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Nicholas Negroponte: One Laptop per Child

Nicholas Negroponte, founder of the MIT Media Laboratory, describes how the One Laptop Per Child project will build and distribute the "$100 laptop."
https://www.ted.com/talks/nicholas_negroponte_one_laptop_per_child

John Maeda: Designing for simplicity

The MIT Media Lab's John Maeda lives at the intersection of technology and art, a place that can get very complicated. Here he talks about paring down to basics.
https://www.ted.com/talks/john_maeda_designing_for_simplicity

Neil Gershenfeld: Unleash your creativity in a Fab Lab

MIT professor Neil Gershenfeld talks about his Fab Lab -- a low-cost lab that lets people build things they need using digital and analog tools. It's a simple idea with powerful results.
https://www.ted.com/talks/neil_gershenfeld_unleash_your_creativity_in_a_fab_lab

Amy Smith: Simple designs to save a life

Fumes from indoor cooking fires kill more than 2 million children a year in the developing world. MIT engineer Amy Smith details an exciting but simple solution: a tool for turning farm waste into clean-burning charcoal.
https://www.ted.com/talks/amy_smith_simple_designs_to_save_a_life

John Maeda | TED Speaker

John Maeda, the former president of the Rhode Island School of Design, is dedicated to linking design and technology. Through the software tools, web pages and books he creates, he spreads his philosophy of elegant simplicity.
Artist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/john_maeda

Pattie Maes + Pranav Mistry: Meet the SixthSense interaction

This demo -- from Pattie Maes' lab at MIT, spearheaded by Pranav Mistry -- was the buzz of TED. It's a wearable device with a projector that paves the way for profound interaction with our environment. Imagine "Minority Report" and then some.
https://www.ted.com/talks/pattie_maes_pranav_mistry_meet_the_sixthsense_interaction

David Merrill: Toy tiles that talk to each other

MIT grad student David Merrill demos Siftables -- cookie-sized, computerized tiles you can stack and shuffle in your hands. These future-toys can do math, play music, and talk to their friends, too. Is this the next thing in hands-on learning?
https://www.ted.com/talks/david_merrill_toy_tiles_that_talk_to_each_other

Playlist: Sleeping with Science (8 talks)

Sleep — we spend one-third of our lives doing it, but what exactly do we get out of it? And how can we do it better? In this new TED series, sleep scientist Matt Walker uncovers the facts and secrets behind our nightly slumber. Tune in weekly for better zzz's!
Curated by TED · 8 talks
http://www.ted.com/playlists/sleeping_with_science

Mitch Resnick: Let's teach kids to code

Coding isn't just for computer whizzes, says Mitch Resnick of MIT Media Lab -- it's for everyone. In a fun, demo-filled talk Resnick outlines the benefits of teaching kids to code, so they can do more than just use new tech toys but also create them.
https://www.ted.com/talks/mitch_resnick_let_s_teach_kids_to_code

Matt Beane | TED Speaker

Matt Beane is an Assistant Professor in the Technology Management Program at the University of California, Santa Barbara and a Research Affiliate with MIT's Institute for the Digital Economy.
Organizational ethnographer
https://www.ted.com/speakers/matt_beane

Leah Buechley: How to "sketch" with electronics

Designing electronics is generally cumbersome and expensive -- or was, until Leah Buechley and her team at MIT developed tools to treat electronics just like paper and pen. In this talk from TEDYouth 2011, Buechley shows some of her charming designs, like a paper piano you can sketch and then play.
https://www.ted.com/talks/leah_buechley_how_to_sketch_with_electronics

Amos Winter: The cheap all-terrain wheelchair

How do you build a wheelchair ready to blaze through mud and sand, all for under $200? MIT engineer Amos Winter guides us through the mechanics of an all-terrain wheelchair that's cheap and easy to build -- for true accessibility -- and gives us some lessons he learned along the road.
https://www.ted.com/talks/amos_winter_the_cheap_all_terrain_wheelchair

Matthew Borths: Claws vs. nails

Consider the claw. Frequently found on animals around the world, it's one of nature's most versatile tools. Bears use claws for digging as well as defense. An eagle's needle-like talons can pierce the skulls of their prey. Even the ancestors of primates used to wield these impressive appendages, until their claws evolved into nails. So what caus...
https://www.ted.com/talks/matthew_borths_claws_vs_nails

Matt Anticole: Is radiation dangerous?

When we hear the word radiation, it's tempting to picture huge explosions and frightening mutations. But that's not the full story — radiation also applies to rainbows and a doctor examining an X-ray. So what is it, really, and how much should we worry about its effects? Matt Anticole describes the different types of radiation. [Directed by Tinm...
https://www.ted.com/talks/matt_anticole_is_radiation_dangerous

Matteo Salvadore: The imaginary king who changed the real world

In 1165, copies of a strange letter began to circulate throughout Europe. It spoke of a fantastical realm, containing the Tower of Babel and the Fountain of Youth— all ruled over by the letter's mysterious author: Prester John. Who was this powerful ruler, and was he even real? Matteo Salvadore shares the legend of a mythical king who impacted t...
https://www.ted.com/talks/matteo_salvadore_the_imaginary_king_who_changed_the_real_world

Ernest Madu: World-class health care

Dr. Ernest Madu runs the Heart Institute of the Caribbean in Kingston, Jamaica, where he proves that -- with careful design, smart technical choices, and a true desire to serve -- it's possible to offer world-class healthcare in the developing world.
https://www.ted.com/talks/ernest_madu_world_class_health_care

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

Matt Walker: How sleep can improve your immunity

One of the best things that you can do to boost your immune system is head to bed, says sleep scientist Matt Walker. It can even make your flu shot more effective!
https://www.ted.com/talks/matt_walker_how_sleep_can_improve_your_immunity

Matt Langione: The promise of quantum computers

What if tiny microparticles could help us solve the world's biggest problems in a matter of minutes? That's the promise -- and magic -- of quantum computers, says Matt Langione. Speaking next to an actual IBM quantum computer, he explains how these machines solve complex challenges like developing vaccines and calculating financial risk in an en...
https://www.ted.com/talks/matt_langione_the_promise_of_quantum_computers

Matt Walker: Why sleep matters now more than ever

A good night's sleep has perhaps never been more important. Sharing wisdom and debunking myths, sleep scientist Matt Walker discusses the impact of sleep on mind and body -- from unleashing your creative powers to boosting your memory and immune health -- and details practices you can start (and stop) doing tonight to get some rest. (This virtua...
https://www.ted.com/talks/matt_walker_why_sleep_matters_now_more_than_ever

Alex Rosenthal: The joyful, perplexing world of puzzle hunts

Welcome to the strange, deviously difficult and incredibly joyful world of puzzle hunts. Follow along as Alex Rosenthal lifts the veil on one of the world's most complex puzzle hunts, the MIT Mystery Hunt -- and reveals how puzzles can be found in the most unexpected places. (Hint: see if you can spot the puzzle hidden in this TED Talk.)
https://www.ted.com/talks/alex_rosenthal_the_joyful_perplexing_world_of_puzzle_hunts

Deb Roy: The birth of a word

MIT researcher Deb Roy wanted to understand how his infant son learned language -- so he wired up his house with videocameras to catch every moment (with exceptions) of his son's life, then parsed 90,000 hours of home video to watch "gaaaa" slowly turn into "water." Astonishing, data-rich research with deep implications for how we learn.
https://www.ted.com/talks/deb_roy_the_birth_of_a_word

Nicholas Negroponte: A 30-year history of the future

MIT Media Lab founder Nicholas Negroponte takes you on a journey through the last 30 years of tech. The consummate predictor highlights interfaces and innovations he foresaw in the 1970s and 1980s that were scoffed at then but are ubiquitous today. And he leaves you with one last (absurd? brilliant?) prediction for the coming 30 years.
https://www.ted.com/talks/nicholas_negroponte_a_30_year_history_of_the_future

Skylar Tibbits: Can we make things that make themselves?

MIT researcher Skylar Tibbits works on self-assembly -- the idea that instead of building something (a chair, a skyscraper), we can create materials that build themselves, much the way a strand of DNA zips itself together. It's a big concept at early stages; Tibbits shows us three in-the-lab projects that hint at what a self-assembling future mi...
https://www.ted.com/talks/skylar_tibbits_can_we_make_things_that_make_themselves

Matt Weinstein: What Bernie Madoff couldn't steal from me

Matt Weinstein lost his life savings to Bernie Madoff's notorious scam. But his response to the disaster is unexpectedly hopeful.
https://www.ted.com/talks/matt_weinstein_what_bernie_madoff_couldn_t_steal_from_me

John Maeda: How art, technology and design inform creative leaders

John Maeda, former President of the Rhode Island School of Design, delivers a funny and charming talk that spans a lifetime of work in art, design and technology, concluding with a picture of creative leadership in the future. Watch for demos of Maeda's earliest work -- and even a computer made of people.
https://www.ted.com/talks/john_maeda_how_art_technology_and_design_inform_creative_leaders

Matt Anticole: Why the metric system matters

For the majority of recorded human history, units like the weight of a grain or the length of a hand weren't exact and varied from place to place. Now, consistent measurements are such an integral part of our daily lives that it's hard to appreciate what a major accomplishment for humanity they've been. Matt Anticole traces the wild history of t...
https://www.ted.com/talks/matt_anticole_why_the_metric_system_matters

Matt Kenyon: A secret memorial for civilian casualties

In the fog of war, civilian casualties often go uncounted. Artist Matt Kenyon, whose recent work memorialized the names and stories of US soldiers killed in the Iraq war, decided he should create a companion monument, to the Iraqi civilians caught in the war's crossfire. Learn how he built a secret monument to place these names in the official r...
https://www.ted.com/talks/matt_kenyon_a_secret_memorial_for_civilian_casualties

Matt Russo: What does the universe sound like? A musical tour

Is outer space really the silent and lifeless place it's often depicted to be? Perhaps not. Astrophysicist and musician Matt Russo takes us on a journey through the cosmos, revealing the hidden rhythms and harmonies of planetary orbits. The universe is full of music, he says -- we just need to learn how to hear it.
https://www.ted.com/talks/matt_russo_what_does_the_universe_sound_like_a_musical_tour

Matthieu Ricard: How to let altruism be your guide

What is altruism? Put simply, it's the wish that other people may be happy. And, says Matthieu Ricard, a happiness researcher and a Buddhist monk, altruism is also a great lens for making decisions, both for the short and long term, in work and in life.
https://www.ted.com/talks/matthieu_ricard_how_to_let_altruism_be_your_guide
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