TED Talks with English transcript

Ramesh Raskar: Imaging at a trillion frames per second

TEDGlobal 2012

Ramesh Raskar: Imaging at a trillion frames per second
5,395,201 views

Ramesh Raskar presents femto-photography, a new type of imaging so fast it visualizes the world one trillion frames per second, so detailed it shows light itself in motion. This technology may someday be used to build cameras that can look “around” corners or see inside the body without X-rays.

Michael Hansmeyer: Building unimaginable shapes

TEDGlobal 2012

Michael Hansmeyer: Building unimaginable shapes
927,090 views

Inspired by cell division, Michael Hansmeyer writes algorithms that design outrageously fascinating shapes and forms with millions of facets. No person could draft them by hand, but they're buildable -- and they could revolutionize the way we think of architectural form.

Malte Spitz: Your phone company is watching

TEDGlobal 2012

Malte Spitz: Your phone company is watching
1,712,454 views

What kind of data is your cell phone company collecting? Malte Spitz wasn’t too worried when he asked his operator in Germany to share information stored about him. Multiple unanswered requests and a lawsuit later, Spitz received 35,830 lines of code -- a detailed, nearly minute-by-minute account of half a year of his life.

John Graham-Cumming: The greatest machine that never was

TEDxImperialCollege

John Graham-Cumming: The greatest machine that never was
1,242,570 views

Computer science began in the '30s ... the 1830s. John Graham-Cumming tells the story of Charles Babbage's mechanical, steam-powered "analytical engine" and how Ada Lovelace, mathematician and daughter of Lord Byron, saw beyond its simple computational abilities to imagine the future of computers.

Vinay Venkatraman: Technology crafts for the digitally underserved

TEDxSummit

Vinay Venkatraman: Technology crafts for the digitally underserved
624,179 views

Two-thirds of the world may not have access to the latest smartphone, but local electronic shops are adept at fixing older tech using low-cost parts. Vinay Venkatraman explains his work in "technology crafts," through which a mobile phone, a lunchbox and a flashlight can become a digital projector for a village school, or an alarm clock and a mouse can be melded into a medical device for local triage.

Matt Mills: Image recognition that triggers augmented reality

TEDGlobal 2012

Matt Mills: Image recognition that triggers augmented reality
2,675,029 views

Matt Mills and Tamara Roukaerts demonstrate Aurasma, a new augmented reality tool that can seamlessly animate the world as seen through a smartphone. Going beyond previous augmented reality, their "auras" can do everything from making a painting talk to overlaying live news onto a printed newspaper.

Baba Shiv: Sometimes it's good to give up the driver's seat

TEDxStanford

Baba Shiv: Sometimes it's good to give up the driver's seat
901,458 views

Over the years, research has shown a counterintuitive fact about human nature: Sometimes, having too much choice makes us less happy. This may even be true when it comes to medical treatment. Baba Shiv shares a fascinating study that measures why choice opens the door to doubt, and suggests that ceding control -- especially on life-or-death decisions -- may be the best thing for us.

James Stavridis: A Navy Admiral's thoughts on global security

TEDGlobal 2012

James Stavridis: A Navy Admiral's thoughts on global security
757,597 views

Imagine global security driven by collaboration -- among agencies, government, the private sector and the public. That's not just the distant hope of open-source fans, it's the vision of James Stavridis, a US Navy Admiral. Stavridis shares vivid moments from recent military history to explain why security of the future should be built with bridges rather than walls.

Neil Harbisson: I listen to color

TEDGlobal 2012

Neil Harbisson: I listen to color
2,994,716 views

Artist Neil Harbisson was born completely color blind, but these days a device attached to his head turns color into audible frequencies. Instead of seeing a world in grayscale, Harbisson can hear a symphony of color -- and yes, even listen to faces and paintings.

Jamie Drummond: Let's crowdsource the world's goals

TEDGlobal 2012

Jamie Drummond: Let's crowdsource the world's goals
583,597 views

In 2000, the UN laid out 8 goals to make the world better by reducing poverty and disease -- with a deadline of 2015. As that deadline approaches, Jamie Drummond of ONE.org runs down the surprising successes of the 8 Millennium Development Goals, and suggests a crowdsourced reboot for the next 15 years.

Mina Bissell: Experiments that point to a new understanding of cancer

TEDGlobal 2012

Mina Bissell: Experiments that point to a new understanding of cancer
1,094,158 views

For decades, researcher Mina Bissell pursued a revolutionary idea -- that a cancer cell doesn't automatically become a tumor, but rather, depends on surrounding cells (its microenvironment) for cues on how to develop. She shares the two key experiments that proved the prevailing wisdom about cancer growth was wrong.

Gabriel Barcia-Colombo: Capturing memories in video art

TED2012

Gabriel Barcia-Colombo: Capturing memories in video art
800,296 views

Using video mapping and projection, artist Gabriel Barcia-Colombo captures and shares his memories and friendships. At TED Fellow Talks, he shows his charming, thoughtful work -- which appears to preserve the people in his life in jars, suitcases, blenders ...

Todd Humphreys: How to fool a GPS

TEDxAustin

Todd Humphreys: How to fool a GPS
787,739 views

Todd Humphreys forecasts the near-future of geolocation when millimeter-accurate GPS "dots" will enable you to find pin-point locations, index-search your physical possessions ... or to track people without their knowledge. And the response to the sinister side of this technology may have unintended consequences of its own.

Chris Gerdes: The future race car -- 150mph, and no driver

TEDxStanford

Chris Gerdes: The future race car -- 150mph, and no driver
806,444 views

Autonomous cars are coming -- and they're going to drive better than you. Chris Gerdes reveals how he and his team are developing robotic race cars that can drive at 150 mph while avoiding every possible accident. And yet, in studying the brainwaves of professional racing drivers, Gerdes says he has gained a new appreciation for the instincts of professional drivers

Jared Ficklin: New ways to see music (with color! and fire!)

TED2012

Jared Ficklin: New ways to see music (with color! and fire!)
711,217 views

Designer Jared Ficklin creates wild visualizations that let us see music, using color and even fire (a first for the TED stage) to analyze how sound makes us feel. He takes a brief digression to analyze the sound of a skatepark -- and how audio can clue us in to developing creativity.

Jonathan Eisen: Meet your microbes

TEDMED 2012

Jonathan Eisen: Meet your microbes
868,450 views

Our bodies are covered in a sea of microbes -- both the pathogens that make us sick and the "good" microbes, about which we know less, that might be keeping us healthy. At TEDMED, microbiologist Jonathan Eisen shares what we know, including some surprising ways to put those good microbes to work.

Jane McGonigal: The game that can give you 10 extra years of life

TEDGlobal 2012

Jane McGonigal: The game that can give you 10 extra years of life
7,068,050 views

When game designer Jane McGonigal found herself bedridden and suicidal following a severe concussion, she had a fascinating idea for how to get better. She dove into the scientific research and created the healing game, SuperBetter. In this moving talk, McGonigal explains how a game can boost resilience -- and promises to add 7.5 minutes to your life.

Usman Riaz + Preston Reed: A young guitarist meets his hero

TEDGlobal 2012

Usman Riaz + Preston Reed: A young guitarist meets his hero
5,260,414 views

Usman Riaz is a 21-year-old whiz at the percussive guitar, a style he learned to play by watching his heroes on YouTube. The TED Fellow plays onstage at TEDGlobal 2012 -- followed by a jawdropping solo from the master of percussive guitar, Preston Reed. And watch these two guitarists take on a very spur-of-the-moment improv.

Cesar Harada: A novel idea for cleaning up oil spills

TEDxSummit

Cesar Harada: A novel idea for cleaning up oil spills
891,401 views

When TED Senior Fellow Cesar Harada heard about the devastating effects of the BP Oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010, he quit his dream job and moved to New Orleans to develop a more efficient way to soak up the oil. He designed a highly maneuverable, flexible boat capable of cleaning large tracts quickly. But rather than turn a profit, he has opted to open-source the design.

Alanna Shaikh: How I'm preparing to get Alzheimer's

TEDGlobal 2012

Alanna Shaikh: How I'm preparing to get Alzheimer's
1,629,194 views

When faced with a parent suffering from Alzheimer's, most of us respond with denial ("It won't happen to me") or extreme efforts at prevention. But global health expert and TED Fellow Alanna Shaikh sees it differently. She's taking three concrete steps to prepare for the moment -- should it arrive -- when she herself gets Alzheimer's disease.

Marc Goodman: A vision of crimes in the future

TEDGlobal 2012

Marc Goodman: A vision of crimes in the future
1,375,322 views

The world is becoming increasingly open, and that has implications both bright and dangerous. Marc Goodman paints a portrait of a grave future, in which technology's rapid development could allow crime to take a turn for the worse.

Boaz Almog: The levitating superconductor

TEDGlobal 2012

Boaz Almog: The levitating superconductor
2,644,569 views

How can a super-thin 3-inch disk levitate something 70,000 times its own weight? In a riveting demonstration, Boaz Almog shows how a phenomenon known as quantum locking allows a superconductor disk to float over a magnetic rail -- completely frictionlessly and with zero energy loss. Experiment: Prof. Guy Deutscher, Mishael Azoulay, Boaz Almog, of the High Tc Superconductivity Group, School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel Aviv University.

Elyn Saks: A tale of mental illness -- from the inside

TEDGlobal 2012

Elyn Saks: A tale of mental illness -- from the inside
4,034,245 views

"Is it okay if I totally trash your office?" It's a question Elyn Saks once asked her doctor, and it wasn't a joke. A legal scholar, in 2007 Saks came forward with her own story of schizophrenia, controlled by drugs and therapy but ever-present. In this powerful talk, she asks us to see people with mental illness clearly, honestly and compassionately.

Don Tapscott: Four principles for the open world

TEDGlobal 2012

Don Tapscott: Four principles for the open world
1,100,150 views

The recent generations have been bathed in connecting technology from birth, says futurist Don Tapscott, and as a result the world is transforming into one that is far more open and transparent. In this inspiring talk, he lists the four core principles that show how this open world can be a far better place.

Massimo Banzi: How Arduino is open-sourcing imagination

TEDGlobal 2012

Massimo Banzi: How Arduino is open-sourcing imagination
1,992,925 views

Massimo Banzi helped invent the Arduino, a tiny, easy-to-use open-source microcontroller that's inspired thousands of people around the world to make the coolest things they can imagine -- from toys to satellite gear. Because, as he says, "You don't need anyone's permission to make something great."

Rives: Reinventing the encyclopedia game

TEDxSummit

Rives: Reinventing the encyclopedia game
770,668 views

Prompted by the Encyclopaedia Britannica ending its print publication, performance poet Rives resurrects a game from his childhood. Speaking at the TEDxSummit in Doha, Rives takes us on a charming tour through random (and less random) bits of human knowledge: from Chimborazo, the farthest point from the center of the Earth, to Ham the Astrochimp, the first chimpanzee in outer space.

Nirmalya Kumar: India's invisible innovation

TEDxLondonBusinessSchool

Nirmalya Kumar: India's invisible innovation
993,700 views

Can India become a global hub for innovation? Nirmalya Kumar thinks it already has. He details four types of "invisible innovation" coming out of India and explains why companies that used to just outsource manufacturing jobs are starting to move top management positions overseas, too.

Jon Nguyen: Tour the solar system from home

TEDxSanDiego

Jon Nguyen: Tour the solar system from home
818,574 views

Want to navigate the solar system without having to buy a spacecraft? Jon Nguyen demos NASA JPL's "Eyes on the Solar System" -- free-to-use software for exploring the planets, moons, asteroids, and spacecraft that rotate around our sun in real-time.

Peter Norvig: The 100,000-student classroom

TED2012

Peter Norvig: The 100,000-student classroom
1,166,568 views

In the fall of 2011 Peter Norvig taught a class with Sebastian Thrun on artificial intelligence at Stanford attended by 175 students in situ -- and over 100,000 via an interactive webcast. He shares what he learned about teaching to a global classroom.

E.O. Wilson: Advice to a young scientist

TEDMED 2012

E.O. Wilson: Advice to a young scientist
1,257,306 views

"The world needs you, badly," says legendary biologist E.O. Wilson in his letter to a young scientist. He gives advice collected from a lifetime of experience -- and reminds us that wonder and creativity are the center of the scientific life.