TEDxNagpur - Khushroo Poacha - SMS Now, A Life Depends on it
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They say if you change someone's life, you're a change maker, and if you save someone's life, you're a Hero. Khushroo poacha has been, and continues to be a hero for millions. For the Ashoka Changemaker of the year 2010 award winner -- Khushroo, saving lives is an integral part of his average day. How you ask? Watch him speak about his much acc... Read more
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- -: TEDxNagpur - Khushroo Poacha - SMS Now, A Life Depends on it
February 17, 2012 (over 1 year ago)They say if you change someone's life, you're a change maker, and if you save someone's life, you're a Hero. Khushroo poacha has been, and continues to be a hero for millions. For the Ashoka Changemaker of the year 2010 award winner -- Khushroo, saving lives is an integral part of his average da...
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- -: Caprica - Exploring Religion in Caprica
February 10, 2012 (over 1 year ago)A fan asks Caprica Executive Producers David Eick and Ronald Moore about the relationship with SyFy regarding religion in the show.
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- -: Frederick Balagadde: Bio-lab on a microchip
April 21, 2010 (about 3 years ago)http://www.ted.com Drugs alone can't stop disease in sub-Saharan Africa: We need diagnostic tools to match. TED Senior Fellow Frederick Balagadde shows how we can multiply the power and availability of an unwieldy, expensive diagnostic lab -- by miniaturizing it to the size of a chip. TEDTalks i...
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- -: William Li: Can we eat to starve cancer?
May 17, 2010 (about 3 years ago)http://www.ted.com William Li presents a new way to think about cancer treatment: angiogenesis, targeting the blood vessels that feed a tumor. The crucial first (and best) step: Eating cancer-fighting foods that beat cancer at its own game. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and...
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- -: Anthony Atala: Printing a human kidney
March 8, 2011 (about 2 years ago)http://www.ted.com Surgeon Anthony Atala demonstrates an early-stage experiment that could someday solve the organ-donor problem: a 3D printer that uses living cells to output a transplantable kidney. Using similar technology, Dr. Atala's young patient Luke Massella received an engineered bladder...
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- -: Charlie Rose - George Clooney
April 14, 2008 (about 5 years ago)George Clooney discusses directing and his upcoming Coen brothers film. Visit charlierose.com to see the full interview.
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- -: Lance Armstrong - How Can We Prevent Doping In Pro Sports?
September 13, 2007 (over 5 years ago)Complete video at: fora.tv/2007/07/04/A_Conversation_with_Lance_Armstrong Seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong discusses issues surrounding the use of performance-enhancing drugs in professional sports. ----- Bob Schieffer interviews Lance Armstrong at the 2007 Aspen Ideas Festival...
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- -: Elbows-Deep in Ebola Virus - Richard Preston
July 11, 2008 (almost 5 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/06/12/Richard_Preston_Panic_in_Level_4 "The Hot Zone" author Richard Preston tells the story of a U.S. Army Lt. Colonel's life-threatening experience while researching a strain of deadly Ebola virus. ----- Richard Preston talks about Panic in Level 4: Can...
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- -: Exercise and Your Brain - Sue Halpern
August 14, 2008 (almost 5 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/05/12/Sue_Halpern_Cant_Remember_What_I_Forgot Sue Halpern discusses research on neurogenesis - the creation of new brain cells - in adult human beings, and examines the effects of exercise on this process. ----- Memory problems may be as common as gray ha...
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Jack Horner: Building a Dinosaur From a Chicken
March 1, 2011 (about 2 years ago)In Jack Horner's aim to make a dinosaur, he goes back to the conclusion that the genetic make-up of birds are close enough to the colossal creatures' DNA. Manipulating the ancient genes to induce atavism could make him a chicken dinosaur.
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