Posts Tagged ‘life’
Steven Strogatz: How things in nature tend to sync up
Posted by Rudolf Getel | Filed under Conceptual, Science, TED talks, life
Mathematician Steven Strogatz shows how flocks of creatures (like birds, fireflies and fish) manage to synchronize and act as a unit — when no one’s giving orders. The powerful tendency extends into the realm of objects, too.
Andy Hobsbawm: Do the green thing
Posted by Rudolf Getel | Filed under Art, Conceptual, Design, Photography, TED talks, life
Andy Hobsbawm shares a fresh ad campaign about going green — and some of the fringe benefits.
Garrett Lisi: A beautiful new theory of everything
Posted by Rudolf Getel | Filed under Conceptual, Science, TED talks
Physicist and surfer Garrett Lisi presents a controversial new model of the universe that — just maybe — answers all the big questions. If nothing else, it’s the most beautiful 8-dimensional model of elementary particles and forces you’ve ever seen.
Matthieu Ricard: Habits of happiness
Posted by Rudolf Getel | Filed under TED talks, life
What is happiness, and how can we all get some? Biochemist turned Buddhist monk Matthieu Ricard says we can train our minds in habits of well-being, to generate a true sense of serenity and fulfillment.
Marvin Minsky: Health, population and the human mind
Posted by Rudolf Getel | Filed under AI, Science, TED talks, life
Marvin Minsky’s arch, eclectic, charmingly offhand talk on health, overpopulation and the human mind is packed with subtlety: wit, wisdom and just an ounce of wily, is-he-joking? advice. Marvin Minsky is one of the great pioneers of artificial intelligence — and using computing metaphors to understand the human mind. His contributions to mathematics, robotics and [...]
Jill Bolte Taylor: My stroke of insight
Posted by Rudolf Getel | Filed under Science, TED talks, life
Jill Bolte Taylor got a research opportunity few brain scientists would wish for: She had a massive stroke, and watched as her brain functions — motion, speech, self-awareness –- shut down one by one. An astonishing story.
Paul Rothemund: The astonishing promise of DNA folding
Posted by Rudolf Getel | Filed under Science, TED talks, life
In 2007, Paul Rothemund gave TED a short summary of his specialty, DNA folding. Now he lays out in clear, adundant detail the immense promise of this field — to create tiny machines that assemble themselves.
David Griffin: Photography connects us with the world
Posted by Rudolf Getel | Filed under Art, Conceptual, Photography, TED talks, life
The photo director for National Geographic, David Griffin knows the power of photography to connect us to our world. In a talk filled with glorious images, he talks about how we all use photos to tell our stories.
Frans Lanting: A lyrical view of life on Earth
Posted by Rudolf Getel | Filed under Art, Photography, Science, TED talks, life
In this stunning slideshow, celebrated nature photographer Frans Lanting presents The LIFE Project, a poetic collection of photographs that tell the story of our planet, from its eruptive beginnings to its present diversity. Soundtrack by Philip Glass.
Underwater astonishments - TED.COM
Posted by Rudolf Getel | Filed under Science, TED talks, life
David Gallo shows jaw-dropping footage of amazing sea creatures, including a color-shifting cuttlefish, a perfectly camouflaged octopus, and a Times Square’s worth of neon light displays from fish who live in the blackest depths of the ocean.
