(Charlotte, NC) October 5, 2011 – Final preparations for TEDxCharlotte 2011 “Risk-takers and Dream-makers” are underway as October 15th approaches. The staging at Queens University of Charlotte is near completion, artists are selected, speakers are rehearsing and a title sponsor – Signature Healthcare – has signed on. The Floating Brain Focusing on the Technology [...]
Have you seen the new QR Codes on the Facebook Fan Page? Scan the code to the left with your iPad or smartphone now and experience the fun for yourself! Once a QR Code is scanned it will redirect your electronic device (i.e. smart phone or iPad) to one of the many places TEDxCharlotte offers [...]
MacArthur winner Sendhil Mullainathan uses the lens of behavioral economics to study a tricky set of social problems — those we know how to solve, but don’t. We know how to reduce child deaths due to diarrhea, how to prevent diabetes-related blindness and how to implement solar-cell technology … yet somehow, we don’t or can’t. [...]
