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Hans Rosling: No more boring data: TEDTalks Posted by: TEDtalksDirector
Video duration: 1235 seconds Global video hits: 106297 http://www.ted.com With the drama and urgency of a sportscaster, statistics guru Hans Rosling uses an amazing new presentation tool, Gapminder, to debunk several myths about world development. Rosling is professor of international health at Sweden's Karolinska Institute, and founder of Gapminder, a nonprofit that brings vital global data to life. (Recorded February 2006 in Monterey, CA.) Related: data, gapminder, gapminder.org, hans, mining, powerpoint, presentation, rosling, statistics, tedtalks, third_world, world_health |
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TEDTalks: Malcom Gladwell (2004) Posted by: TEDtalksDirector
Video duration: 1095 seconds Global video hits: 51317 http://www.ted.com Malcolm Gladwell is a staff writer for The New Yorker, and best-selling author ofThe Tipping Point and Blink. In this talk, filmed at TED2004, he explains what every business can learn from spaghetti sauce. (Recorded February 2004 in Monterey, CA. Duration: 18:15) Related: tedtalks |
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Tony Robbins motivates you in 20 minutes: TEDTalks Posted by: TEDtalksDirector
Video duration: 1350 seconds Global video hits: 702892 http://www.ted.com Tony Robbins talks about how to unlock your true potential -- and high-fives Al Gore in the front row! A fast-paced, mind-expanding, motivating TEDTalk for high achievers and those who wish to be. (Recorded February 2006 in Monterey, CA.) Related: algore, highfive, motivation, potential, tedtalks, tonyrobbins |
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TEDTalks: Jimmy Wales (2005) Posted by: TEDtalksDirector
Video duration: 1248 seconds Global video hits: 8818 http://www.ted.com Jimmy Wales is founder of Wikipedia, the self-organizing, self-correcting, ever-expanding, and thoroughly addictive encyclopedia of the future. In this presentation, he explains how Wikipedia's collaborative system works, and why it succeeds. (Recorded July 2005 in Oxford, UK. Duration: 20:47) Related: tedtalks |
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TEDTalks: Aubrey de Grey (2005) Posted by: TEDtalksDirector
Video duration: 1411 seconds Global video hits: 18911 http://www.ted.com Aubrey de Grey, British biogerontologist and founder of SENS, controversially claims to have created a roadmap to defeat biological aging. In this talk, he argues that aging - like other diseases - can be cured, and that humans can live for centuries, if only we approach the aging process as "an engineering problem." (Recorded July 2005 in Oxford, UK. Duration: 23:31) Related: tedtalks |
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TEDTalks: Barry Schwartz (2005) Posted by: TEDtalksDirector
Video duration: 1222 seconds Global video hits: 61784 http://www.ted.com Barry Schwartz is a sociology professor at Swarthmore College and author of The Paradox of Choice. In this talk, he persuasively explains how and why the abundance of choice in modern society is actually making us miserable. (Recorded July 2005 in Oxford, UK. Duration: 20:22 Related: tedtalks |
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TEDTalks: David Pogue (2006) Posted by: TEDtalksDirector
Video duration: 1325 seconds Global video hits: 18827 http://www.ted.com David Pogue is the personal technology columnist for The New York Times, an Emmy award-winning tech correspondent for CBS News, and one of the world's bestselling how-to authors. In this unconventional talk, he offers a sweeping (and unusual) view on the state of software, partially set to music. (Recorded February, 2006 in Monterey, CA.) Related: tedtalks |
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TEDTalks: Ross Lovegrove (2005) Posted by: TEDtalksDirector
Video duration: 1216 seconds Global video hits: 12646 http://www.ted.com Ross Lovegrove is an industrial designer, best known for his work on the Sony Walkman and Apple iMac. In this highly visual presentation, he presents his recent work?from furniture to water bottles?which is organic in form and inspired by nature. (Recorded February 2005 in Monterey, CA. Duration: 20:14) Related: tedtalks |
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TEDTalks: Mena Trott (2006) Posted by: TEDtalksDirector
Video duration: 1051 seconds Global video hits: 2248 http://www.ted.com Mena Trott is the 28-year-old founder of leading blog software company Six Apart (Creators of Typepad, Movable Type, LiveJournal and Vox). In this talk, she explores the personal side of blogging. (Recorded February 2006 in Monterey, CA. Duration: 17:30) Related: tedtalks |
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TEDTalks: Dan Gilbert (2005) Posted by: TEDtalksDirector
Video duration: 1321 seconds Global video hits: 50753 http://www.ted.com Dan Gilbert is a psychology professor at Harvard, and author of Stumbling on Happiness. In this memorable talk, filmed at TED2004, he demonstrates just how poor we humans are at predicting (or understanding) what will make us happy. (Recorded July 2005 in Oxford, UK. Duration: 22:02) Related: tedtalks |
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Ideas Worth Spreading: TEDTalks Trailer Posted by: wishnow
Video duration: 184 seconds Global video hits: 16610 http://ted.com/tedta lks - Here is a sneak peek inside the TED2006 Conference. This is a trailer for the new, weekly, free TEDTalks web/podcast series featuring Al Gore, Rives, Amy Smith, Cameron Sinclair, Alan Russell, Clifford Stoll (pictured), Sir Ken Robinson, Sirena Huang, Larry Brilliant, Bono, Julia Sweeney, Vishal Vaid, Jeff Han, and others. Related: al, bono, changing, design, entertainment, gore, ideas, spreading, talks, technology, ted, tedtalks, world, worth |
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Julia Sweeney: Letting Go of God (excerpt): TEDTalks Posted by: TEDtalksDirector
Video duration: 1037 seconds Global video hits: 42715 http://www.ted.com Julia Sweeney shares the first 15 minutes of her new solo show at TED2006. The comedian and playwright created the SNL character "Pat," and wrote her own hit Broadway show "God Said Ha!" (produced also as a film). (Recorded February, 2006 in Monterey, CA.) Related: atheism, atheist, catholic, catholicism, go, god, julia, lds, letting, mormon, of, solo, sweeney, tedtalks |
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TEDTalks : The amazing intelligence of crows - Joshua Klein Posted by: ChrisBrewster
Video duration: 587 seconds Global video hits: 7915 Hacker and writer Joshua Klein is fascinated by crows. (Notice the gleam of intelligence in their little black eyes?) After a long amateur study of corvid behavior, he's come up with an elegant machine that may form a new bond between animal and human. (2008) Related: 2008, bird, birds, coin, crow, joshua, klein, litter, machine, nuts, stadium, talks, ted, tedtalks, trash, vending |
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TEDTalks: Eve Ensler (2004) Posted by: TEDtalksDirector
Video duration: 1271 seconds Global video hits: 10746 http://www.ted.com Eve Ensler is the playwright of The Vagina Monologues and The Good Body, and founder of the global movement V-Day, which is working to end violence against women and girls. In this presentation, from TED2004, she performs an excerpt from "The Vagina Monologues" and explains how the show took on a life of its own. (Recorded February 2004 in Monterey, CA. Duration: 21:11) Related: tedtalks |
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TED : Jeff Han (2006) Ideas Worth Sharing Posted by: wishnow
Video duration: 571 seconds Global video hits: 277018 http://ted.com/tedta lks - Jeff Han is a research scientist for NYU's Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, and the inventor of a MINORITY REPORT STYLE "interface-free" touch-driven computer screen (Recorded February 2006 in Monterey, CA. Duration: 09:32) Related: computer, design, han, human, interface, jeff, multi, screen, ted, ted2006, tedtalks, touch, user |
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TEDTalks: Al Gore (2006) Posted by: TEDtalksDirector
Video duration: 1017 seconds Global video hits: 17878 http://www.ted.com Al Gore, in his own words, "used to be the next President of the United States of America" but has since changed professions. This talk is a follow-up to his now-famous presentation, featured in the movie, "An Inconvenient Truth." In it, he outlines what we can do to avert a global climate crisis. (Recorded February, 2006 in Monterey, CA.) Related: tedtalks |
