The Daily Twenty #45

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COMPUTER SCIENCE - Vijay Kumar: Robots that fly ... and cooperate
BUSINESS - Successful e-mail marketing - how is it done?
ECONOMICS - Bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers
LITERATURE - Who was really a character called Oblomov?
SOCIAL SCIENCE - Larry Smith: Describe your story in six words!

SCIENCE - Stem Cells: Not What They Used to Be
POLITICS - Henry Kissinger and Realpolitik
MEDIA - How did the British Broadcasting Company start?
LAW - Henry King - The Laws of War
HISTORY - Who was Julius Caesar?

HEALTH&MEDICINE - Avoiding carcinogens at home
ENVIRONMENT - Paul Gilding - The Earth is Full!
ENGINEERING - History of the bridge construction
EDUCATION - What is learned helplessness?
ART&DESIGN - Erik Johansson: Impossible photography

MUSIC - A short overview of rapping
SPORT - What is the Spanish tiki-taka football?
SOCIAL SKILLS - How to avoid multitasking?
HANDICRAFT - How to make a wooden toy train?
LANGUAGES - What is esperanto language?

The Daily Twenty #44

Selection for today is here. Hope you enjoy these free educational materials gathered for you!

COMPUTER SCIENCE - Scott Heiferman on Meetup
BUSINESS - Seth Godin in 2006 talking about business and design
ECONOMICS -  Barry Schwartz on saving Wall Street with practical wisdom
LITERATURE - Giuseppe Mazzotta on Inferno  IV -VII
SOCIAL SCIENCE -Jamy Ian Swiss doing tricks

SCIENCE - Walter Lewin on measurements of space and time
POLITICS - Kurt Andersen on renewing America
MEDIA - Rajeev Desait on PR in the modern world
LAW - Sigall Bell on how to improve medical system
HISTORY - Introduction to European Civilization by John Merriman

HEALTH&MEDICINE - Bill Brownstein on personal pharmacies
ENVIRONMENT - Graham Hill on reducing our personal carbon footprint
ENGINEERING - Introduction to Chemical Engineering - Lecture 2
EDUCATION - Sal Khan at Gel 2010
ART&DESIGN - Louise Reilly Sacco on Bad Art

MUSIC - Eric Singer demonstrates how a robot can play music
SPORT - Waterstart in windsurfing - ground lessons
SOCIAL SKILLS - Ji Lee on the transformative power of personal projects
HANDICRAFT - How to resole your climbing shoes
LANGUAGES - Travel russian 101

The Daily Twenty #43

The selection for today is here with some very interesting topics.

COMPUTER SCIENCE - Desney Tan and Scott Saponas on our bodies as the interface
BUSINESS - Nathan Eagle on global mobile workforce
ECONOMICS - Peter Whybrow on the look at the instinctual and social behaviors of economy
LITERATURE - Anthony Doerr: Butterflies
SOCIAL SCIENCE - Stephanie Coontz on Marriage

SCIENCE - Jonah Lehrer on creative insights
POLITICS - Eli Pariser on the Filter Bubble
MEDIA - Enhancing science communication through social media
LAW - Introduction to business law
HISTORY - Buddha's Relics - Part 1

HEALTH&MEDICINE - Pamela Ronald on integrating organic farming techniques with G.E. crops
ENVIRONMENT - Will Allen on Urban Farming
ENGINEERING - Sheila Kennedy on creating energetic miracles
EDUCATION - Nina Dudnik on seeding labs
ART&DESIGN - Clifford Ross on his invention, the R2

MUSIC - Adivce for harmonica beginners
SPORT - Snowboard Trick Tips: Basic Air
SOCIAL SKILLS - Scott Belsky on self-marketing
HANDICRAFT - How to wax your snowboard
LANGUAGES - The Origins of Language

The Daily Twenty #42

Today's FUNI daily twenty presents you again a wide variety of  talks and instructions on topics you are most interested in. Make your day count! Learn something new or think along with great minds!
Enjoy!

COMPUTER SCIENCE - Klaus Stadlmann: The world’s smallest 3D printer
BUSINESS - What Makes Companies Great?
ECONOMICS - Richard Wilkinson: How economic inequality harms societies
LITERATURE - C.K. Williams' poetry of youth and age
SOCIAL SCIENCE - Helen Fisher tells us why we love + cheat

SCIENCE - Craig Venter unveils "synthetic life"
POLITICS - Karen Tse: How to stop torture
MEDIA - Kevin Allocca: Why videos go viral
LAW - Canon White: Pursuing reconciliation in Iraq
HISTORY - David Christian: Big history

HEALTH&MEDICINE - Todd Kuiken: A prosthetic arm that "feels"
ENVIRONMENT - Kamal Meattle on how to grow fresh air
ENGINEERING - Michael Pawlyn: Using nature's genius in architecture
EDUCATION - Sugata Mitra: The child-driven education
ART&DESIGN - Suzanne Lee: Grow your own clothes

MUSIC - Scott McDowell: What Jazz Soloists Know About Creative Collaboration
SPORT - How to play table tennis
SOCIAL SKILLS - Daniel Goldstein: The battle between your present and future self
HANDICRAFT - How to knit a scarf
LANGUAGES - Learn Finnish: the alphabet

The Daily Twenty #41

A new week has begun - enjoy the last week of February:)
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COMPUTER SCIENCE - Focus on Mobile Technologies
BUSINESS - Innovating your business model
ECONOMICS - James Mirrlees - Mathematics and Real Economics
LITERATURE - The themes of "1984" - George Orwell
SOCIAL SCIENCE - This time with feeling

SCIENCE - Physics, Finance and Some Useful Mathematics
POLITICS - Who was the Iron Chancellor - Otto von Bismarck?
MEDIA - Communications satellites: making the global village possible
LAW -  Access to Unproven Therapies: A Debate
HISTORY - Remembering the 60s

HEALTH&MEDICINE -
ENVIRONMENT - What is acid rain?
ENGINEERING - Arduino Robotics
EDUCATION - Scholars as global citizens?
ART&DESIGN - Tips for beautiful design

MUSIC - So you want to write a symphony?
SPORT - Basic Sword Fencing Moves & Techniques: Free Online Lessons for Beginners : Fencing Advance & Retreat Footwork
SOCIAL SKILLS - Eight Simple Anger Management Tips
HANDICRAFT - How to sew - for beginners
LANGUAGES - Why are Phonetics Important? | Learn English

The Daily Twenty #40

COMPUTER SCIENCE - Avi Rubin: All your devices can be hacked
BUSINESS - Sergey Brin and Larry Page: Inside the Google machine
ECONOMICS - Hans Rosling on global population growth
LITERATURE - On Virginia Woolf
SOCIAL SCIENCE - Robert Sapolsky: Are Humans Just Another Primate?

SCIENCE - Will We Ever Understand the Brain?
POLITICS - The intricate economics of terrorism
MEDIA - Alisa Miller shares the news about the news
LAW - U.S. District Judge Nancy Gertner: Insights from the Federal Bench
HISTORY - HANNIBAL, THE AFRICAN WARRIOR, History Channel Documentary

HEALTH&MEDICINE - Dr. Abraham Verghese: A Doctors Touch
ENVIRONMENT - A vision for sustainable restaurants
ENGINEERING - The Third Industrial Revolution

EDUCATION - The Crucial Educational Fusion
ART&DESIGN - Tim Brown urges designers to think big

MUSIC - Building the musical muscle
SPORT - Battle of Ideas: Is Abuse Ruining Football?SOCIAL SKILLS - The Hidden Power of the Smile
HANDICRAFT - How To Fold a T-shirt in 2 seconds
LANGUAGES - How Language Shapes Thought

The Daily Twenty #39

On today's wet Saturday, there's no place better to be than home. And at home, there's no better activity than educating yourself a bit.

Here's where The Funi Daily Twenty comes in - 20 materials for 20 different subjects, pre-selected and pre-packaged for your comfort!

COMPUTER SCIENCE - How cyberattacks threaten real-world peace
BUSINESS - Majora Carter: 3 stories of local eco-entrepreneurship
ECONOMICS - Martin Jacques: Understanding the rise of China
LITERATURE - What we learned from 5 million books
SOCIAL SCIENCE - The Web as random acts of kindness

SCIENCE - How we found hundreds of potential Earth-like planets
POLITICS - Shashi Tharoor: Why nations should pursue "soft" power
MEDIA - Chris Bliss: Comedy is translation
LAW - Philip Howard: Four ways to fix a broken legal system
HISTORY - David Christian: Big history

HEALTH&MEDICINE - Thomas Goetz: It's time to redesign medical data
ENVIRONMENT - Ray Anderson on the business logic of sustainability
ENGINEERING - Dennis Hong: Making a car for blind drivers
EDUCATION - Conrad Wolfram: Teaching kids real math with computers
ART&DESIGN - Using nature's genius in architecture

MUSIC - Stefon Harris: There are no mistakes on the bandstand
SPORT - Cooking as never seen before
SOCIAL SKILLS - How to succeed? Get more sleep
HANDICRAFT - Terry Moore: How to tie your shoes
LANGUAGES - Jane Goodall: What separates us from the apes?