I promise you won't regret taking the time to watch. In fact you will most likely be pretty glad you did, trust me.
Showing posts with label TED. Show all posts
Showing posts with label TED. Show all posts
Sunday, February 14, 2010
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Incredibly Inspired Performance Of Sarah Jones At TED
I have admit that I had no idea who she was. I am now better for having seen this and I have to say I laughed my ass off. This is twenty minutes of tour de force comedic genius, enjoy.
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Genius,
Performance,
Sarah Jones,
TED
The Amazing Mind Of Clifford Stoll
This guy has long been a personal hero of mine who has managed to make huge contributions across a number of scientific fields, from topology to computer science, from education to physics (and Klein bottles) and the whole time being a great inspiration to scientists in all fields.
I will be posting on his Klein bottles shortly. I've been on kind of a kick you know.
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Amazing,
Clifford Stoll,
funny,
Inspiring,
TED
Monday, February 8, 2010
The Beautiful Math Of Coral By Margaret Werthiem
This is one of the best TED talks ever given. Anyone with a love of math or biology or crafts or anyone at all even would love to hear this. This is the lady who with her sister are responsible for crocheting an entire coral
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Coral,
Crochet,
Margaret Werthiem,
TED
Sunday, February 7, 2010
Stunningly Beautiful; Frans Lanting's The Life Project Slideshow
Truly one of the greatest nature photographers. Frans Lanting's work can be seen in Time, National Geographic and Audubon magazines. In this presentation he takes us on a journey through time and also
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Fran Lanting,
Life,
nature,
photography,
TED
Saturday, February 6, 2010
The Incredible Artwork Of Tom Shannon
Inspiring and magical; Tom Shannon's magnetic artwork is inspired by the solar-system, nature and science is truly wonderful, as is the talk.
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art,
Magnetic Levitation,
TED,
Tom Shannon
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
The Incredible Mecha-Kinetic World Of Arthur Ganson
If you don't know of this guy's work then do yourself a favor and watch his TED talk (after the page-break) These are the most beautiful machines I've seen in a very long time, and I feel confident that if you can push through the first couple minutes, you will be greatly rewarded, I promise.
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Arthur Ganson,
Genius,
Mechanical,
sculpture,
TED
Monday, February 1, 2010
William Kamkwamba On Harnessing The Wind
About as inspiring as it gets don't you think?
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Inspiring,
TED,
William Kamkwamba
Saturday, January 30, 2010
Oliver Sacks On What We Can Learn About The Mind From Hallucinations
This a great talk, Oliver Sacks is brilliant, and the best part is that he talks about Charles Bonnett syndrome.
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Charles Bonnett,
Oliver Sacks,
TED
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Reasearcher Kamal Meattle Teaches Us How To Grow Our Own Air
When I first read of this guy's work I was blown away and have been telling people about it any chance I get. This guy actually saved his own health by doing this and its simple grow these plants and be
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Grow Your Own Air,
Kamal Meattle,
TED
Sunday, January 24, 2010
The Very Entertaining Michael Shermer Of The Skeptic At TED
Micheal Shermer is very funny. Few people do a better job at calling bullshit on a subject. This time he uses music and video to do the job and its all about why people people believe in the strange things they do. Here is a link to The Skeptic.
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Michael Shermer,
TED,
The Skeptic
Saturday, January 23, 2010
The Great Elaine Morgan Talks On the Subject Of The Auquatic Ape Hypothesis
The aquatic ape hypothesis in short supposes that at some point in our evolutionary development we were much more aquatic then we are at present. this can be a jaw dropping idea the first time you hear off it, and at
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Auquatic Ape,
Elaine Morgan,
TED
Thursday, January 21, 2010
TED Talk - The X-ray Art Of Nick Veasey
This is the truly amazing work the artist Nick Veasey. he specializes in X-ray Photography on huge scales with enough radiation to kill someone. He gets around that little problem by using models who are in fact
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art,
Nick Veasey,
photography,
TED,
X-ray
Monday, January 18, 2010
Incredible Perfornamce Of Then 11 Year Old Sirena Huang
Sirena plays with emotion and skill far beyond her years, and in this performance on TED we actually get to hear her speak for a change (about halfway through) prepare to be impressed.
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Genius,
Sirena Huang,
TED,
violin,
Virtuosso
Saturday, January 16, 2010
Aimee Mullins Talks About Her Amazing 12 Pairs Of Legs On TED
This is a must see TED talk by a lady who is changing the common notions on the limits of the human body.
"Athlete, actor and activist Aimee Mullins talks about her prosthetic legs -- she's got a dozen amazing pairs -- and the superpowers they grant her: speed, beauty, an extra 6 inches of height ... Quite simply, she redefines what the body can be"
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Aimee Mullins,
Prothetic Legs,
Superpowers,
TED
Thursday, January 14, 2010
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