Amory Lovins: A 50-year plan for energy
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http://www.ted.com In this intimate talk filmed at TED's offices, energy theorist Amory Lovins lays out the steps we must take to end the world's dependence on oil (before we run out). Some changes are already happening -- like lighter-weight cars and smarter trucks -- but some require a bigger vision. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the b... Read more
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- -: Amory Lovins: A 50-year plan for energy
May 1, 2012 (about 12 years ago)http://www.ted.com In this intimate talk filmed at TED's offices, energy theorist Amory Lovins lays out the steps we must take to end the world's dependence on oil (before we run out). Some changes are already happening -- like lighter-weight cars and smarter trucks -- but some require a bigger v...
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- -: Tal Golesworthy: How I repaired my own heart
April 12, 2012 (about 12 years ago)http://www.ted.com Tal Golesworthy is a boiler engineer -- he knows piping and plumbing. When he needed surgery to repair a life-threatening problem with his aorta, he mixed his engineering skills with his doctors' medical knowledge to design a better repair job. TEDTalks is a daily video podcas...
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- -: Authors at Google: Adam Lashinsky, "Inside Apple"
March 20, 2012 (about 12 years ago)Adam Lashinsky visited Google's Mountain View office on February 13, 2012 to discuss his new book "Inside Apple." Get the eBook or read a free excerpt available now on Google Play http://goo.gl/8pp5g. Inside Apple reveals the secret systems, tactics and leadership strategies that allowed Steve J...
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- -: TEDxGranta -- Tim Minshall -- Building the Future
April 12, 2012 (about 12 years ago)With a PhD from Cambridge University Engineering Department, Tim Minshall researches, teaches, and writes on technology, enterprise and open innovation and, since 1998, has been involved in helping people get new technologies to market.
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- -: TEDxGranta -- Eben Upton -- Raspberry Pi
April 13, 2012 (about 12 years ago)Eben Upton is the founder of the Raspberry Pi Foundation, which is developing a $25 microcomputer with the goal of putting programmable hardware in the hands of every child in the UK. Eben is responsible for the overall software and hardware architecture of the Raspberry Pi device. In the spir...
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- -: Sherry Turkle: Connected, but alone?
April 3, 2012 (about 12 years ago)http://www.ted.com As we expect more from technology, do we expect less from each other? Sherry Turkle studies how our devices and online personas are redefining human connection and communication -- and asks us to think deeply about the new kinds of connection we want to have. TEDTalks is a dai...
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- -: Marco Tempest: A magical tale (with augmented reality)
March 30, 2012 (about 12 years ago)http://www.ted.com Marco Tempest spins a beautiful story of what magic is, how it entertains us and how it highlights our humanity -- all while working extraordinary illusions with his hands and an augmented reality machine. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances fr...
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- -: How Simple Ideas Lead to Scientific Discoveries
March 13, 2012 (about 12 years ago)Adam Savage walks through two spectacular examples of profound scientific discoveries that came from simple, creative methods anyone could have followed -- Eratosthenes' calculation of the Earth's circumference around 200 BC and Hippolyte Fizeau's measurement of the speed of light in 1849. (Launc...
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- -: Symbiosis: A Surprising Tale of Species Cooperation
March 14, 2012 (about 12 years ago)Different species often depend on one another. David Gonzales describes the remarkable relationship of the Clark's nutcracker and the whitebark pine, to illustrate the interdependency known as symbiosis. (Launching a series on How Things Work) "Symbiosis: A Surprising Tale of Species Cooperation...
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- -: Jennifer Pahlka: Coding a better government
March 8, 2012 (about 12 years ago)http://www.ted.com Can government be run like the Internet, permissionless and open? Coder and activist Jennifer Pahlka believes it can -- and that apps, built quickly and cheaply, are a powerful new way to connect citizens to their governments -- and their neighbors. TEDTalks is a daily video p...
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