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In case you missed it: Some highlights of day 2 at TEDGlobal 2013: Think Again
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In case you missed it: Some highlights of day 2 at TEDGlobal 2013: Think Again

The second day of mainstage talks at TEDGlobal 2013 offered four densely packed sessions full of the possibility for natural, geopolitical, ...

Jun 12, 2013
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Tim Exile remixes the Papandreou protest with classical guitar and beats

Tim Exile is at TEDGlobal this week, collecting noise. You see, he’s a UK-based electronic music producer and is putting together a few trac...

Jun 12, 2013
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“Oud”-standing: Le Trio Joubran at TEDGlobal 2013
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“Oud”-standing: Le Trio Joubran at TEDGlobal 2013

The brothers who make up Le Trio Joubran are part of a long line of oud makers and players. What’s an oud, you ask? Why, it’s a ...

Jun 12, 2013
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Whisky in a jar: TEDGlobal 2013 with Fabian Oefner
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Whisky in a jar: TEDGlobal 2013 with Fabian Oefner

Photographer Fabian Oefner wants to show us in still images what sound waves look like, the magic of a soap bubble at the moment of bursting...

Jun 12, 2013
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Vaccines via a patch: Mark Kendall at TEDGlobal 2013
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Vaccines via a patch: Mark Kendall at TEDGlobal 2013

Mark Kendall has a new medical invention that will make anyone with a fear of needles very happy: the Nanopatch, a tiny square (smaller than...

Jun 12, 2013
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How to regenerate bone: Molly Stevens at TEDGlobal 2013
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How to regenerate bone: Molly Stevens at TEDGlobal 2013

Molly Stevens would like to introduce you to the first blue tooth. No literally, a blue tooth made out of shell. In the days of the ancient ...

Jun 12, 2013
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Hey, that paralyzed rat just walked upstairs: Gregoire Courtine at TEDGlobal 2013
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Hey, that paralyzed rat just walked upstairs: Gregoire Courtine at TEDGlobal 2013

Grégoire Courtine is the head of the Center for Neuroprosthetics and Brain Mind Institute of the Life Science School at the Swiss Federal In...

Jun 12, 2013
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Video: Opening titles for Regeneration, Session 7 of TEDGlobal 2013

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFSp1R2F3Qg&w=560&h=315] In the center of a black screen, a circle of white appears and slow...

Jun 12, 2013
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Regenerating hope: TEDGlobal 2013 with Siddharthan Chandran
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Regenerating hope: TEDGlobal 2013 with Siddharthan Chandran

Regenerative neurologist Siddharthan Chandran asks whether we can repair the damaged brain. Here’s the problem: Humanity is facing an ...

Jun 12, 2013
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