- -: Dave Meslin: The antidote to apathy
April 14, 2011 (about 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com Local politics -- schools, zoning, council elections -- hit us where we live. So why don't more of us actually get involved? Is it apathy? Dave Meslin says no. He identifies 7 barriers that keep us from taking part in our communities, even when we truly care. TEDTalks is a dai...
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- -: Roger Ebert: Remaking my voice
April 14, 2011 (about 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com When film critic Roger Ebert lost his lower jaw to cancer, he lost the ability to eat and speak. But he did not lose his voice. In a moving talk from TED2011, Ebert and his wife, Chaz, with friends Dean Ornish and John Hunter, come together to tell his remarkable story. TEDTal...
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- -: Paul Nicklen: Tales of ice-bound wonderlands
May 11, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com Diving under the Antarctic ice to get close to the much-feared leopard seal, photographer Paul Nicklen found an extraordinary new friend. Share his hilarious, passionate stories of the polar wonderlands, illustrated by glorious images of the animals who live on and under the ic...
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- -: Fiorenzo Omenetto: Silk, the ancient material of the future
May 11, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com Fiorenzo Omenetto shares 20+ astonishing new uses for silk, one of nature's most elegant materials -- in transmitting light, improving sustainability, adding strength and making medical leaps and bounds. On stage, he shows a few intriguing items made of the versatile stuff. TE...
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- -: Amit Sood: Building a museum of museums on the web
May 16, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com Imagine being able to see artwork in the greatest museums around the world without leaving your chair. Driven by his passion for art, Amit Sood tells the story of how he developed Art Project to let people do just that. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and p...
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- -: Leonard Susskind: My friend Richard Feynman
May 16, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com What's it like to be pals with a genius? Onstage at TEDxCaltech, physicist Leonard Susskind spins a few stories about his friendship with the legendary Richard Feynman, discussing his unconventional approach to problems both serious and ... less so. TEDTalks is a daily video p...
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- -: Ed Boyden: A light switch for neurons
May 17, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com Ed Boyden shows how, by inserting genes for light-sensitive proteins into brain cells, he can selectively activate or de-activate specific neurons with fiber-optic implants. With this unprecedented level of control, he's managed to cure mice of analogs of PTSD and certain forms...
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- -: Thomas Heatherwick: Building the Seed Cathedral
May 17, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com A future more beautiful? Architect Thomas Heatherwick shows five recent projects featuring ingenious bio-inspired designs. Some are remakes of the ordinary: a bus, a bridge, a power station ... And one is an extraordinary pavilion, the Seed Cathedral, a celebration of growth an...
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- -: Elliot Krane: The mystery of chronic pain
May 19, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com We think of pain as a symptom, but there are cases where the nervous system develops feedback loops and pain becomes a terrifying disease in itself. Starting with the story of a girl whose sprained wrist turned into a nightmare, Elliot Krane talks about the complex mystery of c...
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- -: Edith Widder: The weird and wonderful world of bioluminescence
May 19, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com In the deep, dark ocean, many sea creatures make their own light for hunting, mating and self-defense. Bioluminescence expert Edith Widder was one of the first to film this glimmering world. At TED2011, she brings some of her glowing friends onstage, and shows more astonishing ...
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- -: Terry Moore: How to tie your shoes
May 20, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com Terry Moore found out he'd been tying his shoes the wrong way his whole life. In the spirit of TED, he takes the stage to share a better way. (Historical note: This was the very first 3-minute audience talk given from the TED stage, in 2005.) TEDTalks is a daily video podcast ...
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- -: Bruce Aylward: How we'll stop polio for good
May 24, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com Polio is almost completely eradicated. But as Bruce Aylward says: Almost isn't good enough with a disease this terrifying. Aylward lays out the plan to continue the scientific miracle that ended polio in most of the world -- and to snuff it out everywhere, forever. TEDTalks is...
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- -: Shirin Neshat: Art in exile
May 25, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com Iranian-born artist Shirin Neshat explores the paradox of being an artist in exile: a voice for her people, but unable to go home. In her work, she explores Iran pre- and post-Islamic Revolution, tracing political and societal change through powerful images of women. TEDTalks ...
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- -: Mustafa Akyol: Faith versus tradition in Islam
May 26, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com At TEDxWarwick, journalist Mustafa Akyol talks about the way that some local cultural practices (such as wearing a headscarf) have become linked, in the popular mind, to the articles of faith of Islam. Has the world's general idea of the Islamic faith focused too much on tradit...
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- -: Robert Gupta and Joshua Roman duet on "Passacaglia"
May 27, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com It's a master class in collaboration as violinist Robert Gupta and cellist Joshua Roman perform Halvorsen's "Passacaglia" for violin and viola. Roman takes the viola part on his Stradivarius cello. It's powerful to watch the two musicians connect moment to moment (and recover f...
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- -: Dennis Hong: Making a car for blind drivers
June 3, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com Using robotics, laser rangefinders, GPS and smart feedback tools, Dennis Hong is building a car for drivers who are blind. It's not a "self-driving" car, he's careful to note, but a car in which a non-sighted driver can determine speed, proximity and route -- and drive independ...
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- -: Stefan Sagmeister: 7 rules for making more happiness
June 3, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com Using simple, delightful illustrations, designer Stefan Sagmeister shares his latest thinking on happiness -- both the conscious and unconscious kind. His seven rules for life and design happiness can (with some customizations) apply to everyone seeking more joy. TEDTalks is a...
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- -: Aaron O'Connell: Making sense of a visible quantum object
June 3, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com Physicists are used to the idea that subatomic particles behave according to the bizarre rules of quantum mechanics, completely different to human-scale objects. In a breakthrough experiment, Aaron O'Connell has blurred that distinction by creating an object that is visible to ...
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- -: Jessi Arrington: Wearing nothing new
June 3, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com Designer Jessi Arrington packed nothing for TED but 7 pairs of undies, buying the rest of her clothes in thrift stores around LA. It's a meditation on conscious consumption -- wrapped in a rainbow of color and creativity. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and...
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- -: Damon Horowitz calls for a "moral operating system"
June 6, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com At TEDxSiliconValley, Damon Horowitz reviews the enormous new powers that technology gives us: to know more -- and more about each other -- than ever before. Drawing the audience into a philosophical discussion, Horowitz invites us to pay new attention to the basic philosophy -...
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- -: Jack Horner: Building a dinosaur from a chicken
June 7, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com Renowned paleontologist Jack Horner has spent his career trying to reconstruct a dinosaur. He's found fossils with extraordinarily well-preserved blood vessels and soft tissues, but never intact DNA. So, in a new approach, he's taking living descendants of the dinosaur (chicken...
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- -: Janet Echelman: Taking imagination seriously
June 8, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com Janet Echelman found her true voice as an artist when her paints went missing -- which forced her to look to an unorthodox new art material. Now she makes billowing, flowing, building-sized sculpture with a surprisingly geeky edge. A transporting 10 minutes of pure creativity. ...
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- -: Paul Romer: The world's first charter city?
June 9, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com Back in 2009, Paul Romer unveiled the idea for a "charter city" -- a new kind of city with rules that favor democracy and trade. This year, at TED2011, he tells the story of how such a city might just happen in Honduras ... with a little help from his TEDTalk. TEDTalks is a da...
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- -: Alice Dreger: Is anatomy destiny?
June 10, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com Alice Dreger works with people at the edge of anatomy, such as conjoined twins and intersexed people. In her observation, it's often a fuzzy line between male and female, among other anatomical distinctions. Which brings up a huge question: Why do we let our anatomy determine o...
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- -: JD Schramm: Break the silence for suicide survivors
June 11, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com Even when our lives appear fine from the outside, locked within can be a world of quiet suffering, leading some to the decision to end their life. At TEDYou, JD Schramm asks us to break the silence surrounding suicide and suicide attempts, and to create much-needed resources to...
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- -: Daniel Kraft: Medicine's future? There's an app for that
June 13, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com At TEDxMaastricht, Daniel Kraft offers a fast-paced look at the next few years of innovations in medicine, powered by new tools, tests and apps that bring diagnostic information right to the patient's bedside. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performance...
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- -: Shea Hembrey: How I became 100 artists
June 14, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com How do you stage an international art show with work from 100 different artists? If you're Shea Hembrey, you invent all of the artists and artwork yourself -- from large-scale outdoor installations to tiny paintings drawn with a single-haired brush. Watch this funny, mind-bendi...
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- -: Steve Keil: A manifesto for play, for Bulgaria and beyond
June 15, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com At TEDxBG in Sofia, Steve Keil fights the "serious meme" that has infected his home of Bulgaria -- and calls for a return to play to revitalize the economy, education and society. A sparkling talk with a universal message for people everywhere who are reinventing their workplac...
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- -: Camille Seaman: Haunting photos of polar ice
June 16, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com Photographer Camille Seaman shoots icebergs, showing the world the complex beauty of these massive, ancient chunks of ice. Dive in to her photo slideshow, "The Last Iceberg." TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where th...
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- -: Maya Beiser(s) and her cello(s)
June 17, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com Cellist Maya Beiser plays a gorgeous eight-part modern etude with seven copies of herself, and segues into a meditative music/video hybrid -- using tech to create endless possibilities for transformative sound. Music is Steve Reich's "Cello Counterpoint," then David Lang's "Wor...
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- -: Onyx Ashanti: This is beatjazz
June 17, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com Musician and inventor Onyx Ashanti demonstrates "beatjazz" -- his music created with two handheld controllers, an iPhone and a mouthpiece, and played with the entire body. At TED's Full Spectrum Auditions, after locking in his beats and loops, he plays a 3-minute song that shar...
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- -: Bill Ford: A future beyond traffic gridlock
June 20, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com Bill Ford is a car guy -- his great-grandfather was Henry Ford, and he grew up inside the massive Ford Motor Co. So when he worries about cars' impact on the environment, and about our growing global gridlock problem, it's worth a listen. His vision for the future of mobility i...
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- -: Daniel Tammet: Different ways of knowing
June 22, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com Daniel Tammet has linguistic, numerical and visual synesthesia -- meaning that his perception of words, numbers and colors are woven together into a new way of perceiving and understanding the world. The author of "Born on a Blue Day," Tammet shares his art and his passion for ...
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- -: Jok Church: A circle of caring
June 22, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com In this 3-minute talk, cartoonist and educator Jok Church tells a moving story of the teacher who cared for him when no one else did -- and how he returned the favor. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world'...
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- -: Honor Harger: A history of the universe in sound
June 23, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com Artist-technologist Honor Harger listens to the weird and wonderful noises of stars and planets and pulsars. In her work, she tracks the radio waves emitted by ancient celestial objects and turns them into sound, including "the oldest song you will ever hear," the sound of cosm...
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- -: Joshua Walters: On being just crazy enough
June 24, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com At TED's Full Spectrum Auditions, comedian Joshua Walters, who's bipolar, walks the line between mental illness and mental "skillness." In this funny, thought-provoking talk, he asks: What's the right balance between medicating craziness away and riding the manic edge of creati...
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- -: Emiliano Salinas: A civil response to violence
June 24, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com In this passionate talk from TEDxSanMigueldeAllende that's already caused a sensation in Mexico, Emiliano Salinas, son of former president Carlos Salinas de Gortari, confronts the current climate of violence in Mexico -- or rather, how Mexican society responds to it. He plots t...
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- -: Rajesh Rao: Computing a Rosetta Stone for the Indus script
June 28, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com Rajesh Rao is fascinated by "the mother of all crossword puzzles": How to decipher the 4000 year old Indus script. At TED 2011 he tells how he is enlisting modern computational techniques to read the Indus language, the key piece to understanding this ancient civilization. TED...
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- -: Dave deBronkart: Meet e-Patient Dave
July 1, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com When Dave deBronkart learned he had a rare and terminal cancer, he turned to a group of fellow patients online -- and found a medical treatment that even his own doctors didn't know. It saved his life. Now he calls on all patients to talk with one another, know their own health...
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- -: Robert Hammond: Building a park in the sky
July 1, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com New York was planning to tear down the High Line, an abandoned elevated railroad in Manhattan, when Robert Hammond and a few friends suggested: Why not make it a park? He shares how it happened in this tale of local cultural activism. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the b...
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- -: Nathan Myhrvold: Cut your food in half
July 5, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com Cookbook author (and geek) Nathan Myhrvold talks about his magisterial work, "Modernist Cuisine" -- and shares the secret of its cool photographic illustrations, which show cross-sections of food in the very act of being cooked. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best ta...
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- -: Jonathan Drori: The beautiful tricks of flowers
July 6, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com In this visually dazzling talk, Jonathan Drori shows the extraordinary ways flowering plants -- over a quarter million species -- have evolved to attract insects to spread their pollen: growing 'landing-strips' to guide the insects in, shining in ultraviolet, building elaborate...
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- -: Simon Lewis: Don't take consciousness for granted
July 7, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com After a catastrophic car accident that left him in a coma, Simon Lewis found ways to recover -- physically and mentally -- beyond all expectations. At the INK Conference he tells how this remarkable story led him to concern over all threats to consciousness, and how to overcome...
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- -: Nina Tandon: Caring for engineered tissue
July 9, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com Tissue engineer and TED Fellow Nina Tandon is growing artificial hearts and bones. To do that, she needs new ways of caring for artificially grown cells -- techniques she's developed by the simple but powerful method of copying their natural environments. TEDTalks is a daily v...
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- -: Rebecca MacKinnon: Let's take back the Internet!
July 14, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com In this powerful talk from TEDGlobal, Rebecca MacKinnon describes the expanding struggle for freedom and control in cyberspace, and asks: How do we design the next phase of the Internet with accountability and freedom at its core, rather than control? She believes the internet ...
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- -: Maajid Nawaz: A global culture to fight extremism
July 14, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com Why do transnational extremist organizations succeed where democratic movements have a harder time taking hold? Maajid Nawaz, a former Islamist extremist, asks for new grassroots stories and global social activism to spread democracy in the face of nationalism and xenophobia. A...
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- -: Tim Harford: Trial, error and the God complex
July 15, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com Economics writer Tim Harford studies complex systems -- and finds a surprising link among the successful ones: they were built through trial and error. In this sparkling talk from TEDGlobal 2011, he asks us to embrace our randomness and start making better mistakes. TEDTalks i...
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- -: Nadia Al-Sakkaf: See Yemen through my eyes
July 18, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com As political turmoil in Yemen continues, the editor of the Yemen Times, Nadia Al-Sakkaf, talks at TEDGlobal with host Pat Mitchell. Al-Sakkaf's independent, English-language paper is vital for sharing news -- and for sharing a new vision of Yemen and of that country's women as ...
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- -: Mikko Hypponen: Fighting viruses, defending the net
July 20, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com It's been 25 years since the first PC virus (Brain A) hit the net, and what was once an annoyance has become a sophisticated tool for crime and espionage. Computer security expert Mikko Hyppönen tells us how we can stop these new viruses from threatening the internet as we know...
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- -: Thandie Newton: Embracing otherness, embracing myself
July 20, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com Actor Thandie Newton tells the story of finding her "otherness" -- first, as a child growing up in two distinct cultures, and then as an actor playing with many different selves. A warm, wise talk, fresh from stage at TEDGlobal 2011. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the be...
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- -: Rory Stewart: Time to end the war in Afghanistan
July 25, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com British MP Rory Stewart walked across Afghanistan after 9/11, talking with citizens and warlords alike. Now, a decade later, he asks: Why are Western and coalition forces still fighting there? He shares lessons from past military interventions that worked -- Bosnia, for instanc...
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- -: Geoffrey West: The surprising math of cities and corporations
July 26, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com Physicist Geoffrey West has found that simple, mathematical laws govern the properties of cities -- that wealth, crime rate, walking speed and many other aspects of a city can be deduced from a single number: the city's population. In this mind-bending talk from TEDGlobal he sh...
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- -: Paul Bloom: The origins of pleasure
July 27, 2011 (over 12 years ago)http://www.ted.com Why do we like an original painting better than a forgery? Psychologist Paul Bloom argues that human beings are essentialists -- that our beliefs about the history of an object change how we experience it, not simply as an illusion, but as a deep feature of what pleasure (and p...
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- -: Josette Sheeran: Ending hunger now
July 28, 2011 (over 12 years ago)http://www.ted.com Josette Sheeran, the head of the UN's World Food Program, talks about why, in a world with enough food for everyone, people still go hungry, still die of starvation, still use food as a weapon of war. Her vision: "Food is one issue that cannot be solved person by person. We hav...
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- -: Julian Treasure: 5 ways to listen better
July 29, 2011 (over 12 years ago)http://www.ted.com In our louder and louder world, says sound expert Julian Treasure, "We are losing our listening." In this short, fascinating talk, Treasure shares five ways to re-tune your ears for conscious listening -- to other people and the world around you. TEDTalks is a daily video podc...
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- -: Adam Ostrow: After your final status update
August 1, 2011 (over 12 years ago)http://www.ted.com Many of us have a social media presence -- a virtual personality made up of status updates, tweets and connections, stored in the cloud. Adam Ostrow asks a big question: What happens to that personality after you've died? Could it ... live on? TEDTalks is a daily video podcast...
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- -: Harald Haas: Wireless data from every light bulb
August 2, 2011 (over 12 years ago)http://www.ted.com What if every light bulb in the world could also transmit data? At TEDGlobal, Harald Haas demonstrates, for the first time, a device that could do exactly that. By flickering the light from a single LED, a change too quick for the human eye to detect, he can transmit far more d...
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- -: Mark Pagel: How language transformed humanity
August 3, 2011 (over 12 years ago)http://www.ted.com Biologist Mark Pagel shares an intriguing theory about why humans evolved our complex system of language. He suggests that language is a piece of "social technology" that allowed early human tribes to access a powerful new tool: cooperation. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast o...
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- -: Jessica Green: Are we filtering the wrong microbes?
August 4, 2011 (over 12 years ago)http://www.ted.com Should we keep the outdoors out of hospitals? Ecologist and TED Fellow Jessica Green has found that mechanical ventilation does get rid of many types of microbes, but the wrong kinds: the ones left in the hospital are much more likely to be pathogens. TEDTalks is a daily video...
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- -: Philip Zimbardo: The demise of guys?
August 5, 2011 (over 12 years ago)http://www.ted.com Psychologist Philip Zimbardo asks, "Why are boys struggling?" He shares some stats (lower graduation rates, greater worries about intimacy and relationships) and suggests a few reasons -- and he asks for your help! Watch his talk, then take his short 10-question survey: http://...
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- -: Eve Ensler: Suddenly, my body
August 5, 2011 (over 12 years ago)http://www.ted.com Poet, writer, activist Eve Ensler lived in her head. In this powerful talk from TEDWomen, she talks about her lifelong disconnection from her body -- and how two shocking events helped her to connect with the reality, the physicality of being human. TEDTalks is a daily video p...
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- -: Alex Steffen: The shareable future of cities
August 8, 2011 (over 12 years ago)http://www.ted.com How can cities help save the future? Alex Steffen shows some cool neighborhood-based green projects that expand our access to things we want and need -- while reducing the time we spend in cars. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED ...
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- -: Dyan deNapoli: The great penguin rescue
August 9, 2011 (over 12 years ago)http://www.ted.com A personal story, a collective triumph: Dyan deNapoli tells the story of the world's largest volunteer animal rescue, which saved more than 40,000 penguins after an oil spill off the coast of South Africa. How does a job this big get done? Penguin by penguin by penguin ... TED...
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- -: Jeremy Gilley: One day of peace
August 10, 2011 (over 12 years ago)http://www.ted.com Here's a crazy idea: Persuade the world to try living in peace for just one day, every September 21. In this energetic, honest talk, Jeremy Gilley tells the story of how this crazy idea became real -- real enough to help millions of kids in war-torn regions. TEDTalks is a dail...
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- -: Lucianne Walkowicz: Finding planets around other stars
August 11, 2011 (over 12 years ago)http://www.ted.com How do we find planets -- even habitable planets -- around other stars? By looking for tiny dimming as a planet passes in front of its sun, TED Fellow Lucianne Walkowicz and the Kepler mission have found some 1,200 potential new planetary systems. With new techniques, they may ...
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- -: Marco Tempest: The magic of truth and lies (and iPods)
August 12, 2011 (over 12 years ago)http://www.ted.com Using three iPods like magical props, Marco Tempest spins a clever, surprisingly heartfelt meditation on truth and lies, art and emotion. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's leading thinkers and doers ...
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- -: Dan Ariely: Beware conflicts of interest
August 29, 2011 (over 12 years ago)http://www.ted.com In this short talk, psychologist Dan Ariely tells two personal stories that explore scientific conflict of interest: How the pursuit of knowledge and insight can be affected, consciously or not, by shortsighted personal goals. When we're thinking about the big questions, he rem...
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- -: Svante Pääbo: DNA clues to our inner neanderthal
August 30, 2011 (over 12 years ago)http://www.ted.com Sharing the results of a massive, worldwide study, geneticist Svante Pääbo shows the DNA proof that early humans mated with Neanderthals after we moved out of Africa. (Yes, many of us have Neanderthal DNA.) He also shows how a tiny bone from a baby finger was enough to identify...
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- -: Julia Bacha: Pay attention to nonviolence
September 1, 2011 (over 12 years ago)http://www.ted.com In 2003, the Palestinian village of Budrus mounted a 10-month-long nonviolent protest to stop a barrier being built across their olive groves. Did you hear about it? Didn't think so. Brazilian filmmaker Julia Bacha asks why we only pay attention to violence in the Israel-Palest...
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- -: Skylar Tibbits: Can we make things that make themselves?
September 1, 2011 (over 12 years ago)http://www.ted.com MIT researcher Skylar Tibbits works on self-assembly -- the idea that instead of building something (a chair, a skyscraper), we can create materials that build themselves, much the way a strand of DNA zips itself together. It's a big concept at early stages; Tibbits shows us th...
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- -: Joan Halifax: Compassion and the true meaning of empathy
September 2, 2011 (over 12 years ago)http://www.ted.com Buddhist roshi Joan Halifax works with people at the last stage of life (in hospice and on death row). She shares what she's learned about compassion in the face of death and dying, and a deep insight into the nature of empathy. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best ta...
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- -: Edward Tenner: Unintended consequences
September 6, 2011 (over 12 years ago)http://www.ted.com Every new invention changes the world -- in ways both intentional and unexpected. Historian Edward Tenner tells stories that illustrate the under-appreciated gap between our ability to innovate and our ability to foresee the consequences. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of t...
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- -: Sarah Kaminsky: My father the forger
September 7, 2011 (over 12 years ago)http://www.ted.com Sarah Kaminsky tells the extraordinary story of her father Adolpho and his activity during World War II -- using his ingenuity and talent for forgery to save lives. Translated into English by federica bonaldi Reviewed by Thomas VANDENBOGAERDE TEDTalks is a daily video podcas...
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- -: Lee Cronin: Making matter come alive
September 9, 2011 (over 12 years ago)http://www.ted.com Before life existed on Earth, there was just matter, inorganic dead "stuff." How improbable is it that life arose? And -- could it use a different type of chemistry? Using an elegant definition of life (anything that can evolve), chemist Lee Cronin is exploring this question by...
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- -: Raghava KK: Shake up your story
September 9, 2011 (over 12 years ago)http://www.ted.com Artist Raghava KK demos his new children's book for iPad with a fun feature: when you shake it, the story -- and your perspective -- changes. In this charming short talk, he invites all of us to shake up our perspective a little bit. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the be...
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- -: Yasheng Huang: Does democracy stifle economic growth?
September 12, 2011 (over 12 years ago)http://www.ted.com Economist Yasheng Huang compares China to India, and asks how China's authoritarian rule contributed to its astonishing economic growth -- leading to a big question: Is democracy actually holding India back? Huang's answer may surprise you. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of...
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- -: Misha Glenny: Hire the hackers!
September 13, 2011 (over 12 years ago)http://www.ted.com Despite multibillion-dollar investments in cybersecurity, one of its root problems has been largely ignored: who are the people who write malicious code? Underworld investigator Misha Glenny profiles several convicted coders from around the world and reaches a startling conclus...
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- -: Kate Hartman: The art of wearable communication
September 15, 2011 (over 12 years ago)http://www.ted.com Artist Kate Hartman uses wearable electronics to explore how we communicate, with ourselves and with the world. In this quirky and thought-proviking talk she shows the "Talk To Yourself Hat", the "Inflatable Heart", the "Glacier Embracing Suit", and other unexpected devices. T...
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- -: Richard Resnick: Welcome to the genomic revolution
September 15, 2011 (over 12 years ago)http://www.ted.com In this accessible talk from TEDxBoston, Richard Resnick shows how cheap and fast genome sequencing is about to turn health care (and insurance, and politics) upside down. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the w...
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- -: Lauren Zalaznick: The conscience of television
September 16, 2011 (over 12 years ago)http://www.ted.com TV executive Lauren Zalaznick thinks deeply about pop television. Sharing results of a bold study that tracks attitudes against TV ratings over five decades, she makes a case that television reflects who we truly are -- in ways we might not have expected. TEDTalks is a daily v...
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- -: Niall Ferguson: The 6 killer apps of prosperity
September 19, 2011 (over 12 years ago)http://www.ted.com Over the past few centuries, Western cultures have been very good at creating general prosperity for themselves. Historian Niall Ferguson asks: Why the West, and less so the rest? He suggests half a dozen big ideas from Western culture -- call them the 6 killer apps -- that pro...
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- -: What we learned from 5 million books
September 20, 2011 (over 12 years ago)http://www.ted.com Have you played with Google Labs' NGram Viewer? It's an addicting tool that lets you search for words and ideas in a database of 5 million books from across centuries. Erez Lieberman Aiden and Jean-Baptiste Michel show us how it works, and a few of the surprising things we can ...
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- -: Amy Lockwood: Selling condoms in the Congo
September 21, 2011 (over 12 years ago)http://www.ted.com HIV is a serious problem in the DR Congo, and aid agencies have flooded the country with free and cheap condoms. But few people are using them. Why? "Reformed marketer" Amy Lockwood offers a surprising answer that upends a traditional model of philanthropy. (Some NSFW images.) ...
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- -: Elizabeth Murchison: Fighting a contagious cancer
September 22, 2011 (over 12 years ago)http://www.ted.com What is killing the Tasmanian devil? A virulent cancer is infecting them by the thousands -- and unlike most cancers, it's contagious. Researcher Elizabeth Murchison tells us how she's fighting to save the Taz, and what she's learning about all cancers from this unusual strain....
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- -: Abraham Verghese: A doctor's touch
September 26, 2011 (over 12 years ago)http://www.ted.com Modern medicine is in danger of losing a powerful, old-fashioned tool: human touch. Physician and writer Abraham Verghese describes our strange new world where patients are merely data points, and calls for a return to the traditional one-on-one physical exam. TEDTalks is a da...
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- -: Sunni Brown: Doodlers, unite!
September 27, 2011 (over 12 years ago)http://www.ted.com Studies show that sketching and doodling improve our comprehension -- and our creative thinking. So why do we still feel embarrassed when we're caught doodling in a meeting? Sunni Brown says: Doodlers, unite! She makes the case for unlocking your brain via pad and pen. TEDTalk...
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- -: Geoff Mulgan: A short intro to the Studio School
September 27, 2011 (over 12 years ago)http://www.ted.com Some kids learn by listening; others learn by doing. Geoff Mulgan gives a short introduction to the Studio School, a new kind of school in the UK where small teams of kids learn by working on projects that are, as Mulgan puts it, "for real." TEDTalks is a daily video podcast o...
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- -: Jarreth Merz: Filming democracy in Ghana
September 28, 2011 (over 12 years ago)http://www.ted.com Jarreth Merz, a Swiss-Ghanaian filmmaker, came to Ghana in 2008 to film the national elections. What he saw there taught him new lessons about democracy -- and about himself. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where th...
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- -: Ben Goldacre: Battling Bad Science
September 30, 2011 (over 12 years ago)http://www.ted.com Every day there are news reports of new health advice, but how can you know if they're right? Doctor and epidemiologist Ben Goldacre shows us, at high speed, the ways evidence can be distorted, from the blindingly obvious nutrition claims to the very subtle tricks of the pharma...
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- -: Danielle de Niese: A flirtatious aria
September 30, 2011 (over 12 years ago)http://www.ted.com Can opera be ever-so-slightly sexy? The glorious soprano Danielle de Niese shows how, singing the flirty "Meine Lippen, sie küssen so heiss." Which, translated, means, as you might guess: "I kiss so hot." From Giuditta by Frans Lehár; accompanist: Ingrid Surgenor. TEDTalks is ...
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- -: Yang Lan: The generation that's remaking China
October 3, 2011 (over 12 years ago)http://www.ted.com Yang Lan, a journalist and entrepreneur who's been called "the Oprah of China," offers insight into the next generation of young Chinese citizens -- urban, connected (via microblogs) and alert to injustice. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances f...
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- -: Charles Limb: Building the musical muscle
December 1, 2011 (over 12 years ago)http://www.ted.com Charles Limb performs cochlear implantation, a surgery that treats hearing loss and can restore the ability to hear speech. But as a musician too, Limb thinks about what the implants lack: They don't let you fully experience music yet. (There's a hair-raising example.) At TEDME...
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- -: Kathryn Schulz: Don't regret regret
December 2, 2011 (over 12 years ago)http://www.ted.com We're taught to try to live life without regret. But why? Using her own tattoo as an example, Kathryn Schulz makes a powerful and moving case for embracing our regrets. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the worl...
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- -: Ben Kacyra: Ancient wonders captured in 3D
November 9, 2011 (over 12 years ago)http://www.ted.com Ancient monuments give us clues to astonishing past civilizations -- but they're under threat from pollution, war, neglect. Ben Kacyra, who invented a groundbreaking 3D scanning system, is using his invention to scan and preserve the world's heritage in archival detail. (Watch ...
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- -: Allan Jones: A map of the brain
November 10, 2011 (over 12 years ago)http://www.ted.com How can we begin to understand the way the brain works? The same way we begin to understand a city: by making a map. In this visually stunning talk, Allan Jones shows how his team is mapping which genes are turned on in each tiny region, and how it all connects up. TEDTalks is...
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- -: Charlie Todd: The shared experience of absurdity
November 11, 2011 (over 12 years ago)http://www.ted.com Charlie Todd causes bizarre, hilarious, and unexpected public scenes: Seventy synchronized dancers in storefront windows, "ghostbusters" running through the New York Public Library, and the annual no-pants subway ride. At TEDxBloomington he shows how his group, Improv Everywher...
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- -: Alexander Tsiaras: Conception to birth -- visualized
November 14, 2011 (over 12 years ago)http://www.ted.com Image-maker Alexander Tsiaras shares a powerful medical visualization, showing human development from conception to birth and beyond. (Some graphic images.) 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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- -: Yves Rossy: Fly with the Jetman
November 15, 2011 (over 12 years ago)http://www.ted.com Strapped to a jet-powered wing, Yves Rossy is the Jetman -- flying free, his body as the rudder, above the Swiss Alps and the Grand Canyon. After a powerful short film shows how it works, Rossy takes the TEDGlobal stage to share the experience and thrill of flying. TEDTalks is...
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- -: Cynthia Kenyon: Experiments that hint of longer lives
November 17, 2011 (over 12 years ago)http://www.ted.com What controls aging? Biochemist Cynthia Kenyon has found a simple genetic mutation that can double the lifespan of a simple worm, C. Elegans. The lessons from that discovery, and others, are pointing to how we might one day significantly extend youthful human life. TEDTalks is...
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- -: Robin Ince: Science versus wonder?
November 18, 2011 (over 12 years ago)http://www.ted.com Does science ruin the magic of life? In this grumpy but charming monologue, Robin Ince makes the argument against. The more we learn about the astonishing behavior of the universe -- the more we stand in awe. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances...
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