TED
I came across this website some time ago, or rather I stumbled upon a series of really clever and inspiring talks on youtube. I could hand out quite a number of superlatives on this website and it’s origins, but instead I will just recommend you take a look yourself.
To make myself brief, TED is an annual conference in California where smart and talented people gather and talk about smart things and a large number of them are available free on their website.
After the break are some of my favourite talks, to name but a few.
Ze Frank: What’s so funny about the Web?
Dean Kamen: New prostetic arm for veterans
Paul Rothemund: Casting spells with DNA
Jeff Hawkins: Brain science is about to fundamentally change computing
Richard Dawkins: An atheist’s call to arms
