Rory Sutherland: Perspective is everything
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http://www.ted.com The circumstances of our lives may matter less than how we see them, says Rory Sutherland. At TEDxAthens, he makes a compelling case for how reframing is the key to happiness. 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 tal... Read more
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- -: Rory Sutherland: Perspective is everything
May 4, 2012 (almost 12 years ago)http://www.ted.com The circumstances of our lives may matter less than how we see them, says Rory Sutherland. At TEDxAthens, he makes a compelling case for how reframing is the key to happiness. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where t...
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- -: TEDxRochester - Mark Noble - 11/7/11
April 2, 2012 (about 12 years ago)Mark is Professor of Neurology, Genetics, and Neurobiology and Anatomy at University of Rochester School of Medicine and is Director of the University of Rochester Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Institute. He is one of the pioneers of stem cell research and directs research on multiple topic...
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- -: TEDxSanDiego 2011 - Amy Krouse Rosenthal - The Crevices of Life
March 29, 2012 (about 12 years ago)Bestselling author and filmmaker Amy Krouse Rosenthal delves into the unsuspecting importance of "the crevices of life," those small, in-between pockets of time scattered throughout our day that tend to get overlooked and squandered...but which are actually central to creating the life you truly ...
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- -: TEDxObserver - Hugh Masekela - The western influence on African youth plus music performance
March 23, 2012 (about 12 years ago)Hugh Masekela Musician, composer, campaigner One of the giants of South African music, Masekela's work has closely charted the history of his country of birth. Throughout the 60s and 70s the legendary trumpeter's music was inspired by the hardships and humiliations visited on his countrymen by t...
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- -: TEDxObserver - Simon Eccles - Separating twins, saving lives
March 23, 2012 (about 12 years ago)Simon Eccles Surgeon A member of the team of doctors who work for the Facing the World charity which provides life-changing surgery in England to children with severe facial disfigurement in the world's poorest countries. Simon is also one of the doctors who travels abroad to provide training to...
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- -: TEDxObserver - Rosemary Nalden and Buskaid - The stories and songs of the Townships
March 23, 2012 (about 12 years ago)Rosemary Nalden and Buskaid Musician, teacher, mentor Rosemary arrived in Soweto nearly 20 years ago after she heard about a group of children who were struggling to learn music. She arrived to help fundraise and to teach. Now, as Founder of Buskaid and director of the Buskaid Soweto String Proj...
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- -: TEDxBigApple - Joanna Aizenberg - Extreme Biomimetics
March 2, 2012 (about 12 years ago)Joanna Aizenberg displays fascinating processes in nature, and shares with us how we can mimic these processes to improve our daily lives (without the hassle of intellectual property issues!). Joanna is a pioneer in the rapidly developing field of bio-inspired materials science and engineering. ...
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- -: TEDxBigApple - Nicola Twilley - To Understand Refrigeration is to Understand the World
March 2, 2012 (about 12 years ago)Nicola Twilley talks artificial refrigeration - she takes us on a 'whistle-stop tour of the artificial cryosphere' and gives us all something to think about next time we open the 'fridge. Nicola Twilley is author of the blog Edible Geography and co-director of Studio-X NYC, part of the Columbia ...
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- -: TEDxBigApple - Chris Downey - New Vision in Architecture
March 2, 2012 (about 12 years ago)Chris Downey takes us on a trip to work from the perspective of a man who recently lost his sight and relates his non-visual senses to the world of architecture. Chris is an architect, planner, and consultant who lost his sight in 2008. Today, he is dedicated to creating more helpful and enrichi...
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- -: TEDxBigApple - Aydogan Ozcan - Microscopy on a Cellphone: An Emerging Telemedicine Platform
March 2, 2012 (about 12 years ago)Aydogan Ozcan explains how his innovative research in imaging techniques has enabled the use of our cellphones as microscopes, a powerful and disruptive idea for bringing cost effective microscopy and micro-analysis to remote and developing countries. Aydogan Ozcan is Associate Professor, Electr...
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