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TEDTalks : Dan Gilbert (2004) video

"Stumbling on Happiness" author Dan Gilbert demonstrates just how poor we humans are at predicting (or understanding) what will make us happy. (Recorded July 2005 in Oxford, UK. Duration: 22:02)

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TEDTalks : Ben Saunders (2005) audio

Arctic explorer Ben Saunders recounts his harrowing solo journey to the North Pole, complete with gorgeous images, amusing anecdotes and previously unseen video footage from the Pole.

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TEDTalks: Anand Agarawala (2007) video

Software developer Anand Agarawala presents BumpTop, a fresh user interface that takes the usual desktop metaphor to a glorious, 3D extreme.

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The amazing intelligence of crows

Hacker and writer Joshua Klein is fascinated by crows. (Notice the gleam of intelligence in their little black eyes?) After a long amateur study of corvid behavior, he's come up with an elegant machine that may form a new bond between animal and human.

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TEDTalks : Amy Smith (2006) video

MIT engineer Amy Smith explains the vision behind her inventions: low-cost devices that tackle tough problems in developing countries.

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TEDTalks : Steven Levitt (2004) video

"Freakonomics" author Steven Levitt examines the economic principles at work in an inner-city gang.

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Allison Hunt gets (a new) hip

Even when a Canadian cheats the system, they do it in a way that benefits society. I love it! TEDster Allison Hunt's five-minute talk finds humor and marketing strategy in the most unlikely of places -- her own hip-replacement surgery. As the world scrutinizes broken healthcare systems, this particularly timely clip shows how sneaking to the front of a 2-year waiting list can have an altruistic effect.

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TEDTalks: Jeff Skoll (2007)

Jeff Skoll made his fortune as the first president of eBay. Now he's spending it at the movies. His company, Participant Productions, makes entertaining, issues-driven films that inspire real change -- Murderball, Syriana, An Inconvenient Truth ...

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TEDTalks: Geroge Ayittey (2007)

This grab-you-by-the-throat speech by Ghanaian economist George Ayittey unleashes an almost breathtaking torrent of controlled anger toward corrupt leaders and the complacency that allows them to thrive...

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TED | How creativity is being strangled by the law

Larry Lessig gets TEDsters to their feet, whooping and whistling, following this elegant presentation of "three stories and an argument." The Net's most adored lawyer brings together John Philip Sousa, celestial copyrights, and the "ASCAP cartel"

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TED | Sing a song of sustainable cities

Jamie Lerner re-invented urban space in his native Curitiba, Brazil. Along the way he changed the way city planners worldwide conceive what's possible in the metropolitan landscape.

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TED: 閃電心算魔「數」師的秘密

In a lively show, "mathemagician" Arthur Benjamin races a team of calculators to figure out 3-digit squares, performs a massive mental calculation, and guesses a few birth days. How does he do it? He'll tell you.

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TEDTalks: David Pogue (2007)

New York Times tech columnist David Pogue is back with a satirical mini-medley that explains the legal and social history of music and media on the Internet in 4 minutes.

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What if...

Inside every tank there is a human being. See the world through someone else's eyes. Pangea Day - May 10, 2008.

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TEDTalks: Raspyni Brothers (2002)

Illustrious jugglers the Raspyni Brothers show off their uncanny balance, agility, coordination and willingness to sacrifice (others). Now, if you'll just stand completely still...

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TEDTalks : Nicholas Negroponte (2006) OLPC

Nicholas Negroponte outlines the vision behind the $100 laptop OLPC and the challenges in getting it produced.

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TEDTalks: Johnny Lee (2008)

Johnny Lee demos his amazing Wii Remote hacks, which transform the $40 game piece into a digital whiteboard, a touchscreen and a head-mounted 3-D viewer. A multi-ovation demo from TED2008.

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TEDTalks : Picturing excess - Chris Jordan (2008)

Chris Jordan pictures some shocking stats

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