- -: David Bolinsky: Fantastic voyage inside a cell
July 24, 2007 (almost 17 years ago)http://www.ted.com Medical animator David Bolinsky presents 3 minutes of stunning animation that show the bustling life inside a cell. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's leading thinkers and doers are invited to give th...
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- -: Allison Hunt: How I got my new hip
July 26, 2007 (almost 17 years ago)http://www.ted.com When Allison Hunt found out that she needed a new hip -- and that Canadas national health care system would require her to spend nearly 2 years on a waiting list (and in pain) -- she took matters into her own hands. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and perfo...
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- -: William Kamkwamba: How I built my family a windmill
August 1, 2007 (almost 17 years ago)http://www.ted.com When he was just 14 years old, Malawian inventor William Kamkwamba built his family an electricity-generating windmill from spare parts, working from rough plans he found in a library book. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Confe...
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- -: George Ayittey: Cheetahs vs. Hippos for Africa's future
August 1, 2007 (almost 17 years ago)http://www.ted.com Ghanaian economist George Ayittey unleashes a torrent of controlled anger toward corrupt leaders in Africa -- and calls on the Cheetah generation to take back the continent. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where th...
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- -: Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala: Let's have a deeper discussion on aid
August 1, 2007 (almost 17 years ago)http://www.ted.com Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the former finance minister of Nigeria, sums up four days of intense discussion on aid versus trade on the closing day of TEDGlobal 2007, and shares a personal story explaining her own commitment to this cause. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the bes...
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- -: Euvin Naidoo: Africa as an investment
August 1, 2007 (almost 17 years ago)http://www.ted.com South African investment banker Euvin Naidoo explains why investing in Africa can make great business sense. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's leading thinkers and doers are invited to give the talk ...
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- -: Patrick Awuah: Educating a new generation of African leaders
August 8, 2007 (over 16 years ago)http://www.ted.com Patrick Awuah makes the case that a liberal arts education is critical to forming true leaders. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's leading thinkers and doers are invited to give the talk of their liv...
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- -: Vusi Mahlasela: "Thula Mama"
August 16, 2007 (over 16 years ago)http://www.ted.com South African singer-songwriter Vusi Mahlasela dedicates his song, "Thula Mama," to all women -- and especially his grandmother. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's leading thinkers and doers are invit...
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- -: Vusi Mahlasela: "Woza"
August 21, 2007 (over 16 years ago)http://www.ted.com After Vusi Mahlasela's 3-song set at TEDGlobal, the audience wouldn't let him go. His encore, "Woza," showcases his brilliant guitar playing and multilingual lyrics. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's...
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- -: Jeff Skoll: Making movies that make change
August 23, 2007 (over 16 years ago)http://www.ted.com Film producer Jeff Skoll (An Inconvenient Truth) talks about his film company, Participant Productions, and the people who've inspired him to do good. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's leading thinke...
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- -: Dean Kamen: New prosthetic arm for veterans
August 28, 2007 (over 16 years ago)http://www.ted.com Inventor Dean Kamen previews the prosthetic arm hes developing at the request of the US Department of Defense. His quiet commitment to using technology to solve problems -- while honoring the human spirit -- has never been more clear. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the b...
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- -: Erin McKean: Redefining the dictionary
August 30, 2007 (over 16 years ago)http://www.ted.com Is the beloved paper dictionary doomed to extinction? In this infectiously exuberant talk, leading lexicographer Erin McKean looks at the many ways today's print dictionary is poised for transformation. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from ...
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- -: Andrew Mwenda: Let's take a new look at African aid
September 4, 2007 (over 16 years ago)http://www.ted.com In this provocative talk, journalist Andrew Mwenda asks us to reframe the "African question" -- to look beyond the media's stories of poverty, civil war and helplessness and see the opportunities for creating wealth and happiness throughout the continent. TEDTalks is a daily v...
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- -: Steven Pinker: A brief history of violence
September 11, 2007 (over 16 years ago)http://www.ted.com Steven Pinker charts the decline of violence from Biblical times to the present, and argues that, though it may seem illogical and even obscene, given Iraq and Darfur, we are living in the most peaceful time in our species' existence. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the b...
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- -: Steven Pinker: The stuff of thought
September 11, 2007 (over 16 years ago)http://www.ted.com In an exclusive preview of his book The Stuff of Thought, Steven Pinker looks at language and how it expresses what goes on in our minds -- and how the words we choose communicate much more than we realize. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances f...
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- -: Deborah Scranton: Scenes from "The War Tapes"
September 18, 2007 (over 16 years ago)http://www.ted.com Filmmaker Deborah Scranton talks about and shows clips from her documentary The War Tapes, which puts cameras in the hands of soldiers fighting in Iraq. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's leading thi...
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- -: Zeresenay Alemseged: Finding the origins of humanity
September 18, 2007 (over 16 years ago)http://www.ted.com Paleoanthropologist Zeresenay Alemseged looks for the roots of humanity in Ethiopia's badlands. Here he talks about finding the oldest skeleton of a humanoid child -- and how Africa holds the clues to our humanity. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and perfor...
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- -: John Maeda: Simplicity patterns
September 20, 2007 (over 16 years ago)http://www.ted.com The MIT Media Lab's John Maeda lives at the intersection of technology and art, a place that can get very complicated. Here he talks about paring down to basics. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's lea...
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- -: Stephen Petranek: 10 ways the world could end
October 11, 2007 (over 16 years ago)http://www.ted.com How might the world end? Stephen Petranek lays out the challenges that face us in the drive to preserve the human race. Will we be wiped out by an asteroid? Eco-collapse? How about a particle collider gone wild? TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performan...
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- -: Paul MacCready: Flying on solar wings
October 11, 2007 (over 16 years ago)http://www.ted.com Paul MacCready -- aircraft designer, environmentalist, and lifelong lover of flight -- talks about his long career. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's leading thinkers and doers are invited to give th...
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- -: Carolyn Porco: Fly me to the moons of Saturn
October 12, 2007 (over 16 years ago)http://www.ted.com Planetary scientist Carolyn Porco shows images from the Cassini voyage to Saturn, focusing on its largest moon, Titan, and on frozen Enceladus, which seems to shoot jets of ice. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where...
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- -: Kenichi Ebina: Hip-hop dance and a little magic
October 13, 2007 (over 16 years ago)http://www.ted.com Kenichi Ebina moves his body in a manner that appears to defy the limits imposed by the human skeleton. He combines breakdancing and hip-hop with mime using movements that are simultaneously precise and fluid. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performance...
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- -: Richard Branson: Life at 30,000 feet
October 13, 2007 (over 16 years ago)http://www.ted.com Richard Branson talks to TED's Chris Anderson about the ups and the downs of his career, from his multibillionaire success to his multiple near-death experiences -- and reveals some of his (very surprising) motivations. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and p...
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- -: Maira Kalman: The illustrated woman
October 16, 2007 (over 16 years ago)http://www.ted.com Author and illustrator Maira Kalman talks about her life and work, from her covers for The New Yorker to her books for children and grown-ups. She is as wonderful, as wise and as deliciously off-kilter in person as she is on paper. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best...
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- -: Paul Rothemund: Casting spells with DNA
October 18, 2007 (over 16 years ago)http://www.ted.com Paul Rothemund writes code that causes DNA to arrange itself into a star, a smiley face and more. Sure, it's a stunt, but it's also a demonstration of self-assembly at the smallest of scales -- with vast implications for the future of making things. TEDTalks is a daily video p...
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- -: Vilayanur Ramachandran: A journey to the center of your mind
October 23, 2007 (over 16 years ago)http://www.ted.com Vilayanur Ramachandran tells us what brain damage can reveal about the connection between celebral tissue and the mind, using three startling delusions as examples. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's ...
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- -: Eleni Gabre-Madhin: Building a commodities market in Ethiopia
October 26, 2007 (over 16 years ago)http://www.ted.com Economist Eleni Gabre-Madhin outlines her ambitious vision to found the first commodities market in Ethiopia. Her plan would create wealth, minimize risk for farmers and turn the world's largest recipient of food aid into a regional food basket. TEDTalks is a daily video podc...
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- -: Sherwin Nuland: My history of electroshock therapy
October 30, 2007 (over 16 years ago)http://www.ted.com Surgeon and author Sherwin Nuland discusses the development of electroshock therapy as a cure for severe, life-threatening depression -- including his own. Its a moving and heartfelt talk about relief, redemption and second chances. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the bes...
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- -: David Keith: A surprising idea for "solving" climate change
November 15, 2007 (over 16 years ago)http://www.ted.com Environmental scientist David Keith proposes a cheap, effective, shocking means to address climate change: What if we injected a huge cloud of ash into the atmosphere to deflect sunlight and heat? TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the ...
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- -: Juan Enriquez: Why can't we grow new energy?
November 15, 2007 (over 16 years ago)http://www.ted.com Juan Enriquez challenges our definition of bioenergy. Oil, coal, gas and other hydrocarbons are not chemical but biological products, based on plant matter -- and thus, growable. Our whole approach to fuel, he argues, needs to change. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the b...
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- -: Larry Lessig: How creativity is being strangled by the law
November 15, 2007 (over 16 years ago)http://www.ted.com Larry Lessig, the Nets most celebrated lawyer, cites John Philip Sousa, celestial copyrights and the "ASCAP cartel" in his argument for reviving our creative culture. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world...
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- -: Robert Full: Secrets of movement, from geckos and roaches
December 4, 2007 (over 16 years ago)http://www.ted.com Biologist Robert Full shares slo-mo video of some captivating critters. Take a closer look at the spiny legs that allow cockroaches to scuttle across mesh and the nanobristle-packed feet that let geckos to run straight up walls. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best ...
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- -: Larry Brilliant: The case for informed optimism
December 7, 2007 (over 16 years ago)http://www.ted.com We've known about global warming for 50 years and done little about it, says Google.org director Larry Brilliant. In spite of this and other depressing trends, he's optimistic and tells us why. From Skoll World Forum, Oxford, UK, www.skollfoundation.org TEDTalks is a daily vi...
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- -: Ron Eglash: African fractals, in buildings and braids
December 7, 2007 (over 16 years ago)http://www.ted.com "I am a mathematician, and I would like to stand on your roof." That is how Ron Eglash greeted many African families he met while researching the fractal patterns hed noticed in villages across the continent. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performance...
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- -: Murray Gell-Mann: Beauty and truth in physics
December 7, 2007 (over 16 years ago)http://www.ted.com Armed with a sense of humor and laypeople's terms, Nobel winner Murray Gell-Mann drops some knowledge on TEDsters about particle physics, asking questions like, Are elegant equations more likely to be right than inelegant ones? TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best ta...
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- -: Amory Lovins: We must win the oil endgame
January 9, 2008 (over 16 years ago)http://www.ted.com In this energizing talk, Amory Lovins lays out his simple plan for weaning the US off oil and revitalizing the economy. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's leading thinkers and doers are invited to giv...
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- -: Arthur Benjamin: Lightning calculation and other "Mathemagic"
January 9, 2008 (over 16 years ago)http://www.ted.com In a lively show, mathemagician Arthur Benjamin races a team of calculators to figure out 3-digit squares, solves another massive mental equation and guesses a few birthdays. How does he do it? He'll tell you. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performance...
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- -: Daniel Goleman: Why arent we all Good Samaritans?
January 9, 2008 (over 16 years ago)www.ted.com Daniel Goleman, author of Emotional Intelligence, asks why we aren't more compassionate more of the time. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's leading thinkers and doers are invited to give the talk of their...
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- -: Lakshmi Pratury: The lost art of letter-writing
January 9, 2008 (over 16 years ago)www.ted.com Lakshmi Pratury remembers the lost art of letter-writing and shares a series of notes her father wrote to her before he died. Her short but heartfelt talk may inspire you to set pen to paper, too. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conf...
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- -: Gever Tulley: 5 dangerous things you should let your kids do
January 9, 2008 (over 16 years ago)www.ted.com Gever Tulley, founder of the Tinkering School, spells out 5 dangerous things you should let your kids do. From TED University 2007. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's leading thinkers and doers are invited t...
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- -: Isabel Allende: Tales of passion
January 9, 2008 (over 16 years ago)www.ted.com Author and activist Isabel Allende discusses women, creativity, the definition of feminism -- and, of course, passion -- in this talk. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's leading thinkers and doers are invite...
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- -: Yossi Vardi: Help fight local warming
January 9, 2008 (over 16 years ago)www.ted.com Investor and prankster Yossi Vardi delivers a careful lecture on the dangers of blogging. Specifically, for men. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's leading thinkers and doers are invited to give the talk of ...
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- -: Deborah Gordon: How do ants know what to do?
January 10, 2008 (over 16 years ago)http://www.ted.com With a dusty backhoe, a handful of Japanese paint markers and a few students in tow, Deborah Gordon digs up ant colonies in the Arizona desert in search of keys to understanding complex systems. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED...
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- -: J.J. Abrams: The mystery box
January 14, 2008 (over 16 years ago)http://www.ted.com J.J. Abrams traces his love for the unseen mystery - a passion thats evident in his films and TV shows, including Cloverfield, Lost and Alias -- back to its magical beginnings. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where...
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- -: Paola Antonelli: Treating design as art
January 22, 2008 (over 16 years ago)http://www.ted.com Paola Antonelli, design curator at New Yorks Museum of Modern Art, wants to spread her appreciation of design -- in all shapes and forms -- around the world. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's leading...
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- -: Frank Gehry: Nice building. Then what?
January 23, 2008 (over 16 years ago)http://www.ted.com In a wildly entertaining discussion with Richard Saul Wurman, architect Frank Gehry gives TEDsters his take on the power of failure, his recent buildings, and the all-important Then what? factor. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TE...
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- -: Bill Strickland: Rebuilding America, one slide show at a time
January 23, 2008 (over 16 years ago)http://www.ted.com Bill Strickland tells a quiet and astonishing tale of redemption through arts, music, and unlikely partnerships. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's leading thinkers and doers are invited to give the...
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- -: Raul Midon: "All the Answers" and "Tembererana"
January 23, 2008 (over 16 years ago)http://www.ted.com Singer/guitarist Raúl Midón performs All the Answers in a world premiere at TED2007, followed by the sprightly "Tembererana." TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's leading thinkers and doers are invite...
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- -: Ben Dunlap: The story of a passionate life
January 23, 2008 (over 16 years ago)http://www.ted.com Wofford College president Ben Dunlap tells the story of Sandor Teszler, a Hungarian Holocaust survivor who taught him about passionate living and lifelong learning. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world...
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- -: David Pogue: A 4-minute medley on the music wars
January 25, 2008 (over 16 years ago)http://www.ted.com New York Times tech columnist David Pogue performs a satirical mini-medley about iTunes and the downloading wars, borrowing a few notes from Sonny and Cher and the Village People. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, w...
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- -: Alison Jackson: A surprising look at celebrity
February 1, 2008 (over 16 years ago)http://www.ted.com By making photographs that seem to show our favorite celebs (Diana, Elton John) doing what we really, secretly, want to see them doing, Alison Jackson explores our desire to get personal with celebs. Contains graphic images. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks ...
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- -: Chris Anderson (TED): A vision for TED
February 1, 2008 (over 16 years ago)http://www.ted.com When Curator Chris Anderson gave this talk in 2002, TEDs future was hanging in the balance. Here, he attempts to persuade TEDsters that his vision for turning his for-profit conference into a nonprofit event would work. It did. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best ta...
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- -: Robin Chase: Getting cars off the road and data into the skies
February 1, 2008 (over 16 years ago)http://www.ted.com Robin Chase founded Zipcar, the worlds biggest car-sharing business. That was one of her smaller ideas. Here she travels much farther, contemplating road-pricing schemes that will shake up our driving habits and a mesh network vast as the Interstate. TEDTalks is a daily vide...
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- -: Jaime Lerner: Sing a song of sustainable cities
February 7, 2008 (about 16 years ago)http://www.ted.com Jaime Lerner reinvented urban space in his native Curitiba, Brazil. Along the way, he changed the way city planners worldwide see whats possible in the metropolitan landscape. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where ...
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- -: David Macaulay: All roads lead to Rome Antics
February 7, 2008 (about 16 years ago)http://www.ted.com David Macaulay relives the winding and sometimes surreal journey toward the completion of Rome Antics, his illustrated homage to the historic city. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's leading thinkers...
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- -: Michael Pollan: The omnivore's next dilemma
February 7, 2008 (about 16 years ago)http://www.ted.com What if human consciousness isn't the end-all and be-all of Darwinism? What if we are all just pawns in corn's clever strategy game to rule the Earth? Author Michael Pollan asks us to see the world from a plant's-eye view. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks a...
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- -: Al Gore: New thinking on the climate crisis
April 8, 2008 (about 16 years ago)http://www.ted.com - In Al Gore's brand-new slideshow (premiering exclusively on TED.com), he presents evidence that the pace of climate change may be even worse than scientists were recently predicting, and challenges us to act with a sense of "generational mission" -- the kind of feeling that b...
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- -: Tom Rielly: A comic send-up of TED2006
April 15, 2008 (about 16 years ago)http://www.ted.com Satirist Tom Rielly delivers a wicked parody of the 2006 TED conference, taking down the $100 laptop, the plight of the polar bear, and people who mention, one too many times, that they work at Harvard. Watch for a very special moment between Tom and Al Gore. Impossible to sum...
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- -: Einstein the Parrot: Talking and squawking
August 29, 2008 (over 15 years ago)http://www.ted.com This whimsical wrap-up of TED2006 -- presented by Einstein, the African grey parrot, and her trainer, Stephanie White -- simply tickles. Watch for Einstein's moment with Al Gore. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, wher...
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- -: A taste of TED
December 4, 2008 (over 15 years ago)http://www.ted.com This 4-minute trailer gives you a taste of TED and the magic that happens at each TED Conference. Amazing speakers, powerful connections and unforgettable moments at this four-day "brain spa." To find out more about attending an upcoming TED Conference, visit http://www.ted.com...
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- -: Nick Sears: Presenting the Orb
December 8, 2008 (over 15 years ago)http://www.ted.com Inventor Nick Sears demos the first generation of the Orb, a rotating persistence-of-vision display that creates glowing 3D images. A short, cool tale of invention. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's l...
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- -: David Holt: The stories and song of Appalachia
December 9, 2008 (over 15 years ago)http://www.ted.com Folk musician and storyteller David Holt plays the banjo and shares photographs and old wisdom from the Appalachian Mountains. He also demonstrates some unusual instruments like the mouth bow -- and a surprising electric drum kit he calls "thunderwear." TEDTalks is a daily vide...
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- -: Eva Zeisel: The playful search for beauty
December 10, 2008 (over 15 years ago)http://www.ted.com The ceramics designer Eva Zeisel looks back on a 75-year career. What keeps her work as fresh today (her latest line debuted in 2008) as in 1926? Her sense of play and beauty, and her drive for adventure. Listen for stories from a rich, colorful life. TEDTalks is a daily video ...
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- -: A taste of TED@PalmSprings
December 10, 2008 (over 15 years ago)http://www.ted.com What's TED@PalmSprings all about? Discover the lively, loungey, interactive vibe of the 2009 TED simulcast conference in Palm Springs, in this two-minute preview video. For more details and to register, go to http://www.ted.com/pages/view/id/196 Hosts Rives and Kelly present t...
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- -: Dennis vanEngelsdorp: Where have the bees gone?
December 12, 2008 (over 15 years ago)http://www.ted.com Bees are dying in droves. Why? Leading apiarist Dennis vanEngelsdorp looks at the gentle, misunderstood creature's important place in nature and the mystery behind its alarming disappearance. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conf...
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- -: Jay Walker: A library of human imagination
December 16, 2008 (over 15 years ago)http://www.ted.com Jay Walker, curator of the Library of Human Imagination, conducts a surprising show-and-tell session highlighting a few of the intriguing artifacts that backdropped the 2008 TED stage. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference,...
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- -: Benjamin Wallace: Does happiness have a price tag?
December 18, 2008 (over 15 years ago)http://www.ted.com Can happiness be bought? To find out, author Benjamin Wallace sampled the world's most expensive products, including a bottle of 1947 Chateau Cheval Blanc, 8 ounces of Kobe beef and the fabled (notorious) Kopi Luwak coffee. His critique may surprise you. TEDTalks is a daily vid...
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- -: Steven Strogatz: How things in nature tend to sync up
December 23, 2008 (over 15 years ago)http://www.ted.com Mathematician Steven Strogatz shows how flocks of creatures (like birds, fireflies and fish) manage to synchronize and act as a unit -- when no one's giving orders. The powerful tendency extends into the realm of objects, too. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks...
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- -: Jennifer 8. Lee: Who was General Tso? and other mysteries of
December 24, 2008 (over 15 years ago)http://www.ted.com Reporter Jennifer 8. Lee talks about her hunt for the origins of familiar Chinese-American dishes -- exploring the hidden spots where these two cultures have (so tastily) combined to form a new cuisine. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from t...
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- -: Kary Mullis: Celebrating the scientific experiment
January 6, 2009 (over 15 years ago)http://www.ted.com Biochemist Kary Mullis talks about the basis of modern science: the experiment. Sharing tales from the 17th century and from his own backyard-rocketry days, Mullis celebrates the curiosity, inspiration and rigor of good science in all its forms. TEDTalks is a daily video podcas...
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- -: John Maeda: My journey in design, from tofu to RISD
January 7, 2009 (over 15 years ago)http://www.ted.com Designer John Maeda talks about his path from a Seattle tofu factory to the Rhode Island School of Design, where he became president in 2008. Maeda, a tireless experimenter and a witty observer, explores the crucial moment when design met computers. TEDTalks is a daily video po...
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- -: Paul Sereno: What can fossils teach us?
January 9, 2009 (over 15 years ago)http://www.ted.com Strange landscapes, scorching heat and (sometimes) mad crocodiles await scientists seeking clues to evolution's genius. Paleontologist Paul Sereno talks about his surprising encounters with prehistory -- and a new way to help students join the adventure. TEDTalks is a daily vid...
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- -: Paul Moller: Take a ride in the Skycar
January 12, 2009 (over 15 years ago)http://www.ted.com Paul Moller talks about the future of personal air travel -- the marriage of autos and flight that will give us true freedom to travel off-road. He shows two things he's working on: the Moller Skycar (a jet + car) and a passenger-friendly hovering disc. TEDTalks is a daily vide...
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- -: Greg Lynn: How calculus is changing architecture
January 13, 2009 (over 15 years ago)http://www.ted.com Greg Lynn talks about the mathematical roots of architecture -- and how calculus and digital tools allow modern designers to move beyond the traditional building forms. A glorious church in Queens (and a titanium tea set) illustrate his theory. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast...
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- -: Rob Forbes: Ways of seeing
January 14, 2009 (over 15 years ago)http://www.ted.com Rob Forbes, the founder of Design Within Reach, shows a gallery of snapshots that inform his way of seeing the world. Charming juxtapositions, found art, urban patterns -- this slideshow will open your eyes to the world around you. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best ...
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- -: Scott McCloud: Understanding comics
January 15, 2009 (over 15 years ago)http://www.ted.com In this unmissable look at the magic of comics, Scott McCloud bends the presentation format into a cartoon-like experience, where colorful diversions whiz through childhood fascinations and imagined futures that our eyes can hear and touch. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of ...
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- -: Peter Reinhart: The art of baking bread
January 16, 2009 (over 15 years ago)http://www.ted.com Batch to batch, crust to crust ... In tribute to the beloved staple food, baking master Peter Reinhart reflects on the cordial couplings (wheat and yeast, starch and heat) that give us our daily bread. Try not to eat a slice. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks...
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- -: Joseph Pine: What do consumers really want?
January 16, 2009 (over 15 years ago)http://www.ted.com Customers want to feel what they buy is authentic, but "Mass Customization" author Joseph Pine says selling authenticity is tough because, well, there's no such thing. He talks about a few experiences that may be artificial but make millions anyway. TEDTalks is a daily video p...
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- -: Paula Scher: Great design is serious (not solemn)
January 17, 2009 (over 15 years ago)http://www.ted.com/ Paula Scher looks back at a life in design (she's done album covers, books, the Citibank logo ...) and pinpoints the moment when she started really having fun. Look for gorgeous designs and images from her legendary career. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks ...
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- -: David Carson: Design, discovery and humor
January 20, 2009 (over 15 years ago)http://www.ted.com Great design is a never-ending journey of discovery -- for which it helps to pack a healthy sense of humor. Sociologist and surfer-turned-designer David Carson walks through a gorgeous (and often quite funny) slide deck of his work and found images. TEDTalks is a daily video p...
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- -: Jamais Cascio: Tools for building a better world
January 22, 2009 (over 15 years ago)http://www.ted.com We all want to make the world better -- but how? Jamais Cascio looks at some specific tools and techniques that can make a difference. It's a fascinating talk that might just inspire you to act. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED C...
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- -: Barry Schuler: An introduction to genomics
January 24, 2009 (over 15 years ago)http://www.ted.com What is genomics? How will it affect our lives? In this intriguing primer on the genomics revolution, entrepreneur Barry Schuler says we can at least expect healthier, tastier food. He suggests we start with the pinot noir grape, to build better wines. TEDTalks is a daily video...
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- -: Sherwin Nuland: A meditation on hope
January 26, 2009 (over 15 years ago)http://www.ted.com Surgeon and writer Sherwin Nuland meditates on the idea of hope -- the desire to become our better selves and make a better world. It's a thoughtful 12 minutes that will help you focus on the road ahead. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from ...
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- -: Peter Ward: Earth's mass extinctions
January 28, 2009 (over 15 years ago)http://www.ted.com Asteroid strikes get all the coverage, but "Medea Hypothesis" author Peter Ward argues that most of Earth's mass extinctions were caused by lowly bacteria. The culprit, a poison called hydrogen sulfide, may have an interesting application in medicine. TEDTalks is a daily video ...
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- -: Aimee Mullins: Running on high-tech legs
January 29, 2009 (over 15 years ago)http://www.ted.com In this TED archive video from 1998, paralympic sprinter Aimee Mullins talks about her record-setting career as a runner, and about the amazing carbon-fiber prosthetic legs (then a prototype) that helped her cross the finish line. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best ...
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- -: Joe DeRisi: Hunting the next killer virus
January 30, 2009 (over 15 years ago)http://www.ted.com Biochemist Joe DeRisi talks about amazing new ways to diagnose viruses (and treat the illnesses they cause) using DNA. His work may help us understand malaria, SARS, avian flu -- and the 60 percent of everyday viral infections that go undiagnosed. TEDTalks is a daily video podc...
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- -: Natalie MacMaster: Playing the Cape Breton fiddle
January 31, 2009 (over 15 years ago)http://www.ted.com Natalie MacMaster and her musical partner Donnell Leahy play several tunes from the Cape Breton tradition -- a sprightly, soulful style of folk fiddling. It's an inspired collaboration that will have you clapping (and maybe dancing) along. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of t...
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- -: Bill Gates: How I'm trying to change the world now (includes the infamous mosquito release!)
February 6, 2009 (about 15 years ago)http://www.ted.com Bill Gates hopes to solve some of the world's biggest problems using a new kind of philanthropy. In a passionate and, yes, funny 18 minutes, he asks us to consider two big questions and how we might answer them. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performan...
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- -: David Merrill: Siftables, the toy blocks that think
February 12, 2009 (about 15 years ago)http://www.ted.com MIT grad student David Merrill demos Siftables -- cookie-sized, computerized tiles you can stack and shuffle in your hands. These future-toys can do math, play music, and talk to their friends, too. Is this the next thing in hands-on learning? TEDTalks is a daily video podcast...
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- -: Barry Schwartz: The real crisis? We stopped being wise
February 16, 2009 (about 15 years ago)http://www.ted.com Barry Schwartz makes a passionate call for practical wisdom as an antidote to a society gone mad with bureaucracy. He argues powerfully that rules often fail us, incentives often backfire, and practical, everyday wisdom will help rebuild our world. TEDTalks is a daily video pod...
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- -: Juan Enriquez: Tech evolution will eclipse the financial crisis
February 17, 2009 (about 15 years ago)http://www.ted.com Even as mega-banks topple, Juan Enriquez says the big reboot is yet to come. But don't look for it on your ballot -- or in the stock exchange. It'll come from science labs, and it promises keener bodies and minds. Our kids are going to be ... different. TEDTalks is a daily vid...
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- -: Jose Antonio Abreu: Let's bring music to kids worldwide (TED Prize winner!)
February 19, 2009 (about 15 years ago)http://www.ted.com Jose Antonio Abreu is the charismatic founder of a youth orchestra system that has transformed thousands of kids' lives in Venezuela. Here he shares his amazing story and unveils a TED Prize wish that could have a big impact in the US and beyond. TEDTalks is a daily video podc...
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- -: Incredible high school musicians from Venezuela! Led by Gustavo Dudamel
February 19, 2009 (about 15 years ago)http://www.ted.com The Teresa Carreño Youth Orchestra contains the best high school musicians from Venezuela's life-changing music program, El Sistema. Led here by Gustavo Dudamel, they play Shostakovich's Symphony No. 10, 2nd movement, and Arturo Márquez' Danzón No. 2. TEDTalks is a daily video...
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- -: Sylvia Earle: How to protect the oceans (TED Prize winner!)
February 19, 2009 (about 15 years ago)http://www.ted.com Legendary ocean researcher Sylvia Earle shares astonishing images of the ocean -- and shocking stats about its rapid decline -- as she makes her TED Prize wish: that we will join her in protecting the vital blue heart of the planet. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the bes...
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- -: Jill Tarter: Why the search for alien intelligence matters
February 20, 2009 (about 15 years ago)http://www.ted.com The SETI Institute's Jill Tarter makes her TED Prize wish: to accelerate our search for cosmic company. Using a growing array of radio telescopes, she and her team listen for patterns that may be a sign of intelligence elsewhere in the universe. TEDTalks is a daily video podca...
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- -: Ed Ulbrich: How Benjamin Button got his face
February 23, 2009 (about 15 years ago)http://www.ted.com Ed Ulbrich, the digital-effects guru from Digital Domain, explains the Oscar-winning technology that allowed his team to digitally create younger and older versions of Brad Pitt's face for "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button." TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best tal...
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- -: Captain Charles Moore on the seas of plastic
February 25, 2009 (about 15 years ago)http://www.ted.com Capt. Charles Moore of the Algalita Marine Research Foundation first discovered the Great Pacific Garbage Patch -- an endless floating waste of plastic trash. Now he's drawing attention to the growing, choking problem of plastic debris in our seas. TEDTalks is a daily video po...
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- -: Richard Pyle: Exploring the reef's Twilight Zone
February 26, 2009 (about 15 years ago)http://www.ted.com In this illuminating talk, Richard Pyle shows us thriving life on the cliffs of coral reefs and groundbreaking diving technologies he has pioneered to explore it. He and his team risk everything to reveal the secrets of undiscovered species. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast o...
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- -: Evan Williams on what's behind Twitter's explosive growth
February 27, 2009 (about 15 years ago)http://www.ted.com In the year leading up to this talk, the web tool Twitter exploded in size (up 10x during 2008 alone). Co-founder Evan Williams reveals that many of the ideas driving that growth came from unexpected uses invented by the users themselves. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of t...
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- -: Brenda Laurel on making video games for girls
March 2, 2009 (about 15 years ago)http://www.ted.com At TED1998, Brenda Laurel asked: Why are all the top-selling videogames aimed at little boys? She talked about her two-plus years of research to create a game that girls would play and love. It's pioneering work that resonates today. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the be...
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