When General Stanley McChrystal started fighting al Qaeda in 2003, information and secrets were the lifeblood of his operations. But…
Marco Tempest uses charming stagecraft to demo EDI, the multi-purpose robot designed to work very closely with humans. Less a…
Sampling isn’t about “hijacking nostalgia wholesale,” says Mark Ronson. It’s about inserting yourself into the narrative of a song while…
The subject of race can be very touchy. As finance executive Mellody Hobson says, it’s a “conversational third rail.” But,…
09:29 minutes · Filmed Mar 2014 · Posted May 2014 · TED2014 Web cartoonist Randall Munroe answers simple what-if questions…
At her first museum job, art historian Sarah Lewis noticed something important about a master artist she was studying: Not…
Our energy future depends on nuclear fusion, says Michel Laberge. The plasma physicist runs a small company with a big…
Hamish Jolly, an ocean swimmer in Australia, wanted a wetsuit that would deter a curious shark from mistaking him for…
“The computer is an incredibly powerful means of creative expression,” says designer and TED Fellow James Patten. But right now,…
07:18 minutes · Filmed Mar 2014 · Posted Apr 2014 · TED2014 Elizabeth Gilbert was once an “unpublished diner waitress,”…