http://www.ted.com Jonathan Harris wants to make sense of the emotional world of the Web. With deep compassion for the human condition, his projects troll the Internet to find out what we’re all feeling and looking for.... Read More إقرأ المزيد | Share it now!
Dangerous memes | Dan Dennett
http://www.ted.com Starting with the simple tale of an ant, philosopher Dan Dennett unleashes a devastating salvo of ideas, making a powerful case for the existence of memes — concepts that are literally alive.... Read More إقرأ المزيد | Share it now!
Inside the world’s deepest caves | Bill Stone
Bill Stone, a maverick cave explorer who has plumbed Earth’s deepest abysses, discusses his efforts to mine lunar ice for space fuel and to build an autonomous robot for studying Jupiter’s moon Europa.... Read More إقرأ المزيد | Share it now!
New insights on poverty | Hans Rosling
http://www.ted.com Researcher Hans Rosling uses his cool data tools to show how countries are pulling themselves out of poverty. He demos Dollar Street, comparing households of varying income levels worldwide. Then he does something really amazing.... Read More إقرأ المزيد | Share it now!
Blaise Aguera y Arcas: Jaw-dropping Photosynth demo
http://www.ted.com Blaise Aguera y Arcas leads a dazzling demo of Photosynth, software that could transform the way we look at digital images. Using still photos culled from the Web, Photosynth builds breathtaking dreamscapes and lets us navigate them. ... Read More إقرأ المزيد | Share it now!
Stephen Lawler: Look! Up in the sky! It’s Virtual Earth!
http://www.ted.com Microsoft’s Stephen Lawler gives a whirlwind tour of Virtual Earth, moving up, down and through its hyper-real cityscapes with dazzlingly fluidity, a remarkable feat that requires staggering amounts of data to bring into focus.... Read More إقرأ المزيد | Share it now!
A performance merging dance and biology | Pilobolus
http://www.ted.com Two Pilobolus dancers perform “Symbiosis.” Does it trace the birth of a relationship? Or the co-evolution of symbiotic species? Music: “God Music,” George Crumb; “Fratres,” Arvo Part; “MorangoAlmost a Tango,” Thomas Oboe Lee.... Read More إقرأ المزيد | Share it now!
David Rockwell: Building the Ground Zero viewing platform
http://www.ted.com In this emotionally charged conversation with journalist Kurt Andersen, designer David Rockwell discusses the process of building a viewing platform at Ground Zero shortly after 9/11.... Read More إقرأ المزيد | Share it now!
David Kelley: The future of design is human-centered
http://www.ted.com IDEOs David Kelley says that product design has become much less about the hardware and more about the user experience. He shows video of this new, broader approach, including footage from the Prada store in New York.... Read More إقرأ المزيد | Share it now!