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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.

Jean-Baptiste Miche...
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14:33:51 05/15/12

What can mathematics say about history? According to TED Fellow Jean-Baptiste Michel, quite a lot. From changes to language to the deadliness of wars, he shows how...

Jean-Baptiste Michel: The mathematics of history

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Jean-Baptiste Michel: The mathematics of history

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What can mathematics say about history? According to TED Fellow Jean-Baptiste Michel, quite a lot. From changes to language to the deadliness of wars, he shows how digitized history is just starting to reveal deep underlying patterns.

Joshua Foer: Feats ...
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14:44:52 05/10/12

There are people who can quickly memorize lists of thousands of numbers, the order of all the cards in a deck (or ten!), and much more. Science writer Joshua Foer ...

Joshua Foer: Feats of memory anyone can do

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Joshua Foer: Feats of memory anyone can do

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There are people who can quickly memorize lists of thousands of numbers, the order of all the cards in a deck (or ten!), and much more. Science writer Joshua Foer describes the technique -- called the memory palace -- and shows off its most remarkable feature: anyone can learn how to use it, including him.

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

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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.

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.

Award-winning teen-...
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16:03:56 01/10/12

In 2011 three young women swept the top prizes of the first Google Science Fair. At TEDxWomen Lauren Hodge, Shree Bose and Naomi Shah described their extraordinary...

Award-winning teen-age science in action

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Award-winning teen-age science in action

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In 2011 three young women swept the top prizes of the first Google Science Fair. At TEDxWomen Lauren Hodge, Shree Bose and Naomi Shah described their extraordinary projects-- and their route to a passion for science.

Nina Tandon: Caring...
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03:52:08 07/08/11

Tissue engineer and TED Fellow Nina Tandon is growing artificial hearts and bones. To do that, she needs new ways of caring for artificially grown cells -- techniq...

Nina Tandon: Caring for engineered tissue

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Nina Tandon: Caring for engineered tissue

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Tissue engineer and TED Fellow Nina Tandon is growing artificial hearts and bones. To do that, she needs new ways of caring for artificially grown cells -- techniques she's developed by the simple but powerful method of copying their natural environments.

Sarah Kay: If I sho...
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15:02:22 03/18/11

"If I should have a daughter, instead of Mom, she's gonna call me Point B ... " began spoken word poet Sarah Kay, in a talk that inspired two standing ovations at ...

Sarah Kay: If I should have a daughter ...

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Sarah Kay: If I should have a daughter ...

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"If I should have a daughter, instead of Mom, she's gonna call me Point B ... " began spoken word poet Sarah Kay, in a talk that inspired two standing ovations at TED2011. She tells the story of her metamorphosis -- from a wide-eyed teenager soaking in verse at New York's Bowery Poetry Club to a teacher connecting kids with the power of self-expression through Project V.O.I.C.E. -- and gives two breathtaking performances of "B" and "Hiroshima."

Birke Baehr: What's...
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15:34:36 11/29/10

11-year-old Birke Baehr presents his take on a major source of our food -- far-away and less-than-picturesque industrial farms. Keeping farms out of sight promotes...

Birke Baehr: What's wrong with our food system

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Birke Baehr: What's wrong with our food system

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11-year-old Birke Baehr presents his take on a major source of our food -- far-away and less-than-picturesque industrial farms. Keeping farms out of sight promotes a rosy, unreal picture of big-box agriculture, he argues, as he outlines the case to green and localize food production.

Seth Priebatsch: Th...
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08:47:31 08/20/10

By now, we're used to letting Facebook and Twitter capture our social lives on the web -- building a "social layer" on top of the real world. At TEDxBoston, Seth P...

Seth Priebatsch: The game layer on top of the world

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Seth Priebatsch: The game layer on top of the world

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By now, we're used to letting Facebook and Twitter capture our social lives on the web -- building a "social layer" on top of the real world. At TEDxBoston, Seth Priebatsch looks at the next layer in progress: the "game layer," a pervasive net of behavior-steering game dynamics that will reshape education and commerce.

Christopher "moot" ...
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08:32:38 06/02/10

The founder of 4chan, a controversial, uncensored online imageboard, describes its subculture, some of the Internet "memes" it has launched, and the incident in wh...

Christopher "moot" Poole: The case for anonymity online

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Christopher "moot" Poole: The case for anonymity online

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The founder of 4chan, a controversial, uncensored online imageboard, describes its subculture, some of the Internet "memes" it has launched, and the incident in which its users managed a very public, precision hack of a mainstream media website. The talk raises questions about the power -- and price -- of anonymity.

Adora Svitak: What ...
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17:19:03 04/01/10

Child prodigy Adora Svitak says the world needs "childish" thinking: bold ideas, wild creativity and especially optimism. Kids' big dreams deserve high expectation...

Adora Svitak: What adults can learn from kids

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Adora Svitak: What adults can learn from kids

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Child prodigy Adora Svitak says the world needs "childish" thinking: bold ideas, wild creativity and especially optimism. Kids' big dreams deserve high expectations, she says, starting with grownups' willingness to learn from children as much as to teach.

Juliana Machado Fer...
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11:04:12 03/23/10

Biologist Juliana Machado Ferreira, a TED Senior Fellow, talks about her work helping to save birds and other animals stolen from the wild in Brazil. Once these an...

Juliana Machado Ferreira: The fight to end rare-animal traffic...

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Juliana Machado Ferreira: The fight to end rare-animal trafficking in Brazil

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Biologist Juliana Machado Ferreira, a TED Senior Fellow, talks about her work helping to save birds and other animals stolen from the wild in Brazil. Once these animals are seized from smugglers, she asks, then what?

Juliana Machado Fer...
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11:04:12 03/23/10

Biologist Juliana Machado Ferreira, a TED Senior Fellow, talks about her work helping to save birds and other animals stolen from the wild in Brazil. Once these an...

Juliana Machado Ferreira: The fight to end rare-animal traffic...

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Juliana Machado Ferreira: The fight to end rare-animal trafficking in Brazil

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Biologist Juliana Machado Ferreira, a TED Senior Fellow, talks about her work helping to save birds and other animals stolen from the wild in Brazil. Once these animals are seized from smugglers, she asks, then what?

Pranav Mistry: The ...
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07:58:46 11/16/09

At TEDIndia, Pranav Mistry demos several tools that help the physical world interact with the world of data -- including a deep look at his SixthSense device and a...

Pranav Mistry: The thrilling potential of SixthSense technology

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Pranav Mistry: The thrilling potential of SixthSense technology

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At TEDIndia, Pranav Mistry demos several tools that help the physical world interact with the world of data -- including a deep look at his SixthSense device and a new, paradigm-shifting paper "laptop." In an onstage Q%A, Mistry says he'll open-source the software behind SixthSense, to open its possibilities to all.

Pranav Mistry: The ...
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07:58:46 11/16/09

At TEDIndia, Pranav Mistry demos several tools that help the physical world interact with the world of data -- including a deep look at his SixthSense device and a...

Pranav Mistry: The thrilling potential of SixthSense technology

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Pranav Mistry: The thrilling potential of SixthSense technology

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At TEDIndia, Pranav Mistry demos several tools that help the physical world interact with the world of data -- including a deep look at his SixthSense device and a new, paradigm-shifting paper "laptop." In an onstage Q%A, Mistry says he'll open-source the software behind SixthSense, to open its possibilities to all.

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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.