Thursday, March 22, 2012

The Free Universal Construction Kit

Here is a reason why I want to build a 3D printer (I am just waiting for the one I want to be available [Printrbot]), I want to build things like The Free Universal Construction Kit.


Below is except from the site, "Ever wanted to connect your Legos and Tinkertoys together? Now you can - and much more. Announcing the Free Universal Construction Kit: a set of adapters for complete interoperability between 10 popular construction toys."

Jamie Oliver - Nugget experiment epic failure



From the show Jamie Oliver Food Revolution. Jamie Oliver attempts and fails miserably in trying to convince a group of American kids that consuming processed chicken nuggets are bad.

Noel Bairey Merz: The single biggest health threat women face



Surprising, but true: More women now die of heart disease than men, yet cardiovascular research has long focused on men. Pioneering doctor C. Noel Bairey Merz shares what we know and don't know about women's heart health -- including the remarkably different symptoms women present during a heart attack (and why they're often missed).

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

RUIN (awesome animated short film)



An awesome animated short film in a post-apocalyptic universe.

Brené Brown: Listening to shame



Shame is an unspoken epidemic, the secret behind many forms of broken behavior. Brené Brown, whose earlier talk on vulnerability became a viral hit, explores what can happen when people confront their shame head-on. Her own humor, humanity and vulnerability shine through every word.

Note: This talk starts out really slow but gets much better about half way through.

Sunday, March 18, 2012

Kevin Allocca: Why videos go viral



Kevin Allocca is YouTube's trends manager, and he has deep thoughts about silly web video. In this talk from TEDYouth, he shares the 4 reasons a video goes viral. (This is the first talk posted from an amazing TEDYouth event. Many others will come on line next month as part of our TED-Ed launch. We can't wait ...)

Shlomo Benartzi: Saving for tomorrow, tomorrow



It's easy to imagine saving money next week, but how about right now? Generally, we want to spend it. Economist Shlomo Benartzi says this is one of the biggest obstacles to saving enough for retirement, and asks: How do we turn this behavioral challenge into a behavioral solution?

Thursday, March 08, 2012

Public Key Cryptography: Diffie-Hellman Key Exchange



Diffie-Hellman key exchange was one of the earliest practical implementations of key exchange within the field of cryptography. It relies on the discrete logarithm problem. This test clip will be part of the final chapter of Gambling with Secrets!

Stuxnet: Computer worm opens new era of warfare



Computer virus's evident success in damaging Iran's nuclear facility has officials asking if our own infrastructure is safe. Steve Kroft reports.

Avi Rubin - All Your Devices Can Be Hacked



Avi Rubin is Professor of Computer Science at Johns Hopkins University and Technical Director of the JHU Information Security Institute. Avi's primary research area is Computer Security, and his latest research focuses on security for electronic medical records. Avi is credited for bringing to light vulnerabilities in electronic voting machines. In 2006 he published a book on his experiences since this event.

Wednesday, March 07, 2012

Lucien Engelen: Crowdsource your health



You can use your smartphone to find a local ATM, but what if you need a defibrillator? At TEDxMaastricht, Lucien Engelen shows us online innovations that are changing the way we save lives, including a crowdsourced map of local defibrillators.

Peter Diamandis: Abundance is our future



Onstage at TED2012, Peter Diamandis makes a case for optimism -- that we'll invent, innovate and create ways to solve the challenges that loom over us. "I'm not saying we don't have our set of problems; we surely do. But ultimately, we knock them down."

Paul Conneally: Digital humanitarianism



The disastrous earthquake in Haiti taught humanitarian groups an unexpected lesson: the power of mobile devices to coordinate, inform, and guide relief efforts. At TEDxRC2, Paul Conneally shows extraordinary examples of social media and other new technologies becoming central to humanitarian aid.

Lisa Harouni: A primer on 3D printing



2012 may be the year of 3D printing, when this three-decade-old technology finally becomes accessible and even commonplace. Lisa Harouni gives a useful introduction to this fascinating way of making things -- including intricate objects once impossible to create.

Jenna McCarthy: What you don't know about marriage



A casual talk from TEDx, writer Jenna McCarthy shares surprising research on how marriages (especially happy marriages) really work. One tip: Do not try to win an Oscar for best actress.

Brewster Kahle: Universal Access to All Knowledge

Brewster Kahle: Universal Access to All Knowledge from The Long Now Foundation on FORA.tv As founder and librarian of the storied Internet Archive (deemed impossible by all when he started it in 1996), Brewster Kahle has practical experience behind his universalist vision of access to every bit of knowledge ever created, for all time, ever improving.

Monday, March 05, 2012

A Story for Tomorrow (video)



Questions from the video, "is it possible to be happy with this life?", "did you enjoy your story?".