Damian Palin: Mining minerals from seawater

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http://www.ted.com The world needs clean water, and more and more, we’re pulling it from the oceans, desalinating it, and drinking it. But what to do with the salty brine left behind? In this intriguing short talk, TED Fellow Damian Palin proposes an idea: Mine it for other minerals we need, with the help of some collaborative metal-munching bacteria.

TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world’s leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes. Featured speakers have included Al Gore on climate change, Philippe Starck on design, Jill Bolte Taylor on observing her own stroke, Nicholas Negroponte on One Laptop per Child, Jane Goodall on chimpanzees, Bill Gates on malaria and mosquitoes, Pattie Maes on the “Sixth Sense” wearable tech, and “Lost” producer JJ Abrams on the allure of mystery. TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design, and TEDTalks cover these topics as well as science, business, development and the arts. Closed captions and translated subtitles in a variety of languages are now available on TED.com, at http://www.ted.com/translate

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2012 MacBook Pro, Air, iMac and Mac Pro – What To Expect

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2012 MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, iMac and Mac Pro – What To Expect

In this video I go over what to expect with the new 2012 MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, iMac and Mac Pro at the Apple WWDC 2012. The new 2012 15″ MacBook Pro should sport an all new design, Retina Display and Intel Ivy Bridge Core i5 and Core i7 processors. The 2012 MacBook Air 11″ and 13″ should be also get new CPUs along with a Retina Display. The 2012 iMac 21.5″ and 27″ will likely be smaller updates just with Ivy Bridge. The 2012 Mac Pro should be all new with Intel Xeon processors and a redesign.

More: http://9to5mac.com/2012/06/06/new-macs-spec-sheet-leaks-out-into-the-internet-pricing-and-names-included/

Why is ‘x’ the unknown? | Terry Moore

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http://www.ted.com Why is ‘x’ the symbol for an unknown? In this short and funny talk, Terry Moore gives the surprising answer.

TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world’s leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes. Featured speakers have included Al Gore on climate change, Philippe Starck on design, Jill Bolte Taylor on observing her own stroke, Nicholas Negroponte on One Laptop per Child, Jane Goodall on chimpanzees, Bill Gates on malaria and mosquitoes, Pattie Maes on the “Sixth Sense” wearable tech, and “Lost” producer JJ Abrams on the allure of mystery. TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design, and TEDTalks cover these topics as well as science, business, development and the arts. Closed captions and translated subtitles in a variety of languages are now available on TED.com, at http://www.ted.com/translate

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What we didn’t know about male anatomy | Diane Kelly

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http://www.ted.com We’re not done with anatomy. We know a tremendous amount about genomics, proteomics and cell biology, but as Diane Kelly makes clear at TEDMED, there are basic facts about the human body we’re still learning. Case in point: How does the mammalian erection work?

TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world’s leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes. Featured speakers have included Al Gore on climate change, Philippe Starck on design, Jill Bolte Taylor on observing her own stroke, Nicholas Negroponte on One Laptop per Child, Jane Goodall on chimpanzees, Bill Gates on malaria and mosquitoes, Pattie Maes on the “Sixth Sense” wearable tech, and “Lost” producer JJ Abrams on the allure of mystery. TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design, and TEDTalks cover these topics as well as science, business, development and the arts. Closed captions and translated subtitles in a variety of languages are now available on TED.com, at http://www.ted.com/translate

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Juan Enriquez: Will our kids be a different species?

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http://www.ted.com Throughout human evolution, multiple versions of humans co-existed. Could we be mid-upgrade now? At TEDxSummit, Juan Enriquez sweeps across time and space to bring us to the present moment — and shows how technology is revealing evidence that suggests rapid evolution may be under way.

TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world’s leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes. Featured speakers have included Al Gore on climate change, Philippe Starck on design, Jill Bolte Taylor on observing her own stroke, Nicholas Negroponte on One Laptop per Child, Jane Goodall on chimpanzees, Bill Gates on malaria and mosquitoes, Pattie Maes on the “Sixth Sense” wearable tech, and “Lost” producer JJ Abrams on the allure of mystery. TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design, and TEDTalks cover these topics as well as science, business, development and the arts. Closed captions and translated subtitles in a variety of languages are now available on TED.com, at http://www.ted.com/translate

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Windows 8 Tablets: Asus Tablet 600 & Acer Iconia W700

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Windows 8 Tablets: Asus Tablet 600 & Acer Iconia W700
Windows 8 Release Preview: http://youtu.be/XZqp79VEYvw Tablet Demo: http://youtu.be/xIHuqnBN1CI

In this video I go over some of the first Windows 8 tablets, the Asus Tablet 600 and the Acer Iconia W700. Both of these tablets run Windows 8 however the Tablet 600 runs Windows RT vs the Iconia W700 which runs Windows 8. The Asus Tablet 600 sports a Nvidia Tegra 3 quad core SoC, 2GB of RAM and 10.1″ 1366×768 display. The Acer Iconia W700 rocks an Intel Ivy Bridge CPU, most likely a Core i5 or Core i7, 11.6″ 1920×1080 1080P HD display with USB 3.0, HDMI and Thunderbolt.