Podcast: TEDTalks (HD)

TED: Reggie Watts disorients you in the most entertaining way - Reggie Watts (2012)

Fri, 25 May 2012 17:00:32 +0200

Reggie Watts’ beats defy boxes. Unplug your logic board and watch as he blends poetry and crosses musical genres in this larger-than-life performance.

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TED: Shereen El-Feki: How to fight an epidemic of bad laws - Shereen El Feki (2012)

Thu, 24 May 2012 17:00:01 +0200

There is an epidemic of HIV, and with it an epidemic of bad laws -- laws that effectively criminalize being HIV positive. At the TEDxSummit in Doha, TED Fellow Shereen El-Feki gives a forceful argument that these laws are not only based in stigma, but are helping the disease spread.

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TED: Shereen El-Feki: How to fight an epidemic of bad laws - Shereen El Feki (2012)

Thu, 24 May 2012 17:00:01 +0200

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TED: Philippe Petit: The journey across the high wire - Philippe Petit (2012)

Wed, 23 May 2012 17:02:11 +0200

Even a death-defying magician has to start somewhere. High-wire artist Philippe Petit takes you on an intimate journey from his first card trick at age 6 to his tightrope walk between the Twin Towers.

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TED: Hans Rosling: Religions and babies - Hans Rosling (2012)

Tue, 22 May 2012 17:00:56 +0200

Hans Rosling had a question: Do some religions have a higher birth rate than others -- and how does this affect global population growth? Speaking at the TEDxSummit in Doha, Qatar, he graphs data over time and across religions. With his trademark humor and sharp insight, Hans reaches a surprising conclusion on world fertility rates.

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TED: Nathan Wolfe: What's left to explore? - Nathan Wolfe (2012)

Mon, 21 May 2012 16:38:34 +0200

We've been to the moon, we've mapped the continents, we've even been to the deepest point in the ocean -- twice. What's left for the next generation to explore? Biologist and explorer Nathan Wolfe suggests this answer: Almost everything. And we can start, he says, with the world of the unseeably small.

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TED: JR: One year of turning the world inside out - JR (2012)

Fri, 18 May 2012 17:05:46 +0200

Street artist JR made a wish in 2011: Join me in a worldwide photo project to show the world its true face. Now, a year after his TED Prize wish, he shows how giant posters of human faces, pasted in public, are connecting communities, making change, and turning the world inside out. You can join in at insideoutproject.net

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TED: Carl Schoonover: How to look inside the brain - Carl Schoonover (2012)

Thu, 17 May 2012 17:01:29 +0200

There have been remarkable advances in understanding the brain, but how do you actually study the neurons inside it? Using gorgeous imagery, neuroscientist and TED Fellow Carl Schoonover shows the tools that let us see inside our brains.

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TED: David Kelley: How to build your creative confidence - David Kelley (2012)

Wed, 16 May 2012 17:30:52 +0200

Is your school or workplace divided into "creatives" versus practical people? Yet surely, David Kelley suggests, creativity is not the domain of only a chosen few. Telling stories from his legendary design career and his own life, he offers ways to build the confidence to create... (From The Design Studio session at TED2012, guest-curated by Chee Pearlman and David Rockwell.)

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TED: Jean-Baptiste Michel: The mathematics of history - Jean-Baptiste Michel (2012)

Tue, 15 May 2012 17:00:09 +0200

What can mathematics say about history? According to TED Fellow Jean-Baptiste Michel, quite a lot. From changes to language to the deadliness of wars, he shows how digitized history is just starting to reveal deep underlying patterns.

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TED: Tali Sharot: The optimism bias - Tali Sharot (2012)

Mon, 14 May 2012 17:10:53 +0200

Are we born to be optimistic, rather than realistic? Tali Sharot shares new research that suggests our brains are wired to look on the bright side -- and how that can be both dangerous and beneficial.

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TED: Renny Gleeson: 404, the story of a page not found - Renny Gleeson (2012)

Fri, 11 May 2012 17:08:25 +0200

Oops! Nobody wants to see the 404: Page Not Found. But as Renny Gleeson shows us, while he runs through a slideshow of creative and funny 404 pages, every error is really a chance to build a better relationship.

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TED: Joshua Foer: Feats of memory anyone can do - Joshua Foer (2012)

Thu, 10 May 2012 17:00:12 +0200

There are people who can quickly memorize lists of thousands of numbers, the order of all the cards in a deck (or ten!), and much more. Science writer Joshua Foer describes the technique -- called the memory palace -- and shows off its most remarkable feature: anyone can learn how to use it, including him.

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TED: Karen Bass: Unseen footage, untamed nature - Karen Bass (2012)

Wed, 09 May 2012 17:32:39 +0200

At TED2012, filmmaker Karen Bass shares some of the astonishing nature footage she's shot for the BBC and National Geographic -- including brand-new, previously unseen footage of the tube-lipped nectar bat, who feeds in a rather unusual way …

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TED: JP Rangaswami: Information is food - JP Rangaswami (2012)

Tue, 08 May 2012 18:16:46 +0200

How do we consume data? At TED@SXSWi, technologist JP Rangaswami muses on our relationship to information, and offers a surprising and sharp insight: we treat it like food.

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TED: Michael Tilson Thomas: Music and emotion through time - Michael Tilson Thomas (2012)

Mon, 07 May 2012 16:59:44 +0200

In this epic overview, Michael Tilson Thomas traces the development of classical music through the development of written notation, the record, and the re-mix.

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TED: Rory Sutherland: Perspective is everything - Rory Sutherland (2011)

Fri, 04 May 2012 17:07:48 +0200

The circumstances of our lives may matter less than how we see them, says Rory Sutherland. At TEDxAthens, he makes a compelling case for how reframing is the key to happiness.

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TED: Gary Kovacs: Tracking the trackers - Gary Kovacs (2012)

Thu, 03 May 2012 17:00:19 +0200

As you surf the Web, information is being collected about you. Web tracking is not 100% evil -- personal data can make your browsing more efficient; cookies can help your favorite websites stay in business. But, says Gary Kovacs, it's your right to know what data is being collected about you and how it affects your online life. He unveils a Firefox add-on to do just that.

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TED: Reuben Margolin: Sculpting waves in wood and time - Reuben Margolin (2012)

Wed, 02 May 2012 17:00:12 +0200

Reuben Margolin is a kinetic sculptor, crafting beautiful pieces that move in the pattern of raindrops falling and waves combining. Take nine minutes and be mesmerized by his meditative art -- inspired in equal parts by math and nature.

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TED: Amory Lovins: A 50-year plan for energy - Amory Lovins (2012)

Tue, 01 May 2012 17:30:30 +0200

In this intimate talk filmed at TED's offices, energy theorist Amory Lovins lays out the steps we must take to end the world's dependence on oil (before we run out). Some changes are already happening -- like lighter-weight cars and smarter trucks -- but some require a bigger vision.

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TED: Liz Diller: A giant bubble for debate - Liz Diller (2012)

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 17:32:05 +0200

How do you make a great public space inside a not-so-great building? Liz Diller shares the story of creating a welcoming, lighthearted (even, dare we say it, sexy) addition to the Hirshhorn Museum in Washington, DC.

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TED: Nancy Lublin: Texting that saves lives - Nancy Lublin (2012)

Fri, 27 Apr 2012 17:12:33 +0200

When Nancy Lublin started texting teenagers to help with her social advocacy organization, what she found was shocking -- they started texting back about their own problems, from bullying to depression to abuse. So she's setting up a text-only crisis line, and the results might be even more important than she expected.

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TED: Eduardo Paes: The 4 commandments of cities - Eduardo Paes (2012)

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 17:11:34 +0200

Eduardo Paes is the mayor of Rio de Janeiro, a sprawling, complicated, beautiful city of 6.5 million. He shares four big ideas about leading Rio -- and all cities -- into the future, including bold (and do-able) infrastructure upgrades and how to make a city "smarter."

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TED: Michael Norton: How to buy happiness - Michael Norton (2011)

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 17:17:33 +0200

At TEDxCambridge, Michael Norton shares fascinating research on how money can, indeed buy happiness -- when you don't spend it on yourself. Listen for surprising data on the many ways pro-social spending can benefit you, your work, and (of course) other people.

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TED: Brian Greene: Why is our universe fine-tuned for life? - Brian Greene (2012)

Mon, 23 Apr 2012 17:19:03 +0200

At the heart of modern cosmology is a mystery: Why does our universe appear so exquisitely tuned to create the conditions necessary for life? In this tour de force tour of some of science's biggest new discoveries, Brian Greene shows how the mind-boggling idea of a multiverse may hold the answer to the riddle.

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TED: Christina Warinner: Tracking ancient diseases using ... plaque - Christina Warinner (2012)

Fri, 20 Apr 2012 17:13:02 +0200

Imagine what we could learn about diseases by studying the history of human disease, from ancient hominids to the present. But how? TED Fellow Christina Warinner is an achaeological geneticist, and she's found a spectacular new tool -- the microbial DNA in fossilized dental plaque.

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TED: Christina Warinner: Tracking ancient diseases using ... plaque - Christina Warinner (2012)

Fri, 20 Apr 2012 17:13:02 +0200

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TED: Laura Carstensen: Older people are happier - Laura Carstensen (2011)

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 17:25:42 +0200

In the 20th century we added an unprecedented number of years to our lifespans, but is the quality of life as good? Surprisingly, yes! At TEDxWomen psychologist Laura Carstensen shows research that demonstrates that as people get older they become happier, more content, and have a more positive outlook on the world.

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TED: Taryn Simon: The stories behind the bloodlines - Taryn Simon (2011)

Wed, 18 Apr 2012 17:04:38 +0200

Taryn Simon captures the essence of vast, generation-spanning stories by photographing the descendants of people at the center of the narrative. In this riveting talk she shows a stream of these stories from all over the world, investigating the nature of genealogy and the way our lives are shaped by the interplay of many different forces.

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TED: Drew Curtis: How I beat a patent troll - Drew Curtis (2012)

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 17:00:43 +0200

Drew Curtis, the founder of fark.com, tells the story of how he fought a lawsuit from a company that had a patent, "...for the creation and distribution of news releases via email." Along the way he shares some nutty statistics about the growing legal problem of frivolous patents.

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TED: Atul Gawande: How do we heal medicine? - Atul Gawande (2012)

Mon, 16 Apr 2012 17:28:38 +0200

Our medical systems are broken. Doctors are capable of extraordinary (and expensive) treatments, but they are losing their core focus: actually treating people. Doctor and writer Atul Gawande suggests we take a step back and look at new ways to do medicine -- with fewer cowboys and more pit crews.

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TED: Abigail Washburn: Building US-China relations ... by banjo - Abigail Washburn (2012)

Fri, 13 Apr 2012 17:02:24 +0200

TED Fellow Abigail Washburn wanted to be a lawyer improving US-China relations -- until she picked up a banjo. She tells a moving story of the remarkable connections she's formed touring across the United States and China while playing that banjo and singing in Chinese.

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TED: Tal Golesworthy: How I repaired my own heart - Tal Golesworthy (2011)

Thu, 12 Apr 2012 17:00:36 +0200

Tal Golesworthy is a boiler engineer -- he knows piping and plumbing. When he needed surgery to repair a life-threatening problem with his aorta, he mixed his engineering skills with his doctors' medical knowledge to design a better repair job.

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TED: Melinda Gates: Let's put birth control back on the agenda - Melinda Gates (2012)

Wed, 11 Apr 2012 17:02:06 +0200

Contraception. The topic has become controversial in recent years. But should it be? Melinda Gates believes that many of the world's social change issues depend on ensuring that women are able to control their rate of having kids. In this significant talk, she makes the case for the world to re-examine an issue she intends to lend her voice to for the next decade.

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TED: Frans de Waal: Moral behavior in animals - Frans de Waal (2011)

Tue, 10 Apr 2012 17:10:42 +0200

Empathy, cooperation, fairness and reciprocity -- caring about the well-being of others seems like a very human trait. But Frans de Waal shares some surprising videos of behavioral tests, on primates and other mammals, that show how many of these moral traits all of us share.

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TED: Frank Warren: Half a million secrets - Frank Warren (2012)

Mon, 09 Apr 2012 17:08:11 +0200

"Secrets can take many forms -- they can be shocking, or silly, or soulful." Frank Warren, the founder of PostSecret.com, shares some of the half-million secrets that strangers have mailed him on postcards.

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TED: Lucy McRae: How can technology transform the human body? - Lucy McRae (2012)

Fri, 06 Apr 2012 17:40:36 +0200

TED Fellow Lucy McRae is a body architect -- she imagines ways to merge biology and technology in our own bodies. In this visually stunning talk, she shows her work, from clothes that recreate the body's insides for a music video with pop-star Robyn, to a pill that, when swallowed, lets you sweat perfume.

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TED: Jack Choi: On the virtual dissection table - Jack Choi (2012)

Thu, 05 Apr 2012 17:14:11 +0200

Onstage at TED2012, Jack Choi demonstrates a powerful tool for training medical students: a stretcher-sized multi-touch screen of the human body that lets you explore, dissect and understand the body's parts and systems.

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TED: Chip Kidd: Designing books is no laughing matter. OK, it is. - Chip Kidd (2012)

Wed, 04 Apr 2012 17:16:25 +0200

Chip Kidd doesn’t judge books by their cover, he creates covers that embody the book -- and he does it with a wicked sense of humor. In one of the funniest talks from TED2012, he shows the art and deep thought of his cover designs. (From The Design Studio session at TED2012, guest curated by Chee Pearlman and David Rockwell.)

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TED: Sherry Turkle: Connected, but alone? - Sherry Turkle (2012)

Tue, 03 Apr 2012 17:09:09 +0200

As we expect more from technology, do we expect less from each other? Sherry Turkle studies how our devices and online personas are redefining human connection and communication -- and asks us to think deeply about the new kinds of connection we want to have.

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TED: Marco Tempest: A magical tale (with augmented reality) - Marco Tempest (2012)

Fri, 30 Mar 2012 17:00:30 +0200

Marco Tempest spins a beautiful story of what magic is, how it entertains us and how it highlights our humanity -- all while working extraordinary illusions with his hands and an augmented reality machine.

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TED: Ayah Bdeir: Building blocks that blink, beep and teach - Ayah Bdeir (2012)

Thu, 29 Mar 2012 17:00:05 +0200

Imagine a set of electronics as easy to play with as Legos. TED Fellow Ayah Bdeir introduces littleBits, a set of simple, interchangeable blocks that make programming as simple and important a part of creativity as snapping blocks together.

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TED: Leymah Gbowee: Unlock the intelligence, passion, greatness of girls - Leymah Gbowee (2012)

Wed, 28 Mar 2012 17:23:15 +0200

Nobel Peace Prize winner Leymah Gbowee has two powerful stories to tell -- of her own life's transformation, and of the untapped potential of girls around the world. Can we transform the world by unlocking the greatness of girls?

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TED: Regina Dugan: From mach-20 glider to humming bird drone - Regina Dugan (2012)

Tue, 27 Mar 2012 17:03:36 +0200

"What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail?" asks Regina Dugan, then director of DARPA, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. In this breathtaking talk she describes some of the extraordinary projects -- a robotic hummingbird, a prosthetic arm controlled by thought, and, well, the internet -- that her agency has created by not worrying that they might fail.

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TED: Donald Sadoway: The missing link to renewable energy - Donald Sadoway (2012)

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 17:19:45 +0200

What's the key to using alternative energy, like solar and wind? Storage -- so we can have power on tap even when the sun's not out and the wind's not blowing. In this accessible, inspiring talk, Donald Sadoway takes to the blackboard to show us the future of large-scale batteries that store renewable energy. As he says: "We need to think about the problem differently. We need to think big. We need to think cheap."

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TED: Billy Collins: Everyday moments, caught in time - Billy Collins (2012)

Fri, 23 Mar 2012 16:42:55 +0100

Combining dry wit with artistic depth, Billy Collins shares a project in which several of his poems were turned into delightful animated films in a collaboration with Sundance Channel. Five of them are included in this wonderfully entertaining and moving talk -- and don't miss the hilarious final poem!

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TED: Taylor Wilson: Yup, I built a nuclear fusion reactor - Taylor Wilson (2012)

Thu, 22 Mar 2012 16:08:19 +0100

Taylor Wilson believes nuclear fusion is a solution to our future energy needs, and that kids can change the world. And he knows something about both of those: When he was 14, he built a working fusion reactor in his parents' garage. Now 17, he takes the TED stage at short notice to tell (the short version of) his story.

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TED: Noel Bairey Merz: The single biggest health threat women face - C. Noel Bairey Merz (2011)

Wed, 21 Mar 2012 16:30:12 +0100

Surprising, but true: More women now die of heart disease than men, yet cardiovascular research has long focused on men. Pioneering doctor C. Noel Bairey Merz shares what we know and don't know about women's heart health -- including the remarkably different symptoms women present during a heart attack (and why they're often missed).

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TED: Myshkin Ingawale: A blood test without bleeding - Myshkin Ingawale (2012)

Tue, 20 Mar 2012 16:01:37 +0100

Anemia is a major -- and completely preventable -- cause of deaths in childbirth in many places around the world, but the standard test is invasive and slow. In this witty and inspiring talk, TED Fellow Myshkin Ingawale describes how (after 32 tries) he and his team created a simple, portable, low-cost device that can test for anemia without breaking the skin.

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TED: T. Boone Pickens: Let's transform energy -- with natural gas - T. Boone Pickens (2012)

Mon, 19 Mar 2012 16:43:42 +0100

The US consumes 25% of the world's oil -- but as energy tycoon T. Boone Pickens points out onstage, the country has no energy policy to prepare for the inevitable. Is alternative energy our bridge to an oil-free future? After losing $150 million investing in wind energy, Pickens suggests it isn't, not yet. What might get us there? Natural gas. After the talk, watch for a lively Q&A with TED Curator Chris Anderson.

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