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Jay Silver | TED Speaker

Jay Silver and Eric Rosenbaum's MaKey MaKey kit lets you turn everyday objects into computer interfaces -- inspiring both fun and practical new inventions.
Inventor
https://www.ted.com/speakers/jay_silver

Joi Ito | TED Speaker

Joi Ito is the former director of the MIT Media Lab.
Relentless mind
https://www.ted.com/speakers/joi_ito

Shimpei Takahashi | TED Speaker

Shimpei Takahashi thinks we should forget about analyzing data or sales figures and just come up with ideas -- lots and lots of ideas.
Toy designer
https://www.ted.com/speakers/shimpei_takahashi

Paula Scher | TED Speaker

With a career that fuses rock and roll, corporate identity creation, and impressionistic geography, Paula Scher is a master conjurer of the instantly familiar.
Designer at play
https://www.ted.com/speakers/paula_scher

Mae Jemison | TED Speaker

Astronaut Dr. Mae Jemison‘s inclusive, audacious journey to improving life here on earth and beyond is paving the way for human interstellar travel.
Astronaut, engineer, entrepreneur, physician and educator
https://www.ted.com/speakers/mae_jemison

Gary Vaynerchuk | TED Speaker

Gary Vaynerchuk's Wine Library TV combines an irreverent approach to wine and a shrewd social media strategy. It won him web fame and the cachet to spin off book deals, new businesses and his own entrepreneurship consulting firm.
Entrepreneur
https://www.ted.com/speakers/gary_vaynerchuk

Cristina Domenech | TED Speaker

Cristina Domenech proposes to use language as an instrument of liberation and as a way to change the world.
Poet and educator
https://www.ted.com/speakers/cristina_domenech

LaToya Ruby Frazier | TED Speaker

LaToya Ruby Frazier focuses her camera lens on working class families, exploring themes of family, inequality, health care and environmental racism.
Visual artist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/latoya_ruby_frazier

Jon Gray: The next big thing is coming from the Bronx, again

"The hood is good," says Jon Gray of the Bronx, New York-based creative collective Ghetto Gastro. Working at the intersection of food, design and art, Gray and his team honor the soul and history of their community while applying their unbridled creativity and expansive imagination to unexpected, otherworldly collaborations. Learn more about how...
https://www.ted.com/talks/jon_gray_the_next_big_thing_is_coming_from_the_bronx_again

E.O. Wilson: Advice to a young scientist

"The world needs you, badly," says legendary biologist E.O. Wilson in his letter to a young scientist. He gives advice collected from a lifetime of experience -- and reminds us that wonder and creativity are the center of the scientific life.
https://www.ted.com/talks/e_o_wilson_advice_to_a_young_scientist

Homaro Cantu | TED Speaker

The executive chef at Chicago's Moto restaurant, Homaro Cantu created postmodern cuisine and futuristic food delivery systems.
Chef
https://www.ted.com/speakers/homaro_cantu

Billy Collins | TED Speaker

A two-term U.S. Poet Laureate, Billy Collins captures readers with his understated wit, profound insight -- and a sense of being "hospitable."
Poet
https://www.ted.com/speakers/billy_collins

Frank Warren | TED Speaker

Frank Warren is the creator of the PostSecret Project, a blog full of secrets anonymously shared via postcard.
Secret keeper
https://www.ted.com/speakers/frank_warren

Janet Echelman: Taking imagination seriously

Janet Echelman found her true voice as an artist when her paints went missing -- which forced her to look to an unorthodox new art material. Now she makes billowing, flowing, building-sized sculpture with a surprisingly geeky edge. A transporting 10 minutes of pure creativity.
https://www.ted.com/talks/janet_echelman_taking_imagination_seriously

Lawrence Lessig | TED Speaker

Lawrence Lessig has already transformed intellectual-property law with his Creative Commons innovation. Now he's focused on an even bigger problem: The US' broken political system.
Legal activist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/larry_lessig

Woody Norris | TED Speaker

Woody Norris is a serial inventor of electronics, tools and cutting-edge sonic equipment -- such as the LRAD acoustic cannon.
Inventor
https://www.ted.com/speakers/woody_norris

Aaron Koblin | TED Speaker

Aaron Koblin is an artist specializing in data and digital technologies. His work takes real world and community-generated data and uses it to reflect on cultural trends and the changing relationship between humans and technology.
Data artist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/aaron_koblin

Sunni Brown | TED Speaker

In her book "Gamestorming," Sunni Brown shows how using art and games can empower serious problem-solving.
Visualizer and gamestorming
https://www.ted.com/speakers/sunni_brown

Karen Bass | TED Speaker

Karen Bass has traveled the world to explore and capture footage from every environment across the Earth.
Natural history filmmaker
https://www.ted.com/speakers/karen_bass

Wanuri Kahiu | TED Speaker

Wanuri Kahiu wants to curate, commission and create art that celebrates fun, fierce and frivolous Africa.
Filmmaker, writer
https://www.ted.com/speakers/wanuri_kahiu

Martine Rothblatt: My daughter, my wife, our robot, and the quest for immortality

The founder of Sirius XM satellite radio, Martine Rothblatt now heads up a drug company that makes life-saving medicines for rare diseases (including one drug that saved her own daughter's life). Meanwhile she is working to preserve the consciousness of the woman she loves in a digital file ... and a companion robot. In an onstage conversation w...
https://www.ted.com/talks/martine_rothblatt_my_daughter_my_wife_our_robot_and_the_quest_for_immortality

Playlist: 11 trippy TED Talks (11 talks)

These surprising, slightly psychedelic talks are better than staring at a blacklight poster.
Curated by TED · 11 talks
http://www.ted.com/playlists/9_trippy_ted_talks

Playlist: How do you create new words? (4 talks)

4 reasons why you shouldn't be afraid to make up new words (no matter how ridiculous they may sound).
Curated by TED · 4 talks
http://www.ted.com/playlists/how_do_you_create_new_words

Joshua Walters: On being just crazy enough

At TED's Full Spectrum Auditions, comedian Joshua Walters, who's bipolar, walks the line between mental illness and mental "skillness." In this funny, thought-provoking talk, he asks: What's the right balance between medicating craziness away and riding the manic edge of creativity and drive?
https://www.ted.com/talks/joshua_walters_on_being_just_crazy_enough

Wendell Pierce: Theater healed my community after Hurricane Katrina

Actor Wendell Pierce ruminates on his performance of "Waiting for Godot" in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, highlighting the prophetic, transformative and rejuvenating powers of art in times of great strife.
https://www.ted.com/talks/wendell_pierce_theater_healed_my_community_after_hurricane_katrina

Ryan Pfluger: The therapeutic value of photography

In this deeply personal talk, photographer Ryan Pfluger shares how difficult times prompted him to take a series of road trips during which he discovered the power of photography to foster connection. Describing the tradition's unique place in our image-saturated culture, he explains how portrait photography -- even if its just self-portraiture ...
https://www.ted.com/talks/ryan_pfluger_the_therapeutic_value_of_photography

Alexa Meade: Your body is my canvas

Alexa Meade takes an innovative approach to art. Not for her a life of sketching and stretching canvases. Instead, she selects a topic and then paints it--literally. She covers everything in a scene--people, chairs, food, you name it--in a mask of paint that mimics what's below it. In this eye-opening talk Meade shows off photographs of some of ...
https://www.ted.com/talks/alexa_meade_your_body_is_my_canvas

Bassam Tariq: The beauty and diversity of Muslim life

Bassam Tariq is a blogger, a filmmaker, and a halal butcher -- but one thread unites his work: His joy in the diversity, the humanness of our individual experiences. In this charming talk, he shares clips from his film "These Birds Walk" and images from his tour of 30 mosques in 30 days -- and reminds us to consider the beautiful complexity with...
https://www.ted.com/talks/bassam_tariq_the_beauty_and_diversity_of_muslim_life

Ricardo Semler: How to run a company with (almost) no rules

What if your job didn't control your life? Brazilian CEO Ricardo Semler practices a radical form of corporate democracy, rethinking everything from board meetings to how workers report their vacation days (they don't have to). It's a vision that rewards the wisdom of workers, promotes work-life balance — and leads to some deep insight on what wo...
https://www.ted.com/talks/ricardo_semler_how_to_run_a_company_with_almost_no_rules

David Lee | TED Speaker

UPS’s David Lee works to create platforms that make it easier for people to turn fuzzy ideas into concrete solutions.
Innovation leader
https://www.ted.com/speakers/david_lee
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