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Conrad Wolfram: Teaching Kids Real Math with Computers

TEDTalks | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tedtalks, Education, Math, Technology, Ted, TED Conference, tedglobal2010, Computers, Education News

From rockets to stock markets, many of humanity's most thrilling creations are powered by math. So why do kids lose interest in it?

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Emily Pilloton: Teaching Design for Change

TEDTalks | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Design, Tedtalks, Education, Poverty, Ted, tedglobal2010, Emily Pilloton, Project H, World News

Pilloton was frustrated by the design world's scarcity of meaningful work. Convinced of the power of design to change the world, she founded Project H to develop effective design solutions for people who need it most.

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David Bismark: E-Voting Without Fraud

TEDTalks | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Government, Politics, TED Conference, Design, Tedtalks, TED.Com, Technology, Global Issues, Ted, tedglobal2010, Culture, Technology News

David Bismark demos a new system for voting that contains a simple, verifiable way to prevent fraud and miscounting -- while keeping each person's vote secret.

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Jessica Jackley: Poverty, Money -- And Love

TEDTalks | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Social Change, Poverty, Tedtalks, Business, Global Issues, Ted, Entrepreneur, tedglobal2010, Impact News

What do you think of people in poverty? Maybe what Jessica Jackley once did: "they" need "our" help, in the form of a few coins in a jar. The co-founder of Kiva.org talks about how her attitude changed.

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Tim Jackson's Economic Reality Check

TEDTalks | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Poverty, Economics, Green, Tedtalks, Sustainability, Development, Ted, tedglobal2010, World News

Tim Jackson delivers a piercing challenge to established economic principles, explaining how we might stop feeding the crises and start investing in our future.

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Inge Missmahl Brings Peace to the Minds of Afghanistan (VIDEO)

TEDTalks | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Politics, Poverty, Potential, Brain, War, Violence, Tedtalks, Psychology, Global Issues, Ted, Peace, tedglobal2010, Culture, Impact News

Inge Missmahl talks about her work helping to build the country's system of psychosocial counseling, promoting both individual and, perhaps, national healing.

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Sebastian Seung: Mapping the Connections Inside Our Brains

TEDTalks | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Science, Tedtalks, Technology, Brain, Ted, tedglobal2010, Mind, Technology News

Sebastian Seung is mapping a massively ambitious new model of the brain that focuses on the connections between each neuron. He calls it our "connectome."

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Sugata Mitra: The Child-Driven Education

TEDTalks | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Education, Children, Third World, Web, Tedtalks, Development, Technology, Ted, tedglobal2010, Technology News

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Derek Sivers: Keep Your Goals to Yourself

TEDTalks | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Success, Tedtalks, Storytelling, Personal Growth, Ted, tedglobal2010, Video, Healthy Living News

After hitting on a brilliant new life plan, our first instinct is to tell someone, but Derek Sivers says it's better to keep goals secret.

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Nic Marks: The Happy Planet Index

TEDTalks | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Statistics, Economics, Data, Tedtalks, Global Issues, Ted, tedglobal2010, Culture, Happiness, World News

Statistician Nic Marks asks why we measure a nation's success by its productivity, instead of by the happiness and well-being of its people.

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WATCH: Inside An Antarctic Time Machine

TEDTalks | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Science, Tedtalks, Climate Change, News, Ted, tedglobal2010, Nature, Smarter Ideas, Green News

Science columnist Lee Hotz describes a remarkable project at WAIS Divide, Antarctica, where a hardy team are drilling into ten-thousand-year-old ice to extract vital data on our changing climate.

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David McCandless: The Beauty of Data Visualization

TEDTalks | Posted 05.25.2011

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Peter Molyneux Demos Milo, the Virtual Boy

TEDTalks | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Design, Tedtalks, Psychology, Gaming, Technology, Children, Ted, Artificial Intelligence, tedglobal2010, Computers, Technology News

Peter Molyneux demos Milo, a hotly anticipated video game for Microsoft's Kinect controller. Perceptive and impressionable like a real 11-year-old, the virtual boy watches, listens and learns -- recognizing and responding to you.

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Laurie Santos: A Monkey Economy as Irrational as Ours

TEDTalks | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Economics, Brain, Money, TED Conference, Design, Science, Tedtalks, Psychology, Business, Ted, tedglobal2010, World News

A clever series of experiments in "monkeynomics" shows that some of the silly choices we make, monkeys make too.

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Tan Le: A Headset That Reads Your Brainwaves

TEDTalks | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Brain, Entertainment, Computers, Design, Tedtalks, Technology, Interface, Ted, Mind, tedglobal2010, Technology News

Neuroscientists have expressed varying views about the headset and technology -- electrical activity in the brain is notoriously difficult to decode -- but it does work.

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Lewis Pugh's Mind-Shifting Mt. Everest Swim

TEDTalks | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sports, Adventure, Activism, Tedtalks, Climate Change, Heroism, Ted, tedglobal2010, Green News

Lewis Pugh is regarded as the greatest cold-water swimmer in history. His swims have given him a sea-level view of our planet, and inspired him to do his bit to help preserve it.

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WATCH: Superman, Batman, And Their 99 New Friends

TEDTalks | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Islam, Art, Third World, Tedtalks, Ted, Peace, tedglobal2010, Culture, Arts News

In The 99, Naif Al-Mutawa's new generation of comic book heroes fight more than crime -- they smash stereotypes and battle extremism.

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Julian Assange: Why the World Needs WikiLeaks

TEDTalks | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Politics, Military, Tedtalks, Technology, Global Issues, Ted, News, tedglobal2010, Communication, Media News

You could say Australian-born Julian Assange has swapped his long-time interest in network security flaws for the far-more-suspect flaws of even bigger targets: governments and corporations.

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Ethan Zuckerman: Listening to Global Voices

TEDTalks | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Web, Tedtalks, Language, Technology, Global Issues, Ted, tedglobal2010, Communication, World News

Blogger and geek Ethan Zuckerman wants to connect the whole of the wider world -- via some smart strategies to open up your Twitter world and read news in different languages.

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Matt Ridley: When Ideas Have Sex

TEDTalks | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Design, Tedtalks, Technology, Business, Ted, tedglobal2010, Collaboration, Technology News

Author Matt Ridley says it's not important how clever individuals are; what really matters is how smart the collective brain is.

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