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Playlist: Will drones save us or destroy us? (15 talks)

Depending on who you listen to, drones will either save the world -- or usher in our techno-driven doom. Here, take a look at the light and dark side of drones. See exclusive articles on the TED blog.
Curated by TED · 15 talks
http://www.ted.com/playlists/will_drones_save_us_or_destroy

Lian Pin Koh: A drone's-eye view of conservation

Ecologist Lian Pin Koh makes a persuasive case for using drones to protect the world's forests and wildlife. These lightweight autonomous flying vehicles can track animals in their natural habitat, monitor the health of rainforests, even combat crime by detecting poachers via thermal imaging. Added bonus? They're also entirely affordable.
https://www.ted.com/talks/lian_pin_koh_a_drone_s_eye_view_of_conservation

Marco Tempest: A swarm of mini drones makes ... magic!

Leading a swarm of small, buzzing flying machines, techno-magician Marco Tempest orchestrates a "cyber illusion" that will have you asking yourself: Was that science or magic?
https://www.ted.com/talks/marco_tempest_a_swarm_of_mini_drones_makes_magic

Raffaello D'Andrea: The astounding athletic power of quadcopters

In a robot lab at TEDGlobal, Raffaello D'Andrea demos his flying quadcopters: robots that think like athletes, solving physical problems with algorithms that help them learn. In a series of nifty demos, D'Andrea show drones that play catch, balance and make decisions together -- and watch out for an I-want-this-now demo of Kinect-controlled quads.
https://www.ted.com/talks/raffaello_d_andrea_the_astounding_athletic_power_of_quadcopters

Malcolm Gladwell: The strange tale of the Norden bombsight

Master storyteller Malcolm Gladwell tells the tale of the Norden bombsight, a groundbreaking piece of World War II technology with a deeply unexpected result.
https://www.ted.com/talks/malcolm_gladwell_the_strange_tale_of_the_norden_bombsight

Andreas Raptopoulos | TED Speaker

Andreas Raptopoulos and his colleagues are building the flying internet of things, using drones to carry essential goods to otherwise inaccessible areas.
Airborne logistics activist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/andreas_raptopoulos

Daniel Suarez: The kill decision shouldn't belong to a robot

As a novelist, Daniel Suarez spins dystopian tales of the future. But on the TEDGlobal stage, he talks us through a real-life scenario we all need to know more about: the rise of autonomous robotic weapons of war. Advanced drones, automated weapons and AI-powered intelligence-gathering tools, he suggests, could take the decision to make war out ...
https://www.ted.com/talks/daniel_suarez_the_kill_decision_shouldn_t_belong_to_a_robot

Sergei Lupashin: A flying camera ... on a leash

Let's admit it: aerial photo drones and UAVs are a little creepy, and they come with big regulatory and safety problems. But aerial photos can be a powerful way of telling the truth about the world: the size of a protest, the spread of an oil spill, the wildlife hidden in a delta. Sergei Lupashin demos Fotokite, a nifty new way to see the world ...
https://www.ted.com/talks/sergei_lupashin_a_flying_camera_on_a_leash

Sebastien de Halleux: How a fleet of wind-powered drones is changing our understanding of the ocean

Our oceans are unexplored and undersampled -- today, we still know more about other planets than our own. How can we get to a better understanding of this vast, important ecosystem? Explorer Sebastien de Halleux shares how a new fleet of wind- and solar-powered drones is collecting data at sea in unprecedented detail, revealing insights into thi...
https://www.ted.com/talks/sebastien_de_halleux_how_a_fleet_of_wind_powered_drones_is_changing_our_understanding_of_the_ocean

Keller Rinaudo: How we're using drones to deliver blood and save lives

Keller Rinaudo wants everyone on earth to have access to basic health care, no matter how hard it is to reach them. With his start-up Zipline, he has created the world's first drone delivery system to operate at national scale, transporting blood and plasma to remote clinics in East Africa with a fleet of electric autonomous aircraft. Find out h...
https://www.ted.com/talks/keller_rinaudo_how_we_re_using_drones_to_deliver_blood_and_save_lives

Greg Asner | TED Speaker

Greg Asner’s mapping technology produces detailed, complex pictures of how humans’ activities affect our ecosystems.
Airborne ecologist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/greg_asner

Sergei Lupashin | TED Speaker

Sergei Lupashin imagines new uses for flying robots. He's a 2014 TED Fellow.
Aerial robotics researcher
https://www.ted.com/speakers/sergei_lupashin

Andreas Raptopoulos: No roads? There's a drone for that

A billion people in the world lack access to all-season roads. Could the structure of the internet provide a model for how to reach them? Andreas Raptopoulos of Matternet thinks so. He introduces a new type of transportation system that uses electric autonomous flying machines to deliver medicine, food, goods and supplies wherever they are needed.
https://www.ted.com/talks/andreas_raptopoulos_no_roads_there_s_a_drone_for_that

Keller Rinaudo | TED Speaker

Keller Rinaudo is CEO and co-founder of Zipline, building drone delivery for global public health customers. (He's also co-founder of Romotive, makers of the tiny robot, Romo.)
Robotics entrepreneur
https://www.ted.com/speakers/keller_rinaudo

Lian Pin Koh | TED Speaker

Lian Pin Koh expands conservation efforts by championing the use of low-cost autonomous aerial vehicles.
Drones ecologist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/lian_pin_koh

Maurice Conti: The incredible inventions of intuitive AI

What do you get when you give a design tool a digital nervous system? Computers that improve our ability to think and imagine, and robotic systems that come up with (and build) radical new designs for bridges, cars, drones and much more -- all by themselves. Take a tour of the Augmented Age with futurist Maurice Conti and preview a time when rob...
https://www.ted.com/talks/maurice_conti_the_incredible_inventions_of_intuitive_ai

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

Zainab Salbi: Women, wartime and the dream of peace

In war we often see only the frontline stories of soldiers and combat. AT TEDGlobal 2010, Zainab Salbi tells powerful "backline" stories of women who keep everyday life going during conflicts, and calls for women to have a place at the negotiating table once fighting is over.
https://www.ted.com/talks/zainab_salbi_women_wartime_and_the_dream_of_peace

Vijay Kumar: Robots that fly ... and cooperate

In his lab at Penn, Vijay Kumar and his team build flying quadrotors, small, agile robots that swarm, sense each other, and form ad hoc teams -- for construction, surveying disasters and far more.
https://www.ted.com/talks/vijay_kumar_robots_that_fly_and_cooperate

Maurice Conti | TED Speaker

Maurice Conti explores new partnerships between technology, nature and humanity.
Designer, futurist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/maurice_conti

Massimo Banzi: How Arduino is open-sourcing imagination

Massimo Banzi helped invent the Arduino, a tiny, easy-to-use open-source microcontroller that's inspired thousands of people around the world to make the coolest things they can imagine -- from toys to satellite gear. Because, as he says, "You don't need anyone's permission to make something great."
https://www.ted.com/talks/massimo_banzi_how_arduino_is_open_sourcing_imagination

Bhu Srinivasan: Capitalism isn't an ideology -- it's an operating system

Bhu Srinivasan researches the intersection of capitalism and technological progress. Instead of thinking about capitalism as a firm, unchanging ideology, he suggests that we should think of it as an operating system -- one that needs upgrades to keep up with innovation, like the impending take-off of drone delivery services. Learn more about the...
https://www.ted.com/talks/bhu_srinivasan_capitalism_isn_t_an_ideology_it_s_an_operating_system

Jiabao Li | TED Speaker

Jiabao Li augments human sensation with her wearables and interactive installations, raising questions about technology's influence on perception, identity and emotion.
Perception designer
https://www.ted.com/speakers/jiabao_li

Daniel Suarez | TED Speaker

Daniel Suarez concocts thrilling reads from terrifying (and not-so-farfetched) near-future scenarios.
Sci-fi author
https://www.ted.com/speakers/daniel_suarez

Dale Dougherty: We are makers

America was built by makers -- curious, enthusiastic amateur inventors whose tinkering habit sparked whole new industries. At TED@MotorCity, MAKE magazine publisher Dale Dougherty says we're all makers at heart, and shows cool new tools to tinker with, like Arduinos, affordable 3D printers, even DIY satellites.
https://www.ted.com/talks/dale_dougherty_we_are_makers

Paul MacCready: Nature vs. humans

In 1998, aircraft designer Paul MacCready looks at a planet on which humans have utterly dominated nature, and talks about what we all can do to preserve nature's balance. His contribution: solar planes, superefficient gliders and the electric car.
https://www.ted.com/talks/paul_maccready_nature_vs_humans

Regina Dugan: From mach-20 glider to hummingbird drone

"What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail?" asks Regina Dugan, then director of DARPA, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. In this breathtaking talk she describes some of the extraordinary projects -- a robotic hummingbird, a prosthetic arm controlled by thought, and, well, the internet -- that her agency has create...
https://www.ted.com/talks/regina_dugan_from_mach_20_glider_to_hummingbird_drone

P.W. Singer: Military robots and the future of war

In this powerful talk, P.W. Singer shows how the widespread use of robots in war is changing the realities of combat. He shows us scenarios straight out of science fiction -- that now may not be so fictitious.
https://www.ted.com/talks/p_w_singer_military_robots_and_the_future_of_war

David Lang | TED Speaker

David Lang is the cofounder and CEO of OpenROV, designing and manufacturing underwater drones.
Maker
https://www.ted.com/speakers/david_lang

Raffaello D'Andrea: Meet the dazzling flying machines of the future

When you hear the word "drone," you probably think of something either very useful or very scary. But could they have aesthetic value? Autonomous systems expert Raffaello D'Andrea develops flying machines, and his latest projects are pushing the boundaries of autonomous flight -- from a flying wing that can hover and recover from disturbance to ...
https://www.ted.com/talks/raffaello_d_andrea_meet_the_dazzling_flying_machines_of_the_future
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