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Shukla Bose: Teaching one child at a time Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: March 30, 2010 Educating the poor is more than just a numbers game, says Shukla Bose. She tells the story of her groundbreaking Parikrma Humanity Foundation, whi...

Derek Sivers: Weird, or just different? Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: January 29, 2010 "There’s a flip side to everything," the saying goes, and in 2 minutes, Derek Sivers shows this is true in a few ways you might not expect.

Edward Burtynsky photographs the landscape of oil Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: November 11, 2009 In stunning large-format photographs, Edward Burtynsky follows the path of oil through modern society, from wellhead to pipeline to car engine &am...

Cameron Sinclair: The refugees of boom-and-bust Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: November 09, 2009 At TEDGlobal U, Cameron Sinclair shows the unreported cost of real estate megaprojects gone bust: thousands of migrant construction laborers left ...

Stefana Broadbent: How the Internet enables intimacy Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: November 02, 2009 We worry that IM, texting, Facebook are spoiling human intimacy, but Stefana Broadbent’s research shows how communication tech is capable of culti...

David Deutsch: A new way to explain explanation Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: October 26, 2009 For tens of thousands of years our ancestors understood the world through myths, and the pace of change was glacial. The rise of scientific unders...

Marc Koska: 1.3m reasons to re-invent the syringe Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: October 22, 2009 Reuse of syringes, all too common in under-funded clinics, kills 1.3 million each year. Marc Koska clues us in to this devastating global problem ...

Paul Debevec animates a photo-real digital face Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: October 20, 2009 At TEDxUSC, computer graphics trailblazer Paul Debevec explains the scene-stealing technology behind Digital Emily, a digitally constructed human ...

John Gerzema: The post-crisis consumer Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: October 19, 2009 John Gerzema says there’s an upside to the recent financial crisis — the opportunity for positive change. Speaking at TEDxKC, he identif...

Henry Markram builds a brain in a supercomputer Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: October 15, 2009 Henry Markram says the mysteries of the mind can be solved — soon. Mental illness, memory, perception: they’re made of neurons and elect...

Carolyn Steel: How food shapes our cities Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: October 05, 2009 Every day, in a city the size of London, 30 million meals are served. But where does all the food come from? Architect Carolyn Steel discusses the...

Tim Brown urges designers to think big Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: September 29, 2009 Tim Brown says the design profession is preoccupied with creating nifty, fashionable objects — even as pressing questions like clean wat...

Parag Khanna maps the future of countries Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: September 28, 2009 Many people think the lines on the map no longer matter, but Parag Khanna says they do. Using maps of the past and present, he explains the root c...

Evgeny Morozov: How the Net aids dictatorships Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: September 22, 2009 TED Fellow and journalist Evgeny Morozov punctures what he calls "iPod liberalism" — the assumption that tech innovation always promotes ...

Bjarke Ingels: 3 warp-speed architecture tales Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: September 15, 2009 Danish architect Bjarke Ingels rockets through photo/video-mingled stories of his eco-flashy designs. His buildings not only look like nature &...

Josh Silver demos adjustable liquid-filled eyeglasses Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: September 01, 2009 Josh Silver delivers his brilliantly simple solution for correcting vision at the lowest cost possible — adjustable, liquid-filled l...

Eric Giler demos wireless electricity Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: August 25, 2009 Eric Giler wants to untangle our wired lives with cable-free electric power. Here, he covers what this sci-fi tech offers, and demos MIT’s breakth...

Michael Pritchard’s water filter turns filthy water drinkable Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: August 04, 2009 Too much of the world lacks access to clean drinking water. Engineer Michael Pritchard did something about it — inventing the portable Li...

Daniel Libeskind’s 17 words of architectural inspiration Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: July 01, 2009 Daniel Libeskind builds on very big ideas. Here, he shares 17 words that underlie his vision for architecture — raw, risky, emotional, r...

Gever Tulley teaches life lessons through tinkering Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: June 30, 2009 Gever Tulley uses engaging photos and footage to demonstrate the valuable lessons kids learn at his Tinkering School. When given tools, materials ...

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