Constructing kinetic worlds: the futuristic films of TED Fellow Kibwe Tavares
Kibwe Tavares combines his training as an architect with his love of storytelling and animation to create futuristic 3D animated/live action...
TED Weekends asks: What is at the heart of education?
Where does education go from here? On Tuesday, Sugata Mitra accepted the 2013 TED Prize and offered a bold wish for the world: that we encou...
Fighting the growing deserts, with livestock: Allan Savory at TED2013
The growing desert Allan Savory has dedicated his life to studying management of grasslands. And if that doesn’t sound exciting, just ...
Skyscrapers of wood: Michael Green at TED2013
Architect Michael Green presents an interesting riddle: why are buildings made of wood only a few stories high when trees found in nature ar...
Laying down the beats on the main stage: Pedrito Martinez back at TED2013
Pedrito Martinez is back onstage at TED, and this time he’s brought his band, including the dynamite Ariacne Trujillo on keys. “...
The psychology of saving energy: Alex Laskey at TED2013
Have you checked your email today? Your finances? What about your energy use? Alex Laskey thinks that with just a shift in attitude toward o...
A local bacteria to solve a local problem: Miranda Wang and Jeanny Yao at TED2013
Miranda Wang and Jeanny Yao were the winners in British Columbia of the 2012 Sanofi BioGENEius Challenge Canada. After a visit to a Vancouve...
Paper or plastic or what? Leyla Acaroglu at TED2013
We all know sustainability is essential to our future, in vague terms. But what does that mean for the choices we make every day? In other w...
Mouth music: Wang Li at TED2013
It sounds like music that could be pumping from the sound system of a packed nightclub. But these electronic-tinged sounds actually come fro...