- -: Paul MacCready: Flying on solar wings
October 11, 2007 (over 16 years ago)http://www.ted.com Paul MacCready -- aircraft designer, environmentalist, and lifelong lover of flight -- talks about his long career. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's leading thinkers and doers are invited to give th...
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- -: Paul MacCready: Nature vs. humans, and what we can do about
October 23, 2008 (over 15 years ago)http://www.ted.com In 1998, aircraft designer Paul MacCready looks at a planet on which humans have utterly dominated nature, and talks about what we all can do to preserve nature's balance. His contribution: solar planes, superefficient gliders and the electric car.
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- -: Bill Gross: Great ideas for finding new energy
February 3, 2009 (over 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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- -: Janine Benyus: Biomimicry in action
August 6, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)http://www.ted.com Janine Benyus has a message for inventors: When solving a design problem, look to nature first. There you'll find inspired designs for making things waterproof, aerodynamic, solar-powered and more. Here she reveals dozens of new products that take their cue from nature with spe...
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- -: Bertrand Piccard's solar-powered adventure
January 1, 2010 (over 14 years ago)http://www.ted.com For the dawn of a new decade, adventurer Bertrand Piccard offers us a challenge: Find motivation in what seems impossible. He shares his own plans to do what many say can't be done -- to fly around the world, day and night, in a solar-powered aircraft. TEDTalks is a daily vide...
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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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- -: Joel Levine: Why we need to go back to Mars
March 25, 2010 (about 14 years ago)http://www.ted.com At TEDxNASA, planetary scientist Joel Levine shows some intriguing -- and puzzling -- new discoveries about Mars: craters full of ice, traces of ancient oceans, and some compelling hints at the presence, at some time in the past, of life. He makes the case for going back to Mar...
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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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- -: TEDxSJU - Lynn McConville
December 2, 2011 (over 12 years ago)In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized even...
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