- -: Mikko Hypponen: Fighting viruses, defending the net
July 20, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com It's been 25 years since the first PC virus (Brain A) hit the net, and what was once an annoyance has become a sophisticated tool for crime and espionage. Computer security expert Mikko Hyppönen tells us how we can stop these new viruses from threatening the internet as we know...
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- -: Thandie Newton: Embracing otherness, embracing myself
July 20, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com Actor Thandie Newton tells the story of finding her "otherness" -- first, as a child growing up in two distinct cultures, and then as an actor playing with many different selves. A warm, wise talk, fresh from stage at TEDGlobal 2011. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the be...
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- -: Kevin Slavin: How algorithms shape our world
July 21, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com Kevin Slavin argues that we're living in a world designed for -- and increasingly controlled by -- algorithms. In this riveting talk from TEDGlobal, he shows how these complex computer programs determine: espionage tactics, stock prices, movie scripts, and architecture. And he ...
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- -: A robot that flies like a bird
July 23, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com Plenty of robots can fly -- but none can fly like a real bird. That is, until Markus Fischer and his team at Festo built SmartBird, a large, lightweight robot, modeled on a seagull, that flies by flapping its wings. A soaring demo fresh from TEDGlobal 2011. TEDTalks is a daily...
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- -: Rory Stewart: Time to end the war in Afghanistan
July 25, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com British MP Rory Stewart walked across Afghanistan after 9/11, talking with citizens and warlords alike. Now, a decade later, he asks: Why are Western and coalition forces still fighting there? He shares lessons from past military interventions that worked -- Bosnia, for instanc...
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- -: Paul Bloom: The origins of pleasure
July 27, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com Why do we like an original painting better than a forgery? Psychologist Paul Bloom argues that human beings are essentialists -- that our beliefs about the history of an object change how we experience it, not simply as an illusion, but as a deep feature of what pleasure (and p...
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- -: Josette Sheeran: Ending hunger now
July 28, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com Josette Sheeran, the head of the UN's World Food Program, talks about why, in a world with enough food for everyone, people still go hungry, still die of starvation, still use food as a weapon of war. Her vision: "Food is one issue that cannot be solved person by person. We hav...
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- -: Julian Treasure: 5 ways to listen better
July 29, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com In our louder and louder world, says sound expert Julian Treasure, "We are losing our listening." In this short, fascinating talk, Treasure shares five ways to re-tune your ears for conscious listening -- to other people and the world around you. TEDTalks is a daily video podc...
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- -: Adam Ostrow: After your final status update
August 1, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com Many of us have a social media presence -- a virtual personality made up of status updates, tweets and connections, stored in the cloud. Adam Ostrow asks a big question: What happens to that personality after you've died? Could it ... live on? TEDTalks is a daily video podcast...
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- -: Harald Haas: Wireless data from every light bulb
August 2, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com What if every light bulb in the world could also transmit data? At TEDGlobal, Harald Haas demonstrates, for the first time, a device that could do exactly that. By flickering the light from a single LED, a change too quick for the human eye to detect, he can transmit far more d...
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