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Bertrand Piccard’s solar-powered adventure Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: January 01, 2010 For the dawn of a new decade, adventurer Bertrand Piccard offers us a challenge: Find motivation in what seems impossible. He shares his own plans...

Asher Hasan’s message of peace from Pakistan Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: December 23, 2009 One of a dozen Pakistanis who came to TEDIndia despite security hassles entering the country, TED Fellow Asher Hasan shows photos of ordinary Paki...

Steven Cowley: Fusion is energy’s future Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: December 22, 2009 Physicist Steven Cowley is certain that nuclear fusion is the only truly sustainable solution to the fuel crisis. He explains why fusion will work ...

Charles Anderson discovers dragonflies that cross oceans Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: December 17, 2009 While living and working as a marine biologist in Maldives, Charles Anderson noticed sudden explosions of dragonflies at certain times of year. He...

Loretta Napoleoni: The intricate economics of terrorism Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: December 14, 2009 Loretta Napoleoni details her rare opportunity to talk to the secretive Italian Red Brigades — an experience that sparked a lifelong inte...

Thulasiraj Ravilla: How low-cost eye care can be world-class Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: December 10, 2009 India’s revolutionary Aravind Eye Care System has given sight to millions. Thulasiraj Ravilla looks at the ingenious approach that drives its treat...

Sunitha Krishnan fights sex slavery Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: December 07, 2009 Sunitha Krishnan has dedicated her life to rescuing women and children from sex slavery, a multimilion-dollar global market. In this courageous ta...

Magnus Larsson: Turning dunes into architecture Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: November 25, 2009 Architecture student Magnus Larsson details his bold plan to transform the harsh Sahara desert using bacteria and a surprising construction materia...

Rob Hopkins: Transition to a world without oil Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: November 24, 2009 Rob Hopkins reminds us that the oil our world depends on is steadily running out. He proposes a unique solution to this problem — the Tra...

Hans Rosling: Asia’s rise — how and when Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: November 23, 2009 Hans Rosling was a young guest student in India when he first realized that Asia had all the capacities to reclaim its place as the world’s dominan...

Mathieu Lehanneur demos science-inspired design Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: November 17, 2009 Naming science as his chief inspiration, Mathieu Lehanneur shows a selection of his ingenious designs — an interactive noise-neutralizin...

Rachel Pike: The science behind a climate headline Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: November 10, 2009 In 4 minutes, atmospheric chemist Rachel Pike provides a glimpse of the massive scientific effort behind the bold headlines on climate change, wit...

Marcus du Sautoy: Symmetry, reality’s riddle Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: October 29, 2009 The world turns on symmetry — from the spin of subatomic particles to the dizzying beauty of an arabesque. But there’s more to it than me...

Rachel Armstrong: Architecture that repairs itself? Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: October 27, 2009 Venice, Italy is sinking. To save it, Rachel Armstrong says we need to outgrow architecture made of inert materials and, well, make architecture t...

Rives sees the beauty of trespassing Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: October 13, 2009 Sometimes, you’ve got to hop a fence to see the prettiest sights. In 3 minutes, Rives takes his lyric outlook past chain and padlock to capture Ne...

Eric Sanderson pictures New York — before the City Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: October 12, 2009 400 years after Hudson found New York harbor, Eric Sanderson shares how he made a 3D map of Mannahatta’s fascinating pre-city ecology of hills, ri...

Beau Lotto: Optical illusions show how we see Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: October 08, 2009 Beau Lotto’s color games puzzle your vision, but they also spotlight what you can't normally see: how your brain works. This fun, first-h...

Garik Israelian: How spectroscopy could reveal alien life Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: October 01, 2009 Garik Israelian is a spectroscopist, studying the spectrum emitted by a star to figure out what it’s made of and how it might behave. It'...

William Kamkwamba: How I harnessed the wind Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: September 23, 2009 At age 14, in poverty and famine, a Malawian boy built a windmill to power his family’s home. Now at 22, William Kamkwamba, who speaks at TED, her...

Lewis Pugh swims the North Pole Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: September 09, 2009 Lewis Pugh talks about his record-breaking swim across the North Pole. He braved the icy waters (in a Speedo) to highlight the melting icecap. Watc...

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