Elizabeth Murchison: Fighting a contagious cancer

http://www.ted.com What is killing the Tasmanian devil? A virulent cancer is infecting them by the thousands — and unlike most cancers, it’s contagious. Researcher Elizabeth Murchison tells us how she’s fighting to save the Taz, and what she’s learning about all cancers from this unusual strain. Contains disturbing images of facial cancer.

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.

Best YouTube Camcorder? Kodak PlayTouch vs Sony Bloggie Touch

In this video I review and compare the Kodak PlayTouch against the Sony Bloggie Touch to see which makes the best YouTube camcorder or camera.

The Kodak PlayTouch features 1080p video at 30 frame per second or 720p footage at 30 FPS and 60 FPS as well as 5 megapixel still images. It comes with a wide range of accessories including a Mini HDMI cable, RCA A/V cable, MicroUSB cable, AC adapter, lanyard, carrying pouch and battery.

The Sony Bloggie Touch also sports full 1920×1080 video at 30 FPS and 1280×720 video at 30 or 60 FPS while having a 12 megapixel still photo mode. In the box you find the camera, a female to male USB cable and a lanyard.

I go over each camcorder in detail including build quality, video quality samples, touchscreens, user interface (UI) and the menu system, autofocus, ergonomics and price.

Amy Lockwood: Selling condoms in the Congo

http://www.ted.com HIV is a serious problem in the DR Congo, and aid agencies have flooded the country with free and cheap condoms. But few people are using them. Why? “Reformed marketer” Amy Lockwood offers a surprising answer that upends a traditional model of philanthropy. (Some NSFW images.)

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.

iPod touch 5G Rumor Overview

In this video I give a full overview of the iPod touch 5G. Recently information on the 2011 iPod touch 5th generation has come out and it will largely be the same as the current iPod touch 4G with an option for a white color and a new screen coating.

What we learned from 5 million books

http://www.ted.com Have you played with Google Labs’ NGram Viewer? It’s an addicting tool that lets you search for words and ideas in a database of 5 million books from across centuries. Erez Lieberman Aiden and Jean-Baptiste Michel show us how it works, and a few of the surprising things we can learn from 500 billion words.

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.

Gaming on the Xperia Play 4G

In this video I go over gaming on the Xperia Play 4G. The Sony Ericsson Xperia Play 4G features several great features for gaming including full physical controls to go along with the touch screen. With the Xperia Play you can play games from the Android Market as well as PlayStation One (PSOne) games.

Games used: Minecraft Pocket Edition, Asphalt 6 and Crash Bandicoot