TED: JR: One year of turning the world inside out - JR (2012)
Street artist JR made a wish in 2011: Join me in a worldwide photo project to show the world its true face. Now, a year after his TED Prize wish, he shows how giant posters of human faces, pasted in public, are connecting communities, making change,…
- 1 day ago, 18 May 12, 3:05pm -
TED: Carl Schoonover: How to look inside the brain - Carl Schoonover (2012)
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.
- 2 days ago, 17 May 12, 3:01pm -
TED: David Kelley: How to build your creative confidence - David Kelley (2012)
Is your school or workplace divided into "creatives" versus practical people? Yet surely, David Kelley suggests, creativity is not the domain of only a chosen few. Telling stories from his legendary design career and his own life, he offers ways to b…
- 3 days ago, 16 May 12, 3:30pm -
TED: Jean-Baptiste Michel: The mathematics of history - Jean-Baptiste Michel (2012)
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.
- 4 days ago, 15 May 12, 3:00pm -
TED: Tali Sharot: The optimism bias - Tali Sharot (2012)
Are we born to be optimistic, rather than realistic? Tali Sharot shares new research that suggests our brains are wired to look on the bright side -- and how that can be both dangerous and beneficial.
- 5 days ago, 14 May 12, 3:10pm -
TED: Renny Gleeson: 404, the story of a page not found - Renny Gleeson (2012)
Oops! Nobody wants to see the 404: Page Not Found. But as Renny Gleeson shows us, while he runs through a slideshow of creative and funny 404 pages, every error is really a chance to build a better relationship.
- 8 days ago, 11 May 12, 3:08pm -
TED: Joshua Foer: Feats of memory anyone can do - Joshua Foer (2012)
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 remarkabl…
- 9 days ago, 10 May 12, 3:00pm -
TED: JP Rangaswami: Information is food - JP Rangaswami (2012)
How do we consume data? At TED@SXSWi, technologist JP Rangaswami muses on our relationship to information, and offers a surprising and sharp insight: we treat it like food.
- 11 days ago, 8 May 12, 4:16pm -
TED: Michael Tilson Thomas: Music and emotion through time - Michael Tilson Thomas (2012)
In this epic overview, Michael Tilson Thomas traces the development of classical music through the development of written notation, the record, and the re-mix.
- 12 days ago, 7 May 12, 2:59pm -
TED: Rory Sutherland: Perspective is everything - Rory Sutherland (2011)
The circumstances of our lives may matter less than how we see them, says Rory Sutherland. At TEDxAthens, he makes a compelling case for how reframing is the key to happiness.
- 15 days ago, 4 May 12, 3:07pm -
TED: Gary Kovacs: Tracking the trackers - Gary Kovacs (2012)
As you surf the Web, information is being collected about you. Web tracking is not 100% evil -- personal data can make your browsing more efficient; cookies can help your favorite websites stay in business. But, says Gary Kovacs, it's your right to k…
- 16 days ago, 3 May 12, 3:00pm -
TED: Reuben Margolin: Sculpting waves in wood and time - Reuben Margolin (2012)
Reuben Margolin is a kinetic sculptor, crafting beautiful pieces that move in the pattern of raindrops falling and waves combining. Take nine minutes and be mesmerized by his meditative art -- inspired in equal parts by math and nature.
- 17 days ago, 2 May 12, 3:00pm -
TED: Amory Lovins: A 50-year plan for energy - Amory Lovins (2012)
In this intimate talk filmed at TED's offices, energy theorist Amory Lovins lays out the steps we must take to end the world's dependence on oil (before we run out). Some changes are already happening -- like lighter-weight cars and smarter trucks --…
- 18 days ago, 1 May 12, 3:30pm -
TED: Liz Diller: A giant bubble for debate - Liz Diller (2012)
How do you make a great public space inside a not-so-great building? Liz Diller shares the story of creating a welcoming, lighthearted (even, dare we say it, sexy) addition to the Hirshhorn Museum in Washington, DC. (From The Design Studio session at…
- 19 days ago, 30 Apr 12, 3:32pm -
TED: Nancy Lublin: Texting that saves lives - Nancy Lublin (2012)
When Nancy Lublin started texting teenagers to help with her social advocacy organization, what she found was shocking -- they started texting back about their own problems, from bullying to depression to abuse. So she's setting up a text-only crisis…
- 22 days ago, 27 Apr 12, 3:12pm -
TED: Eduardo Paes: The 4 commandments of cities - Eduardo Paes (2012)
Eduardo Paes is the mayor of Rio de Janeiro, a sprawling, complicated, beautiful city of 6.5 million. He shares four big ideas about leading Rio -- and all cities -- into the future, including bold (and do-able) infrastructure upgrades and how to mak…
- 23 days ago, 26 Apr 12, 3:11pm -
TED: Michael Norton: How to buy happiness - Michael Norton (2011)
At TEDxCambridge, Michael Norton shares fascinating research on how money can, indeed buy happiness -- when you don't spend it on yourself. Listen for surprising data on the many ways pro-social spending can benefit you, your work, and (of course) ot…
- 25 days ago, 24 Apr 12, 3:17pm -
TED: Brian Greene: Is our universe the only universe? - Brian Greene (2012)
Is there more than one universe? In this visually rich, action-packed talk, Brian Greene shows how the unanswered questions of physics (starting with a big one: What caused the Big Bang?) have led to the theory that our own universe is just one of ma…
- 26 days ago, 23 Apr 12, 3:19pm -