- -: TEDxDanubia 2011 - Ágoston Eiben - Tech Kangaroos: Evolution at Work
October 10, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Ágoston Eiben is one of the European early birds of Evolutionary Computing. Eiben's principal research themes include parameter adaptation and control, including self-optimizing features; distributed evolution in Artificial Life, swarm robotics, adaptive multi-agent systems and their relationshi...
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- -: TEDxKrakow - Marcin Strzelecki - Let the music evolve!
November 25, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Marcin Strzelecki is a lecturer, composer, programmer, researcher of music culture and critic. He is interested in the influences on human creativity, from evolutionary and genetic to neural, psychological, environmental and cultural factors. He is exploring the question of how the new technologi...
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- -: TEDxLondon - Scott Snibbe
December 5, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Scott Snibbe is a media artist, filmmaker, and researcher in interactivity. Whether on mobile devices or in large public spaces, his interactive art spurs people to participate socially, emotionally, and physically. His works are strongly influenced by cinema: particularly animation, silent, and ...
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- -: Kevin Kelly: How does technology evolve? Like we did
January 12, 2007 (over 17 years ago)http://www.ted.com Tech enthusiast Kevin Kelly asks "What does technology want?" and discovers that its movement toward ubiquity and complexity is much like the evolution of life. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's lead...
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- -: Richard Dawkins on our "queer" universe
January 16, 2007 (over 17 years ago)http://www.ted.com Biologist Richard Dawkins makes a case for "thinking the improbable" by looking at how the human frame of reference limits our understanding of the universe. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's leading...
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- -: Dan Dennett: A secular, scientific rebuttal to Rick Warren
January 16, 2007 (over 17 years ago)http://www.ted.com Philosopher Dan Dennett calls for religion -- all religion -- to be taught in schools, so we can understand its nature as a natural phenomenon. Then he takes on The Purpose-Driven Life, disputing its claim that, to be moral, one must deny evolution. TEDTalks is a daily video po...
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- -: Jane Goodall: What separates us from the apes?
May 16, 2007 (almost 17 years ago)http://www.ted.com Jane Goodall hasn't found the missing link, but she's come closer than nearly anyone else. The primatologist says the only real difference between humans and chimps is our sophisticated language. She urges us to start using it to change the world. TEDTalks is a daily video pod...
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- -: Hod Lipson: Robots that are "self-aware"
October 13, 2007 (over 16 years ago)http://www.ted.com Hod Lipson demonstrates a few of his cool little robots, which have the ability to learn, understand themselves and even self-replicate. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's leading thinkers and doers ...
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- -: Robert Full: Secrets of movement, from geckos and roaches
December 4, 2007 (over 16 years ago)http://www.ted.com Biologist Robert Full shares slo-mo video of some captivating critters. Take a closer look at the spiny legs that allow cockroaches to scuttle across mesh and the nanobristle-packed feet that let geckos to run straight up walls. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best ...
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- -: Philippe Starck: Why design?
December 4, 2007 (over 16 years ago)http://www.ted.com Designer Philippe Starck -- with no pretty slides to show -- spends 18 minutes reaching for the very roots of the question "Why design?" Listen carefully for one perfect mantra for all of us, genius or not. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances ...
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