Unveiling the genius of multi-touch interface design | Jeff Han

http://www.ted.com Jeff Han shows off a cheap, scalable multi-touch and pressure-sensitive computer screen interface that may spell the end of point-and-click.

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Jennifer Lin: Improvising on piano, aged 14

http://www.ted.com Pianist and composer Jennifer Lin gives a magical performance, talks about the process of creativity and improvises a moving solo piece based on a random sequence of notes.

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Sirena Huang: An 11-year-old’s magical violin

http://www.ted.com Violinist Sirena Huang gives a technically brilliant and emotionally nuanced performance. In a charming interlude, the 11-year-old praises the timeless design of her instrument.

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Ross Lovegrove: The power and beauty of organic design

http://www.ted.com Designer Ross Lovegrove expounds his philosophy of fat-free design and offers insight into several of his extraordinary products, including the Ty Nant water bottle and the Go chair.

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Amy Smith: Simple designs that could save millions of childrens’ lives

http://www.ted.com Fumes from indoor cooking fires kill more than 2 million children a year in the developing world. MIT engineer Amy Smith details an exciting but simple solution: a tool for turning farm waste into clean-burning charcoal.

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Mena Trott: How blogs are building a friendlier world

http://www.ted.com The founding mother of the blog revolution, Movable Type’s Mena Trott, talks about the early days of blogging, when she realized that giving regular people the power to share our lives online is the key to building a friendlier, more connected world.

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Jimmy Wales: How a ragtag band created Wikipedia

http://www.ted.com Jimmy Wales recalls how he assembled “a ragtag band of volunteers,” gave them tools for collaborating and created Wikipedia, the self-organizing, self-correcting, never-finished online encyclopedia.

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Nerdcore comedy | Ze Frank

Performer and web toymaker Ze Frank delivers a hilarious nerdcore standup routine, then tells us what he’s seriously passionate about: helping people create and interact using simple, addictive web tools.

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Why we love, why we cheat | Helen Fisher

http://www.ted.com Anthropologist Helen Fisher takes on a tricky topic — love – and explains its evolution, its biochemical foundations and its social importance. She closes with a warning about the potential disaster inherent in antidepressant abuse.

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