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Carl Schoonover: Ho...
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14:59:02 05/17/12

There have been remarkable advances in understanding the brain, but how do you actually study the neurons inside it? Using gorgeous imagery, neuroscientist and TED...

Carl Schoonover: How to look inside the brain

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Carl Schoonover: How to look inside the brain

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There have been remarkable advances in understanding the brain, but how do you actually study the neurons inside it? Using gorgeous imagery, neuroscientist and TED Fellow Carl Schoonover shows the tools that let us see inside our brains.

Tal Golesworthy: Ho...
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14:23:31 04/12/12

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 engi...

Tal Golesworthy: How I repaired my own heart

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Tal Golesworthy: How I repaired my own heart

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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.

Ayah Bdeir: Buildin...
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14:50:43 03/29/12

Imagine a set of electronics as easy to play with as Legos. TED Fellow Ayah Bdeir introduces littleBits, a set of simple, interchangeable blocks that make programm...

Ayah Bdeir: Building blocks that blink, beep and teach

Added 03/29/12
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Ayah Bdeir: Building blocks that blink, beep and teach

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Imagine a set of electronics as easy to play with as Legos. TED Fellow Ayah Bdeir introduces littleBits, a set of simple, interchangeable blocks that make programming as simple and important a part of creativity as snapping blocks together.

Regina Dugan: From ...
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14:30:18 03/27/12

"What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail?" asks Regina Dugan, then director of DARPA, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. In this br...

Regina Dugan: From mach-20 glider to humming bird drone

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Regina Dugan: From mach-20 glider to humming bird drone

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"What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail?" asks Regina Dugan, then director of DARPA, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. In this breathtaking talk she describes some of the extraordinary projects -- a robotic hummingbird, a prosthetic arm controlled by thought, and, well, the internet -- that her agency has created by not worrying that they might fail. (Followed by a Q%A with TED's Chris Anderson)

Donald Sadoway: The...
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15:19:04 03/26/12

What's the key to using alternative energy, like solar and wind? Storage -- so we can have power on tap even when the sun's not out and the wind's not blowing. In ...

Donald Sadoway: The missing link to renewable energy

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Donald Sadoway: The missing link to renewable energy

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What's the key to using alternative energy, like solar and wind? Storage -- so we can have power on tap even when the sun's not out and the wind's not blowing. In this accessible, inspiring talk, Donald Sadoway takes to the blackboard to show us the future of large-scale batteries that store renewable energy. As he says: "We need to think about the problem differently. We need to think big. We need to think cheap."

Taylor Wilson: Yup,...
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14:28:08 03/22/12

Taylor Wilson believes nuclear fusion is a solution to our future energy needs, and that kids can change the world. And he knows something about both of those: Whe...

Taylor Wilson: Yup, I built a nuclear fusion reactor

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Taylor Wilson: Yup, I built a nuclear fusion reactor

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Taylor Wilson believes nuclear fusion is a solution to our future energy needs, and that kids can change the world. And he knows something about both of those: When he was 14, he built a working fusion reactor in his parents' garage. Now 17, he takes the TED stage at short notice to tell (the short version of) his story.

Vijay Kumar: Robots...
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15:34:44 03/01/12

In his lab at Penn, Vijay Kumar and his team build flying quadrotors, small, agile robots that swarm, sense each other, and form ad hoc teams -- for construction, ...

Vijay Kumar: Robots that fly ... and cooperate

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Vijay Kumar: Robots that fly ... and cooperate

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In his lab at Penn, Vijay Kumar and his team build flying quadrotors, small, agile robots that swarm, sense each other, and form ad hoc teams -- for construction, surveying disasters and far more.

Neil MacGregor: 260...
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16:34:27 02/20/12

A clay cylinder covered in Akkadian cuneiform script, damaged and broken, the Cyrus Cylinder is a powerful symbol of religious tolerance and multi-culturalism. In ...

Neil MacGregor: 2600 years of history in one object

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Neil MacGregor: 2600 years of history in one object

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A clay cylinder covered in Akkadian cuneiform script, damaged and broken, the Cyrus Cylinder is a powerful symbol of religious tolerance and multi-culturalism. In this enthralling talk Neil MacGregor, Director of the British Museum, traces 2600 years of Middle Eastern history through this single object.

Sonaar Luthra: Meet...
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16:32:26 01/16/12

After a crisis, how can we tell if water is safe to drink? Current tests are slow and complex, and the delay can be deadly, as in the cholera outbreak after Haiti'...

Sonaar Luthra: Meet the Water Canary

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Sonaar Luthra: Meet the Water Canary

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After a crisis, how can we tell if water is safe to drink? Current tests are slow and complex, and the delay can be deadly, as in the cholera outbreak after Haiti's earthquake in 2010. TED Fellow Sonaar Luthra previews his design for a simple tool that quickly tests water for safety -- the Water Canary.

Sheila Nirenberg: A...
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15:25:49 12/20/11

At TEDMED, Sheila Nirenberg shows a bold way to create sight in people with certain kinds of blindness: by hooking into the optic nerve and sending signals from a ...

Sheila Nirenberg: A prosthetic eye to treat blindness

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Sheila Nirenberg: A prosthetic eye to treat blindness

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At TEDMED, Sheila Nirenberg shows a bold way to create sight in people with certain kinds of blindness: by hooking into the optic nerve and sending signals from a camera direct to the brain.

Quyen Nguyen: Color...
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16:02:04 12/13/11

Surgeons are taught from textbooks which conveniently color-code the types of tissues, but that's not what it looks like in real life -- until now. At TEDMED Quyen...

Quyen Nguyen: Color-coded surgery

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Quyen Nguyen: Color-coded surgery

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Surgeons are taught from textbooks which conveniently color-code the types of tissues, but that's not what it looks like in real life -- until now. At TEDMED Quyen Nguyen demonstrates how a molecular marker can make tumors light up in neon green, showing surgeons exactly where to cut.

Charles Limb: Build...
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14:55:53 12/01/11

Charles Limb performs cochlear implantation, a surgery that treats hearing loss and can restore the ability to hear speech. But as a musician too, Limb thinks abou...

Charles Limb: Building the musical muscle

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Charles Limb: Building the musical muscle

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Charles Limb performs cochlear implantation, a surgery that treats hearing loss and can restore the ability to hear speech. But as a musician too, Limb thinks about what the implants lack: They don't let you fully experience music yet. (There's a hair-raising example.) At TEDMED, Limb reviews the state of the art and the way forward.

Péter Fankhauser: M...
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15:51:37 11/22/11

Onstage at TEDGlobal, Péter Fankhauser demonstrates Rezero, a robot that balances on a ball. Designed and built by a group of engineering students, Rezero is the f...

Péter Fankhauser: Meet Rezero, the dancing ballbot

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Péter Fankhauser: Meet Rezero, the dancing ballbot

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Onstage at TEDGlobal, Péter Fankhauser demonstrates Rezero, a robot that balances on a ball. Designed and built by a group of engineering students, Rezero is the first ballbot made to move quickly and gracefully -- and even dance.

Yves Rossy: Fly wit...
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15:45:15 11/15/11

Strapped to a jet-powered wing, Yves Rossy is the Jetman -- flying free, his body as the rudder, above the Swiss Alps and the Grand Canyon. After a powerful short ...

Yves Rossy: Fly with the Jetman

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Yves Rossy: Fly with the Jetman

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Strapped to a jet-powered wing, Yves Rossy is the Jetman -- flying free, his body as the rudder, above the Swiss Alps and the Grand Canyon. After a powerful short film shows how it works, Rossy takes the TEDGlobal stage to share the experience and thrill of flying.

Alexander Tsiaras: ...
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14:26:55 11/14/11

Image-maker Alexander Tsiaras shares a powerful medical visualization, showing human development from conception to birth and beyond. (Some graphic images.)

Alexander Tsiaras: Conception to birth -- visualized

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Alexander Tsiaras: Conception to birth -- visualized

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Image-maker Alexander Tsiaras shares a powerful medical visualization, showing human development from conception to birth and beyond. (Some graphic images.)

Allan Jones: A map ...
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15:31:06 11/10/11

How can we begin to understand the way the brain works? The same way we begin to understand a city: by making a map. In this visually stunning talk, Allan Jones sh...

Allan Jones: A map of the brain

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Allan Jones: A map of the brain

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How can we begin to understand the way the brain works? The same way we begin to understand a city: by making a map. In this visually stunning talk, Allan Jones shows how his team is mapping which genes are turned on in each tiny region, and how it all connects up.

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Carl Schoonover: How to look inside the brain

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Carl Schoonover: How to look inside the brain
05/17/12

There have been remarkable advances in understanding the brain, but how do you actually study the neurons inside it? Using gorgeous imagery, neuroscientist and TED Fellow Carl Schoonover shows the tools that let us see inside our brains.