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Watching Me Watching You: Nanotechnology and Civil Liberties—A Fred Friendly SeminarDESCRIPTION
Nanotechnology will likely transform the security and surveillance industries in the near future. Governments, corporations, and even individuals may have highly sophisticated sensors and tracking apparatus at their disposal—keeping tabs on everyone from customers to potential terrorists to aging parents.
Virtual Worlds: Inside Online GamesDESCRIPTION
As online gaming companies position themselves to tap an entertainment market that is projected to explode, researchers question the safety of deeply immersive virtual worlds.
Linking Africa: The Future Is DigitalAfrica has the fastest-growing cell phone market in the world, fueling the continent’s IT boom and making Nokia and Google sit up and take notice. This program examines East Africa’s burgeoning and innovative use of information technology in small businesses, health care, education, and social activism. Viewers meet the software developers and digital pioneers who are increasing Africa’s connectivity with programs such as One Laptop per Child—an initiative that brings hope to an area ravaged by civil strife. The video also looks at the mixed feelings of uneasy governments that see the Internet as both potential spark for an Arab Spring–style uprising and a lucrative way to bring their countries into the 21st century.
The Scoop on Blended FamiliesSEGMENTS:
Blended Step-Families: Strategies.
Communication Strategy.
Where Will I Live?
Merged Families: Names and Rules.
Children Caught in the Middle.
Blended Families: Privacy.
Making A Difference: American Volunteers AbroadDESCRIPTION
Ngorongoro Crater attracts large numbers of tourists who ride around the park in Land Rovers while photographing wildlife. Americans spend a year volunteering their time to help Tanzanians cope with some of the major social problems it faces as a developing nation. Loti Sareyo, Coordinator Ng'iresi Cultural Tourism Program takes tourists to the school to see how their money is spent. This money is called a Village Development Fee and goes back into the community to help pay for school buildings, water irrigation systems, and energy saving stoves.
Gender War/Gender PeaceDESCRIPTION
A man and a woman at a coffee shop discuss viewing the other sex as another culture. We see a car commercial depicting the interpretation of language by a man and a woman.
