Brenda Brathwaite: Gaming for understanding An interesting look at how games can aid in understanding difficult topics. "For decades, Brenda Brathwaite has been a major figure in the field of game... continue reading

posted by notarobot 1 decade 2 years 7 months ago • 600 views • 9:30

YouTube Description: Jacob Barnett is an American mathematician and child prodigy. At 8 years old, Jacob began sneaking into the back of college lectures at IUPUI. After being diagnosed with autism... continue reading

posted by lucky760 1 decade 2 years 7 months ago • 2,651 views • 18:11

Drew Curtis of Fark.com explains that ..... "Patent trolls have done more damage to the United States economy than any domestic or foreign terrorist organization in history every year."

posted by Barseps 1 decade 2 years 7 months 1 week ago • 3,261 views • 6:41

From ted.com: "Using examples from vacations to colonoscopies, Nobel laureate and founder of behavioral economics Daniel Kahneman reveals how our 'experiencing selves' and our 'remembering selves' perceive... continue reading

The mushroom biologist talks about the antimicrobial properties of fungi, how they can be used as potent insecticides, and how they may help boost the human immune system. (This is an incredible talk... continue reading

posted by Trancecoach 1 decade 2 years 7 months 1 week ago • 1,574 views • 11:37

As we expect more from technology, do we expect less from each other? Sherry Turkle studies how our devices and online personas are redefining human connection and communication -- and asks us to think... continue reading

posted by Trancecoach 1 decade 2 years 7 months 1 week ago • 1,460 views • 19:48

Empathy, cooperation, fairness and reciprocity -- caring about the well-being of others seems like a very human trait. But Frans de Waal shares some surprising videos of behavioral tests, on primates and... continue reading

posted by Trancecoach 1 decade 2 years 7 months 1 week ago • 399 views • 16:52

The BEST TED Talk I've seen to date!! YouTube Description:- "Secrets can take many forms -- they can be shocking, or silly, or soulful." Frank Warren, the founder of PostSecret.com, shares some of the... continue reading

posted by Barseps 1 decade 2 years 7 months 2 weeks ago • 2,168 views • 11:24

"In an engaging and personal talk -- with cameo appearances from his grandmother and Rosa Parks -- human rights lawyer Bryan Stevenson shares some hard truths about America's justice system, starting with... continue reading

posted by Norsuelefantti 1 decade 2 years 7 months 2 weeks ago • 1,823 views • 23:41

Long, fancy words designed to show off your intelligence and vocabulary are all very well, but they aren't always the best words. In this short, playful video Terin Izil explains why simple, punchy language... continue reading

posted by cricket 1 decade 2 years 7 months 4 weeks ago • 1,687 views • 2:02

"What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail?" asks Regina Dugan, then director of DARPA, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. In this breathtaking talk she describes some of... continue reading

posted by smiley 1 decade 2 years 8 months ago • 1,840 views • 25:02

Donald Sadoway is working on a battery miracle -- an inexpensive, incredibly efficient, three-layered battery using “liquid metal." /TED

posted by notarobot 1 decade 2 years 8 months ago • 2,184 views • 15:15

In the deepest, darkest parts of the oceans are ecosystems with more diversity than a tropical rainforest. Taking us on a voyage into the ocean -- from the deepest trenches to the remains of the Titanic... continue reading

posted by Encumberance 1 decade 2 years 8 months 1 week ago • 1,407 views • 8:28

TED: The US consumes 25% of the world's oil -- but as energy tycoon T. Boone Pickens points out onstage, the country has no energy policy to prepare for the inevitable. Is alternative energy our bridge... continue reading

posted by littledragon_79 1 decade 2 years 8 months 1 week ago • 1,048 views • 19:43

YouTube Description: In the first of a new TED-Ed series designed to catalyze curiosity, TED Curator Chris Anderson shares his boyhood obsession with quirky questions that seem to have no answers. (Introducing... continue reading

posted by Zifnab 1 decade 2 years 8 months 1 week ago • 1,817 views • 12:08

aka Rob Reid: The $8 billion iPod TED: Comic author Rob Reid unveils Copyright Math (TM), a remarkable new field of study based on actual numbers from entertainment industry lawyers and lobbyists.

posted by TheGenk 1 decade 2 years 8 months 2 weeks ago • 6,154 views • 5:12

YouTube Description: Adam Savage walks through two spectacular examples of profound scientific discoveries that came from simple, creative methods anyone could have followed -- Eratosthenes' calculation... continue reading

posted by Zifnab 1 decade 2 years 8 months 2 weeks ago • 3,218 views • 7:32

Kelli Anderson talks about how abandoning conventional expectations opens up new possibilities.

posted by syncron 1 decade 2 years 8 months 2 weeks ago • 910 views • 16:07

From Ted: Colin Robertson had 3 minutes on the TED stage to tell the world about his solar-powered crowdsourced health care solution. And then...

posted by ctrlalt bleach (ctrlaltbleach) 1 decade 2 years 8 months 3 weeks ago • 4,723 views • 3:49

"Filmmaker Andrew Stanton ("Toy Story," "WALL-E") shares what he knows about storytelling -- starting at the end and working back to the beginning." - TED

posted by Warren E. Hale (MrFisk) 1 decade 2 years 8 months 3 weeks ago • 1,744 views