http://www.ted.com Physicist and surfer Garrett Lisi presents a controversial new model of the universe that — just maybe — answers all the big questions. If nothing else, it’s the most beautiful 8-dimensional model of elementary particles and forces you’ve ever seen.... Read More إقرأ المزيد | Share it now!
James Burchfield: Sound stylings by a human beatbox
http://www.ted.com Human beatbox James “AudioPoet” Burchfield performs an intricate three-minute breakdown — sexy, propulsive hip-hop rhythms and turntable textures — all using only his voice.... Read More إقرأ المزيد | Share it now!
James Nachtwey: Use my photographs to stop the worldwide XDR
http://www.xdrtb.org Photojournalist James Nachtwey sees his TED Prize wish come true, as we share his powerful photographs of XDR-TB, a drug-resistant strain of tuberculosis that’s touching off a global medical crisis. Learn how to help at http://www.xdrtb.org... Read More إقرأ المزيد | Share it now!
Doris Kearns Goodwin: What we can learn from past presidents
http://www.ted.com Historian Doris Kearns Goodwin talks about what we can learn from American presidents, including Abraham Lincoln and Lyndon Johnson. Then she shares a moving memory of her own father, and of their shared love of baseball.... Read More إقرأ المزيد | Share it now!
Noah Feldman: Politics and religion are technologies
http://www.ted.com Noah Feldman makes a searing case that both politics and religion — whatever their differences — are similar technologies, designed to efficiently connect and manage any group of people.... Read More إقرأ المزيد | Share it now!
David Perry: Will videogames become better than life?
http://www.ted.com Game designer David Perry says tomorrow’s videogames will be more than mere fun to the next generation of gamers. They’ll be lush, complex, emotional experiences — more involving and meaningful to some than real life.... Read More إقرأ المزيد | Share it now!
Liz Diller: Architecture is a special effects machine
http://www.ted.com In this engrossing EG talk, architect Liz Diller shares her firm DS+R’s more unusual work, including the Blur Building, whose walls are made of fog, and the revamped Alice Tully Hall, which is wrapped in glowing wooden skin.... Read More إقرأ المزيد | Share it now!
Steven Johnson: The Web and the city
http://www.ted.com Outside.in’s Steven Johnson says the Web is like a city: built by many people, completely controlled by no one, intricately interconnected and yet functioning as many independent parts. While disaster strikes in one place, elsewhere, life goes on.... Read More إقرأ المزيد | Share it now!
Rodney Brooks: How robots will invade our lives
http://www.ted.com In this prophetic talk from 2003, roboticist Rodney Brooks talks about how robots are going to work their way into our lives — starting with toys and moving into household chores … and beyond.... Read More إقرأ المزيد | Share it now!