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TEDx: TEDx Teams Up With IDEO to Relaunch "TEDx in a Box" Initiative

Tue, 18 Oct 2011 10:28:15 -0400

TEDx: TEDx Teams Up With IDEO to Relaunch "TEDx in a Box" Initiative:

TEDx has teamed up with IDEO.org to launch the second phase of the TEDx in a Box initiative, first launched in December of last year.

The IDEO.org team – Emily, Marika and Robin — were excited to work on their first project as IDEO.org fellows:

Emily: “I’m thrilled to be on…

Ben Goldacre: Battling bad science Every day there are news...

Fri, 14 Oct 2011 08:05:06 -0400

Ben Goldacre: Battling bad science

Every day there are news reports of new health advice, but how can you know if they’re right? Doctor and epidemiologist Ben Goldacre shows us, at high speed, the ways evidence can be distorted, from the blindingly obvious nutrition claims to the very subtle tricks of the pharmaceutical industry.

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Jarreth Merz: Filming democracy in Ghana Jarreth Merz, a...

Thu, 13 Oct 2011 16:23:06 -0400

Jarreth Merz: Filming democracy in Ghana

Jarreth Merz, a Swiss-Ghanaian filmmaker, came to Ghana in 2008 to film the national elections. What he saw there taught him new lessons about democracy — and about himself.

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Geoff Mulgan: A short intro to the Studio School Some kids learn...

Thu, 13 Oct 2011 14:54:13 -0400

Geoff Mulgan: A short intro to the Studio School

Some kids learn by listening; others learn by doing. Geoff Mulgan gives a short introduction to the Studio School, a new kind of school in the UK where small teams of kids learn by working on projects that are, as Mulgan puts it, “for real.”

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Sunni Brown: Doodlers, unite! Studies show that sketching and...

Thu, 13 Oct 2011 08:29:46 -0400

Sunni Brown: Doodlers, unite!

Studies show that sketching and doodling improve our comprehension — and our creative thinking. So why do we still feel embarrassed when we’re caught doodling in a meeting? Sunni Brown says: Doodlers, unite! She makes the case for unlocking your brain via pad and pen.

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Abraham Verghese: A doctor’s touch Modern medicine is in...

Wed, 12 Oct 2011 18:03:46 -0400

Abraham Verghese: A doctor’s touch

Modern medicine is in danger of losing a powerful, old-fashioned tool: human touch. Physician and writer Abraham Verghese describes our strange new world where patients are merely data points, and calls for a return to the traditional one-on-one physical exam.

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Elizabeth Murchison: Fighting a contagious cancer What is...

Wed, 12 Oct 2011 09:35:52 -0400

Elizabeth Murchison: Fighting a contagious cancer

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.

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What we learned from 5 million books Have you played with Google...

Tue, 11 Oct 2011 16:30:05 -0400

What we learned from 5 million books

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.

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What we learned from 5 million books Have you played with Google...

Tue, 11 Oct 2011 13:15:05 -0400

What we learned from 5 million books

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Amy Lockwood: Selling condoms in the Congo HIV is a serious...

Tue, 11 Oct 2011 12:04:33 -0400

Amy Lockwood: Selling condoms in the Congo

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.)

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Niall Ferguson: The 6 killer apps of prosperity Over the past...

Tue, 11 Oct 2011 11:42:16 -0400

Niall Ferguson: The 6 killer apps of prosperity

Over the past few centuries, Western cultures have been very good at creating general prosperity for themselves. Historian Niall Ferguson asks: Why the West, and less so the rest? He suggests half a dozen big ideas from Western culture — call them the 6 killer apps — that promote wealth, stability and innovation. And in this new century, he says, these apps are all shareable.

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TEDx: Weekly TEDxTalks Playlist

Wed, 28 Sep 2011 17:23:53 -0400

TEDx: Weekly TEDxTalks Playlist:

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Hundreds of talks from independently organized TEDx events around the world are published on the TEDxTalks website daily.

Each Tuesday, we’ll choose four of our favorites, highlighting just a few of the enlightening talks from TEDx community, and its diverse constellation of ideas worth…

Lauren Zalaznick: The conscience of television TV executive...

Tue, 27 Sep 2011 09:06:05 -0400

Lauren Zalaznick: The conscience of television

TV executive Lauren Zalaznick thinks deeply about pop television. Sharing results of a bold study that tracks attitudes against TV ratings over five decades, she makes a case that television reflects who we truly are — in ways we might not have expected.

Watch Lauren Zalaznick’s talk on TED.com, where you can download it, rate it, comment on it and find other talks and performances from our archive of 1000+ TEDTalks.

"The miracle of your mind isn’t that you can see the world as it is. It’s that you can see the world..."

Mon, 26 Sep 2011 09:29:48 -0400

“The miracle of your mind isn’t that you can see the world as it is. It’s that you can see the world as it isn’t.”

- Kathryn Schulz (via tedquotes)

Richard Resnick: Welcome to the genomic revolution In this...

Mon, 26 Sep 2011 09:02:57 -0400

Richard Resnick: Welcome to the genomic revolution

In this accessible talk from TEDxBoston, Richard Resnick shows how cheap and fast genome sequencing is about to turn health care (and insurance, and politics) upside down.

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Kate Hartman: The art of wearable communication Artist Kate...

Thu, 15 Sep 2011 11:33:35 -0400

Kate Hartman: The art of wearable communication

Artist Kate Hartman uses wearable electronics to explore how we communicate, with ourselves and with the world. In this quirky and thought-provoking talk, she shows the “Talk to Yourself Hat”, the “Inflatable Heart”, the “Glacier Embracing Suit”, and other unexpected devices.

Watch Kate Hartman’s talk here or on TED.com, where you can download it, rate it, comment on it and find other talks and performances from our archive of 1000+ TEDTalks.

Misha Glenny: Hire the hackers! Despite multibillion-dollar...

Thu, 15 Sep 2011 11:19:02 -0400

Misha Glenny: Hire the hackers!

Despite multibillion-dollar investments in cybersecurity, one of its root problems has been largely ignored: who are the people who write malicious code? Underworld investigator Misha Glenny profiles several convicted coders from around the world and reaches a startling conclusion.

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Yasheng Huang: Does democracy stifle economic growth? Economist...

Tue, 13 Sep 2011 15:13:14 -0400

Yasheng Huang: Does democracy stifle economic growth?

Economist Yasheng Huang compares China to India, and asks how China’s authoritarian rule contributed to its astonishing economic growth — leading to a big question: Is democracy actually holding India back? Huang’s answer may surprise you.

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Artist Raghava KK demos his new children’s book for iPad...

Sun, 11 Sep 2011 16:04:24 -0400

Artist Raghava KK demos his new children’s book for iPad with a fun feature: when you shake it, the story — and your perspective — changes. In this charming short talk, he invites all of us to shake up our perspective a little bit.

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Lee Cronin: Making matter come alive Before life existed on...

Sun, 11 Sep 2011 16:02:00 -0400

Lee Cronin: Making matter come alive

Before life existed on Earth, there was just matter, inorganic dead “stuff.” How improbable is it that life arose? And — could it use a different type of chemistry? Using an elegant definition of life (anything that can evolve), chemist Lee Cronin is exploring this question by attempting to create a fully inorganic cell using a “Lego kit” of inorganic molecules — no carbon — that can assemble, replicate and compete.

Watch Lee Cronin’s talk here or on TED.com, where you can download it, rate it, comment on it and find other talks and performances from our archive of 1000+ TEDTalks.