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Lecture 11 - Powering the Future with Sustainable Energy, Summer Science Seminar

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:45:25 -0500

August 21, 2008 presentation by Stacey Bent for the Stanford University Office of Science Outreach’s Summer Science Lecture Series. Meeting the world's growing energy needs in a sustainable fashion is one of the most pressing problems of our time. Professor Bent introduces the scope of the energy problem and some of the options for sustainable energy, then will focus on two main devices: solar cells and fuel cells. Solar cells convert the energy of the sun directly into electricity, while fuel cells convert chemical energy directly into electricity. Current research at Stanford is studying the use of new materials to develop the next generation of solar cells and fuel cells.

Difference Between an Idea and an Opportunity

Wed, 15 Apr 2009 19:22:39 -0400

Tom Byers, professor at Stanford University and founder and a faculty director of the Stanford Technology Ventures Program (STVP), stresses that "Entrepreneurs are not born, they are made". He discusses a framework that elaborates the difference between an idea and an opportunity.

Career: Learning from Failure Early On

Wed, 15 Apr 2009 19:21:43 -0400

Khosla talks about his early career development. He first tried to do a company in India based on milk from soybeans. He travelled to Carnegie Mellon, and then to Stanford University. He describes why persistence and evangelism are important. Although he was not admitted to Stanford at first, saught more real-world experience, and was not admitted again, through persuasion and persistence, he was finally accepted.

Lecture 8 - Archimedes: Ancient Text Revealed with X-Ray Vision, Summer Science Seminar

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:45:12 -0500

August 3, 2006 presentation by Uwe Bergmann for the Stanford University Office of Science Outreach’s Summer Science Lecture Series. Uwe Bergman, Physicist at the Stanford Linear Accelerator takes the viewer on a journey of a 1,000 year old parchment from its origin in the Mediterranean city of Constantinople to a particle accelerator in Menlo Park.

Lecture 7 - Deafness: Emerging Strategies for a Cure (Stefan Heller), The Future of Human Health

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:45:12 -0500

Stefan Heller is trying to create inexpensive ear drops that can cure deafness. In this short talk, Heller describes how his team of researchers at Stanford University is transplanting stem cells into the ear to "regenerate" damaged hearing cells.

Lecture 19 - Introduction to Chemical Engineering XIX, Introduction to Chemical Engineering

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:49:27 -0500

Professor Channing Robertson of the Stanford University Chemical Engineering Department discusses the functioning of a kidney dialysis machine and clinic.

Data Modeling and Conceptual Sketching in the Design Process

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:27:38 -0400

November 9, 2007 lecture by Monty Hamontree for the Stanford University Human-Computer Interaction Seminar. This talk delves into 5 interrelated keys that Microsoft teams focus on to elevate the impact of "design research". Namely how to: team insightfully as project teams; observe our users holistically; broker user and design patterns proudly; distill fresh insights collectively; and envision design essence vividly. A model of various design research modeling approaches is used to spur discussion around the strengths and weakness of each approach.

The Big Ones

Fri, 17 Apr 2009 23:41:35 -0400

Ku talks about some of the big licenses to come out of Stanford University since the beginning of the Office of Technology Licensing.

Classical Mechanics I

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:47:23 -0500

Lecture 1 of Leonard Susskind’s Modern Physics course concentrating on Classical Mechanics. Recorded October 15, 2007 at Stanford University.

Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity I

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:49:20 -0500

Lecture 1 of Leonard Susskind’s Modern Physics concentrating on General Relativity. Recorded September 22, 2008 at Stanford University.