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Joseph DeSimone: What if 3D printing was 100x faster?

What we think of as 3D printing, says Joseph DeSimone, is really just 2D printing over and over ... slowly. Onstage at TED2015, he unveils a bold new technique -- inspired, yes, by Terminator 2 -- that's 25 to 100 times faster, and creates smooth, strong parts. Could it finally help to fulfill the tremendous promise of 3D printing?
https://www.ted.com/talks/joseph_desimone_what_if_3d_printing_was_100x_faster

Avi Reichental: What's next in 3D printing

Just like his beloved grandfather, Avi Reichental is a maker of things. The difference is, now he can use 3D printers to make almost anything, out of almost any material. Reichental tours us through the possibilities of 3D printing, for everything from printed candy to highly custom sneakers.
https://www.ted.com/talks/avi_reichental_what_s_next_in_3d_printing

Lisa Harouni: A primer on 3D printing

2012 may be the year of 3D printing, when this three-decade-old technology finally becomes accessible and even commonplace. Lisa Harouni gives a useful introduction to this fascinating way of making things -- including intricate objects once impossible to create.
https://www.ted.com/talks/lisa_harouni_a_primer_on_3d_printing

Skylar Tibbits: The emergence of "4D printing"

3D printing has grown in sophistication since the late 1970s; TED Fellow Skylar Tibbits is shaping the next development, which he calls 4D printing, where the fourth dimension is time. This emerging technology will allow us to print objects that then reshape themselves or self-assemble over time. Think: a printed cube that folds before your eyes...
https://www.ted.com/talks/skylar_tibbits_the_emergence_of_4d_printing

Danit Peleg: Forget shopping. Soon you'll download your new clothes

Downloadable, printable clothing may be coming to a closet near you. What started as designer Danit Peleg's fashion school project turned into a collection of 3D-printed designs that have the strength and flexibility for everyday wear. "Fashion is a very physical thing," she says. "I wonder what our world will look like when our clothes will be ...
https://www.ted.com/talks/danit_peleg_forget_shopping_soon_you_ll_download_your_new_clothes

Taneka Jones: How to 3D print human tissue

There are currently hundreds of thousands of people on transplant lists, waiting for critical organs like kidneys, hearts and livers that could save their lives. Unfortunately, there aren't enough donor organs available to fill that demand. What if, instead of waiting, we could create new, customized organs from scratch? Taneka Jones explores bi...
https://www.ted.com/talks/taneka_jones_how_to_3d_print_human_tissue

Peter Weinstock | TED Speaker

Dr. Peter Weinstock is an Intensive Care Unit physician and Director of the Pediatric Simulator Program at Boston Children's Hospital/Harvard Medical School. Peter and his team fuse medicine with state of the art special effects, puppeteering and 3D printing technologies to create lifelike simulations of complex surgeries.
Pediatric ICU doctor
https://www.ted.com/speakers/peter_weinstock

Dan Walker: Can we "print" smart objects?

According to technologist Dan Walker, the future is going to be printed. Well, not exactly, but many things that we today patch together or assemble, will actually come to us as complex printed objects. By loading the standard printers we use today with special inks that conduct electricity, we can print electronic circuits onto the objects, mak...
https://www.ted.com/talks/dan_walker_can_we_print_smart_objects

Peter Weinstock: Lifelike simulations that make real-life surgery safer

Critical care doctor Peter Weinstock shows how surgical teams are using a blend of Hollywood special effects and 3D printing to create amazingly lifelike reproductions of real patients -- so they can practice risky surgeries ahead of time. Think: "Operate twice, cut once." Glimpse the future of surgery in this forward-thinking talk.
https://www.ted.com/talks/peter_weinstock_lifelike_simulations_that_make_real_life_surgery_safer

HY William Chan: How refugees could be architects of their own homes -- and futures

Refugee camps across the world are often regarded as temporary environments -- but these spaces often become long-term homes for the people who live there. Designer and urbanist HY William Chan believes that we can empower displaced people to transform their environments from being overcrowded and mismanaged to safe and sustainable, using techno...
https://www.ted.com/talks/hy_william_chan_how_refugees_could_be_architects_of_their_own_homes_and_futures

Lisa Harouni | TED Speaker

Lisa Harouni is the co-founder of Digital Forming, working in "additive manufacturing" -- or 3D printing.
3D printing entrepreneur
https://www.ted.com/speakers/lisa_harouni

Playlist: Philippe Starck: 11 truly thrilling talks (11 talks)

Designer Philippe Starck handpicked this list of talks about science and design -- ideas that spur imagination and inspire creativity.
Curated by Philippe Starck · 11 talks
https://www.ted.com/playlists/philippe_starck_11_truly_thri

Playlist: Let’s get nerdy (11 talks)

Nerd out with these talks that prove you can use all-time classics like Harry Potter and Star Wars to help explain the real world.
Curated by TED · 11 talks
https://www.ted.com/playlists/let_s_get_nerdy

Lee Cronin: Print your own medicine

Chemist Lee Cronin is working on a 3D printer that, instead of objects, is able to print molecules. An exciting potential long-term application: printing your own medicine using chemical inks.
https://www.ted.com/talks/lee_cronin_print_your_own_medicine

Playlist: The most jaw-dropping TED Talks (12 talks)

Enjoy these simply wow talks, which will have you thinking about the possibilities for hours.
Curated by TED · 12 talks
https://www.ted.com/playlists/the_most_jaw_dropping_ted_talk

Avi Reichental | TED Speaker

At XponentialWorks, Avi Reichental is helping to imagine a future where 3D scanning-and-printing is an everyday act -- where food, clothing and objects are routinely output at home.
3D printer
https://www.ted.com/speakers/avi_reichental

Playlist: Tech breakthrough (14 talks)

These onstage demos offer a mind-blowing peek at where technology is taking us. Flying robots, levitating superconductors, brainwave-reading headsets and more …
Curated by TED · 14 talks
https://www.ted.com/playlists/tech_breakthrough

Playlist: Talks that prove you already live in the future (10 talks)

That crazy, sci-fi future we all imagine? It’s here.
Curated by TED · 10 talks
https://www.ted.com/playlists/talks_that_prove_you_already_l

Enzo Romero: The affordable, 3D-printed bionics of the future

Creating functional prosthetics at a fraction of the cost of imported tech, bionic innovator and TED Fellow Enzo Romero shares a groundbreaking model for designing 3D-printed assistive technology sourced from recycled materials -- built in and for his native Peru. Hear how Luke Skywalker's bionic hand in Star Wars inspired Romero to pursue mecha...
https://www.ted.com/talks/enzo_romero_the_affordable_3d_printed_bionics_of_the_future

Peter Beck: Small rockets are the next space revolution

We're in the dawn of a new space revolution, says engineer Peter Beck: the revolution of the small. In a talk packed with insights into the state of the space industry, Beck shares his work building rockets capable of delivering small payloads to space rapidly and reliably -- helping us search for extraterrestrial life, learn more about the sola...
https://www.ted.com/talks/peter_beck_small_rockets_are_the_next_space_revolution

Joseph DeSimone | TED Speaker

The CEO of Carbon3D, Joseph DeSimone has made breakthrough contributions to the field of 3D printing.
Chemist, inventor
https://www.ted.com/speakers/joseph_desimone

Daniel Kraft: The pharmacy of the future? Personalized pills, 3D printed at home

We need to change how we prescribe drugs, says physician Daniel Kraft: too often, medications are dosed incorrectly, cause toxic side effects or just don't work. In a talk and concept demo, Kraft shares his vision for a future of personalized medication, unveiling a prototype 3D printer that could design pills that adapt to our individual needs.
https://www.ted.com/talks/daniel_kraft_the_pharmacy_of_the_future_personalized_pills_3d_printed_at_home

Danit Peleg | TED Speaker

Danit Peleg created the first 3D-printed fashion collection printed entirely using home printers.
Fashion designer
https://www.ted.com/speakers/danit_peleg

Heather Barnett: What humans can learn from semi-intelligent slime

Inspired by biological design and self-organizing systems, artist Heather Barnett co-creates with physarum polycephalum, a eukaryotic microorganism that lives in cool, moist areas. What can people learn from the semi-intelligent slime mold? Watch this talk to find out.
https://www.ted.com/talks/heather_barnett_what_humans_can_learn_from_semi_intelligent_slime

Julio Gil | TED Speaker

UPS's Julio Gil thinks that technology is flipping the equation on future cities, and that rural may soon become the new urban.
Logistics expert
https://www.ted.com/speakers/julio_gil

David Sengeh | TED Speaker

Even the most advanced prosthetic isn't useful if it's hard to wear. This observation guides TED Fellow David Sengeh's work at the Biomechatronics group in the MIT Media Lab.
Biomechatronics engineer
https://www.ted.com/speakers/david_sengeh

Massimo Russo | TED Speaker

Massimo Russo is a senior partner emeritus at BCG and a former fellow of the BCG Henderson Institute.
Data cooperation expert
https://www.ted.com/speakers/massimo_russo

Kenneth Lacovara | TED Speaker

In his quest to understand the largest dinosaurs to have walked the Earth, Kenneth Lacovara blends exploration with the latest imaging and modeling techniques from engineering to medicine.
Paleontologist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/kenneth_lacovara

Jay Walker: My library of human imagination

Jay Walker, curator of the Library of Human Imagination, conducts a surprising show-and-tell session highlighting a few of the intriguing artifacts that backdropped the 2008 TED stage.
https://www.ted.com/talks/jay_walker_my_library_of_human_imagination

Melodie Yashar | TED Speaker

Melodie Yashar develops construction technologies to allow us to build on the Moon and, one day, Mars.
Space architect
https://www.ted.com/speakers/melodie_yashar
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