Archive for August, 2012

TEDxSMU Wednesday 8.22.2012

This week we watched David MacKay’s talk A Reality Check on Renewables: How much land mass would renewables need to power a nation like the UK? An entire country’s worth. In this pragmatic talk, David MacKay tours the basic mathematics that show worrying limitations on our sustainable energy options and explains why we should pursue [...]

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TEDxSMU Fall 2012 Update

It’s hard to believe it’s already back-to-school time. We’ve had a great summer planning our fall events in the TEDxSMU offices, and we’re eager to kick things off…which we do tomorrow with our first TEDxSMU Wednesday for the fall semester. Check out what’s happening around TEDxSMU. TEDxSMU Wednesdays Have a free Wednesday lunch hour? Join [...]

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