TEDTalks (video)

TEDTalks : Tom Shannon: The painter and the pendulum - Tom Shannon (2009)

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 09:08:00 -0600

TED visits Tom Shannon in his Manhattan studio for an intimate look at his science-inspired art. An eye-opening, personal conversation with John Hockenberry reveals how nature's forces -- and the onset of Parkinson's tremors -- interact in his life and craft.

TEDTalks : David Agus: A new strategy in the war on cancer - David Agus (2009)

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 09:00:00 -0600

Traditionally, David Agus explains, cancer treatments have had a short-sighted focus on the offending individual cells. He suggests a new, cross-disciplinary approach, using atypical drugs, computer modeling and protein analysis to treat and analyze the whole body.

TEDTalks : George Whitesides: A lab the size of a postage stamp - George Whitesides (2009)

Wed, 03 Feb 2010 09:01:00 -0600

Traditional lab tests for disease diagnosis can be too expensive and cumbersome for the regions most in need. George Whitesides' ingenious answer, at TEDxBoston, is a foolproof tool that can be manufactured at virtually zero cost.

TEDTalks : Jamie Heywood: The big idea my brother inspired - Jamie Heywood (2009)

Tue, 02 Feb 2010 09:37:00 -0600

When Jamie Heywood's brother was diagnosed with ALS, he devoted his life to fighting the disease as well. The Heywood brothers built an ingenious website where people share and track data on their illnesses -- and they discovered that the collective data had enormous power to comfort, explain and predict.

TEDTalks : Sendhil Mullainathan: Solving social problems with a nudge - Sendhil Mullainathan (2009)

Mon, 01 Feb 2010 08:44:00 -0600

MacArthur winner Sendhil Mullainathan uses the lens of behavioral economics to study a tricky set of social problems -- those we know how to solve, but don't. We know how to reduce child deaths due to diarrhea, how to prevent diabetes-related blindness and how to implement solar-cell technology ... yet somehow, we don't or can't. Why?

TEDTalks : Derek Sivers: Weird, or just different? - Derek Sivers (2009)

Fri, 29 Jan 2010 08:54:00 -0600

"There's a flip side to everything," the saying goes, and in 2 minutes, Derek Sivers shows this is true in a few ways you might not expect.

TEDTalks : Jane Chen: A warm embrace that saves lives - Jane Chen (2009)

Thu, 28 Jan 2010 09:07:00 -0600

In the developing world, access to incubators is limited by cost and distance, and millions of premature babies die each year. TED Fellow Jane Chen shows an invention that could keep millions of these infants warm -- a design that's safe, portable, low-cost and life-saving.

TEDTalks : Eve Ensler: Embrace your inner girl - Eve Ensler (2009)

Wed, 27 Jan 2010 09:10:00 -0600

In this passionate talk, Eve Ensler declares that there is a girl cell in us all -- a cell that we have all been taught to suppress. She tells heartfelt stories of girls around the world who have overcome shocking adversity and violence to reveal the astonishing strength of being a girl.

TEDTalks : Joshua Prince-Ramus: Building a theater that remakes itself - Joshua Prince-Ramus (2009)

Tue, 26 Jan 2010 08:47:00 -0600

Joshua Prince-Ramus believes that if architects re-engineer their design process, the results can be spectacular. Speaking at TEDxSMU, Dallas, he walks us through his fantastic re-creation of the local Wyly Theater as a giant "theatrical machine" that reconfigures itself at the touch of a button.

TEDTalks : Bill Davenhall: Your health depends on where you live - Bill Davenhall (2009)

Mon, 25 Jan 2010 09:30:00 -0600

Where you live: It impacts your health as much as diet and genes do, but it's not part of your medical records. At TEDMED, Bill Davenhall shows how overlooked government geo-data (from local heart-attack rates to toxic dumpsite info) can mesh with mobile GPS apps to keep doctors in the loop. Call it "geo-medicine."