- -: Philip Howard: Four ways to fix a broken legal system
February 22, 2010 (about 14 years ago)http://www.ted.com The land of the free has become a legal minefield, says Philip K. Howard -- especially for teachers and doctors, whose work has been paralyzed by fear of suits. What's the answer? A lawyer himself, Howard has four propositions for simplifying US law. TEDTalks is a daily video ...
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- -: Eric Dishman: Take health care off the mainframe
March 16, 2010 (about 14 years ago)http://www.ted.com At TEDMED, Eric Dishman makes a bold argument: The US health care system is like computing circa 1959, tethered to big, unwieldy central systems: hospitals, doctors, nursing homes. As our aging population booms, it's imperative, he says, to create personal, networked, home-base...
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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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- -: Nalini Nadkarni: Life science in prison
July 9, 2010 (almost 14 years ago)http://www.ted.com Nalini Nadkarni challenges our perspective on trees and prisons -- she says both can be more dynamic than we think. Through a partnership with the state of Washington, she brings science classes and conservation programs to inmates, with unexpected results. TEDTalks is a daily...
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- -: David Christian: Big history
April 11, 2011 (about 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com Backed by stunning illustrations, David Christian narrates a complete history of the universe, from the Big Bang to the Internet, in a riveting 18 minutes. This is "Big History": an enlightening, wide-angle look at complexity, life and humanity, set against our slim share of th...
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- -: TEDxLondon - Sir Ken Robinson - Intro
November 29, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Sir Ken Robinson, PhD is an internationally recognized leader in the development of education, creativity and innovation. He is also one of the world's leading speakers with a profound impact on audiences everywhere. The videos of his famous 2006 and 2010 talks to the prestigious TED Conference h...
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- -: TEDxLondon - Sir Ken Robinson - Outro
November 29, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Sir Ken Robinson, PhD is an internationally recognized leader in the development of education, creativity and innovation. He is also one of the world's leading speakers with a profound impact on audiences everywhere. The videos of his famous 2006 and 2010 talks to the prestigious TED Conference h...
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- -: Ellen Meets Brandt Bickford
August 16, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Brandt loves many things; redheads, cats, his girlfriend Leslie, and astronomy. Ellen finds out about all of them in this hilarious clip. She also found something new that he loves: a ton of Star Wars toys.
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- -: My own solar system: Installing solar panels at my house
October 9, 2007 (over 16 years ago)Google Tech Talks August 3, 2007 ABSTRACT Case study of two googlers who had solar panels installed at their houses. Why? What the issues are? What the process is. How to size the system. How to place the system. How to predict your production. Energy conservation. How well did it work. System ...
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- -: Mechatronics Mechanical System Control - It's the Software!
October 9, 2007 (over 16 years ago)Google Tech Talks September 21, 2006 David Auslander ABSTRACT The history of mechanical system control is one of striving for ever greater complexity. Ironically, with the modern mechatronics era, system complexity has increased beyond the wildest dreams of the early system designers while, in ...
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