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Matthieu Ricard: Habits of happiness Posted by: TEDtalksDirector
Video duration: 1255 seconds Global video hits: 22444 http://www.ted.com What is happiness, and how can we all get some? Buddhist monk, photographer and author Matthieu Ricard has devoted his life to these questions, and his answer is influenced by his faith as well as by his scientific turn of mind: We can train our minds in habits of happiness. Interwoven with his talk are stunning photographs of the Himalayas and of his spiritual community. Related: brain, buddhism, culture, faith, happiness, matthieu, photography, ricard, science, ted, tedtalks |
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Patricia Burchat: The search for dark energy and dark matter Posted by: TEDtalksDirector
Video duration: 1001 seconds Global video hits: 18014 http://www.ted.com Physicist Patricia Burchat sheds light on two basic ingredients of our universe: dark matter and dark energy. Comprising 96% of the universe between them, they can't be directly measured, but their influence is immense. Related: astronomy, babar, bang, big, burchat, collaboration, education, energy, patricia, physics, science, stanford, talks, ted, tedtalks |
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Nicholas Negroponte: One Laptop per Child, two years on Posted by: TEDtalksDirector
Video duration: 994 seconds Global video hits: 23407 http://www.ted.com Nicholas Negroponte talks about how One Laptop per Child is doing, two years in. Speaking at the EG conference while the first XO laptops roll off the production line, he recaps the controversies and recommits to the goals of this far-reaching project. Related: activism, child, culture, global, issues, laptop, learning, negroponte, nicholas, one, per, technology, ted, tedtalks |
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Dr. Dean Ornish: Healing and other natural wonders Posted by: TEDtalksDirector
Video duration: 1010 seconds Global video hits: 11394 http://www.ted.com Dean Ornish talks about simple, low-tech and low-cost ways to take advantage of the body's natural desire to heal itself. Related: dean, dr., health, healthcare, medicine, ornish, science, talks, ted, tedtalks |
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Samantha Power: Shaking hands with the devil Posted by: TEDtalksDirector
Video duration: 1421 seconds Global video hits: 10806 http://www.ted.com Samantha Power tells a story of a complicated hero, Sergio Vieira de Mello. This UN diplomat walked a thin moral line, negotiating with the world's worst dictators to help their people survive crisis. It's a compelling story told with a fiery passion. Related: communication, global, issues, morality, politics, power, samantha, talks, ted, tedtalks, war |
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Sugata Mitra: Can kids teach themselves? Posted by: TEDtalksDirector
Video duration: 1260 seconds Global video hits: 12967 http://www.ted.com Speaking at LIFT 2007, Sugata Mitra talks about his Hole in the Wall project. Young kids in this project figured out how to use a PC on their own -- and then taught other kids. He asks, what else can children teach themselves? Related: children, culture, education, global, issues, mitra, sugata, talks, ted, tedtalks |
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Ursus Wehrli: Tidying up art Posted by: TEDtalksDirector
Video duration: 1059 seconds Global video hits: 12621 http://www.ted.com Ursus Wehrli shares his vision for a cleaner, more organized, tidier form of art -- by deconstructing the paintings of modern masters into their component pieces, sorted by color and size. Related: art, design, humor, performance, talks, ted, tedtalks, ursus, wehrli |
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David Bolinsky: Fantastic voyage inside a cell Posted by: TEDtalksDirector
Video duration: 702 seconds Global video hits: 21748 http://www.ted.com Medical animator David Bolinsky presents 3 minutes of stunning animation that show the bustling life inside a cell. Built by his company, XVIVO, to teach Harvard medical students, the clip features sweeping cinematic values and even a little drama. It communicates not only the facts of life, but life's truth and beauty. Related: animation, bolinskly, medical, ted, tedtalks, xvivo |
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Freeman Dyson: Let's look for life in the outer solar system Posted by: TEDtalksDirector
Video duration: 1238 seconds Global video hits: 13686 http://www.ted.com Physicist Freeman Dyson suggests that we start looking for life on the moons of Jupiter and out past Neptune, in the Kuiper belt and the Oort cloud. He talks about what such life would be like -- and how we might find it. Related: alien, astronomy, dyson, europa, extraterrestrial, freeman, jupiter, life, space, talks, ted, tedtalks |
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Ron Eglash: African fractals, in buildings and braids Posted by: TEDtalksDirector
Video duration: 1011 seconds Global video hits: 13232 http://www.ted.com "I am a mathematician, and I would like to stand on your roof." This is how Ron Eglash greeted many African families while researching the intriguing fractal patterns he noticed in villages across the continent. He talks about his work exploring the rigorous fractal math underpinning African architecture, art and even hair braiding. Related: africa, african, architecture, culture, design, education, eglash., fractals, math, ron, technology, ted, tedtalks |
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Ernest Madu: Bringing world-class health care to the poorest Posted by: TEDtalksDirector
Video duration: 1043 seconds Global video hits: 18051 http://www.ted.com Dr. Ernest Madu runs the Heart Institute of the Caribbean in Kingston, Jamaica, where he proves that -- with careful design, smart technical choices, and a true desire to serve -- it's possible to offer world-class healthcare in the developing world. Listen for some eye-opening statistics on heart disease, which is as ruthless a killer in poorer nations as in richer ones. Related: activism, africa, development, ernest, global, health, healthcare, issues, madu, science, ted, tedtalks |
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Clay Shirky: Institutions vs. collaboration Posted by: TEDtalksDirector
Video duration: 1247 seconds Global video hits: 9388 http://www.ted.com In this prescient 2005 talk, Clay Shirky shows how closed groups and companies will give way to looser networks where small contributors have big roles and fluid cooperation replaces rigid planning. Related: clay, collaboration, flickr, institution, open, opensource, shirky, source, talks, ted, tedtalks, wiki |
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Marvin Minsky: Health, population and the human mind Posted by: TEDtalksDirector
Video duration: 845 seconds Global video hits: 18752 http://www.ted.com Listen closely -- Marvin Minsky's arch, eclectic, charmingly offhand talk on health, overpopulation and the human mind is packed with subtlety: wit, wisdom and just an ounce of wily, is-he-joking? advice. Related: brain, health, humanity, humor, marvin, minsky, politics, science, talks, te, ted, tedtalks |
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Chris Abani: Telling stories of our shared humanity Posted by: TEDtalksDirector
Video duration: 1099 seconds Global video hits: 11978 http://www.ted.com Chris Abani tells stories of people: People standing up to soldiers. People being compassionate. People being human and reclaiming their humanity. It's "ubuntu," he says: the only way for me to be human is for you to reflect my humanity back at me. Related: abani, africa, apartheid, chris, humanity, libation, nigeria, poem, poet, stories, talks, ted, tedtalks |
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George Dyson: The birth of the computer Posted by: TEDtalksDirector
Video duration: 1040 seconds Global video hits: 13500 http://www.ted.com Historian George Dyson tells stories from the birth of the modern computer -- from its 16th-century origins to the hilarious notebooks of some early computer engineers. Related: computers, dyson, engineering, george, history, military, science, software, technology, ted, tedtalks |
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Alvin Lee & Leslie West - Whole Lotta Shakin Goin On Posted by: depper
Video duration: 505 seconds Global video hits: 62072 Guitar Gods Leslie West, Alvin Lee, Ted Turner, Randy California and Steve Hunter shake up London in 1989... just listen to Leslie West's Heavenly Tone! Related: alvin, california, copeland, hunter, lee, leslie, randy, steve, stewart, ted, turner, west |
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Zeresenay Alemseged: Finding the origins of humanity Posted by: TEDtalksDirector
Video duration: 1068 seconds Global video hits: 11305 http://www.ted.com - Paleoanthropologist Zeresenay Alemseged is looking for the roots of humanity in Ethiopia's badlands. Here he talks about what he has found -- including the oldest skeleton yet discovered of a humanoid child -- and how Africa holds the clues to what makes us human. Related: ted, tedtalks |
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Wong Fu On Tour - Episode 8 - Capturing Boston Posted by: pwangs
Video duration: 534 seconds Global video hits: 27436 The fall and winter of 2006 and 2007, Wesley Chan, Ted Fu, and Philip Wang of Wong Fu Productions set out across the continent to show their movie "A Moment with You" at over 30 schools in 9 weeks. This is their tour. Episode 8 - Finally a little break to explore Boston. www.wongfuproduct ions.com www.amomentwithyo u.com Related: a, boston, harvard, philip, ted, wesley, bridge, chan, fu, moment, wang, with, wongfu, you |
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