David Burkus | The Myths of Creativity

  As one might gather from the title of this Google Talk, David Burkus is the author of The Myths of Creativity: The Truth About How Innovative Companies and People Generate Great Ideas (2013). Back around the beginning of June (the 9th), Burkus stopped by Google to talk about his book (which is described below … Read more

Jeremy O'Brien: "Quantum Technologies"

Jeremy O’Brien spoke recently at Google on Quantum Technologies, a topic he has written on extensively [see his 2009 paper, with Furusawa and Vu ckovi c, Photonic Quantum Technologies]. This is interesting stuff – and likely to be the future of computing technology. Jeremy O’Brien: “Quantum Technologies” June 17, 2014 Jeremy O’Brien visited Google LA … Read more

Kickstarter – Nevermind: A Biofeedback Horror Adventure Game

My friend Arthur turned me on to this Kickstarter campaign to create a biofeedback-enhanced horror adventure game, Nevermind. It uses your stress levels to make the game harder or easier (the more you get stressed, the harder it is). This seems like an amazingly cool way to teach/learn affect regulation. One exciting facet of Nevermind … Read more