TEDxSMU 2011 - Karen Blessen
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Karen Blessen is the President and Founder of 29 Pieces, a non-profit organization which is about monumental art and monumental change. It is art with a purpose -- to uplift, teach and heal. The 29 Pieces refer to 29 large sculptures, inspired by sacred passages from the world's faith traditions. Currently these exist as drawings and models made... Read more
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- -: TEDxSMU 2011 - Karen Blessen
March 29, 2012 (about 12 years ago)Karen Blessen is the President and Founder of 29 Pieces, a non-profit organization which is about monumental art and monumental change. It is art with a purpose -- to uplift, teach and heal. The 29 Pieces refer to 29 large sculptures, inspired by sacred passages from the world's faith traditions....
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- -: TEDxSMU 2011 - Jose Bowen
February 21, 2012 (about 12 years ago)(2012) About José Bowen José, Dean of the Meadows School at SMU, has taught at Stanford and Georgetown, written over 100 scholarly articles, edited the Cambridge Companion to Conducting, and appeared as a musician in Europe, Africa, the Middle East and the US with Stan Getz, Bobby McFerrin and ot...
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- -: TEDxSMU 2011 - Peter Thum
February 21, 2012 (about 12 years ago)About Peter Thum Peter is the founder of Fonderie 47, a company transforming perspectives and saving lives in Africa by disarming conflict zones and remaking AK47s it destroys into jewelry, watches and accessories. To date, Fonderie 47 has destroyed over 3,000 guns in DR Congo. As the founder ...
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- -: TEDxSMU 2011 - Scott Douglas
February 21, 2012 (about 12 years ago)(2012) About Scott Douglas Scott is an SMU professor, researcher, educator and entrepreneur who has had a lifelong passion and interest in sound and music. He developed one of the first successful procedures for the active cancellation of sound in a room over 15 years ago. More recently, he deve...
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- -: TEDxSMU - SMU Innovation Gym Demo
June 1, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)Austin Hodges is a junior at Southern Methodist University, double majoring in Computer Science and Mathematics. Austin's current interests are artificial intelligence programming and biometrics. Austin works as a member of the SMU Biometrics Research Team, where his primary focus is on developin...
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- -: TEDxSMU - Ray Zahab
June 1, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)On November 1, 2006 Ray and two other runners set out on an epic expedition to cross the Sahara Desert by foot. One hundred and eleven days and 7500 kms after leaving the coast of Senegal, they completed their journey by dipping their toes into the Red Sea. After witnessing and experiencing the w...
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- -: TEDxKids @SMU - Ray Zahab
June 1, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)On November 1, 2006 Ray and two other runners set out on an epic expedition to cross the Sahara Desert by foot. One hundred and eleven days and 7500 kms after leaving the coast of Senegal, they completed their journey by dipping their toes into the Red Sea. After witnessing and experiencing the w...
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- -: TEDxKids @SMU - SMU Innovation Gym Demo
June 1, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)Austin Hodges is a junior at Southern Methodist University, double majoring in Computer Science and Mathematics. Austin's current interests are artificial intelligence programming and biometrics. Austin works as a member of the SMU Biometrics Research Team, where his primary focus is on developin...
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- -: TEDxSMU - Dave Weaver - What's a TED?
August 17, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Dave Weaver is an ad agency president, a relentless self-experimenter, a provocateur, long-time TEDster, and...according to many, "a darn nice guy." Dave Weaver joined Cheil-owned "One Agency" as President in January 2011. A native Iowan, Dave is a 20-year advertising and marketing veteran. He ...
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- -: Joshua Prince-Ramus: Building a theater that remakes itself
January 26, 2010 (about 14 years ago)http://www.ted.com Joshua Prince-Ramus believes that if architects re-engineer their design process, the results can be spectacular. Speaking at TEDxSMU, Dallas, he walks us through his fantastic re-creation of the local Wyly Theater as a giant "theatrical machine" that reconfigures itself at the...
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