When humanity first landed on the moon in 1969, the typeface Futura was right there with them. In this fascinating history of typography, designer Douglas Thomas shares Futura's role in launching the Apollo 11 spacecraft -- and how it...

Fourteen Greenlands could fit in Africa— but you wouldn't guess it from most maps of the world. The fact is, every world map humans have ever made is wrong. Actually, it's impossible to make a flat map of the whole spherical world 100%...

In this TED archive video from 1998, paralympic sprinter Aimee Mullins talks about her record-setting career as a runner, and about the amazing carbon-fiber prosthetic legs (then a prototype) that helped her cross the finish line.

Forests don't have to be far-flung nature reserves, isolated from human life. Instead, we can grow them right where we are -- even in cities. eco-entrepreneur and TED Fellow Shubhendu Sharma grows ultra-dense, biodiverse mini-forests of...

In this video Paul Andersen explains how science is dependent upon engineering which is dependent upon science which is dependent up engineering which is dependent upon science which is dependent up engineering which is dependent upon...

Resident expert John Hodgman "explains" the design of three iconic modern objects. Or does he. (From The Design Studio session at TED2012, guest-curated by Chee Pearlman and David Rockwell.)

People have been grappling with the question of artificial creativity -- alongside the question of artificial intelligence -- for over 170 years. For instance, could we program machines to create high quality original music? And if we...

Dr. Seyi Oyesola takes a searing look at health care in underdeveloped countries. His photo tour of a Nigerian teaching hospital -- all low-tech hacks and donated supplies -- drives home the challenge of doing basic health care there.

The Great Wall of China is a 13,000-mile dragon of earth and stone that winds its way through the countryside of China. As it turns out, the wall's history is almost as long and serpentine as its structure. Megan Campisi and Pen-Pen Chen...

Thelma Golden, curator at the Studio Museum in Harlem, talks through three recent shows that explore how art examines and redefines culture. The "post-black" artists she works with are using their art to provoke a new dialogue about race...

Video games are everywhere these days, but where did they actually come from? The history of video games is a complicated story that involves giant computers in science labs, the founder of Chuck E. Cheese and billions of dollars in...

Artist Raghava KK demos his new children's book for iPad with a fun feature: when you shake it, the story -- and your perspective -- changes. In this charming short talk, he invites all of us to shake up our perspective a little bit.

In this video, I answer the question, what is Whole-life costing? And I’ll consider how it compares to Life Cycle Cost.

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Welcome back to the Fluctus Channel, as we explore the remarkable development and production of the B-2 Spirit stealth bomber and its lasting influence on modern aviation.





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Experimental designs make a huge impact on the validity of an experiment's results. In this video, we explore the three main types of experimental design used in Psychology experiments:

1) Repeated Meas
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2) Independe
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Construction foam turned into a terrifying beast

A Hoodie makeover to stand out from the crowd

How Might the Airplane Economy Class Look Like In The Future?

In this video, we introduce VLANs, explaining how they help in segmenting networks for better performance and security.

Design your ideal Linux practice lab. This video guides you through planning and structuring a lab environment that mimics real-world configurations for optimal learning.

Learn the importance of resume aesthetics, choosing the right design and format to make your application stand out.

An exploration of the AWS Well-Architected Tool, designed to assist in aligning cloud solutions with the six key pillars of the Well-Architected Framework, featuring a walkthrough of the tool's questionnaires, benefits like architecture...

An exploration of the platform perspective within the AWS Cloud Adoption Framework, detailing its seven capabilities: platform architecture, data architecture, platform engineering, data engineering, provision and orchestration, modern...