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Engineering

A collection of TED Talks (and more) on the topic of Engineering.

Video playlists about Engineering

Reduce, reuse, recycle

Discover the beauty in minimizing material goods, repurposing your most well-loved things and intentionally (and sustainably) lessening your carbon footprint.

How to nurture brilliant women in STEM

Inspiring talks from women who have pushed the boundaries in their field and are paving the way for the next generation of girls to earn their place in traditionally male-dominated professions. (Curated in partnership with the National Security Agency.)

Thrifty TED Talks

Give old things new life and even imagine a futuristic perspective on repurposing everyday items with these fun and thoughtful talks.

Things to do to make STEAM learning (more!) fun

Science, technology, engineering, art and math talks that will make school classes feel a little fresher.

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Talks about Engineering

Gabrielle Walker

Woolly pigs, high tech and other ingenious ways to take carbon out of the air

Blood, concrete, and dynamite: Building the Hoover Dam

Vishaan Chakrabarti

A vision of sustainable housing for all of humanity

Yes, scientists are actually building an elevator to space

Could we build a wooden skyscraper?

How dirt bikes and STEM ignite ingenuity in Baltimore

How NASA invented a ventilator for COVID-19 ... in 37 days

How one design flaw almost toppled a skyscraper

Demolition, disease, and death: Building the Panama Canal

How the world's tallest skyscraper was built

Why are airplanes slower than they used to be?

How we can curb climate change by spending two percent more on everything

The electrical blueprints that orchestrate life

Antoine Gourévitch

What is deep tech? A look at how it could shape the future

The material that could change the world ... for a third time

Karen Scrivener

A concrete idea to reduce carbon emissions

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Exclusive articles about Engineering

No, they’re not a mirage — learn how these ingenious ice towers are helping communities preserve water for dry times

Using glacier water and pipes (with a big boost from gravity), Indian engineer Sonam Wangchuk has devised a way to store water in the dry high desert.

Posted Jan 2019

How to solve problems, from an inventor with 200+ patents

Robert Fischell invented the rechargeable pacemaker and the implantable insulin pump -- not to mention created the precursor to GPS. The 87-year-old shares a peek into his creative process.

Posted Sep 2016

Book excerpt: How we’ll live on Mars

Author Stephen Petranek makes the case that humans will live on Mars in the not-too-distant future. He explains how and when this might happen -- and what risks those who head there first might face.

Posted Jul 2015

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