Tal Golesworthy: How I repaired my own heart
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http://www.ted.com Tal Golesworthy is a boiler engineer -- he knows piping and plumbing. When he needed surgery to repair a life-threatening problem with his aorta, he mixed his engineering skills with his doctors' medical knowledge to design a better repair job. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED ... Read more
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- -: Tal Golesworthy: How I repaired my own heart
April 12, 2012 (about 12 years ago)http://www.ted.com Tal Golesworthy is a boiler engineer -- he knows piping and plumbing. When he needed surgery to repair a life-threatening problem with his aorta, he mixed his engineering skills with his doctors' medical knowledge to design a better repair job. TEDTalks is a daily video podcas...
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- -: TEDxKrakow - 2011 Trailer
February 14, 2012 (about 12 years ago)TEDxKraków is an independently organised TED event, the second edition of which took place on 20 October 2011 at the Manggha Centre for Japanese Art and Technology in Kraków, Poland. Our theme was "The New Normal" and we asked our speakers to tell us about what we might just have to get used to o...
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November 25, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Marcin Strzelecki is a lecturer, composer, programmer, researcher of music culture and critic. He is interested in the influences on human creativity, from evolutionary and genetic to neural, psychological, environmental and cultural factors. He is exploring the question of how the new technologi...
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November 29, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Bohater ("Hero" in Polish) is Paweł Dróżdż, a singer, guitarist, songwriter, performer and composer who sometimes plays the electric drill. This proud Nowa Huta-based artist is the creator of avant-garde projects such "Zgniatacz Dźwięków" (Sound Crusher), an informal group called the Nowa Huta Pr...
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- -: TEDxKrakow - Tal Golesworthy - Lessons learned from designing my own cardiac implant
November 28, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Tal is an experienced Chartered Engineer and entrepreneur. Born with a genetic disorder called Marfan Syndrome, Tal branched out into bio-engineering in 2000 in response to his own dilated aorta. Faced with the dilemma of choosing between a risky operation and an early death, he used his engineer...
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- -: TEDxKrakow - Andy Williams - New roles for cultural institutions
November 29, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Andy Williams is the director of the British Council in Poland. Over the past 20 years, his work in international cultural relations has taken him from London to Gdańsk to Damascus and from Bangkok to Baku. Over this time, the ease of access to technological tools for organisation as well as "now...
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- -: TEDxKrakow - Ramon Tancinco - Krakow: Europe's Silicon Valley? Why not!
November 30, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Former US Army Captain and now Head of Strategy Business Development for Central and Eastern Europe for Cisco Systems®, Ramon is deeply convinced of Kraków's potential to be a European Silicon Valley. Passionate about technology, entrepreneurship and Kraków (as well as farming, but that's another...
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- -: TEDxKrakow Ramon Tancinco Krakow Europe's Silicon Valley? Why not!
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November 22, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Agata Wilam is the cofounder of the first university for kids in Poland. It invites scientists, artists, politicians and other leaders to give lectures and workshops for children. Since it was founded in 2007, the Children's University has prepared activities on a vast array of subjects for over ...
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- -: TEDxKrakow - Amadrums Trio - Minimalist percussion
November 22, 2011 (over 12 years ago)The Amadrums Trio consists of Wiktoria Chrobak-Mielec, Rafał Tyliba and Maciej Hałoń -- all musicians studying at the Academy of Music in Kraków. The group deliberately chooses pieces that reflect an eclectic mixture of styles and fresh inspirations and has a fine repertoire that includes contemp...
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