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Nathalie Miebach: A...
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15:17:02 10/21/11

Artist Nathalie Miebach takes weather data from massive storms and turns it into complex sculptures that embody the forces of nature and time. These sculptures the...

Nathalie Miebach: Art made of storms

Added 10/21/11
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Nathalie Miebach: Art made of storms

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Artist Nathalie Miebach takes weather data from massive storms and turns it into complex sculptures that embody the forces of nature and time. These sculptures then become musical scores for a string quartet to play.

Christoph Adami: Fi...
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14:31:14 10/04/11

How do we search for alien life if it's nothing like the life that we know? Christoph Adami shows how he uses his research into artificial life -- self-replicating...

Christoph Adami: Finding life we can't imagine

Added 10/04/11
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Christoph Adami: Finding life we can't imagine

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How do we search for alien life if it's nothing like the life that we know? Christoph Adami shows how he uses his research into artificial life -- self-replicating computer programs -- to find a signature, a 'biomarker,' that is free of our preconceptions of what life is. (Filmed at TEDxUIUC .)

Christoph Adami: Fi...
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14:16:58 10/04/11

How do we search for alien life if it's nothing like the life that we know? At TEDxUIUC Christoph Adami shows how he uses his research into artificial life -- self...

Christoph Adami: Finding life we can't imagine

Added 10/04/11
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Christoph Adami: Finding life we can't imagine

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How do we search for alien life if it's nothing like the life that we know? At TEDxUIUC Christoph Adami shows how he uses his research into artificial life -- self-replicating computer programs -- to find a signature, a 'biomarker,' that is free of our preconceptions of what life is.

Kate Hartman: The a...
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15:02:32 09/14/11

Artist Kate Hartman uses wearable electronics to explore how we communicate, with ourselves and with the world. In this quirky and thought-provoking talk, she show...

Kate Hartman: The art of wearable communication

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Kate Hartman: The art of wearable communication

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Artist Kate Hartman uses wearable electronics to explore how we communicate, with ourselves and with the world. In this quirky and thought-provoking talk, she shows the "Talk to Yourself Hat", the "Inflatable Heart", the "Glacier Embracing Suit", and other unexpected devices.

Kate Hartman: The a...
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14:51:39 09/14/11

Artist Kate Hartman uses wearable electronics to explore how we communicate, with ourselves and with the world. In this quirky and thought-provoking talk, she show...

Kate Hartman: The art of wearable communication

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Kate Hartman: The art of wearable communication

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Artist Kate Hartman uses wearable electronics to explore how we communicate, with ourselves and with the world. In this quirky and thought-provoking talk, she shows the "Talk to Yourself Hat", the "Inflatable Heart", the "Glacier Embracing Suit", and other unexpected devices.

Geoffrey West: The ...
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14:32:02 07/26/11

Physicist Geoffrey West has found that simple, mathematical laws govern the properties of cities -- that wealth, crime rate, walking speed and many other aspects o...

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Geoffrey West: The surprising math of cities and corporations

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Geoffrey West: The surprising math of cities and corporations

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Physicist Geoffrey West has found that simple, mathematical laws govern the properties of cities -- that wealth, crime rate, walking speed and many other aspects of a city can be deduced from a single number: the city's population. In this mind-bending talk from TEDGlobal he shows how it works and how similar laws hold for organisms and corporations.

Geoffrey West: The ...
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14:32:00 07/26/11

Physicist Geoffrey West has found that simple, mathematical laws govern the properties of cities -- that wealth, crime rate, walking speed and many other aspects o...

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Geoffrey West: The surprising math of cities and corporations

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Geoffrey West: The surprising math of cities and corporations

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Physicist Geoffrey West has found that simple, mathematical laws govern the properties of cities -- that wealth, crime rate, walking speed and many other aspects of a city can be deduced from a single number: the city's population. In this mind-bending talk from TEDGlobal he shows how it works and how similar laws hold for organisms and corporations.

Camille Seaman: Hau...
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15:20:20 06/16/11

Photographer Camille Seaman shoots icebergs, showing the world the complex beauty of these massive, ancient chunks of ice. Dive in to her photo slideshow, "The Las...

Camille Seaman: Haunting photos of polar ice

Added 06/16/11
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Camille Seaman: Haunting photos of polar ice

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Photographer Camille Seaman shoots icebergs, showing the world the complex beauty of these massive, ancient chunks of ice. Dive in to her photo slideshow, "The Last Iceberg."

Camille Seaman: Hau...
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15:20:20 06/16/11

Photographer Camille Seaman shoots icebergs, showing the world the complex beauty of these massive, ancient chunks of ice. Dive in to her photo slideshow, "The Las...

Camille Seaman: Haunting photos of polar ice

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Camille Seaman: Haunting photos of polar ice

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Photographer Camille Seaman shoots icebergs, showing the world the complex beauty of these massive, ancient chunks of ice. Dive in to her photo slideshow, "The Last Iceberg."

Camille Seaman: Hau...
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15:20:00 06/16/11

Photographer Camille Seaman shoots icebergs, showing the world the complex beauty of these massive, ancient chunks of ice. Dive in to her photo slideshow, "The Las...

Camille Seaman: Haunting photos of polar ice

Added 06/16/11
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Camille Seaman: Haunting photos of polar ice

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Photographer Camille Seaman shoots icebergs, showing the world the complex beauty of these massive, ancient chunks of ice. Dive in to her photo slideshow, "The Last Iceberg."

Aaron O'Connell: Ma...
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15:08:19 06/02/11

Physicists are used to the idea that subatomic particles behave according to the bizarre rules of quantum mechanics, completely different to human-scale objects. I...

Aaron O'Connell: Making sense of a visible quantum object

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Aaron O'Connell: Making sense of a visible quantum object

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Physicists are used to the idea that subatomic particles behave according to the bizarre rules of quantum mechanics, completely different to human-scale objects. In a breakthrough experiment, Aaron O'Connell has blurred that distinction by creating an object that is visible to the unaided eye, but provably in two places at the same time. In this talk he suggests an intriguing way of thinking about the result.

Aaron O'Connell: Ma...
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15:08:19 06/02/11

Physicists are used to the idea that subatomic particles behave according to the bizarre rules of quantum mechanics, completely different to human-scale objects. I...

Aaron O'Connell: Making sense of a visible quantum object

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Aaron O'Connell: Making sense of a visible quantum object

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Physicists are used to the idea that subatomic particles behave according to the bizarre rules of quantum mechanics, completely different to human-scale objects. In a breakthrough experiment, Aaron O'Connell has blurred that distinction by creating an object that is visible to the unaided eye, but provably in two places at the same time. In this talk he suggests an intriguing way of thinking about the result.

Aaron O'Connell: Ma...
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00:00:00 06/02/11

Physicists are used to the idea that subatomic particles behave according to the bizarre rules of quantum mechanics, completely different to human-scale objects. I...

Aaron O'Connell: Making sense of a visible quantum object

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Aaron O'Connell: Making sense of a visible quantum object

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Physicists are used to the idea that subatomic particles behave according to the bizarre rules of quantum mechanics, completely different to human-scale objects. In a breakthrough experiment, Aaron O'Connell has blurred that distinction by creating an object that is visible to the unaided eye, but provably in two places at the same time. In this talk he suggests an intriguing way of thinking about the result.

Thomas Heatherwick:...
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15:10:27 05/17/11

A future more beautiful? Architect Thomas Heatherwick shows five recent projects featuring ingenious bio-inspired designs. Some are remakes of the ordinary: a bus,...

Thomas Heatherwick: Building the Seed Cathedral

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Thomas Heatherwick: Building the Seed Cathedral

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A future more beautiful? Architect Thomas Heatherwick shows five recent projects featuring ingenious bio-inspired designs. Some are remakes of the ordinary: a bus, a bridge, a power station ... And one is an extraordinary pavilion, the Seed Cathedral, a celebration of growth and light.

Thomas Heatherwick:...
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15:10:27 05/17/11

A future more beautiful? Architect Thomas Heatherwick shows five recent projects featuring ingenious bio-inspired designs. Some are remakes of the ordinary: a bus,...

Thomas Heatherwick: Building the Seed Cathedral

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Thomas Heatherwick: Building the Seed Cathedral

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A future more beautiful? Architect Thomas Heatherwick shows five recent projects featuring ingenious bio-inspired designs. Some are remakes of the ordinary: a bus, a bridge, a power station ... And one is an extraordinary pavilion, the Seed Cathedral, a celebration of growth and light.

Thomas Heatherwick:...
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15:10:00 05/17/11

A future more beautiful? Architect Thomas Heatherwick shows five recent projects featuring ingenious bio-inspired designs. Some are remakes of the ordinary: a bus,...

Thomas Heatherwick: Building the Seed Cathedral

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Thomas Heatherwick: Building the Seed Cathedral

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A future more beautiful? Architect Thomas Heatherwick shows five recent projects featuring ingenious bio-inspired designs. Some are remakes of the ordinary: a bus, a bridge, a power station ... And one is an extraordinary pavilion, the Seed Cathedral, a celebration of growth and light.

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Tom Shannon: The painter and the pendulum

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Tom Shannon: The painter and the pendulum
02/05/10

TED visits Tom Shannon in his Manhattan studio for an intimate look at his science-inspired art. An eye-opening, personal conversation with John Hockenberry reveals how nature's forces -- and the onset of Parkinson's tremors -- interact in his life and craft.