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Watch Talks by TED Fellows

Kotchakorn Voraakhom

How to transform sinking cities into landscapes that fight floods

Jan 2019

Shohini Ghose

Quantum computing explained in 10 minutes

Jan 2019

Paul Rucker

How my mom inspired my approach to the cello

Nov 2018

Faith Osier

The key to a better malaria vaccine

Oct 2018

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Iceland’s glacier communities’ stories help us navigate a changing planet

The southern margin of the glacier Breiðamerkurjökull. Photo: Joe TigheBridging scientific knowledge and human narrative, The Secret Lives of Glaciers offers a new way to think ...

Forget Skype, hang up on Hangouts. Beam your 3D avatar into AR space instead

Teleconferencing, Spatial style: Pop on a pair of AR glasses and beam into a shared virtual space as a 3D avatar to collaborate, chat and create. All images taken courtesy of Ji...

How to create 3D augmented reality, in real-time — without a computer

Photos courtesy of Christine Marie. Photo credits: Vanessa Crocini, Christine Marie and Bryndis Hafthorsdottir. Dancers: Taylor Unwin, Gigi Todisco, Sandra Ruiz.How to create 3D...

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