Watch Entire Show: www.youtube.com More Shows: www.youtube.com Episode 3 of James Burke’s most well-known series “Connections” which explores the surprising and unexpected ways that our modern technological world came into existence. Each episode investigates the background of usually one particular modern invention and how it came into being. These explorations are an attempt to locate the “connections” between various historical figures who seemingly had nothing to do with each other in their own times, however once connected, these same figures combined to produce some of the most profound impacts on our modern day world; in a “1+1=3″ type of way. It is this type of investigation that is the main idea behind the Knowledge Web project; whereby sophisticated software is used to attempt to discover these subtle interconnections automatically. See k-web.org. See channel page for purchase options.
Watch Entire Show: www.youtube.com More Shows: www.youtube.com Episode 7 of James Burke’s most well-known series “Connections” which explores the surprising and unexpected ways that our modern technological world came into existence. Each episode investigates the background of usually one particular modern invention and how it came into being. These explorations are an attempt to locate the “connections” between various historical figures who seemingly had nothing to do with each other in their own times, however once connected, these same figures combined to produce some of the most profound impacts on our modern day world; in a “1+1=3″ type of way. It is this type of investigation that is the core idea behind the Knowledge Web project, whereby sophisticated software is being developed to attempt to discover these subtle interconnections automatically. See k-web.org. See channel page for purchase options.
Watch Entire Show: www.youtube.com More Shows: www.youtube.com Episode 2 of James Burke’s most well-known series “Connections” which explores the surprising and unexpected ways that our modern technological world came into existence. Each episode investigates the background of usually one particular modern invention and how it came into being. These explorations are an attempt to locate the “connections” between various historical figures who seemingly had nothing to do with each other in their own times, however once connected, these same figures combined to produce some of the most profound impacts on our modern day world; in a “1+1=3″ type of way. It is this type of investigation that is the main idea behind the Knowledge Web project; whereby sophisticated software is used to attempt to discover these subtle connections automatically. See k-web.org. See channel page for purchase options.
www.bbc.co.uk Following the popular reality show ‘Dragons’ Den’, in which budding entrepreneurs get three minutes to pitch their business ideas to multimillionaires, this series provides the answers to some burning questions: what happens after the deal is done? How did the dragons make their millions? And what are they really like? In this episode, we gain unprecedented access into the life of James Caan. We discover why his daughters cringe at some of his appearances in the Den and get a glimpse into the jet-setting lifestyle of a multimillionaire businessman as he breakfasts with his wife in Cannes, checks up on some business investments in Lahore and gets an update on his latest venture aboard his own luxury superyacht, specially designed to meet James’s meticulous demands. As a private equity investor, James is a dragon both inside and outside the den and so as well as getting an insight into how he spends his millions, we also discover some of the secrets about how he made them, why he chose not to go into the family leather business and why he changed his name. Finally we discover what his rival dragon investors really think of him and how difficult it has been being the new boy; also, we catch up with some of his most memorable investments. Will his doggie treadmill earn him another fortune? How has Laban Roomes and his gold-plating business coped with James’ attention to detail? And just four months on since shaking hands on the deal, has life changed for …
www.bbc.co.uk Following the popular reality show ‘Dragons’ Den’, in which budding entrepreneurs get three minutes to pitch their business ideas to multimillionaires, this series provides the answers to some burning questions: what happens after the deal is done? How did the dragons make their millions? And what are they really like? In this episode, we gain unprecedented access into the life of James Caan. We discover why his daughters cringe at some of his appearances in the Den and get a glimpse into the jet-setting lifestyle of a multimillionaire businessman as he breakfasts with his wife in Cannes, checks up on some business investments in Lahore and gets an update on his latest venture aboard his own luxury superyacht, specially designed to meet James’s meticulous demands. As a private equity investor, James is a dragon both inside and outside the den and so as well as getting an insight into how he spends his millions, we also discover some of the secrets about how he made them, why he chose not to go into the family leather business and why he changed his name. Finally we discover what his rival dragon investors really think of him and how difficult it has been being the new boy; also, we catch up with some of his most memorable investments. Will his doggie treadmill earn him another fortune? How has Laban Roomes and his gold-plating business coped with James’ attention to detail? And just four months on since shaking hands on the deal, has life changed for …
For more videos, go to news.discovery.com Avatar director James Cameron talks to Discovery News’ Jorge Ribas about his new science fiction epic, and the technology he needed to get it on the screen.
really starts coining it. Well, in 1622, Mansell gets hauled up before the court by his competitors and listening to him on the jury is a certain Viscount Grandison, who – hearing about all these things – immediately goes into the lucrative business of coal furnaces. Well, his grandson eventually sets up using coal to smelt lead near Bristol And then one day when he doesn’t pay his partners what he owes them one of them leaves him and goes off and starts smelting copper, also near Bristol …
www.bbc.co.uk Following the popular reality show ‘Dragons’ Den’, in which budding entrepreneurs get three minutes to pitch their business ideas to multimillionaires, this series provides the answers to some burning questions: what happens after the deal is done? How did the dragons make their millions? And what are they really like? In this episode, we gain unprecedented access into the life of James Caan. We discover why his daughters cringe at some of his appearances in the Den and get …