TEDTalks (video)
TEDTalks (video)
Each year, the TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) conference hosts some of the world's most fascinating people: Trusted voices and ...
TEDTalks : Marc Pachter: The art of the interview - Marc Pachter (2008)
Marc Pachter has conducted live interviews with some of the most intriguing characters in recent American history as part of a remarkable ...
TEDTalks : Rory Bremner's one-man world summit - Rory Bremner (2009)
Scottish funnyman Rory Bremner convenes a historic council on the TEDGlobal stage -- as he lampoons Gordon Brown, Barack Obama, George W. ...
TEDTalks : Sunitha Krishnan's fight against sex slavery - Sunitha Krishnan (2009)
Sunitha Krishnan has dedicated her life to rescuing women and children from sex slavery, a multimilion-dollar global market. In this ...
TEDTalks : Scott Kim takes apart the art of puzzles - Scott Kim (2008)
At the 2008 EG conference, famed puzzle designer Scott Kim takes us inside the puzzle-maker's frame of mind. Sampling his career's work, he ...
TEDTalks : Anupam Mishra: The ancient ingenuity of water harvesting - Anupam Mishra (2009)
With wisdom and wit, Anupam Mishra talks about the amazing feats of engineering built centuries ago by the people of India's Golden Desert ...
TEDTalks : Andrea Ghez: The hunt for a supermassive black hole - Andrea Ghez (2009)
With new data from the Keck telescopes, Andrea Ghez shows how state-of-the-art adaptive optics are helping astronomers understand our ...
TEDTalks : Gordon Brown on global ethic vs. national interest - Gordon Brown (2009)
Can the interests of an individual nation be reconciled with humanity's greater good? Can a patriotic, nationally elected politician really ...
TEDTalks : Shashi Tharoor: Why nations should pursue "soft" power - Shashi Tharoor (2009)
India is fast becoming a superpower, says Shashi Tharoor -- not just through trade and politics, but through "soft" power, its ability to ...
TEDTalks : Cameron Carpenter's dizzying improv on the organ - Cameron Carpenter (2008)
At the 2008 EG conference, revolutionary organist Cameron Carpenter performs a classic piece of organ repertory -- and then cuts loose in ...
TEDTalks : Mallika Sarabhai: Dance to change the world - Mallika Sarabhai (2009)
At TEDIndia, Mallika Sarabhai, a dancer/actor/politician, tells a
transformative story in dance -- and argues that the arts may be the ...
TEDTalks : Magnus Larsson: Turning dunes into architecture - Magnus Larsson (2009)
Architecture student Magnus Larsson details his bold plan to transform the harsh Sahara desert using bacteria and a surprising construction ...
TEDTalks : Rob Hopkins: Transition to a world without oil - Rob Hopkins (2009)
Rob Hopkins reminds us that the oil our world depends on is steadily running out. He proposes a unique solution to this problem -- the ...
TEDTalks : Hans Rosling: Asia's rise -- how and when - Hans Rosling (2009)
Hans Rosling was a young guest student in India when he first realized that Asia had all the capacities to reclaim its place as the world's ...