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The future of design is human-centered
Channel: TED
Length: 0
Date: June 24, 2008
IDEO’s David Kelley says that product design has become much less about the hardware and more about the user experience. He shows video of this new...
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Inspired ideas for a sustainable future
Channel: TED
Length: 0
Date: June 24, 2008
Worldchanging.com founder Alex Steffen argues that reducing humanity’s ecological footprint is incredibly vital now, as the western consumer lifes...
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Decoding the future with genomics
Channel: TED
Length: 0
Date: June 24, 2008
Scientific discoveries, futurist Juan Enriquez notes, demand a shift in code, and our ability to thrive depends on our mastery of that code. Here,...
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What’s so funny about the Web?
Channel: TED
Length: 0
Date: June 24, 2008
Performer and web toymaker Ze Frank delivers a hilarious nerdcore standup routine, then tells us what he’s seriously passionate about: helping peo...
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African fractals, in buildings and braids
Channel: TED
Length: 0
Date: June 24, 2008
'I am a mathematician, and I would like to stand on your roof.' That is how Ron Eglash greeted many African families he met whil...
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Sliced bread and other marketing delights
Channel: TED
Length: 0
Date: June 24, 2008
In a world of too many options and too little time, our obvious choice is to just ignore the ordinary stuff. Marketing guru Seth Godin spells out ...
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12 sustainable design ideas from nature
Channel: TED
Length: 0
Date: June 24, 2008
In this inspiring talk about recent developments in biomimicry, Janine Benyus provides heartening examples of ways in which nature is already infl...
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The rise of the amateur professional
Channel: TED
Length: 0
Date: June 24, 2008
In this deceptively casual talk, Charles Leadbeater weaves a tight argument that innovation isn’t just for professionals anymore. Passionate amat...
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How do ants know what to do?
Channel: TED
Length: 0
Date: June 24, 2008
With a dusty backhoe, a handful of Japanese paint markers and a few students in tow, Deborah Gordon digs up ant colonies in the Arizona desert in ...
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Fiddling in reel time
Channel: TED
Length: 0
Date: June 24, 2008
Violinist Natalie MacMaster and TED Musical Director Thomas Dolby play Dolby’s original song “Blue Is a River” in this ethereal duet — wi...
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What is our place in the cosmos?
Channel: TED
Length: 0
Date: June 24, 2008
Legendary scientist David Deutsch puts theoretical physics on the back burner to discuss a more urgent matter: the survival of our species. The fir...
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How blogs are building a friendlier world
Channel: TED
Length: 0
Date: June 24, 2008
The founding mother of the blog revolution, Movable Type’s Mena Trott, talks about the early days of blogging, when she realized that giving regul...
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Underwater astonishments
Channel: TED
Length: 0
Date: June 24, 2008
David Gallo shows jaw-dropping footage of amazing sea creatures, including a color-shifting cuttlefish, a perfectly camouflaged octopus, and a Tim...
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Flying on solar wings
Channel: TED
Length: 0
Date: June 24, 2008
Paul MacCready — aircraft designer, environmentalist, and lifelong lover of flight -- talks about his long career.
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What separates us from the apes?
Channel: TED
Length: 0
Date: June 24, 2008
Jane Goodall hasn’t found the missing link, but she's come closer than nearly anyone else. The primatologist says the only real differenc...
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Designing the Seattle Central Library
Channel: TED
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Date: June 24, 2008
Architect Joshua Prince-Ramus takes the audience on dazzling, dizzying virtual tours of three recent projects: the Central Library in Seattle, the...
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"Blue Room"
Channel: TED
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Date: June 24, 2008
The avant-garde string quartet Ethel performs the third movement from Phil Kline’s four-part suite "The Blue Room and Other Stories." Searching mel...
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We must win the oil endgame
Channel: TED
Length: 0
Date: June 24, 2008
In this energizing talk, Amory Lovins lays out his simple plan for weaning the US off oil and revitalizing the economy.
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