Bran Ferren: To create for the ages, let's combine art and engineering
ברַאן פַרֶן: כדי ליצור לעתיד הרחוק, בואו נשלב אמנות והנדסה
Once known for entertaining millions by creating special effects for Hollywood, theme parks and Broadway, Applied Minds cofounder Bran Ferren now solves impossible tech challenges with previously unimaginable inventions. Full bio
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together to Cortlandt Street,
building that from the outside
anything I'd ever seen before,
(צחוק)
across the countryside,
of the Pantheon's miracles.
appreciate those polymaths
and leadership skills
these rare game changers
of the structural technology
technologies of the Internet
the equivalent of the Pantheon?
roads and transportation.
outside of the automotive industry
needed for autonomous vehicles?
developed for mobile devices,
and high-performance computing
need to do sense-making.
and new functional designs
to believe in themselves
he took me shopping for surplus,
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Bran Ferren - Technology designerOnce known for entertaining millions by creating special effects for Hollywood, theme parks and Broadway, Applied Minds cofounder Bran Ferren now solves impossible tech challenges with previously unimaginable inventions.
Why you should listen
After dropping out of MIT in 1970, Bran Ferren became a designer and engineer for theater, touring rock bands, and dozens of movies, including Altered States and Little Shop of Horrors, before joining Disney as a lead Imagineer, then becoming president of R&D for the Walt Disney Company.
In 2000, Ferren and partner Danny Hillis left Disney to found Applied Minds, a playful design and invention firm dedicated to distilling game-changing inventions from an eclectic stew of the brightest creative minds culled from every imaginable discipline.
Bran Ferren | Speaker | TED.com