TED is a nonprofit devoted to spreading ideas, usually in the form of short, powerful talks (18 minutes or less). TED began in 1984 as a conference where Technology, Entertainment and Design converged, and today covers almost all topics — from science to business to global issues — in more than 100 languages. Meanwhile, independently run TEDx events help share ideas in communities around the world.
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Matt Ridley, author of the book The Rational Optimist sweeps the entire arc of human history to powerfully argue that “prosperity comes from everybody working for everybody else”. It’s our habit of trade, idea-sharing and specialization that has created the collective brain which set human living standards on a rising trend. In this TEDGlobal talk Ridley…
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Arguably one of Steve Jobs best speeches. One big lesson to take away from it is, that we often go through situations or circumstances that we do not understand at that moment. It is not until later, where we connect the dots, look back and see that if we didn’t go through those times of…
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Simplicity – we know it when we see it — but what is it, exactly? In this witty and entertaining talk, George Whitesides, Chemist and pioneer in microfabrication and nanoscale self-assembly, shares his thoughts and vision for a world in which health tests can be administered at almost no to little cost in developing countries….
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Having RAW data available at your fingertips is a very powerful tool, it can change lives for the better. Tim Berners-Lee explains the endless possibilities and encourages us to get involved in this trend at his TED talk called “raw data now”. Tim explores a few interesting results, of when government, scientists, institutions and even communities…
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It seems as if everything is moving towards wireless, the latest wireless trend being medicine. The possibility to see your heart beating or maybe your child’s vitals while in the womb via a smartphone app isn’t too far off. Or imagine being able to tell how susceptible you are to heart disease or when your…
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What is wireless electricity? Just as you walk in to your home or office everyday and your mobile connects to WiFi, picture walking in to your home and your mobile or even your laptop starts to charge without having to be plugged in. It all sounds pretty amazing, but how far are we actually from…
