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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) reducing 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.

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

1816: The year with no summer

How do airplanes actually fly?

7 new species of robot that jump, dance — and walk on water

Why do beavers build dams?

Stephanie Honchell Smith

The Taj Mahal: A monument to eternal love

Robert Katzschmann

The future of machines that move like animals

Soraya Field Fiorio

How did they build the Great Pyramid of Giza?

How AI could empower any business

Miguel A. Modestino

How to transform the chemical industry -- one reaction at a time

Charles Wallace and Sajan Saini

Why a sausage can do what your gloves cannot

Lucia Carminati

How the Suez Canal changed the world

Building the impossible: Golden Gate Bridge

Mahendra Singhi

Cement's carbon problem -- and 2 ways to fix it

Gabrielle Walker

What you need to know about carbon removal

Blood, concrete, and dynamite: Building the Hoover Dam

Vishaan Chakrabarti

A vision of sustainable housing for all of humanity

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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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