- -: Biden's promise to Turkey: US to maintain "continuing presence" in Iraq beyond 2011
December 8, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/series/monitor_breakfast Namik Tan, Turkey's Ambassador to the United States, told reporters at a breakfast hosted by The Christian Science Monitor that while Turkey has "concerns" about Iraq's trajectory, he trusts Vice President Biden's promises that the US wi...
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- -: TEDxSanJoseCA - Jason Halpern - The Journey from Start to Finish ... is it Ever Finished?
April 18, 2011 (about 13 years ago)The Green Entrepreneur Jason Halpern is an extraordinary entrepreneur. He is particularly interested in how to combine insights from the fields of engineering, business, and design in order to identify and solve meaningful problems. Jason is the CEO of PowerFlower Solar, a seed stage solar techn...
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- -: TEDxMileHigh - Gene Renuart - Enabling Wounded Warriors
May 27, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)Can wounded warriors return to their communities and live normal lives? Gene Renuart details the roles that can be played to ensure we honor veterans and enable them to play important roles in the community post their service in combat. In the spirit of "ideas worth spreading," TED has created T...
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- -: TEDxIslay- Keith Nolan- Deaf in the Military [Subtitled]
June 9, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)To learn how you can help to support this movement: www.facebook.com/cadetnolan For more information about this event, please go to www.tedxislay.com. This speech was made at TEDxIslay in Los Angeles, California on April 23, 2011. All of the speakers were deaf. In the spirit of ideas worth spr...
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- -: TEDxKarachi 2011 - Raja Sabri Khan - Building Drones in Pakistan
June 10, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)Raja Sabri Khan speaks at TEDxKarachi 2011 on Building Drones in Pakistan TEDxKarachi 2011 : Making the Impossible Possible About the Speaker: Raja Sabri Khan is an Aerospace design engineer from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.). He has carried out groundbreaking research and...
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- -: Steven Pinker: A brief history of violence
September 11, 2007 (over 16 years ago)http://www.ted.com Steven Pinker charts the decline of violence from Biblical times to the present, and argues that, though it may seem illogical and even obscene, given Iraq and Darfur, we are living in the most peaceful time in our species' existence. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the b...
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- -: Thomas Barnett: The Pentagon's new map for war and peace
April 15, 2008 (about 16 years ago)http://www.ted.com In this bracingly honest and funny talk, international security strategist Thomas P.M. Barnett outlines a post-Cold War solution for the foundering US military: Break it in two. He suggests the military re-form into two groups: a Leviathan force, a small group of young and fie...
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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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- -: Woody Norris: Inventing the next amazing thing
January 27, 2009 (over 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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- -: P.W. Singer: Military robots and the future of war
April 3, 2009 (about 15 years ago)http://www.ted.com In this powerful talk, P.W. Singer shows how the widespread use of robots in war is changing the realities of combat. He shows us scenarios straight out of science fiction -- that now may not be so fictitious. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performance...
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