Philip Rosedale of Second Life
Rocketboom Tech correspondent Ellie Rountree talks with Philip Rosedale, founder of Linden Lab and creator of Second Life.
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This episode was created in collaboration with Intel!
Rocketboom Tech correspondent Ellie Rountree talks with Philip Rosedale, founder of Linden Lab and creator of Second Life.
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This episode was created in collaboration with Intel!
Rocketboom Tech correspondent Ellie Rountree visits the Intel WiMax Labs in Hillsboro, Oregon to take a more in-depth look at the next generation of mobile high-speed internet connectivity. Related coverage: What Is WiMax?
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This episode was created in collaboration with Intel!
Welcome to Caitlin Hill, Caitlin on YouTube, Caitlin on Twitter. Pluto, Clyde Tombaugh, Harvard College Observatory, The girl who named a planet , Pluto (Disney Character) History, International Astronomical Union, Clearing the neighbourhood, Illinois: Pluto Is a Planet, New Mexico Legislature: Declaring Pluto a Planet.
Rocketboom Field Correspondent Ruud Elmendorp reports on the distribution of bed nets in order to combat malaria in the Sudan. See also: Fighting Malaria in Kenya
Rocketboom Tech correspondent Ellie Rountree talks to Bre Pettis, and Zach Hoeken about their new company, MakerBot Industries, building open source robot kits that allow you to do rapid prototyping and 3D Printing at home. Music: Can Opener by The Discoghosts. Rocketboom Extra: Ellie and the Flaming Bunny. Music from the Extra: Dengue Fever. Related: Ellie visits the NYC Resistor hacker space. ![]()
This episode was created in collaboration with Intel!
Rocketboom Tech correspondent Ellie Rountree visits NYC Resistor, a hacker collective in Brooklyn, NY. Links: Bre Pettis, DIY Freaks Flock to ‘Hacker Spaces’ Worldwide, Hackerbot Labs, Chaos Computer Club, Hackerspaces.org
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This episode was created in collaboration with Intel!
The 2009 NYC Pillow Fight held on Wall Street in New York City. Music: Revolve by hisboyelroy. Also see Rocketboom coverage of the 2008, 2007, and 2006 Pillow Fights.
If time was infinite and space was finite everything would repeat.
New York City 1911-Present, by Adam Quirk of Wreck and Salvage, NYPL Digital Gallery, video of the Empire State Building, music by Dosh
Story Links: Save the world from Magibon, Rocketboom, Felicia Day, Ze Frank, Revision3, Podshow, Bombay.tv
Rocketboom visits a ‘World Record Appreciation Society’ event in New York City, an open, participatory evening of world record setting organized by the creators of the Universal Records Database.
Rocketboom Spotlight: Slagsmålsklubben - Sponsored by destiny. A reinterpretation of the fairytale Little Red Riding Hood. Motion graphics by Tomas Nilsson, music: Slagsmålsklubben
Rocketboom Field Correspondent Ruud Elmendorp investigates the rise in boda bodas (or motorcycle taxis) in Kenya.
Rocketboom Tech field correspondent Ellie Rountree asks SXSW attendees what’s in their gadget bags.
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This episode was created in collaboration with Intel!
Director Ben Steinbauer and ‘Winnebago Man’ Jack Rebney speak at the 2009 SXSW Interactive Festival in Austin, TX. Winnebago Man documentary. Original Winnebago Man video. Music by Podington Bear.
Rocketboom Spotlight:Obama’s Message to Iran.
Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Persian Gulf, Arabian Peninsula, Dubai Financial Services Authority, Abu Dhabi, World’s Richest City Wants to Be Culture Capital of Arab World, The outstretched palm (Abu Dhabi bails out its neighbour), Dubai’s six-year building boom grinds to halt as financial crisis takes hold, Rights groups, media workers concerned over draft UAE media bill, Has the crisis left Dubai migrant workers out in the cold?, Laid-Off Foreigners Flee as Dubai Spirals Down, The Baffling World of Visa Restrictions
Chimp’s stone throwing at zoo visitors was ‘premeditated’, A Comeback for Lamarckian Evolution?, The Cones Project, Sorry, this space is taken , Illinois plutocrats are frakkin’ goofy, Benoit Lemoine’s Zipper Tape, The International Space Station to become the second brightest object in the night sky with help from Canadarm2, go away world, leave me alone: ovei personal multimedia environment, pulsewidth’s felt mini synthesizers make soft, squishy music, pul(sew)width, Rolcats: English Translations of Eastern Bloc Lolcats, Pi song YTMND
Rocketboom Tech field correspondent Ellie Rountree visits the Intel Science Talent Search in Washington D.C. Society for Science & The Public, STS 2009 Winners.
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This episode was created in collaboration with Intel!
Rocketboom Spotlight: “The Collector”, by John Douglas Powers