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Stalinism Channel: ACADEMIC EARTH Length: 0 Date: November 03, 2009 One of the central questions in assessing Stalinism is whether or not the abuses of the latter were already present in the first years of the Russi...

Designing Interactions that Combine Pen, Paper, and PC Channel: ACADEMIC EARTH Length: 0 Date: November 02, 2009 October 5, 2007 lecture by Ron Yeh for the Stanford University Human-Computer Interaction Seminar. Pen and paper are powerful tools for visualizin...

Lecture 7 - Lying and Principals, Justice: What’s the Right Thing to Do? Channel: ACADEMIC EARTH Length: 0 Date: October 31, 2009 Part 1 - A Lesson in Lying: Immanuel Kant believed that telling a lie, even a white lie, is a violation of one’s own dignity. Professor Sandel as...

Tap is the New Click Channel: ACADEMIC EARTH Length: 0 Date: October 28, 2009 (January 23, 2009) Dan Saffer, principal designer at Kicker Studio, covers the basics of touchscreen and gestural technology including: ergonomics...

U.S. Presidential elections from 1789 to 1916 Channel: ACADEMIC EARTH Length: 0 Date: October 27, 2009 In this lecture, Professor Lewis covers U.S. Presidential elections from 1789 to 1916.

Social Annotation, Contextual Collaboration, Online Transparency Channel: ACADEMIC EARTH Length: 0 Date: October 27, 2009 (January 30, 2009) Bobby Fishkin, CEO and Co-Founder of Reframe It Inc., looks at how certain interface innovations can allow time shifting in the...

Redistributive Taxation and Progressive Taxation - Freedom to Choose Channel: ACADEMIC EARTH Length: 0 Date: October 27, 2009 Part 1 - Free to Choose: With humorous references to Bill Gates and Michael Jordan, Sandel introduces the libertarian notion that redistributive t...

How Much is a Life Worth? Channel: ACADEMIC EARTH Length: 0 Date: October 27, 2009 Part 1 - Putting a Price Tag on Life: Today, companies and governments often use Jeremy Bentham’s utilitarian logic under the name of “cost-benefi...

The Morality of Murder and Cannibalism Channel: ACADEMIC EARTH Length: 0 Date: October 27, 2009 Part 1 - The Moral Side of Murder: If you had to choose between (1) killing one person to save the lives of five others and (2) doing nothing, eve...

MySong: Automatic Accompaniment for Vocal Melodies Channel: ACADEMIC EARTH Length: 0 Date: October 27, 2009 May 9, 2008 lecture by Dan Morris for the Stanford University Human Computer Interaction Seminar (CS547).  MySong is a system that...

U.S. Presidential elections from 1920 to 1996 Channel: ACADEMIC EARTH Length: 0 Date: October 27, 2009 In this lecture, Professor Lewis covers U.S. Presidential elections from 1920 to 1996.

Not Invented Here: Online Mapping Unraveled Channel: ACADEMIC EARTH Length: 0 Date: October 27, 2009 (February 20, 2009) Michal Migurski and Tom Carden, both of Stamen Design, discuss the online maps their studio has put out, originating from Oakl...

Avoiding the Draft and Avoiding Parenthood Channel: ACADEMIC EARTH Length: 0 Date: October 27, 2009 Part 1 - Hired Guns?: During the Civil War, men drafted into war had the option of hiring substitutes to fight in their place. Many students say ...

Adaptive Interaction Techniques for Sharing Design Resources Channel: ACADEMIC EARTH Length: 0 Date: October 27, 2009 December 7, 2007 lecture by Brian Lee for the Human-Computer Interaction Seminar (CS 547). Today’s designers generate content both on paper and on...

Automatically Generating Personalized Adaptive User Interfaces Channel: ACADEMIC EARTH Length: 0 Date: October 27, 2009 May 2, 2008 lecture by Krzysztof Gajos for the Stanford University Human Computer Interaction Seminar (CS547).  User Inter...

The Democratization of Ubiquitous Computing Channel: ACADEMIC EARTH Length: 0 Date: October 27, 2009 April 25, 2008 lecture by Leah Buechley for the Stanford University Human Computer Interaction Seminar (CS547).  Computational tex...

Toward Adaptive Services for Personal Archiving Channel: ACADEMIC EARTH Length: 0 Date: October 27, 2009 November 2, 2007 lecture by Cathy Marshall for the Stanford University Human-Computer Interaction Seminar. Most of us engage in magical thinking w...

ChucK: A Computer Music Programming Language Channel: ACADEMIC EARTH Length: 0 Date: October 27, 2009 November 16, 2007 lecture by Ge Wang for the Stanford University Human-Computer Interaction Seminar. In the first part of this talk, Ge presents t...

Lecture 4 - Factorization into A = LU, Linear Algebra Channel: ACADEMIC EARTH Length: 0 Date: October 26, 2009 This is a basic course on matrix theory and linear algebra. Emphasis is given to topics that will be useful in other disciplines, including system...

Lecture 9 - Paradise Lost, Book I, The Poetry of John Milton Channel: ACADEMIC EARTH Length: 0 Date: October 06, 2009 The invocation to Paradise Lost is read and analyzed. Milton’s tenure as Latin Secretary under the Puritan government, his subsequent imprisonment...

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