TEDxPhilly: An independently organized TED event.
Apparently TED actually sanctions these. No word on the speakers yet.
Google's driverless car.
Absolutely incredible. My robotics professor in college had been working on one for most of her professional career and she thought we were decades away. And yet, here it is.
TED Talk: George Dyson on Project Orion
Awesome TED talk about Project Orion, a massive nuclear powered spaceship!
Juan Enriquez's Ted Talk: Beyond the crisis, mindboggling science and the arrival of Homo evolutis.
An absolutely brilliant and thoroughly engaging presentation on our future. Definitely make the time to watch it.
David Pogue gives a TED talk on very cool new cell phone tricks.
Starts slow and his presentation is a bit annoying, but some very cool stuff you may not know.
Three plants that will grow your own fresh air.
Another amazing TED talk, though it seems like a lot of care…
TED Talk: The Real Difference between Liberals and Conservatives
I love, love, LOVE the TED talks. I’ve yet to watch one that wasn’t absolutely fascinating and mind-opening in some way or form. Jonathan Haidt’s The Read Difference Between Liberals and Conservatives is no different. It’s the sort of open and honest talk on a subject that effects all of us almost every day that both sides of the equation could watch and nod their heads to. Definitely worth freeing up twenty minutes (and your undivided attention) to check out.
Benjamin Zander: Classical music with shining eyes
I don’t know how to describe this particular TED talk with enough force and and passion to motivate you to watch it. I can only say with a pretty good deal of certainty that if you do watch it, you’ll be very glad you did. You will more than likely find yourself enjoying classical music more than you did before, regardless of how versed you may be.
Seriously, do yourself a favor and make time to watch it as soon as you can.