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Playlist: Things to do to make STEAM learning (more!) fun (9 talks)

Science, technology, engineering, art and math talks that will make school classes feel a little fresher.
Curated by TED · 9 talks
https://www.ted.com/playlists/things_to_do_to_make_steam_lea

Playlist: Talks by brilliant women in STEM (11 talks)

These women are trailblazers inspiring a new generation of girls to follow their lead and change the ratio in STEM (science, math, engineering and tech).
Curated by TED · 11 talks
https://www.ted.com/playlists/11_ted_talks_by_brilliant_wome

Gero Miesenboeck: Re-engineering the brain

In the quest to map the brain, many scientists have attempted the incredibly daunting task of recording the activity of each neuron. Gero Miesenboeck works backward -- manipulating specific neurons to figure out exactly what they do, through a series of stunning experiments that reengineer the way fruit flies percieve light.
https://www.ted.com/talks/gero_miesenboeck_re_engineering_the_brain

Playlist: Talks to inspire smart conversation (12 talks)

From string theory to geopolitics, neuroscience to tissue engineering, watch these talks that make complex topics more understandable.
Curated by TED · 12 talks
https://www.ted.com/playlists/talks_to_inspire_smart_convers

Playlist: Why yes, actually it is rocket science (7 talks)

While it may not be simple or easy, these fascinating talks make aerospace engineering a little more accessible to the average person.
Curated by TED · 7 talks
https://www.ted.com/playlists/why_yes_actually_it_is_rocket

Cat Laine: Engineering a better life for all

At the BIF innovation summit, Cat Laine draws on the Greek myth of Tantalus to explain the frustration developing countries face. She shows how we might help communities rich in human capital, but poor in resources and infrastructure, with cleverly engineered solutions.
https://www.ted.com/talks/cat_laine_engineering_a_better_life_for_all

Paul Root Wolpe: It's time to question bio-engineering

Glowing dogs ... mice that grow human ears ... bioethicist Paul Root Wolpe describes an astonishing series of recent bio-engineering experiments, and asks: Isn't it time to set some ground rules?
https://www.ted.com/talks/paul_root_wolpe_it_s_time_to_question_bio_engineering

Hadyn Parry: Re-engineering mosquitos to fight disease

In a single year, there are 200-300 million cases of malaria and 50-100 million cases of dengue fever worldwide. So: Why haven't we found a way to effectively kill mosquitos yet? Hadyn Parry presents a fascinating solution: genetically engineering male mosquitos to make them sterile, and releasing the insects into the wild, to cut down on diseas...
https://www.ted.com/talks/hadyn_parry_re_engineering_mosquitos_to_fight_disease

Alex Gendler: Epic Engineering: Building the Brooklyn Bridge

In the mid-19th century, suspension bridges were collapsing all across Europe. Their industrial cables frayed and snapped under the weight of their decks. So when German American engineer John Roebling proposed building the largest and most expensive suspension bridge ever conceived, New York City officials were understandably skeptical. Alex Ge...
https://www.ted.com/talks/alex_gendler_epic_engineering_building_the_brooklyn_bridge

Pamela Ronald: The case for engineering our food

Pamela Ronald studies the genes that make plants more resistant to disease and stress. In an eye-opening talk, she describes her decade-long quest to isolate a gene that allows rice to survive prolonged flooding. She shows how the genetic improvement of seeds saved the Hawaiian papaya crop in the 1990s — and makes the case that modern genetics i...
https://www.ted.com/talks/pamela_ronald_the_case_for_engineering_our_food

Nina Tandon: Could tissue engineering mean personalized medicine?

Each of our bodies is utterly unique, which is a lovely thought until it comes to treating an illness -- when every body reacts differently, often unpredictably, to standard treatment. Tissue engineer Nina Tandon talks about a possible solution: Using pluripotent stem cells to make personalized models of organs on which to test new drugs and tre...
https://www.ted.com/talks/nina_tandon_could_tissue_engineering_mean_personalized_medicine

Katherine Kuchenbecker | TED Speaker

Katherine Kuchenbecker works on incorporating the sense of touch directly into virtual objects. Imagine being able to feel textures on your digital screens.
Mechanical engineer
https://www.ted.com/speakers/katherine_kuchenbecker

Glynnis Hood: Why do beavers build dams?

Nestled in the forests of Canada sits the world's longest beaver dam. This 850-meter-long structure is large enough to be seen in satellite imagery and has dramatically transformed the region, creating a pond containing 70 million liters of water. But dams of any size can have huge impacts on their environment. So how exactly do beavers build th...
https://www.ted.com/talks/glynnis_hood_why_do_beavers_build_dams

Peter Haas: When bad engineering makes a natural disaster even worse

What did the world learn from the devastating earthquake that struck Haiti in 2010? That shoddy buildings and bad planning can make a terrible situation even worse. "Haiti was not a natural disaster," says TED Fellow Peter Haas. "It was a disaster of engineering." The solution: Help builders on the ground get trained in modern engineering practi...
https://www.ted.com/talks/peter_haas_when_bad_engineering_makes_a_natural_disaster_even_worse

Joachim Horn: An easy way to cook up innovation

Joachim Horn wants engineering to feel more like cooking -- so he developed simple "ingredients" that can be easily mixed to make smart technology. By reinfusing technological engineering with joy and ease, anyone can be an inventor. SAM Labs powers K-12 educators with no frills, pedagogically sound solutions created by educators and researchers...
https://www.ted.com/talks/joachim_horn_an_easy_way_to_cook_up_innovation

Bran Ferren: To create for the ages, let's combine art and engineering

When Bran Ferren was just 9, his parents took him to see the Pantheon in Rome — and it changed everything. In that moment, he began to understand how the tools of science and engineering become more powerful when combined with art, with design and beauty. Ever since, he's been searching for a convincing modern-day equivalent to Rome's masterpiec...
https://www.ted.com/talks/bran_ferren_to_create_for_the_ages_let_s_combine_art_and_engineering

Sergiu P. Pasca: How we're reverse engineering the human brain in the lab

Neuroscientist Sergiu P. Pasca has made it his life's work to understand how the human brain builds itself -- and what makes it susceptible to disease. In a mind-blowing talk laden with breakthrough science, he shows how his team figured out how to grow "organoids" and what they call brain "assembloids" -- self-organizing clumps of neural tissu...
https://www.ted.com/talks/sergiu_p_pasca_how_we_re_reverse_engineering_the_human_brain_in_the_lab

Bran Ferren | TED Speaker

Once known for entertaining millions by creating special effects for Hollywood, theme parks and Broadway, Applied Minds cofounder Bran Ferren now solves impossible tech challenges with previously unimaginable inventions.
Technology designer
https://www.ted.com/speakers/bran_ferren

Playlist: Talks for the fiber arts lover (6 talks)

These speakers weave together some of our most interesting talks on the fine arts of knitting, crocheting and fabrics in general.
Curated by TED · 6 talks
https://www.ted.com/playlists/talks_for_the_fiber_arts_lover

Katherine Kuchenbecker: The technology of touch

As we move through the world, we have an innate sense of how things feel -- the sensations they produce on our skin and how our bodies orient to them. Can technology leverage this? In this fun, fascinating TED-Ed lesson, learn about the field of haptics, and how it could change everything from the way we shop online to how dentists learn the tel...
https://www.ted.com/talks/katherine_kuchenbecker_the_technology_of_touch

Playlist: Things that build themselves (4 talks)

If you build it, they will come... But what happens when robots, buildings and other marvels can build themselves? These talks explore this (increasingly real) reality.
Curated by TED · 4 talks
https://www.ted.com/playlists/things_that_build_themselves

Playlist: Should we redesign humans? (12 talks)

The age of bioengineering is upon us, with scientists' understanding of how to engineer cells, tissues and organs improving at a rapid pace. Here, how this could affect the future of our physical bodies.
Curated by TED · 12 talks
https://www.ted.com/playlists/should_we_redesign_humans

Robert Lang: The math and magic of origami

Robert Lang is a pioneer of the newest kind of origami -- using math and engineering principles to fold mind-blowingly intricate designs that are beautiful and, sometimes, very useful.
https://www.ted.com/talks/robert_lang_the_math_and_magic_of_origami

Tal Golesworthy | TED Speaker

Tal Golesworthy is an engineer and entrepreneur, working in research and development of combustion and air pollution control -- until he decided to innovate in his own health.
Engineer and artist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/tal_golesworthy

Sarah Bergbreiter | TED Speaker

Sarah Bergbreiter packs advanced technologies into tiny robots that can overcome obstacles 80 times their height.
Microroboticist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/sarah_bergbreiter

Alex Gendler: How the world's longest underwater tunnel was built

Flanked by two powerful nations, the English Channel has long been one of the world's most important maritime passages. Yet for most of its history, crossing was a dangerous prospect. Engineers proposed numerous plans for spanning the gap, including a design for an underwater passage more than twice the length of any existing tunnel. Alex Gendle...
https://www.ted.com/talks/alex_gendler_how_the_world_s_longest_underwater_tunnel_was_built

Playlist: What's the future of food? (5 talks)

Scientists and entrepreneurs have been cooking up innovative ways to put food on our tables. What are they serving up next?
Curated by TED · 5 talks
https://www.ted.com/playlists/what_s_the_future_of_food

David Damberger: What happens when an NGO admits failure

International aid groups make the same mistakes over and over again. David Damberger analyzes his own engineering failure in India -- and calls for his friends in the development sector to publicly admit, scrutinize and learn from their missteps.
https://www.ted.com/talks/david_damberger_what_happens_when_an_ngo_admits_failure

Lorie Wigle: Weaving a strong smart grid

Integrating disparate national electricity systems into a smart grid allows us to integrate renewable energy, be more efficient and empower consumers to use power wisely. But as we add intelligence to these systems, we introduce a vulnerability into it as well. Lorie Wigle outlines a new project to protect these complex and vital grids from attack.
https://www.ted.com/talks/lorie_wigle_weaving_a_strong_smart_grid

Sarah Kessans: The scientific now of space food

What do you do when the nearest market is millions of miles away and delivery isn't an option? In this fun and educational talk, biochemist Sarah Kessans explains how advances in genetic engineering can enable us to synthesize everything we need to eat in space -- and make it taste good.
https://www.ted.com/talks/sarah_kessans_the_scientific_now_of_space_food
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