Series

TED Fellows: Shape Your Future

Welcome to "Shape Your Future," a groundbreaking selection of new talks from the TED Fellows. These talks are snapshots of influential, new ideas from leading voices in medicine, human rights, conservation, astrophysics, education and beyond. Dive in to discover what (and who) is shaping your future — and apply to become a TED Fellow at go.ted.com/tedfellowsapply.

Zahra Al-Mahdi

The infinite alchemy of storytelling

4 minutes 23 seconds

Feras Fayyad

The real-life superheroes helping Syrian refugees

6 minutes 23 seconds

Kathy Hannun

How to heat your home without hurting the planet

5 minutes 6 seconds

Aparna Hegde

The life-saving tech helping mothers make healthy decisions

7 minutes 49 seconds

Katie Mack

The death of the universe -- and what it means for life

6 minutes 15 seconds

Jorge Mañes Rubio

What should humans take to space (and leave behind)?

9 minutes 7 seconds

Itamar Mann

A new approach to defending the human rights of migrants

5 minutes 20 seconds

Matthew Mazzotta

Playful, wondrous public spaces built for community and possibility

4 minutes 40 seconds

Aaron Morris

How your body could become its own diagnostic lab

5 minutes 10 seconds

Naomi Mwaura

A feminist reimagining of Kenya's public transport

5 minutes 13 seconds

Rohan Pavuluri

An app that empowers people to solve their legal problems

5 minutes 52 seconds

Khalil Ramadi

Electronic pills that could transform how we treat disease

4 minutes 43 seconds