very much worth watching, as it shows that smart people are thinking about ways in which the human condition can be bettered, not only ways in which we can be blown up more efficiently or engineer a bigger bonus check for themselves:
i recommend watching it in a dedicated window as it's HD, but i'll inline it as well:
George Whitesides is a chem prof at Harvard but his interests are all over the place. this talk is on his efforts to create low-cost diagnostic tools for the 3rd world, and it really is quite inspiring.
i recommend watching it in a dedicated window as it's HD, but i'll inline it as well:
George Whitesides is a chem prof at Harvard but his interests are all over the place. this talk is on his efforts to create low-cost diagnostic tools for the 3rd world, and it really is quite inspiring.
