TED: Sarah Bergbreiter: Why I make robots the size of a grain of rice - Sarah Bergbreiter (2014)

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By studying the movement and bodies of insects such as ants, Sarah Bergbreiter and her team build incredibly robust, super teeny, mechanical versions of creepy crawlies … and then they add rockets. See their jaw-dropping developments in micro-robotics, and hear about three ways we might use these little helpers in the future.

Responding to the Conflict in Syria: An Insider’s Perspective

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The Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School
and the Herbert C. Kelman Seminar on International Conflict Analysis and Resolution
are pleased to co-present:
Responding to the Conflict in Syria:
An Insider’s Perspective
with
Dr. Amro Taleb
Wednesday, January 28
12:00 – 1:30 p.m.
Wasserstein Hall Room B10 (Basement Level)
Harvard Law School campus
About the Speaker:
Dr. Amro Taleb is a Syrian and Canadian citizen

Dealing with Difficult People – In and Outside of Congress

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In business negotiations, we sometimes face the task of dealing with difficult people—those who seem to pick fights, hold offensive views, or rely on hard-bargaining tactics. Some of us naturally turn away from such difficult negotiations. Others choose to try to overlook or overcome the flaws they see in potential negotiating partners.

Big cloud benefits for your smaller clients

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“When you deal with the different levels of company — from enterprise to medium to small — each one is completely different,” says Mike Aquino, director of cloud services at Cetan Corp., a Chesapeake, Virginia-based provider of cloud, collaboration and workload-automation solutions. “They’re all moving to the cloud, but they’re moving for different reasons.”

New! Advanced Mediation Workshop: Mediating Complex Disputes

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Course Dates: 
June 8-12, 2015
Faculty:
Robert H. Mnookin, Gary J. Friedman, Dana Curtis, and Samuel Mooly Dinnar. Please see faculty bios below.
Enrollment Open Date:
Early February 2015.
NAVIGATING THE COMPLEXITIES OF MEDIATION
You’ve handled numerous mediation sessions with ease. You are confident in your mediation skills, especially between two parties who want a fair resolution. But how do the dynamics

Article: Facebook Closes in on 1 Billion Mobile Users Worldwide

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Nearly 1 billion Facebook users worldwide will access the social network via mobile phones at least monthly this year, eMarketer estimates, representing over 70% of the social network's users. It's no secret that mobile has been the key driver of growth in Facebook's advertising business in the past 12 months. This year, mobile ads will account for 73.0%—or $10.90 billion—of the social network's ad revenues worldwide.

Mobile internet paves the way for ad industry

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Today’s mobile-centric consumers are connected and accessible any time thanks to cheaper smartphones and a ballooning telecommunications industry that has overhauled digital connectivity and pushed India to the cusp of a digital revolution. Understanding the current industry, smart devices have opened the doors for consumers to often rely on their mobile device for instant interaction […]

Indian public cloud services market to be $838 mn in 2015: Gartner

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Public cloud services revenue in India will reach $838 million by the end of 2015, an increase of almost 33 percent over 2014, information technology research and advisory firm Gartner said here Monday. “Public cloud services revenue in India will reach $838 million by the end of 2015, an increase of almost 33 percent, or […]
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