I am watching TEDxHongKong Live. It is live for the next few hours until 5pm HK time, Tue Aug 31st. (3am MST/Calgary time, Aug 31, 2010).
Update: I watched a good portion of TEDxHongKong and it was really good.
The following a revised edition of my #TEDxHongKong tweets with new comments (in reverse time order, latest first)
- Truly admire what Edward Ng has done to help the villagers and change & shape the minds of his students. #TEDxHK (check out his Bridge to China project)
- Edward Ng: It is not the physical bridge that is important, it is the spiritual bridge that connects people. #TEDxHK
- Edward Ng: Inspiring bridges building projects to help kids and adults in remote villages. #TEDxHK
- Edward Ng: Temp outside school +40 & -20 outside, don’t need cooling or heating. Cool. #TEDxHK
- Edward Ng: Talking about the Bridge to China project #TEDxHK
- Love to see @bengoertzel AGI works in 10-20 years but I am too realistic/pessimistic and don’t expect it to work in the specified time frame. #TEDxHK [Kempton: Check out Ben's main website for more info about him and his research. As someone who has been trained in computer science and actually curious about latest development in AI and AGI, unfortunately I found the speech not as inspiring as I had hoped. I wonder what do the less technical people think about the presentation.]
- Ben Goertzel: Narrow AI (e.g. Chess: Deep Blue) vs AGI (Artificial General Intelligence, Hmmm thinking on its feet AI) #TEDxHK
- Ben Goertzel: 1200 genes diff b/n reg and super flies. 800 genes “related” to human genes #TEDxHK
- Ben Goertzel: Super flies have more sex! :) #TEDxHK
- Ben Goertzel: Super flies have stronger hearts! :) #TEDxHK
- Ben Goertzel: Talk about AI, super flies and possible path to immortality. #TEDxHK
- The Show Choir: Music director Horace Mui has done a wonderful job with the HK kids. Keep up the good work Horace. #TEDxHK
- The Show Choir: http://www.theshowchoir.com/ #TEDxHK
- HK kids singing one of my fav Glee song at #TEDxHK P.S. my Banff interview of Ian Brennan, co-creator/writer of #Glee
- @BASF_Asia Hope you don’t mind me being blunt. Is plastic better described as downcycling instead of recycling? #TEDxHK
- Jane Goodall: … people who tackle impossible problems and they never give up [...] those are the reasons I never give up. #TEDxHK
- P.S. It was an honour to see Jane Goodall speak live in HK via the live feed. At the same time, I didn’t feel as inspired as I had hope. Ah, may be I am getting a bit too hardened. :(
- Jane Goodall: If our youths give up, then we might as well give up. #TEDxHK
- Doug Woodring: member of Project Kaisei speaking at #TEDxHK (note: “The “Plastic Vortex,” or what is sometimes referred to as the “garbage patch,” is within an area that is technically referred to as the the North Pacific Subtropical Convergence Zone.”)
- Disappointed to see Robert ended up giving much of a sales pitch and less of an insightful talk that it could have been.
- Some US Patent search results for “Robert Yung” Not sure if I got the right Robert. #TEDxHK [note: Robert was with PMC Sierra, Intel, Sun Microsystems, Nexgen Microsystems. Xenologic, etc]
- Dr. Robert Yung is the next speaker. Holds 70 patents, 20 pending patents. Robert is EVP and CTO of Tessera #TEDxHK
- Vivek: HK people with interesting/funny English names: Photosynthesis, ABCD, “Sorry” :) #TEDxHK
- Vivek: Hong Kong police speaks Yoda English! :) #TEDxHK
- I love Vivek Mahbubani as a comedian! And he speaks perfect Cantonese and English! Funny man! His site www.vivekmahbubani.com #TEDxHK (Check out these two funny YouTube clips. I watched the first standup comedy clip before and I still laugh when I watch it now. Very funny. And this short RTHK clip.)
- Can bamboo be made “cool” and not poor men’s timber by inviting cool designers like Bruce Mau/IDEO to design or use bamboo in a bigger scale?
- Martin Tam: The weakest bamboo pole get more nutrient. Hmm, interesting. #TEDxHK (Check out two of Martin’s articles “Industrialising Bamboo (2009)” and “Living Building (2007)“.)
- Martin Tam: Conception problem with bamboo as poor men’s timber. #TEDxHK
- Martin Tam: Bamboo can grow 1.4m per day! Ready to harvest in the 5th year. #TEDxHK
- Martin Tam: Talking about the Bamboo movement. Seems cool.
- Interesting “Stop reclamation” poster in Christine Loh‘s speech. Changing people’s mindset.
- Listening to Christine Loh speaking about Creativity live at #TEDxHongKong
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Here are some info from TEDxHongKong,
“In the spirit of TED, we at TEDxHong Kong aim to convey to the community, businesses and institutions “ideas worth spreading” by putting together local and international speakers to inspire action and make a difference towards a sustainable Hong Kong. Through TEDxHong Kong and TEDxYouth Day we will engage the people of Hong Kong; challenge conventional wisdom through “creative action” and change the way we view the world through motivational, intellectual and entertaining experiences. The theme “Creativity in Action” will be used to highlight the role of innovation in tackling environmental, social and corporate sustainability issues critical to Hong Kong’s future prosperity.
What is TEDx?
In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TED has created a program called TEDx. TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. Our event is called TEDxHong Kong, where x = independently organized TED event. At our TEDxHong Kong event, TEDTalks video and live speakers will combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events, including ours, are self-organized.“
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