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Is 4 a.m. the new midnight? Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: June 24, 2008 Poet Rives does 8 minutes of lyrical origami, folding history into a series of coincidences surrounding that most surreal of hours, 4 o’clock in t...

Documenting our endangered cultures Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: June 24, 2008 Photographer Phil Borges shows rarely seen images of people from the mountains of Dharamsala, India, and the jungles of the Ecuadorean Amazon. In ...

Yes, design can make you happy Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: June 24, 2008 Graphic designer Stefan Sagmeister takes the audience on a whimsical journey through moments of his life that made him happy — and no...

Dazzling set by 11-year-old violinist Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: June 24, 2008 Violinist Sirena Huang gives a technically brilliant and emotionally nuanced performance. In a charming interlude, the 11-year-old praises the tim...

Magical improv from 14-year-old pianist Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: June 24, 2008 Pianist and composer Jennifer Lin gives a magical performance, talks about the process of creativity and improvises a moving solo piece based on a...

Jaw-dropping Photosynth demo Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: June 24, 2008 Blaise Aguera y Arcas leads a dazzling demo of Photosynth, software that could transform the way we look at digital images. Using still photos cul...

Hip-hop dance and a little magic Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: June 24, 2008 Kenichi Ebina moves his body in a manner that appears to defy the limits imposed by the human skeleton. He combines breakdancing and hip-hop with m...

Building the Ground Zero viewing platform Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: June 24, 2008 In this emotionally charged conversation with journalist Kurt Andersen, designer David Rockwell discusses the process of building a viewing platfo...

Rethinking the music video Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: June 24, 2008 What would a music video look like if it were directed by the music, purely as an expression of a great song, rather than driven by a filmmaker’s ...

Simplicity patterns Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: June 24, 2008 The MIT Media Lab’s John Maeda lives at the intersection of technology and art, a place that can get very complicated. Here he talks about paring ...

Rebuilding America, one slide show at a time Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: June 24, 2008 Bill Strickland tells a quiet and astonishing tale of redemption through arts, music, and unlikely partnerships.

Looking inside the brain in real time Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: June 24, 2008 Neuroscientist and inventor Christopher deCharms demonstrates a new way to use fMRI to show brain activity — thoughts, emotions, pain --...

"Letting Go of God" (an excerpt) Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: June 24, 2008 Julia Sweeney (God Said, "Ha!") performs the first 15 minutes of her 2006 solo show Letting Go of God. When two young Mormon missionaries knock on...

Scenes from "The War Tapes" Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: June 24, 2008 Filmmaker Deborah Scranton talks about and shows clips from her documentary The War Tapes, which puts cameras in the hands of soldiers fighting in...

Where does creativity hide? Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: June 24, 2008 Novelist Amy Tan digs deep into the creative process, looking for hints of how hers evolved.

My stroke of insight Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: June 24, 2008 Jill Bolte Taylor got a research opportunity few brain scientists would wish for: She had a massive stroke, and watched as her brain functions &am...

The Jill and Julia Show Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: June 24, 2008 Two TED favorites, Jill Sobule and Julia Sweeney, team up for a delightful set that mixes witty songwriting with a little bit of social commentary.

How could God have allowed the tsunami? Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: June 24, 2008 In the days following the tragic South Asian tsunami of 2004, the Rev. Tom Honey pondered the question, "How could a loving God have done this?" H...

The worldwide web of belief and ritual Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: June 24, 2008 Anthropologist Wade Davis muses on the worldwide web of belief and ritual that makes us human. He shares breathtaking photos and stories of the Eld...

A parable for Kenya Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: June 24, 2008 Joseph Lekuton, a member of parliament in Kenya, starts with the story of his remarkable education, then offers a parable of how Africa can grow. ...

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