Articles tagged with: TED talk

27 April 2010

A Guided tour of The Ghost Map

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This is an interesting talk that the momma and I just felt like sharing with you. It is a 10 minute TED talk by Steven Johnson about the cholera outbreak in 1854 London and its influence on science and modern society.

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19 January 2010

Feet

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The momma and I are addicted to these TED talks. This 20 minute presentation is by Robert Full, a biologist who studies the specialized foot structures of various species (e.g., geckos, cockroaches) for engineering improved movement of robots. How cool would it be to work in HIS lab?!?

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20 December 2009

Insight out

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Some insightful videos: Jill Bolte Taylor ,a neuroscientist who was able to study her own brain from the "inside out" as a result of a stroke. Carly Fleischmann, a very interesting autistic girl learning to communicate via computer. An Alzheimer's patient and a sweet dog.

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