

Economist Eleni Gabre-Madhin outlines her ambitious vision to found the first commodities market in Ethiopia. Her plan would create wealth, minimize risk for farmers and turn the world's largest recipient of food aid into a regional food basket...
After Vusi Mahlasela played a 3-song set at TEDGlobal (including the moving "Thula Mama"), the audience simply wouldn't let him go. This charming encore, "Woza," showcases his brilliant guitar playing and multilingual lyrics
"I don't think we're going to make it," John Doerr proclaims, in an emotional talk about climate change and investment. Spurred on by his daughter, he and his partners at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers embarked on a greentech world tour
In a friendly, high-speed presentation, Will Wright demos his newest game, Spore, which promises to dazzle users even more than his previous masterpieces....
Weird Al Yankovich doing a great job (as always) with this Rock/Punk-Polka
Natalie Imbruglia performs "Torn", alongside an awesomely literal mime (description from reddit)
Good evening ladies and gentlemen, I'm here tonight to talk to you about something called the Central Dogma.
"Freakonomics" author Steven Levitt examines the economic principles at work in an inner-city gang.
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.
"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)
MIT engineer Amy Smith explains the vision behind her inventions: low-cost devices that tackle tough problems in developing countries.
Interview with Richard Dawkins. He also takes questions from the viewers.
A singing peanut and his gang of shelled friends explain that sometimes free trade is just nuts.
Desiree Bassett, a 13 year old girl in Worcester, MA, totally rules on guitar. Amazing tapping solos, hard rock covers, etc. She is so f*cking fast!
Meet the little man inside Georges head! Very Funny! Even true maybe? (German voice with english subtitles.)
This video explains The Most Important Image Ever Taken by The Hubble Deep Field. A 3D animation that shows our place in the universe (Note: Don't be put of by the numa numa clip).
Great talk about transforming hard problems into fun games. Luis von Ahn invents Internet games that get people to solve problems that computers can't solve, and do it for free because it's part of a fun and addictive game. (cf. ESP game, Peekaboom, etc). 50 minutes, but funny and no fancy jargon.
Inventor Jeff Han demonstrates his intuitive "interface-free" touch-driven computer screen.
What if you could find love one day in the metro? Could it even be... your soulmate? A funny short film in French (and English subtitles), with a little dose of cruelty thrown into the mix.