Meet the translator: Wataru Narita, who translates talks into Japanese
TED Talks are available in 102 languages, from Albanian to Vietnamese, thanks to the tireless work of our volunteer translators. So far, mor...
Saving lives on ambucycles: A short Q&A with Eli Beer
In today’s talk, Eli Beer shares an incredible story of how he, as a frustrated 17-year-old ambulance volunteer, was sick of sitting in traf...
Befriending foes: Talks on setting aside traditional hostilities
In today’s talk, Eli Beer explains how United Hatzalah, his organization of ambucycle-riding volunteer emergency medical responders, has sha...
Seeing faces in the clouds, thanks to facial recognition software
In his TED Talk, Gavin Pretor-Pinney urges us to look to the skies and appreciate the incredible shapes — a heart, fish or a hand wavi...
A 3D printed future: 10 surprising things we could see printed soon
It is the dawn of the era of 3D printing. From artificial prosthetics to very real human kidneys to filigree skull sculptures — the nu...
TED Weekends hacks our senses
Does listening to music generate colors in your mind? Do bright, lively songs sound yellow or orange while darker, more somber ones sound da...
X Marks the Spot: The geometry of life, plus this week’s TEDx Talks
This week TEDx celebrated the birthday of Rosalind Franklin, the pioneering scientist who helped our fundamental understanding of the struct...
TED Radio Hour takes us “To the Edge”
“By inspiring ourselves, we inspire others.” These are the words of tightrope walker Philippe Petit in this week’s TED Radio Hour from NPR, ...
8 tips to make your life more surprising, from Tania Luna, Surprisologist
In today’s talk, Tania Luna shares her experience of immigrating to the United States from Ukraine as a little girl. Perfectly happy w...