Now that the Apple Watch has been released, wearables are indisputably mainstream. But one of the designers at the heart of the wearable tech revolution thinks it is time to refocus on something more fundamental — the human wearing them. NewDealDesign's Gadi Amit, the designer behind Fitbit, the Goo

Margaret Heckler was President Reagan's secretary of health and human services from March 1983 to December 1985. Here she says AIDS was her number one priority, but that she had to balance her department's response against the Reagan administration's fiscal priorities. Heckler maintains that preexis...

If two hands can make a piano sing, imagine the creative symphony of a dozen charismatic pianists. The international conference "TEDMED 2013: The Future of Health and Medicine is Here" took place on April 2013 at the John Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC. The broad mix of di...

Music video by Beyoncé performing I Was Here in support of the world's humanitarian day on August 19, 2012 sponsored by the United Nations.

Researchers at Newcastle University have been able to 3D-print a biocompatible corneal framework using a new gel formulations that “keeps the stem cells alive whilst producing a material which is stiff enough to hold its shape but soft enough to be squeezed out the nozzle of a 3D printer.” There is

Fire Island Dance Festival returns this summer to bring unforgettable dance and an incomparable weekend of culture to Fire Island Pines. The festival continues to be one of the most anticipated charitable events of the Fire Island summer. Since its first edition in 1994, Fire Island Dance Festival h...

A Spanish cancer patient has received a 3D printed titanium sternum and rib cage designed and manufactured in Australia. Suffering from a chest wall sarcoma (a type of cancerous tumour that grows, in this instance, around the rib cage), the 54 year old man needed his sternum and a portion of his ri

Little Children, Big Challenges: Incarceration, a bilingual (English/Spanish) multimedia initiative, provides much-needed resources to support and comfort young children throughout their parents' incarceration. Sesame Street is a production of Sesame Workshop, a nonprofit educational organization. T...

CommunityofLights.com is a new and innovative web site where people can connect based on their interest and passions. Create your own beam of light and collaborate with people all around the globe as they become register users of this unique web site. Coming to COFL.CO this September

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"Tapestry: The Faces of AIDS" is an educational and advocacy tool that presents up close and personal interviews with people infected or affected with HIV/AIDS, providing role models and empowering survivors. This episode highligh an up and close interview with lee roi hutton, an american painter. ...