TEDxWaterloo - Shawn Qu - Future of Solar Energy
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Shawn Qu follows the light -- actually he follows sunlight and turns it into electricity that powers homes and businesses around the world. As the chairman, president and CEO of Canadian Solar, Shawn is a leader in the fast growing solar energy market and putting Canada on the map for Canadian Solar's innovative technology. Shawn, armed with a ... Read more
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- -: TEDxWaterloo - Shawn Qu - Future of Solar Energy
April 6, 2011 (about 13 years ago)Shawn Qu follows the light -- actually he follows sunlight and turns it into electricity that powers homes and businesses around the world. As the chairman, president and CEO of Canadian Solar, Shawn is a leader in the fast growing solar energy market and putting Canada on the map for Canadian So...
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- -: TEDxCapeTown: Justin Alvey - A Water-Well Inspired Approach To Sharing Power In Rural Areas
May 12, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)Justin is actively involved in renewable energy, since developing a wind turbine from scrap materials during his undergraduate engineering degree. Here he looks into uses of second life EV batteries to create an innovative system for sharing power in rural communities. About TEDx, x = independe...
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- -: TEDxTampaBay Xiaomei Jiang SolarWindows
May 21, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)Xiaomei has been an assistant professor at Physics Department of University of South Florida since August 2006. Her expertise includes optical spectroscopies, organic semiconductors and optoelectronic devices, inorganic quantum dots synthesis and characterization, and solution processable photovo...
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- -: Woody Norris: Inventing the next amazing thing
January 27, 2009 (about 15 years ago)http://www.ted.com Woody Norris shows off two of his inventions that treat sound in new ways, and talks about his untraditional approach to inventing and education. As he puts it: "Almost nothing has been invented yet." So -- what's next? TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and pe...
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- -: Bill Gross: Great ideas for finding new energy
February 3, 2009 (about 15 years ago)http://www.ted.com Bill Gross, the founder of Idealab, talks about his life as an inventor, starting with his high-school company selling solar energy plans and kits. Learn here about a groundbreaking system for solar cells -- and some questions we haven't yet solved. TEDTalks is a daily video po...
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- -: Shai Agassi: A bold plan for mass adoption of electric cars
April 13, 2009 (about 15 years ago)http://www.ted.com Forget about the hybrid auto -- Shai Agassi says it's electric cars or bust if we want to impact emissions. His company, Better Place, has a radical plan to take entire countries oil-free by 2020. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TE...
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- -: Bill Gates on energy: Innovating to zero!
February 20, 2010 (about 14 years ago)http://www.ted.com At TED2010, Bill Gates unveils his vision for the world's energy future, describing the need for "miracles" to avoid planetary catastrophe and explaining why he's backing a dramatically different type of nuclear reactor. The necessary goal? Zero carbon emissions globally by 205...
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- -: Tan Le: A headset that reads your brainwaves
July 22, 2010 (almost 14 years ago)http://www.ted.com Tan Le's astonishing new computer interface reads its user's brainwaves, making it possible to control virtual objects, and even physical electronics, with mere thoughts (and a little concentration). She demos the headset, and talks about its far-reaching applications. TEDTalk...
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- -: Michael Pawlyn: Using nature's genius in architecture
February 10, 2011 (about 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com How can architects build a new world of sustainable beauty? By learning from nature. At TEDSalon in London, Michael Pawlyn describes three habits of nature that could transform architecture and society: radical resource efficiency, closed loops, and drawing energy from the sun....
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- -: Hans Rosling and the magic washing machine
March 21, 2011 (about 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com What was the greatest invention of the industrial revolution? Hans Rosling makes the case for the washing machine. With newly designed graphics from Gapminder, Rosling shows us the magic that pops up when economic growth and electricity turn a boring wash day into an intellectu...
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