- -: Annie Lennox: Why I am an HIV/AIDS activist
September 23, 2010 (over 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com For the last eight years, pop singer Annie Lennox has devoted the majority of her time to her SING campaign, raising awareness and money to combat HIV/AIDS. She shares the experiences that have inspired her, from working with Nelson Mandela to meeting a little African girl in a...
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- -: Mitchell Besser: Mothers helping mothers fight HIV
September 23, 2010 (over 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com In sub-Saharan Africa, HIV infections are more prevalent and doctors scarcer than anywhere else in the world. With a lack of medical professionals, Mitchell Besser enlisted the help of his patients to create mothers2mothers -- an extraordinary network of HIV-positive women whos...
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- -: Fabian Hemmert: The shape-shifting future of the mobile phone
September 23, 2010 (over 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com At TEDxBerlin, Fabian Hemmert demos one future of the mobile phone -- a shape-shifting and weight-shifting handset that "displays" information nonvisually, offering a delightfully intuitive way to communicate. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performance...
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- -: Julian Treasure: Shh! Sound health in 8 steps
September 24, 2010 (over 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com Julian Treasure says our increasingly noisy world is gnawing away at our mental health -- even costing lives. He lays out an 8-step plan to soften this sonic assault (starting with those cheap earbuds) and restore our relationship with sound. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast ...
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- -: Sebastian Seung: I am my connectome
September 28, 2010 (over 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com Sebastian Seung is mapping a massively ambitious new model of the brain that focuses on the connections between each neuron. He calls it our "connectome," and it's as individual as our genome -- and understanding it could open a new way to understand our brains and our minds. ...
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- -: Mechai Viravaidya: How Mr. Condom made Thailand a better place
September 30, 2010 (over 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com At TEDxChange, Thailand's "Mr. Condom," Mechai Viravaidya, walks us through the country's bold plan to raise its standard of living, starting in the 1970s. First step: population control. And that means a lot of frank, funny -- and very effective -- talk about condoms. TEDTalk...
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- -: Eben Bayer: Are mushrooms the new plastic?
October 4, 2010 (over 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com Product designer Eben Bayer reveals his recipe for a new, fungus-based packaging material that protects fragile stuff like furniture, plasma screens -- and the environment. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the ...
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- -: Tim Jackson's economic reality check
October 5, 2010 (over 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com As the world faces recession, climate change, inequity and more, Tim Jackson delivers a piercing challenge to established economic principles, explaining how we might stop feeding the crises and start investing in our future. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks...
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- -: Barbara Block: Tagging tuna in the deep ocean
October 6, 2010 (over 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com Tuna are ocean athletes -- fast, far-ranging predators whose habits we're just beginning to understand. Marine biologist Barbara Block fits tuna with tracking tags (complete with transponders) that record unprecedented amounts of data about these gorgeous, threatened fish and t...
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- -: Hans Rosling: The good news of the decade?
October 7, 2010 (over 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com Hans Rosling reframes 10 years of UN data with his spectacular visuals, lighting up an astonishing -- mostly unreported -- piece of front-page-worthy good news. Along the way, he debunks one flawed approach to stats that blots out such vital stories. TEDTalks is a daily video ...
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- -: Stacey Kramer: The best gift I ever survived
October 8, 2010 (over 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes. Featured speakers have included Al Gore on climate change, Philippe Starck on design, Jill Bolt...
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- -: Stefano Mancuso: The roots of plant intelligence
October 12, 2010 (over 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com Plants behave in some oddly intelligent ways: fighting predators, maximizing food opportunities ... But can we think of them as actually having a form of intelligence of their own? Italian botanist Stefano Mancuso presents intriguing evidence. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast...
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- -: Melinda French Gates: What nonprofits can learn from Coca-Cola
October 12, 2010 (over 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com At TEDxChange, Melinda Gates makes a provocative case for nonprofits taking a cue from corporations such as Coca-Cola, whose plugged-in, global network of marketers and distributors ensures that every remote village wants -- and can get -- a Coke. Why shouldn't this work for co...
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- -: Peter Haas: Haiti's disaster of engineering
October 14, 2010 (over 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com "Haiti was not a natural disaster," says TED Fellow Peter Haas: "It was a disaster of engineering." As the country rebuilds after January's deadly quake, are bad old building practices creating another ticking time bomb? Haas's group, AIDG, is helping Haiti's builders learn mod...
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- -: Natalie Jeremijenko: Let's teach fish to text! and other outlandish ideas
October 14, 2010 (over 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com Natalie Jeremijenko's unusual lab puts art to work, and addresses environmental woes by combining engineering know-how with public art and a team of volunteers. These real-life experiments include: Walking tadpoles, texting "fish," planting fire-hydrant gardens and more. TEDTa...
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- -: Dianna Cohen: Tough truths about plastic pollution
October 20, 2010 (over 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com Artist Dianna Cohen shares some tough truths about plastic pollution in the ocean and in our lives -- and some thoughts on how to free ourselves from the plastic gyre. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world...
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- -: Patrick Chappatte: The power of cartoons
October 21, 2010 (over 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com In a series of witty punchlines, Swiss editiorial cartoonist Patrick Chappatte makes a poignant case for the power of the humble cartoon. His projects in Lebanon, West Africa and Gaza show how, in the right hands, the pencil can illuminate serious issues and bring the most unli...
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- -: David Byrne sings "(Nothing But) Flowers"
October 22, 2010 (over 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com David Byrne sings the Talking Heads' 1988 hit, "(Nothing But) Flowers." He's accompanied by Thomas Dolby and string quartet Ethel, who made up the TED2010 house band. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world'...
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- -: Joseph Nye on global power shifts
October 27, 2010 (over 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com Historian and diplomat Joseph Nye gives us the 30,000-foot view of the shifts in power between China and the US, and the global implications as economic, political and "soft" power shifts and moves around the globe. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and perfo...
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- -: R.A. Mashelkar: Breakthrough designs for ultra-low-cost products
October 27, 2010 (over 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com Engineer RA Mashelkar shares three stories of ultra-low-cost design from India that use bottom-up rethinking, and some clever engineering, to bring expensive products (cars, prosthetics) into the realm of the possible for everyone. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best...
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- -: Barton Seaver: Sustainable seafood? Let's get smart
October 27, 2010 (over 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes. Featured speakers have included Al Gore on climate change, Philippe Starck on design, Jill Bol...
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- -: Shimon Steinberg: Natural pest control ... using bugs!
October 28, 2010 (over 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com At TEDxTelAviv, Shimon Steinberg looks at the difference between pests and bugs -- and makes the case for using good bugs to fight bad bugs, avoiding chemicals in our quest for perfect produce. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED C...
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- -: Miwa Matrayek's glorious visions
November 1, 2010 (over 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com Using animation, projections and her own moving shadow, Miwa Matreyek performs a gorgeous, meditative piece about inner and outer discovery. Take a quiet 10 minutes and dive in. With music from Anna Oxygen, Mirah, Caroline Lufkin and Mileece. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast ...
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- -: Tom Chatfield: 7 ways video games engage the brain
November 1, 2010 (over 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com As we bring gameplay into more aspects of our lives (from socializing to exercising), Tom Chatfield talks about one compelling aspect of videogaming: its measurability. Parceling out rewards at carefully calibrated percentages, games collect reams of data about what humans trul...
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- -: David Bismark: E-voting without fraud
November 2, 2010 (over 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com David Bismark demos a new system for voting that contains a simple, verifiable way to prevent fraud and miscounting -- while keeping each person's vote secret. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's leadi...
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- -: Greg Stone: Saving the ocean one island at a time
November 3, 2010 (over 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com Aboard Mission Blue, oceanographer Greg Stone tells the story of how he helped the Republic of Kiribati create an enormous protected area in the middle of the Pacific -- protecting fish, sealife and the island nation itself. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks ...
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- -: Andrew Bird's one-man orchestra of the imagination
November 5, 2010 (over 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com Musical innovator Andrew Bird winds together his trademark violin technique with xylophone, vocals and sophisticated electronic looping. Add in his uncanny ability to whistle anything, and he becomes a riveting one-man orchestra. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best t...
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- -: Emily Pilloton: Teaching design for change
November 10, 2010 (over 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com Designer Emily Pilloton moved to rural Bertie County, in North Carolina, to engage in a bold experiment of design-led community transformation. She's teaching a design-build class called Studio H that engages high schoolers' minds and bodies while bringing smart design and new ...
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- -: Aaron Huey: America's native prisoners of war
November 10, 2010 (over 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com Aaron Huey's effort to photograph poverty in America led him to the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, where the struggle of the native Lakota people -- appalling, and largely ignored -- compelled him to refocus. Five years of work later, his haunting photos intertwine with a shock...
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- -: Auret van Heerden: Making global labor fair
November 11, 2010 (over 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com Labor activist Auret van Heerden talks about the next frontier of workers' rights -- globalized industries where no single national body can keep workers safe and protected. How can we keep our global supply chains honest? Van Heerden makes the business case for fair labor. TE...
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- -: Eric Berlow: How complexity leads to simplicity
November 12, 2010 (over 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com Ecologist Eric Berlow doesn't feel overwhelmed when faced with complex systems. He knows that more information can lead to a better, simpler solution. Illustrating the tips and tricks for breaking down big issues, he distills an overwhelming infographic on U.S. strategy in Afgh...
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- -: Denis Dutton: A Darwinian theory of beauty
November 16, 2010 (over 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com TED collaborates with animator Andrew Park to illustrate Denis Dutton's provocative theory on beauty -- that art, music and other beautiful things, far from being simply "in the eye of the beholder," are a core part of human nature with deep evolutionary origins. TEDTalks is a...
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- -: Shimon Schocken's rides of hope
November 17, 2010 (over 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com Computer science professor Shimon Schocken is also an avid mountain biker. To share the life lessons he learned while riding, he began an outdoor program with Israel's juvenile inmates and was touched by both their intense difficulties and profound successes. TEDTalks is a dai...
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- -: John Hardy: My green school dream
November 22, 2010 (over 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com Join John Hardy on a tour of the Green School, his off-the-grid school in Bali that teaches kids how to build, garden, create (and get into college). The centerpiece of campus is the spiraling Heart of School, perhaps the world's largest freestanding bamboo building. TEDTalks ...
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- -: Kristina Gjerde: Making law on the high seas
November 22, 2010 (over 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com Kristina Gjerde studies the law of the high seas -- the 64 percent of our ocean that isn't protected by any national law at all. Gorgeous photos show the hidden worlds that Gjerde and other lawyers are working to protect from trawling and trash-dumping, through smart policymaki...
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- -: Kim Gorgens: Protecting the brain against concussion
November 22, 2010 (over 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com Neuropsychologist Kim Gorgens makes the case for better protecting our brains against the risk of concussion -- with a compelling pitch for putting helmets on kids. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's ...
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- -: Zainab Salbi: Women, wartime and the dream of peace
November 24, 2010 (over 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com In war we often see only the frontline stories of soldiers and combat. AT TEDGlobal 2010, Zainab Salbi tells powerful "backline" stories of women who keep everyday life going during conflicts, and calls for women to have a place at the negotiating table once fighting is over. ...
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- -: Jason Fried: Why work doesn't happen at work
November 24, 2010 (over 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com Jason Fried has a radical theory of working: that the office isn't a good place to do it. At TEDxMidwest he lays out the main problems (call them the M&Ms) and offers three suggestions to make work work. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from...
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- -: Dan Phillips: Creative houses from reclaimed stuff
November 29, 2010 (over 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com In this funny and insightful talk from TEDxHouston, builder Dan Phillips tours us through a dozen homes he's built in Texas using recycled and reclaimed materials in wildly creative ways. Brilliant, low-tech design details will refresh your own creative drive. TEDTalks is a da...
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- -: Birke Baehr: What's wrong with our food system
November 30, 2010 (over 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com 11-year-old Birke Baehr presents his take on a major source of our food -- far-away and less-than-picturesque industrial farms. Keeping farms out of sight promotes a rosy, unreal picture of big-box agriculture, he argues, as he outlines the case to green and localize food produ...
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- -: Marcel Dicke: Why not eat insects?
December 1, 2010 (over 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com Marcel Dicke makes an appetizing case for adding insects to everyone's diet. His message to squeamish chefs and foodies: delicacies like locusts and caterpillars compete with meat in flavor, nutrition and eco-friendliness. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks an...
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- -: William Ury: The walk from "no" to "yes"
December 1, 2010 (over 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com William Ury, author of "Getting to Yes," offers an elegant, simple (but not easy) way to create agreement in even the most difficult situations -- from family conflict to, perhaps, the Middle East. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the T...
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- -: Arthur Potts Dawson: A vision for sustainable restaurants
December 3, 2010 (over 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com If you've been in a restaurant kitchen, you've seen how much food, water and energy can be wasted there. Chef Arthur Potts-Dawson shares his very personal vision for the waste-free restaurant -- recycling, composting, sustainable engines for good (and good food). TEDTalks is a...
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- -: Halla Tomasdottir: A feminine response to Iceland's financial crash
December 10, 2010 (over 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com Halla Tomasdottir managed to take her company Audur Capital through the eye of the financial storm in Iceland by applying 5 traditionally "feminine" values to financial services. At TEDWomen, she talks about these values and the importance of balance. TEDTalks is a daily video...
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- -: Tony Porter: A call to men
December 10, 2010 (over 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com At TEDWomen, Tony Porter makes a call to men everywhere: Don't "act like a man." Telling powerful stories from his own life, he shows how this mentality, drummed into so many men and boys, can lead men to disrespect, mistreat and abuse women and each other. His solution: Break ...
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- -: Kiran Bedi: How I remade one of India's toughest prisons
December 13, 2010 (over 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com Kiran Bedi managed one of India's toughest prisons -- and used a new focus on prevention and education to turn it into a center of learning and meditation. She shares her thoughts on crime and punishment from the stage at TEDWomen. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best...
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- -: Hanna Rosin: New data on the rise of women
December 15, 2010 (over 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com Hanna Rosin reviews startling new data that shows women actually surpassing men in several important measures, such as college graduation rates. Do these trends, both US-centric and global, signal the "end of men"? Probably not -- but they point toward an important societal shi...
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- -: Diana Laufenberg: How to learn? From mistakes
December 15, 2010 (over 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com Diana Laufenberg shares 3 surprising things she has learned about teaching -- including a key insight about learning from mistakes. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's leading thinkers and doers give t...
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- -: Rufus Griscom and Alisa Volkman: It's time to explode 4 taboos of parenting
December 16, 2010 (over 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com Babble.com publishers Rufus Griscom and Alisa Volkman, in a lively tag-team, expose 4 facts that parents never, ever admit -- and why they should. Funny and honest, for parents and nonparents alike. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the ...
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- -: Rachel Botsman: The case for collaborative consumption
December 17, 2010 (over 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com At TEDxSydney, Rachel Botsman says we're "wired to share" -- and shows how websites like Zipcar and Swaptree are changing the rules of human behavior. 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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- -: Beverly + Dereck Joubert: Life lessons from big cats
December 20, 2010 (over 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com Beverly + Dereck Joubert live in the bush, filming and photographing lions and leopards in their natural habitat. With stunning footage (some never before seen), they discuss their personal relationships with these majestic animals -- and their quest to save the big cats from h...
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- -: Majora Carter: 3 stories of local eco-entrepreneurship
January 3, 2011 (over 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com The future of green is local -- and entrepreneurial. At TEDxMidwest, Majora Carter brings us the stories of three people who are saving their own communities while saving the planet. Call it "hometown security." TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performan...
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- -: Brene Brown: The power of vulnerability
January 3, 2011 (over 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com Brene Brown studies human connection -- our ability to empathize, belong, love. In a poignant, funny talk at TEDxHouston, she shares a deep insight from her research, one that sent her on a personal quest to know herself as well as to understand humanity. A talk to share. TEDT...
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- -: Barry Schwartz: Using our practical wisdom
January 3, 2011 (over 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com In an intimate talk, Barry Schwartz dives into the question "How do we do the right thing?" With help from collaborator Kenneth Sharpe, he shares stories that illustrate the difference between following the rules and truly choosing wisely. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of ...
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- -: Arianna Huffington: How to succeed? Get more sleep
January 3, 2011 (over 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com In this short talk, Arianna Huffington shares a small idea that can awaken much bigger ones: the power of a good night's sleep. Instead of bragging about our sleep deficits, she urges us to shut our eyes and see the big picture: We can sleep our way to increased productivity an...
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- -: Lesley Hazleton: A "tourist" reads the Koran
January 5, 2011 (over 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com Lesley Hazleton sat down one day to read the Koran. And what she found -- as a non-Muslim, a self-identified "tourist" in the Islamic holy book -- wasn't what she expected. With serious scholarship and warm humor, Hazleton shares the grace, flexibility and mystery she found, in...
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- -: Deborah Rhodes: A tool that finds 3x more breast tumors, and why it's not available to you
January 6, 2011 (over 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com Working with a team of physicists, Dr. Deborah Rhodes developed a new tool for tumor detection that's 3 times as effective as traditional mammograms for women with dense breast tissue. The life-saving implications are stunning. So why haven't we heard of it? Rhodes shares the s...
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- -: Neil Pasricha: The 3 A's of awesome
January 11, 2011 (over 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com Neil Pasricha's blog 1000 Awesome Things savors life's simple pleasures, from free refills to clean sheets. In this heartfelt talk from TEDxToronto, he reveals the 3 secrets (all starting with A) to leading a life that's truly awesome. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the ...
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- -: Amber Case: We are all cyborgs now
January 11, 2011 (over 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com Technology is evolving us, says Amber Case, as we become a screen-staring, button-clicking new version of homo sapiens. We now rely on "external brains" (cell phones and computers) to communicate, remember, even live out secondary lives. But will these machines ultimately conne...
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- -: Thomas Thwaites: How I built a toaster -- from scratch
January 14, 2011 (over 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com It takes an entire civilization to build a toaster. Designer Thomas Thwaites found out the hard way, by attempting to build one from scratch: mining ore for steel, deriving plastic from oil ... it's frankly amazing he got as far as he got. A parable of our interconnected societ...
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- -: Elizabeth Lesser: Take "the Other" to lunch
January 14, 2011 (over 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com There's an angry divisive tension in the air that threatens to make modern politics impossible. Elizabeth Lesser explores the two sides of human nature within us (call them "the mystic" and "the warrior") that can be harnessed to elevate the way we treat each other. She shares ...
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- -: Ali Carr-Chellman: Gaming to re-engage boys in learning
January 14, 2011 (over 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com Ali Carr-Chellman spells out three reasons boys are tuning out of school in droves, and lays out her bold plan to re-engage them: bringing their culture into the classroom, with new rules that let boys be boys, and video games that teach as well as entertain. TEDTalks is a dai...
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- -: Naomi Klein: Addicted to risk
January 18, 2011 (over 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com Days before this talk, journalist Naomi Klein was on a boat in the Gulf of Mexico, looking at the catastrophic results of BP's risky pursuit of oil. Our societies have become addicted to extreme risk in finding new energy, new financial instruments and more ... and too often, w...
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- -: Charity Tillemann-Dick: After a lung transplant, an aria
January 18, 2011 (over 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com You'll never sing again, said her doctor. But in a story from the very edge of medical possibility, operatic soprano Charity Tillemann-Dick tells a double story of survival -- of her body, from a double lung transplant -- and of her spirit, fueled by an unwavering will to sing....
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- -: Van Jones: The economic injustice of plastic
January 21, 2011 (over 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com Van Jones lays out a case against plastic pollution from the perspective of social justice. Because plastic trash, he shows us, hits poor people and poor countries "first and worst," with consequences we all share no matter where we live and what we earn. At TEDxGPGP, he offers...
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- -: Anders Ynnerman: Visualizing the medical data explosion
January 21, 2011 (over 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com Today medical scans produce thousands of images and terabytes of data for a single patient in mere seconds, but how do doctors parse this information and determine what's useful? At TEDxGöteborg, scientific visualization expert Anders Ynnerman shows us sophisticated new tools -...
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- -: Heather Knight: Silicon-based comedy
January 21, 2011 (over 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com In this first-of-its-kind demo, Heather Knight introduces Data, a robotic stand-up comedian that does much more than rattle off one-liners -- it gathers audience feedback through advanced sensors and tunes its act as the crowd responds. Is this thing on? TEDTalks is a daily vi...
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- -: Martin Jacques: Understanding the rise of China
January 24, 2011 (over 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com Speaking at a TED Salon in London, economist Martin Jacques asks: How do we in the West make sense of China and its phenomenal rise? The author of "When China Rules the World," he examines why the West often puzzles over the growing power of the Chinese economy, and offers thre...
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- -: Thomas Goetz: It's time to redesign medical data
January 27, 2011 (about 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com Your medical chart: it's hard to access, impossible to read -- and full of information that could make you healthier if you just knew how to use it. At TEDMED, Thomas Goetz looks at medical data, making a bold call to redesign it and get more insight from it. TEDTalks is a dai...
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- -: Liza Donnelly: Drawing upon humor for change
January 27, 2011 (about 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com New Yorker cartoonist Liza Donnelly shares a portfolio of her wise and funny cartoons about modern life -- and talks about how humor can empower women to change the rules. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the w...
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- -: Bruce Feiler: The council of dads
January 28, 2011 (about 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com Diagnosed with cancer, Bruce Feiler worried first about his young family. So -- as he shares in this funny, rambling and ultimately thoughtful talk -- he asked his closest friends to become a "council of dads," bringing their own lifetimes of wisdom to advise his twin daughters...
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- -: Kate Orff: Reviving New York's rivers -- with oysters!
January 31, 2011 (about 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com Architect Kate Orff sees the oyster as an agent of urban change. Bundled into beds and sunk into city rivers, oysters slurp up pollution and make legendarily dirty waters clean -- thus driving even more innovation in "oyster-tecture." Orff shares her vision for an urban landsca...
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- -: Dale Dougherty: We are makers
February 2, 2011 (about 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com America was built by makers -- curious, enthusiastic amateur inventors whose tinkering habit sparked whole new industries. At TED@MotorCity, MAKE magazine publisher Dale Dougherty says we're all makers at heart, and shows cool new tools to tinker with, like Arduinos, affordable...
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- -: Johanna Blakley: Social media and the end of gender
February 2, 2011 (about 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com Media and advertising companies still use the same old demographics to understand audiences, but they're becoming increasingly harder to track online, says media researcher Johanna Blakley. As social media outgrows traditional media, and women users outnumber men, Blakley expla...
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- -: Suheir Hammad: Poems of war, peace, women, power
February 4, 2011 (about 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com Poet Suheir Hammad performs two spine-tingling spoken-word pieces: "What I Will" and "break (clustered)" -- meditations on war and peace, on women and power. Wait for the astonishing line: "Do not fear what has blown up. If you must, fear the unexploded." TEDTalks is a daily v...
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- -: Christopher McDougall: Are we born to run?
February 4, 2011 (about 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com Christopher McDougall explores the mysteries of the human desire to run. How did running help early humans survive -- and what urges from our ancient ancestors spur us on today? At TEDxPennQuarter, McDougall tells the story of the marathoner with a heart of gold, the unlikely u...
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- -: Nigel Marsh: How to make work-life balance work
February 7, 2011 (about 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com Work-life balance, says Nigel Marsh, is too important to be left in the hands of your employer. At TEDxSydney, Marsh lays out an ideal day balanced between family time, personal time and productivity -- and offers some stirring encouragement to make it happen. TEDTalks is a da...
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- -: Cynthia Breazeal: The rise of personal robots
February 8, 2011 (about 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com As a grad student, Cynthia Breazeal wondered why we were using robots on Mars, but not in our living rooms. The key, she realized: training robots to interact with people. Now she dreams up and builds robots that teach, learn -- and play. Watch for amazing demo footage of a new...
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- -: Mother and daughter doctor-heroes: Hawa Abdi + Deqo Mohamed
February 9, 2011 (about 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com They've been called the "saints of Somalia." Doctors Hawa Abdi and Deqo Mohamed talk about their medical clinic in Somalia, where -- in the face of civil war and open oppression of women -- they've built a hospital, a school and a community of peace. TEDTalks is a daily video ...
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- -: Jacqueline Novogratz: Inspiring a life of immersion
February 18, 2011 (about 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com We each want to live a life of purpose, but where to start? In this luminous, wide-ranging talk, Jacqueline Novogratz introduces us to people she's met in her work in "patient capital" -- people who have immersed themselves in a cause, a community, a passion for justice. These ...
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- -: Noreena Hertz: How to use experts -- and when not to
February 21, 2011 (about 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com We make important decisions every day -- and we often rely on experts to help us decide. But, says economist Noreena Hertz, relying too much on experts can be limiting and even dangerous. She calls for us to start democratizing expertise -- to listen not only to "surgeons and C...
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- -: Courtney Martin: Reinventing feminism
March 8, 2011 (about 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com Blogger Courtney Martin examines the perennially loaded word "feminism." In a personal and heartfelt talk, she describes the three paradoxes that define her generation's quest to define the term for themselves. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performanc...
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- -: Deb Roy: The birth of a word
March 14, 2011 (about 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com MIT researcher Deb Roy wanted to understand how his infant son learned language -- so he wired up his house with videocameras to catch every moment (with exceptions) of his son's life, then parsed 90,000 hours of home video to watch "gaaaa" slowly turn into "water." Astonishing...
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- -: Rob Harmon: How the market can keep streams flowing
March 14, 2011 (about 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com With streams and rivers drying up because of over-usage, Rob Harmon has implemented an ingenious market mechanism to bring back the water. Farmers and beer companies find their fates intertwined in the intriguing century-old tale of Prickly Pear Creek. TEDTalks is a daily vide...
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- -: David Brooks: The social animal
March 14, 2011 (about 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com Tapping into the findings of his latest book, NYTimes columnist David Brooks unpacks new insights into human nature from the cognitive sciences -- insights with massive implications for economics and politics as well as our own self-knowledge. In a talk full of humor, he shows ...
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- -: Janna Levin: The sound the universe makes
March 15, 2011 (about 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com We think of space as a silent place. But physicist Janna Levin says the universe has a soundtrack -- a sonic composition that records some of the most dramatic events in outer space. (Black holes, for instance, bang on spacetime like a drum.) An accessible and mind-expanding so...
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- -: Danny Hillis: Understanding cancer through proteomics
March 16, 2011 (about 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com Danny Hills makes a case for the next frontier of cancer research: proteomics, the study of proteins in the body. As Hillis explains it, genomics shows us a list of the ingredients of the body -- while proteomics shows us what those ingredients produce. Understanding what's goi...
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- -: Mark Bezos: A life lesson from a volunteer firefighter
March 16, 2011 (about 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com Volunteer firefighter Mark Bezos tells a story of an act of heroism that didn't go quite as expected -- but that taught him a big lesson: Don't wait to be a hero. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's le...
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- -: Rogier van der Heide: Why light needs darkness
March 21, 2011 (about 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com Lighting architect Rogier van der Heide offers a beautiful new way to look at the world -- by paying attention to light (and to darkness). Examples from classic buildings illustrate a deeply thought-out vision of the play of light around us. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast o...
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- -: Sarah Kay: If I should have a daughter ...
March 21, 2011 (about 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com "If I should have a daughter, instead of Mom, she's gonna call me Point B ... " began spoken word poet Sarah Kay, in a talk that inspired two standing ovations at TED2011. She tells the story of her metamorphosis -- from a wide-eyed teenager soaking in verse at New York's Bower...
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- -: Paul Root Wolpe: It's time to question bio-engineering
March 24, 2011 (about 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com At TEDxPeachtree, bioethicist Paul Root Wolpe describes an astonishing series of recent bio-engineering experiments, from hybrid pets to mice that grow human ears. He asks: isn't it time to set some ground rules? TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and perform...
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- -: Eythor Bender demos human exoskeletons
March 24, 2011 (about 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com Eythor Bender of Berkeley Bionics brings onstage two amazing exoskeletons, HULC and eLEGS -- robotic add-ons that could one day allow a human to carry 200 pounds without tiring, or allow a wheelchair user to stand and walk. It's a powerful onstage demo, with implications for hu...
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- -: Ralph Langner: Cracking Stuxnet, a 21st-century cyber weapon
March 29, 2011 (about 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com When first discovered in 2010, the Stuxnet computer worm posed a baffling puzzle. Beyond its unusually high level of sophistication loomed a more troubling mystery: its purpose. Ralph Langner and team helped crack the code that revealed this digital warhead's final target -- an...
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- -: Handspring Puppet Company: The genius puppetry behind War Horse
March 30, 2011 (about 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com "Puppets always have to try to be alive," says Adrian Kohler of the Handspring Puppet Company, a gloriously ambitious troupe of human and wooden actors. Beginning with the tale of a hyena's subtle paw, puppeteers Kohler and Basil Jones build to the story of their latest astonis...
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- -: Chade-Meng Tan: Everyday compassion at Google
April 6, 2011 (about 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com Google's "Jolly Good Fellow," Chade-Meng Tan, talks about how the company practices compassion in its everyday business -- and its bold side projects. 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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- -: Stanley McChrystal: Listen, learn ... then lead
April 6, 2011 (about 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com Four-star general Stanley McChrystal shares what he learned about leadership over his decades in the military. How can you build a sense of shared purpose among people of many ages and skill sets? By listening and learning -- and addressing the possibility of failure. TEDTalks...
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- -: Mick Ebeling: The invention that unlocked a locked-in artist
April 7, 2011 (about 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com The nerve disease ALS left graffiti artist TEMPT paralyzed from head to toe, forced to communicate blink by blink. In a remarkable talk at TEDActive, entrepreneur Mick Ebeling shares how he and a team of collaborators built an open-source invention that gave the artist -- and g...
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- -: 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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