the cupola, Flight Engineer Aki Hoshide, with the assistance of Williams, captured the commercial cargo ship with the Canadian Space Agency-provided robotic arm at 6:56 a.m. as the spacecraft flew within
Talks@Google: Wajahat Ali - From Chaiwallah to Playwright
Celebrated writer, journalist and playwright Wajahat Ali spoke at Google about his unlikely (and by turns hilarious and inspiring) journey as a Pakistani American attorney who became a writer and torchbearer for a generation of American Muslims.
Obama backers looking for more debate 'punch'
While Barack Obama and Mitt Romney are both solid debaters, Obama lost the first debate -- and Obama supporters want more fight out of their candidate, says MSU head debate coach Will Repko.
Town-hall format may favor Obama
The town-hall format in the Oct. 16 debate may favor Barack Obama, who has plenty of experience giving "quick, reactive responses" to off-the-cuff questions, suggests Will Repko, Michigan State University's head debate coach.
An Introduction to Connotation and Denotation
This video is a portion of a lecture from the University of Texas. The instructor defines connotation and denotation and explains many examples. ( 10:45)
Whale Adaptations
The three short activities in this collection explore adaptations that help whales survive in the ocean. The activities include demonstrations and experiments.
Gapminder Agriculture Start
Gapminder Agriculture is a collection of 700 indicators from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on production of fruits, livestock (animals), oil crops and more.
History of World War II: The Camps
These were the unspeakable and ghastly tools used to force a society made up only of Hitler's "master race." Within the thousands of camps he placed those he considered sub-human, including Jews, homosexuals, gypsies, criminals, communists, prisoners of war, Jehovah’s Witnesses, intellectuals and the mentally ill. None of these millions of captives were given any form of judicial process, and were used as slave-laborers before being massacred. Join WatchMojo.com as we learn about the Nazis
ISS Update - Oct. 11, 2012
The International Space Station video update for Oct. 11, 2012.
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