George Dyson: Let's take a nuclear-powered rocket to Saturn
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http://www.ted.com George Dyson tells the amazing story of Project Orion, a massive, nuclear-powered spacecraft that could have taken us to Saturn in five years. With a priceless insider's perspective and a cache of documents, photos and film, Dyson brings this dusty Atomic Age dream to vivid life.
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- -: George Dyson: Let's take a nuclear-powered rocket to Saturn
February 19, 2008 (about 16 years ago)http://www.ted.com George Dyson tells the amazing story of Project Orion, a massive, nuclear-powered spacecraft that could have taken us to Saturn in five years. With a priceless insider's perspective and a cache of documents, photos and film, Dyson brings this dusty Atomic Age dream to vivid life.
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- -: George Dyson: The birth of the computer
June 23, 2008 (almost 16 years ago)http://www.ted.com Historian George Dyson tells stories from the birth of the modern computer -- from its 16th-century origins to the hilarious notebooks of some early computer engineers.
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- -: Freeman Dyson: Let's look for life in the outer solar system
July 14, 2008 (almost 16 years ago)http://www.ted.com Physicist Freeman Dyson suggests that we start looking for life on the moons of Jupiter and out past Neptune, in the Kuiper belt and the Oort cloud. He talks about what such life would be like -- and how we might find it.
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- -: Hot Summer Giveaways!
May 24, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)Summer is almost here, so Ellen is helping her audience keep cool and have fun with some of the best gifts -- including the brand new Polaroid printer -- designed by Lady Gaga! You can find out more about each of these great gifts, and enter to win some of them, right here. Visit http://ellen.war...
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- -: Esther Dyson on Genetic Testing
July 30, 2009 (over 14 years ago)For scientists to better correlate genes and disease, millions of people need to voluntarily have their genomes analyzed. http://bigthink.com/breakthroughs
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- -: From Memes to Genes: How Technology Draws from Human Nature
April 26, 2010 (about 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/04/14/Tech_Trends_Affecting_the_Future_Digital_Landscape Google's Anjali Joshi talks with venture capitalist Esther Dyson about the relationship between tech trends and human nature. Joshi suggests that modern trends like social networking reflect age-old b...
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- -: Being a Woman In the Tech Industry - Esther Dyson
October 1, 2010 (over 13 years ago)Complete Premium video at: http://fora.tv/conference/biztechday_ny_2010 Angel investor Esther Dyson comments on TechCrunch senior editor Michael Arrington's recent article entitled, "Too Few Women in Tech? Stop Blaming the Men." Dyson acknowledges both benefits and drawbacks to being a woman in ...
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