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Ursus Wehrli: Tidying up art Posted by: TEDtalksDirector
Video duration: 1059 seconds Global video hits: 13203/div http://www.ted.com Ursus Wehrli shares his vision for a cleaner, more organized, tidier form of art -- by deconstructing the paintings of modern masters into their component pieces, sorted by color and size. Related: art, design, humor, performance, talks, ted, tedtalks, ursus, wehrli |
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Jonathan Drori: Why we don't understand as much as we think Posted by: TEDtalksDirector
Video duration: 879 seconds Global video hits: 27237/div http://www.ted.com Starting with four basic questions (that you may be surprised to find you can't answer), Jonathan Drori looks at the gaps in our knowledge -- and specifically, what we don't about science that we might think we do. Related: bbc, changing, dna, drori, education, illusion, jonathan, media, online, science, story, talks, technology, ted, tedtalks, the |
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Ernest Madu: Bringing world-class health care to the poorest Posted by: TEDtalksDirector
Video duration: 1043 seconds Global video hits: 18051/div http://www.ted.com Dr. Ernest Madu runs the Heart Institute of the Caribbean in Kingston, Jamaica, where he proves that -- with careful design, smart technical choices, and a true desire to serve -- it's possible to offer world-class healthcare in the developing world. Listen for some eye-opening statistics on heart disease, which is as ruthless a killer in poorer nations as in richer ones. Related: activism, africa, development, ernest, global, health, healthcare, issues, madu, science, ted, tedtalks |
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David Bolinsky: Fantastic voyage inside a cell Posted by: TEDtalksDirector
Video duration: 702 seconds Global video hits: 21834/div http://www.ted.com Medical animator David Bolinsky presents 3 minutes of stunning animation that show the bustling life inside a cell. Built by his company, XVIVO, to teach Harvard medical students, the clip features sweeping cinematic values and even a little drama. It communicates not only the facts of life, but life's truth and beauty. Related: animation, bolinskly, medical, ted, tedtalks, xvivo |
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Sugata Mitra: Can kids teach themselves? Posted by: TEDtalksDirector
Video duration: 1260 seconds Global video hits: 13003/div http://www.ted.com Speaking at LIFT 2007, Sugata Mitra talks about his Hole in the Wall project. Young kids in this project figured out how to use a PC on their own -- and then taught other kids. He asks, what else can children teach themselves? Related: children, culture, education, global, issues, mitra, sugata, talks, ted, tedtalks |
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Freeman Dyson: Let's look for life in the outer solar system Posted by: TEDtalksDirector
Video duration: 1238 seconds Global video hits: 13713/div http://www.ted.com Physicist Freeman Dyson suggests that we start looking for life on the moons of Jupiter and out past Neptune, in the Kuiper belt and the Oort cloud. He talks about what such life would be like -- and how we might find it. Related: alien, astronomy, dyson, europa, extraterrestrial, freeman, jupiter, life, space, talks, ted, tedtalks |
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Clay Shirky: Institutions vs. collaboration Posted by: TEDtalksDirector
Video duration: 1247 seconds Global video hits: 9448/div http://www.ted.com In this prescient 2005 talk, Clay Shirky shows how closed groups and companies will give way to looser networks where small contributors have big roles and fluid cooperation replaces rigid planning. Related: clay, collaboration, flickr, institution, open, opensource, shirky, source, talks, ted, tedtalks, wiki |
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Marvin Minsky: Health, population and the human mind Posted by: TEDtalksDirector
Video duration: 845 seconds Global video hits: 18837/div http://www.ted.com Listen closely -- Marvin Minsky's arch, eclectic, charmingly offhand talk on health, overpopulation and the human mind is packed with subtlety: wit, wisdom and just an ounce of wily, is-he-joking? advice. Related: brain, health, humanity, humor, marvin, minsky, politics, science, talks, te, ted, tedtalks |
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George Dyson: The birth of the computer Posted by: TEDtalksDirector
Video duration: 1040 seconds Global video hits: 13527/div 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. Related: computers, dyson, engineering, george, history, military, science, software, technology, ted, tedtalks |
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Chris Abani: Telling stories of our shared humanity Posted by: TEDtalksDirector
Video duration: 1099 seconds Global video hits: 12012/div http://www.ted.com Chris Abani tells stories of people: People standing up to soldiers. People being compassionate. People being human and reclaiming their humanity. It's "ubuntu," he says: the only way for me to be human is for you to reflect my humanity back at me. Related: abani, africa, apartheid, chris, humanity, libation, nigeria, poem, poet, stories, talks, ted, tedtalks |
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Zeresenay Alemseged: Finding the origins of humanity Posted by: TEDtalksDirector
Video duration: 1068 seconds Global video hits: 11347/div http://www.ted.com - Paleoanthropologist Zeresenay Alemseged is looking for the roots of humanity in Ethiopia's badlands. Here he talks about what he has found -- including the oldest skeleton yet discovered of a humanoid child -- and how Africa holds the clues to what makes us human. Related: ted, tedtalks |
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Alison Jackson: A surprising look at celebrity Posted by: TEDtalksDirector
Video duration: 1056 seconds Global video hits: 12887/div http://www.ted.com British artist Alison Jackson talks about her provocative explorations of celebrity culture. By making photographs that seem to show our favorite celebs (Diana, Elton John) doing what we really, secretly, want to see them doing, she's questioning our shared desire to get personal with celebrity culture. Funny and sometimes shocking, Jackson's work contains some graphic images. Related: alison, art, arts, celebrity, culture, entertainment, jackson, photography, ted, tedtalks |
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Wong Fu On Tour - Episode 8 - Capturing Boston Posted by: pwangs
Video duration: 534 seconds Global video hits: 27485/div The fall and winter of 2006 and 2007, Wesley Chan, Ted Fu, and Philip Wang of Wong Fu Productions set out across the continent to show their movie "A Moment with You" at over 30 schools in 9 weeks. This is their tour. Episode 8 - Finally a little break to explore Boston. www.wongfuproduct ions.com www.amomentwithyo u.com Related: a, boston, harvard, philip, ted, wesley, bridge, chan, fu, moment, wang, with, wongfu, you |
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George Smoot: The design of the universe Posted by: TEDtalksDirector
Video duration: 1141 seconds Global video hits: 27482/div http://www.ted.com At Serious Play 2008, astrophysicist George Smoot shows stunning new images from deep-space surveys, and prods us to ponder how the cosmos -- with its giant webs of dark matter and mysterious gaping voids -- got built this way. Related: astronomy, culture, design, george, physics, science, smoot, space, talks, technology, ted, tedtalks |
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series final of small wonder hooray for hollyweird pt 1 Posted by: crazypinoy
Video duration: 591 seconds Global video hits: 23145/div small wall wonder hooray for hollyweird Ted brings back "Bad Seed" Vanessa who again takes Vicki's place locks Vicki in her/its cabinet and joins the family to Hollywood, where Ted must repair a movie's robot while Vanessa mugs into a screen test on the sly She kinda reminds me of Lindsey lohan Related: 1980, brissette, final, hollyweird, lindsey, lohan, robot, series, small, tiffany, vicki, wonder |
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Einstein the Parrot: Talking and squawking Posted by: TEDtalksDirector
Video duration: 349 seconds Global video hits: 35776/div http://www.ted.com This whimsical wrap-up of TED2006 -- presented by Einstein, the African grey parrot, and her trainer, Stephanie White -- simply tickles. Watch for the moment when Einstein has a moment with Al Gore. Related: animals, education, einstein, entertainment, parrot, performance, talks, ted, tedtalks, the |
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Wade Davis: The worldwide web of belief and ritual Posted by: TEDtalksDirector
Video duration: 1153 seconds Global video hits: 10583/div http://www.ted.com Anthropologist Wade Davis muses on the worldwide web of belief and ritual that makes us human. He shares breathtaking photos and stories of the Elder Brothers, a group of Sierra Nevada indians whose spiritual practice holds the world in balance. Related: anthropology, beauty, culture, davis, faith, global, issues, photography, religion, ted, tedtalks, wade |
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