TEDxBoston - Dr Bo Pomahac - Face the Future
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"Although this operation is not life-saving, it is in many ways life-giving." Dr. Bo Pomahac explains that today, along with restoring appearance, we can restore both form and function to the face through full facial transplants available at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of lo... Read more
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- -: TEDxBoston - Dr Bo Pomahac - Face the Future
July 13, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)"Although this operation is not life-saving, it is in many ways life-giving." Dr. Bo Pomahac explains that today, along with restoring appearance, we can restore both form and function to the face through full facial transplants available at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. In the spirit...
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- -: TEDxBoston - Lara Stein
July 13, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized even...
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- -: TEDxBoston - Skylar Tibbits - When Things Build Themselves
July 13, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)"You're probably thinking, 'Wow that looks super easy!'...but it's not." TED fellow and MIT lecturer, Skylar Tibbits explains the technology behind self-assembling, programmable parts that construct themselves into large-scale objects that are activated with the addition of a little energy. In ...
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- -: TEDxBoston - Lisa Gross - Civic Fruit
July 13, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)"At its core, the Boston Tree Party is a diverse coalition of organizations, institutions, and individuals coming together in support of civic fruit." Lisa Gross, founder of The Boston Tree Party, has created a movement to plant a decentralized urban apple orchard that unites diverse communities...
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- -: TEDxBoston - Joe Coughlin - Aging as an Extreme Sport
July 13, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)"You've just gained thirty, fourty years of longer life and you're just sitting there!" Joe Coughlin from the MIT Age Lab explains why our increasing life expectancy necessitates the development of empathetic technologies that help young designers create products and experiences that will improv...
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- -: TEDxBoston - Spencer Culhane & Julianne Rhoads - Let the Sun Shine In
July 13, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)"Most often in architecture school you do get to build the things that you design, but they're at 1/40th of their actual scale. For a group of us this just wasn't enough. We wanted to do something more, something bigger, something real." Spencer Culhane and Julianne Rhodes, students from Massach...
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- -: TEDxBoston - Caleb Neelon - Courting the Creative Class
July 13, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)"I didn't have authorization to paint [this wall], but ... all the neighborhood ladies kept introducing me to their daughters!" International public artist Caleb Neelon fills his talk with striking photos of his murals in cities around the world. Caleb argues that despite Boston's love of innova...
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- -: TEDxBoston - Christina Xu - The Importance of Being Awesome
July 13, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)"Without joy the Awesome Foundation would be the Cheap and Efficient Foundation, which is a lot less catchy." Christina Xu is a trustee of the Awesome Foundation founded in Boston by 10 friends. Now with chapters worldwide, the independent, self-funded foundation awards $1,000 grants monthly to ...
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- -: TEDxBoston - Women of the World finale
July 14, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized even...
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- -: TEDxBoston - Will Dailey
July 14, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized even...
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