Ed Ulbrich: How Benjamin Button got his face
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http://www.ted.com Ed Ulbrich, the digital-effects guru from Digital Domain, explains the Oscar-winning technology that allowed his team to digitally create younger and older versions of Brad Pitt's face for "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button." TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where... Read more
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- -: Ed Ulbrich: How Benjamin Button got his face
February 23, 2009 (about 15 years ago)http://www.ted.com Ed Ulbrich, the digital-effects guru from Digital Domain, explains the Oscar-winning technology that allowed his team to digitally create younger and older versions of Brad Pitt's face for "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button." TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best tal...
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- -: Chilling Effects Clearinghouse
October 9, 2007 (over 16 years ago)Google Tech Talks January 8, 2007 Abstract The legal threat is a powerful weapon -- even when it's wrong. Cease-and-desists have even become part of the search optimizers' toolbox. ChillingEffects.org tracks the proliferation of cease-and-desist letters that threaten online activity and helps t...
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- -: How Does a Warming Arctic Affect Global Climate? - Susan Hassol
April 27, 2009 (about 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/03/28/Changing_Arctic_Changing_Planet Susan Joy Hassol, Director of Climate Communication, explains why Arctic climate is changing faster than the rest of the world. Due to global sea level rise, carbon release, reflectivity, she argues that "Arctic climate...
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- -: Can Control Affect Your Health? - Leonard Mlodinow
June 17, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/06/01/The_Drunkards_Walk_Leonard_Mlodinow Best-selling author and physicist Leonard Mlodinow discusses past studies on the illusion of control in one's environment. Mlodinow presents studies that support the idea that "the need for control is subtle and it'...
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- -: Speaking Out Against the Purple Pill - Len Saputo
September 30, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/09/15/A_Return_to_Healing_Len_Saputo__Byron_Belitsos Dr. Len Saputo discusses the controversy surrounding the highly advertised "purple pill," a prescription acid blocker called NEXIUM. Dr. Saputo lists serious side effects of the drug, including addiction ...
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- -: John Kerry Criticizes Sluggish Response to Climate Change
December 23, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/12/16/Senator_John_Kerry_Weighs_In_on_Climate_Policy_at_COP15 Senator John Kerry argues for sympathy with people in the developing world who suffer from the environmental practices of the industrialized world. "The science has been screaming at us," says Ke...
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- -: The Shape of Life: Animating the Cambrian Explosion
April 15, 2010 (about 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/04/07/Visualizing_Science When new paleontological studies contradict a $40,000 animation sequence, what's a marine biologist-cum-filmmaker to do? Tierney Thys fills the audience in on the trials and tribulations of animating the Cambrian explosion, then pl...
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- -: How Global Warming Is Killing California's Wine Buzz
April 28, 2010 (about 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/04/17/Climate_Change_in_California_Impact_on_the_Wine_Industry Viticulturist Kimberley Cahill introduces the negative correlation between two factors vital to those in the California wine business: maximum daytime temperatures in August, and the price of Pi...
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- -: Nuclear Nightmare: Fallout from an India-Pakistan War
October 19, 2010 (over 13 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/09/21/Richard_Rhodes_Twilight_of_the_Bombs Author Richard Rhodes presents a simulation of the potential climate impacts of an India-Pakistan nuclear exchange. The immediate destruction, he says, would kill 20 million -- followed by another billion from fail...
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- -: Would Legalizing Marijuana Increase Consumption?
November 4, 2010 (over 13 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/10/27/Marijuana_Economics_Panel A panel of advocates debate the potential effects of marijuana legalization on consumption rates of the drug. Cannabis activist Richard Lee argues that legalization decreases marijuana use, while RAND's Beau Kilmer points out...
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