TED video: Anil Gupta on Mapping the Creative Mind of India & the World at Grassroots (G2G)

(2009/2010) Anil Gupta is on the hunt for the developing world’s unsung inventors — indigenous entrepreneurs whose ingenuity, hidden by poverty, could change many people’s lives. He shows how the Honey Bee Network helps them build the connections they need — and gain the recognition they deserve.  See video here. About Anil Gupta Anil Gupta …

Online+Offline Convergence: TED video of Pranav Mistry & the thrilling potential of “SixthSense” tech

(2009) At TEDIndia, Pranav Mistry demos several tools that help the physical world interact with the world of data — including a deep look at his SixthSense device and a new, paradigm-shifting paper “laptop.” In an onstage Q&A, Mistry says he’ll open-source the software behind SixthSense, to open its possibilities to all. Pranav Mistry is …

Worth a Look: Jesse Ventura on US Government

Former Minnesota governor, navy SEAL, and pro rassler Ventura has a new truTVshow investigating but not necessarily debunking conspiracy theories. This companion to the program, a sort of teaser, dissects such famed objects of unending speculation as the JFK, RFK, and MLK assassinations. Ventura concludes that none of those were twisted-loner crimes but rather resulted …

Kajoo: Open Source Civic Engagement Platform

There is no info on the homepage yet but the press release is below – http://kajoo.org + the code is available at http://github.com/mjording/kajoo.org 10th March, 2011 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Open Source Civic Engagement Platform “Kajoo” ready to launch at SXSW 2011 is already the year of Internet-fuelled civic revolution. The immediacy and reach of the …

Google Moves Voice into Cloud, Offs the Telecomms

Google Voice discovered allowing pure VoIP calls Google Voice users learned late Monday that the service now has a way of making purely Internet-based phone calls. Making a SIP call with a “sip:” prefix, the Google Voice phone number and @sip.voice.google.com skips the conventional phone network entirely, saving users cellphone minutes. Disruptive Telephony tested it …