Sentence examples for high-tech cultural from inspiring English sources

Paulina Borsook, high-tech cultural commentator and author of Cyberselfish: A Critical Romp Through the Terribly Libertarian Culture of High Tech, discusses Silicon Valley's paradoxical "technolibertarian" attitude towards the government and the Big Capital Establishment who made the meteoric rise of the technology industry possible.

Searching for new ways to reach out to people, the embassy here pitched the idea of a high-tech cultural center set in a shopping center — a logical choice in this mall-centric city.

For much of the decade that it has existed, net.art (variously known as webart, internet art and cyberart) has been something of a Loch Ness monster of the brave new high-tech cultural world.

In an effort to create a kind of high-tech cross-cultural exchange, Mr. Nourse has also solicited work from a number of relatively well-known iPhone artists, including Susan Murtaugh, a classically trained portraitist who was recently commissioned to "paint" portraits of five members of a corporation's executive board.

And Zaha Hadid has presented radical plans to redevelop the neglected Zorrozaurre peninsula and turn it into a high-tech residential and cultural island.

It would also be equipped with what one called "a high-tech center for cultural learning outreach," connecting students at Carnegie Hall with counterparts worldwide.

Aerospace student Alex Knapp (Aeronautics and Astronautics '19) spent his summer working on robotics in Moscow, gaining both high-tech skills and cultural insight that he could not have acquired on the MIT campus alone.

For someone who was dogged for decades by a reputation for vanity and back-room dealing, Mr. Peres ended his years in public office as a remarkably beloved figure, a founding pioneer who set an example for forward thinking by promoting the country's high-tech prowess and cultural reach.

"Because of climate change, it's no secret that today Indonesia is... one of the most vulnerable countries on Earth," Kerry told an audience of students at a high-tech U.S.-funded cultural center at a Jakarta mall.

He now serves on the boards of of Hartmarx Corp., Deere & Co. and Northern Trust Corp. Jain has published more than 50 articles on topics as diverse as marketing of high-tech products and cross-cultural issues in global product diffusion.

– President Obama spent his evening Wednesday trolling for campaign funds amid the cultural and high-tech glitterati of Northern California, arguing that his accomplishments had been "extraordinary" but warning that it may take even beyond a second term to complete them.