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TED Talks

TED: How I built a jet suit | Richard Browning

12th - Higher Ed
We've all dreamed of flying -- but for Richard Browning, flight is an obsession. He's built an Iron Man-like suit that leans on an elegant collaboration of mind, body and technology, bringing science fiction dreams a little closer to...
Instructional Video10:58
TED Talks

Carson Bruns: Could a tattoo help you stay healthy?

12th - Higher Ed
Can we make tattoos both beautiful and functional? Nanotechnologist Carson Bruns shares his work creating high-tech tattoos that react to their environment -- like color-changing ink that can tell you when you're getting a sunburn -- and...
Instructional Video21:00
TED Talks

David Perry: Are games better than life?

12th - Higher Ed
Game designer David Perry says tomorrow's videogames will be more than mere fun to the next generation of gamers. They'll be lush, complex, emotional experiences -- more involving and meaningful to some than real life. With an excerpt...
Instructional Video11:16
TED Talks

TED: The board game getting kids excited about school | Joel Baraka

12th - Higher Ed
Going to school in a refugee camp can be complicated: students encounter crowded classrooms, rigid curricula and limited access to teachers. Joel Baraka, who grew up in the Kyangwali refugee camp in Uganda, is determined to change that...
Instructional Video5:48
SciShow

Catching Solar Wind: A Truly Endless Energy Source?

12th - Higher Ed
We could quite possibly catch solar winds as a means for endless energy, and though it sounds like science fiction, we have the materials to do this now.
Instructional Video13:21
TED Talks

TED: 5 ways to lead in an era of constant change | Jim Hemerling

12th - Higher Ed
Who says change needs to be hard? Organizational change expert Jim Hemerling thinks adapting your business in today's constantly-evolving world can be invigorating instead of exhausting. He outlines five imperatives, centered around...
Instructional Video9:54
TED Talks

Aimee Mullins: My 12 pairs of legs

12th - Higher Ed
Athlete, actor and activist Aimee Mullins talks about her prosthetic legs -- she's got a dozen amazing pairs -- and the superpowers they grant her: speed, beauty, an extra 6 inches of height ... Quite simply, she redefines what the body...
Instructional Video7:20
TED Talks

TED: What can we learn from shortcuts? | Tom Hulme

12th - Higher Ed
How do you build a product people really want? Allow consumers to be a part of the process. "empathy for what your customers want is probably the biggest leading indicator of business success," says designer Tom Hulme. In this short...
Instructional Video7:05
TED Talks

TED: This scientist makes ears out of apples | Andrew Pelling

12th - Higher Ed
TeD Fellow Andrew Pelling is a biohacker, and nature is his hardware. His favorite materials are the simplest ones (and oftentimes he finds them in the garbage). Building on the cellulose structure that gives an apple its shape, he...
Instructional Video16:10
TED Talks

TED: How online abuse of women has spiraled out of control | Ashley Judd

12th - Higher Ed
* Viewer discretion advised. This video includes discussion of mature topics and may be inappropriate for some audiences. Enough with online hate speech, sexual harassment and threats of violence against women and marginalized groups....
Instructional Video7:59
TED Talks

Anindya Kundu: The "opportunity gap" in US public education -- and how to close it

12th - Higher Ed
How can we tap into the potential of all students, especially those who come from disadvantaged backgrounds? Sociologist Anindya Kundu invites us to take a deeper look at the personal, social and institutional challenges that keep...
Instructional Video13:11
TED Talks

Ivan Poupyrev: Everything around you can become a computer

12th - Higher Ed
Designer Ivan Poupyrev wants to integrate technology into everyday objects to make them more useful and fun -- like a jacket you can use to answer phone calls or a houseplant you can play like a keyboard. In a talk and tech demo, he lays...
Instructional Video14:58
SciShow

This One’s for the Birds: Your Bird Questions, Answered | Compilation

12th - Higher Ed
You probably don't think much about birds most of the time, but these little former-dinosaurs are amazing! So, here's a collection of videos in which we've tackled our viewers' biggest bird questions!
Instructional Video17:03
TED Talks

Sakena Yacoobi: How I stopped the Taliban from shutting down my school

12th - Higher Ed
When the Taliban closed all the girls' schools in Afghanistan, Sakena Yacoobi set up new schools, in secret, educating thousands of women and men. In this fierce, funny talk, she tells the jaw-dropping story of two times when she was...
Instructional Video13:23
TED Talks

Carla Harris: How to find the person who can help you get ahead at work

12th - Higher Ed
The workplace is often presented as a meritocracy, where you can succeed by putting your head down and working hard. Wall Street veteran Carla Harris learned early in her career that this a myth. The key to actually getting ahead? Get a...
Instructional Video5:56
Bozeman Science

Electrochemical Gradient

12th - Higher Ed
In this video Paul Andersen explains how the electrochemical gradient is a combination of the chemical and electrical gradient of ions. As ions move across a membrane the potential change creates a hidden force that isn't always apparent.
Instructional Video7:28
TED Talks

TED: Beautiful new words to describe obscure emotions | John Koenig

12th - Higher Ed
John Koenig loves finding words that express our unarticulated feelings -- like "lachesism," the hunger for disaster, and "sonder," the realization that everyone else's lives are as complex and unknowable as our own. Here, he meditates...
Instructional Video10:43
TED Talks

TED: This tiny particle could roam your body to find tumors | Sangeeta Bhatia

12th - Higher Ed
What if we could find cancerous tumors years before they can harm us -- without expensive screening facilities or even steady electricity? Physician, bioengineer and entrepreneur Sangeeta Bhatia leads a multidisciplinary lab that...
Instructional Video10:38
TED Talks

TED: Two reasons companies fail -- and how to avoid them | Knut Haanaes

12th - Higher Ed
Is it possible to run a company and reinvent it at the same time? For business strategist Knut Haanaes, the ability to innovate after becoming successful is the mark of a great organization. He shares insights on how to strike a balance...
Instructional Video10:22
TED Talks

Boaz Almog: The levitating superconductor

12th - Higher Ed
How can a super-thin 3-inch disk levitate something 70,000 times its own weight? In a riveting demonstration, Boaz Almog shows how a phenomenon known as quantum locking allows a superconductor disk to float over a magnetic rail --...
Instructional Video17:21
TED Talks

TED: Why joy is a state of mind | Angélique Kidjo and Femi Oke

12th - Higher Ed
With infectious energy, singer-songwriter Angélique Kidjo ties together the threads of her legendary career as a creative force and global activist. In conversation with journalist Femi Oke, she discusses how joy powers her music (and...
Instructional Video4:22
TED Talks

TED: An engineer's vision for tiny forests, everywhere | Shubhendu Sharma

12th - Higher Ed
A forest planted by humans, then left to nature's own devices, typically takes at least 100 years to mature. But what if we could make the process happen ten times faster? In this short talk, eco-entrepreneur (and TED Fellow) Shubhendu...
Instructional Video15:55
TED Talks

TED: This computer will grow your food in the future | Caleb Harper

12th - Higher Ed
What if we could grow delicious, nutrient-dense food, indoors anywhere in the world? Caleb Harper, director of the Open Agriculture Initiative at the MIT Media Lab, wants to change the food system by connecting growers with technology....
Instructional Video16:16
TED Talks

TED: The future of money | Neha Narula

12th - Higher Ed
What happens when the way we buy, sell and pay for things changes, perhaps even removing the need for banks or currency exchange bureaus? That's the radical promise of a world powered by cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and ethereum. We're...