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Stephen Coleman: Th...
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15:48:58 02/07/12

Pepper spray and tasers are in increasing use by both police and military, and more exotic non-lethal weapons such as heat rays are in the works. At TEDxCanberra, ...

Stephen Coleman: The moral dangers of non-lethal weapons

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Pepper spray and tasers are in increasing use by both police and military, and more exotic non-lethal weapons such as heat rays are in the works. At TEDxCanberra, ethicist Stephen Coleman explores the unexpected consequences of their introduction and asks some challenging questions.

Ben Kacyra: Ancient...
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16:50:50 11/09/11

Ancient monuments give us clues to astonishing past civilizations -- but they're under threat from pollution, war, neglect. Ben Kacyra, who invented a groundbreaki...

Ben Kacyra: Ancient wonders captured in 3D

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Ben Kacyra: Ancient wonders captured in 3D

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Ancient monuments give us clues to astonishing past civilizations -- but they're under threat from pollution, war, neglect. Ben Kacyra, who invented a groundbreaking 3D scanning system, is using his invention to scan and preserve the world's heritage in archival detail. (Watch to the end for a little demo.)

Ben Kacyra: Ancient...
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16:50:50 11/09/11

Ancient monuments give us clues to astonishing past civilizations -- but they're under threat from pollution, war, neglect. Ben Kacyra, who invented a groundbreaki...

Ben Kacyra: Ancient wonders captured in 3D

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Ben Kacyra: Ancient wonders captured in 3D

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Ancient monuments give us clues to astonishing past civilizations -- but they're under threat from pollution, war, neglect. Ben Kacyra, who invented a groundbreaking 3D scanning system, is using his invention to scan and preserve the world's heritage in archival detail. (Watch to the end for a little demo.)

Ben Kacyra: Ancient...
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16:50:50 11/09/11

Ancient monuments give us clues to astonishing past civilizations -- but they're under threat from pollution, war, neglect. Ben Kacyra, who invented a groundbreaki...

Ben Kacyra: Ancient wonders captured in 3D

Added 11/09/11
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Ben Kacyra: Ancient wonders captured in 3D

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Ancient monuments give us clues to astonishing past civilizations -- but they're under threat from pollution, war, neglect. Ben Kacyra, who invented a groundbreaking 3D scanning system, is using his invention to scan and preserve the world's heritage in archival detail. (Watch to the end for a little demo.)

Jae Rhim Lee: My mu...
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15:11:53 10/14/11

Here's a powerful provocation from artist Jae Rhim Lee. Can we commit our bodies to a cleaner, greener Earth, even after death? Naturally -- using a special burial...

Jae Rhim Lee: My mushroom burial suit

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Jae Rhim Lee: My mushroom burial suit

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Here's a powerful provocation from artist Jae Rhim Lee. Can we commit our bodies to a cleaner, greener Earth, even after death? Naturally -- using a special burial suit seeded with pollution-gobbling mushrooms. Yes, this just might be the strangest TEDTalk you'll ever see ...

Jae Rhim Lee: My mu...
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15:11:53 10/14/11

Here's a powerful provocation from artist Jae Rhim Lee. Can we commit our bodies to a cleaner, greener Earth, even after death? Naturally -- using a special burial...

Jae Rhim Lee: My mushroom burial suit

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Jae Rhim Lee: My mushroom burial suit

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Here's a powerful provocation from artist Jae Rhim Lee. Can we commit our bodies to a cleaner, greener Earth, even after death? Naturally -- using a special burial suit seeded with pollution-gobbling mushrooms. Yes, this just might be the strangest TEDTalk you'll ever see ...

Jae Rhim Lee: My mu...
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15:11:53 10/14/11

Here's a powerful provocation from artist Jae Rhim Lee. Can we commit our bodies to a cleaner, greener Earth, even after death? Naturally -- using a special burial...

Jae Rhim Lee: My mushroom burial suit

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Jae Rhim Lee: My mushroom burial suit

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Here's a powerful provocation from artist Jae Rhim Lee. Can we commit our bodies to a cleaner, greener Earth, even after death? Naturally -- using a special burial suit seeded with pollution-gobbling mushrooms. Yes, this just might be the strangest TEDTalk you'll ever see ...

Ian Ritchie: The da...
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15:13:45 10/12/11

Imagine it's late 1990, and you've just met a nice young man named Tim Berners-Lee, who starts telling you about his proposed system called the World Wide Web. Ian...

Ian Ritchie: The day I turned down Tim Berners-Lee

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Ian Ritchie: The day I turned down Tim Berners-Lee

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Imagine it's late 1990, and you've just met a nice young man named Tim Berners-Lee, who starts telling you about his proposed system called the World Wide Web. Ian Ritchie was there. And ... he didn't buy it. A short story about information, connectivity and learning from mistakes.

Ian Ritchie: The da...
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15:13:45 10/12/11

Imagine it's late 1990, and you've just met a nice young man named Tim Berners-Lee, who starts telling you about his proposed system called the World Wide Web. Ian...

Ian Ritchie: The day I turned down Tim Berners-Lee

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Ian Ritchie: The day I turned down Tim Berners-Lee

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Imagine it's late 1990, and you've just met a nice young man named Tim Berners-Lee, who starts telling you about his proposed system called the World Wide Web. Ian Ritchie was there. And ... he didn't buy it. A short story about information, connectivity and learning from mistakes.

Ian Ritchie: The da...
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15:13:45 10/12/11

Imagine it's late 1990, and you've just met a nice young man named Tim Berners-Lee, who starts telling you about his proposed system called the World Wide Web. Ian...

Ian Ritchie: The day I turned down Tim Berners-Lee

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Ian Ritchie: The day I turned down Tim Berners-Lee

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Imagine it's late 1990, and you've just met a nice young man named Tim Berners-Lee, who starts telling you about his proposed system called the World Wide Web. Ian Ritchie was there. And ... he didn't buy it. A short story about information, connectivity and learning from mistakes.

Niall Ferguson: The...
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14:51:55 09/19/11

Over the past few centuries, Western cultures have been very good at creating general prosperity for themselves. Historian Niall Ferguson asks: Why the West, and l...

Niall Ferguson: The 6 killer apps of prosperity

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Niall Ferguson: The 6 killer apps of prosperity

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Over the past few centuries, Western cultures have been very good at creating general prosperity for themselves. Historian Niall Ferguson asks: Why the West, and less so the rest? He suggests half a dozen big ideas from Western culture -- call them the 6 killer apps -- that promote wealth, stability and innovation. And in this new century, he says, these apps are all shareable.

Niall Ferguson: The...
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14:51:55 09/19/11

Over the past few centuries, Western cultures have been very good at creating general prosperity for themselves. Historian Niall Ferguson asks: Why the West, and l...

Niall Ferguson: The 6 killer apps of prosperity

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Niall Ferguson: The 6 killer apps of prosperity

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Over the past few centuries, Western cultures have been very good at creating general prosperity for themselves. Historian Niall Ferguson asks: Why the West, and less so the rest? He suggests half a dozen big ideas from Western culture -- call them the 6 killer apps -- that promote wealth, stability and innovation. And in this new century, he says, these apps are all shareable.

Niall Ferguson: The...
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14:51:55 09/19/11

Over the past few centuries, Western cultures have been very good at creating general prosperity for themselves. Historian Niall Ferguson asks: Why the West, and l...

Niall Ferguson: The 6 killer apps of prosperity

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Niall Ferguson: The 6 killer apps of prosperity

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Over the past few centuries, Western cultures have been very good at creating general prosperity for themselves. Historian Niall Ferguson asks: Why the West, and less so the rest? He suggests half a dozen big ideas from Western culture -- call them the 6 killer apps -- that promote wealth, stability and innovation. And in this new century, he says, these apps are all shareable.

Misha Glenny: Hire ...
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14:41:46 09/13/11

Despite multibillion-dollar investments in cybersecurity, one of its root problems has been largely ignored: who are the people who write malicious code? Underworl...

Misha Glenny: Hire the hackers!

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Misha Glenny: Hire the hackers!

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Despite multibillion-dollar investments in cybersecurity, one of its root problems has been largely ignored: who are the people who write malicious code? Underworld investigator Misha Glenny profiles several convicted coders from around the world and reaches a startling conclusion.

Misha Glenny: Hire ...
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14:41:46 09/13/11

Despite multibillion-dollar investments in cybersecurity, one of its root problems has been largely ignored: who are the people who write malicious code? Underworl...

Misha Glenny: Hire the hackers!

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Misha Glenny: Hire the hackers!

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Despite multibillion-dollar investments in cybersecurity, one of its root problems has been largely ignored: who are the people who write malicious code? Underworld investigator Misha Glenny profiles several convicted coders from around the world and reaches a startling conclusion.

Misha Glenny: Hire ...
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14:41:46 09/13/11

Despite multibillion-dollar investments in cybersecurity, one of its root problems has been largely ignored: who are the people who write malicious code? Underworl...

Misha Glenny: Hire the hackers!

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Misha Glenny: Hire the hackers!

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Despite multibillion-dollar investments in cybersecurity, one of its root problems has been largely ignored: who are the people who write malicious code? Underworld investigator Misha Glenny profiles several convicted coders from around the world and reaches a startling conclusion.

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02/07/12

Pepper spray and tasers are in increasing use by both police and military, and more exotic non-lethal weapons such as heat rays are in the works. At TEDxCanberra, ethicist Stephen Coleman explores the unexpected consequences of their introduction and asks some challenging questions.