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visual art, science, ecological commerce, writing, photography

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Sharing visualized intelligent solutions to green our world!

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Tewchiu dialect for South China and Asia

My TED Story

A TED video on the topic of happiess was recommended by a good friend of mine in the end of 2008, which was very inspiring! From then on, I came to check out TED from time to time then became a volunteer of a translater.

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  A reply on Talk: John Graham-Cumming: The greatest machine that never was

  Jul 24 2012: It takes time. :-) This is a new added video.

• A comment on Talk: A TED speaker's worst nightmare

  Mar 11 2012: Hahaha... when his nightmare came, i started to laugh till the end he said "thank you very much".! LOL So funny! Well done!
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  A comment on Talk: Yang Lan: The generation that's remaking China

  Oct 20 2011: It feels like seeing things through a vague and a little bit twisted mirror made by the speaker. If you already have some background knowledge about the stories she brought out on the stage and the speaker herself, you might get a different impression like I do. For example, when you heard of China Red Cross, you might suppose this is a NGO. No, it isn't. When you heard of a huge number of somebody's followers on a Chinese twitter, you might be deeply impressed. Wait, such a number doesn't refer to the true followers. If you know the connection between the speaker and this China Red Cross or the Chinese twitter, you know why she would rather not explain further. "It's very complicated to explain", she said. I can't say this video is misleading, I don't think it's that serious. Just like many other comments above indicate: It's out of point and lack of original ideas. That's why it is less inspiring than many others on TED.

• A reply on Talk: Yang Lan: The generation that's remaking China

  Oct 20 2011: Good point! Joshua.

• A comment on Talk: A robot that flies like a bird

  Aug 2 2011: Great design! And, I believe even a much bigger and heavier "robot bird" could fly in this way one day. Here is a link to a bird-like plane designed by a Canadian student in 2010: http://www.thestar.com/videozone/865103--flapping-into-aviation-history.
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  A comment on Talk: John Maeda: Designing for simplicity

  Jul 9 2010: When technology meets art, simplicity is the goal, but the way is complex. That happens to be my daily work now. I love working on it, while feel trouble with it. Nice talk! Would love to learn more from his book. thanks.

• A comment on Talk: Dan Pink: The puzzle of motivation

  Jan 16 2010: This is the "true" fact! I'm a proof! Thanks Dan for your presentation supporting me on my new team management, it gets rid of my little remaining doubt in my mind. Sunny Sunday today... :o)

• A comment on Talk: Janine Benyus: Biomimicry in action

  Jan 8 2010: Intersting! Is it a coincidence that the name of the engineer J.R. West who designed Bullet Train mentioned in this great video is the same of the company J.R.West which represent "Japan Railway West" that built Shinkansen (Bullet Train) in Japan?
  (Edit: just realized that was a misunderstanding from the Chinese subtitle translation...so, it was not a coincidence. J.R.West is the name of the company in Japan. The engineer name is Mr. Eiji NakatsuMr who worked in J.R. West. ) :))