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http://www.ted.com TED Talks TED visits Tom Shannon in his Manhattan ... Posted by: TEDtalksDirector
Video duration: 802 seconds http://www.ted.com TED Talks TED visits Tom Shannon in his Manhattan studio for an intimate look at his science-inspired art. An eye-opening, personal conversation with John Hockenberry reveals how nature's forces -- and the onset of Parkinson's tremors -- interact in his life and craft. |
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David Agus: A new strategy in the war against cancer Posted by: TEDtalksDirector
Video duration: 1425 seconds http://www.ted.com Traditionally, David Agus explains, cancer treatments have had a short-sighted focus on the offending individual cells. He suggests a new, cross-disciplinary approach, using atypical drugs, computer modeling and protein analysis to treat and analyze the whole body. |
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George Whitesides: A lab the size of a postage stamp Posted by: TEDtalksDirector
Video duration: 1007 seconds http://www.ted.com Traditional lab tests for disease diagnosis can be too expensive and cumbersome for the regions most in need. George Whitesides' ingenious answer, at TEDxBoston, is a foolproof tool that can be manufactured at virtually zero cost. |
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Jamie Heywood: The big idea my brother inspired Posted by: TEDtalksDirector
Video duration: 1015 seconds http://www.ted.com When Jamie Heywood's brother was diagnosed with ALS, he devoted his life to fighting the disease as well. The Heywood brothers built an ingenious website where people share and track data on their illnesses -- and they discovered that the collective data had enormous power to comfort, explain and predict. |
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Sendhil Mullainathan: Solving social problems with a nudge Posted by: TEDtalksDirector
Video duration: 1234 seconds http://www.ted.com MacArthur winner Sendhil Mullainathan uses the lens of behavioral economics to study a tricky set of social problems -- those we know how to solve, but don't. We know how to reduce child deaths due to diarrhea, how to prevent diabetes-related blindness and how to implement solar-cell technology ... yet somehow, we don't or can't. Why? |
