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  • Webcasts

    Cracking Stuxnet, a 21st-Century Cyber Weapon

    March 1, 2011, 12:00am PST

    When first discovered in 2010, the Stuxnet computer worm posed a baffling puzzle. Beyond its unusually high level of sophistication loomed a more troubling mystery: Its purpose. Ralph Langner and...

    Provided by TED Conferences

  • Webcasts

    We Are All Cyborgs Now

    December 1, 2010, 12:00am PST

    Technology is evolving people, says Amber Case, as the people become a screen-staring, button-clicking new version of homo sapiens. The presenters now rely on "External brains" (cell phones and...

    Provided by TED Conferences

  • Webcasts

    Web Playroom

    July 1, 2010, 12:00am PDT

    On the web, a new "Friend" may be just a click away, but true connection is harder to find and express. Ze Frank presents a medley of zany Internet toys that require deep participation and reward...

    Provided by TED Conferences

  • Webcasts

    Haiti's Disaster of Engineering

    July 1, 2010, 12:00am PDT

    Haiti was not a natural disaster, says TED Fellow Peter Haas: "It was a disaster of engineering." As the country rebuilds after January's deadly quake, are bad old building practices creating...

    Provided by TED Conferences

  • Webcasts

    How Web Video Powers Global Innovation

    July 1, 2010, 12:00am PDT

    TED's Chris Anderson says the rise of web video is driving a worldwide phenomenon he calls Crowd Accelerated Innovation a self-fueling cycle of learning that could be as significant as the...

    Provided by TED Conferences

  • Webcasts

    The Child-Driven Education

    July 1, 2010, 12:00am PDT

    Education scientist Sugata Mitra tackles one of the greatest problems of education the best teachers and schools don't exist where they're needed most. In a series of real-life experiments from...

    Provided by TED Conferences

  • Webcasts

    A 3D Atlas of the Universe

    February 1, 2010, 12:00am PST

    For the last 12 years, Carter Emmart has been coordinating the efforts of scientists, artists and programmers to build a complete 3D visualization of the known universe. He demos this stunning...

    Provided by TED Conferences

  • Webcasts

    The Future of UI

    February 1, 2010, 12:00am PST

    Minority Report science adviser and inventor John Underkoffler demos g-speak the real-life version of the film's eye-popping, tai chi-meets-cyberspace computer interface. Is this how tomorrow's...

    Provided by TED Conferences

  • Webcasts

    Technology's Epic Story

    November 1, 2009, 12:00am PDT

    In this wide-ranging, thought-provoking talk from TEDxAmsterdam, Kevin Kelly muses on what technology means in the lives from its impact at the personal level to its place in the cosmos.

    Provided by TED Conferences

  • Webcasts

    Augmented-Reality Maps

    February 1, 2010, 12:00am PST

    In a demo that drew gasps at TED2010, Blaise Aguera y Arcas demos new augmented-reality mapping technology from Microsoft. Blaise Agüera y Arcas is the architect of Bing Maps at Microsoft,...

    Provided by TED Conferences

  • Webcasts

    A Turning Point for Web Exploration?

    February 1, 2010, 12:00am PST

    Gary Flake demos Pivot, a new way to browse and arrange massive amounts of images and data online. Built on breakthrough Seadragon technology, it enables spectacular zooms in and out of web...

    Provided by TED Conferences

  • Webcasts

    The Wireless Future of Medicine

    October 1, 2009, 12:00am PDT

    Eric Topol says the presenters soon use the smartphones to monitor the vital signs and chronic conditions. At TEDMED, he highlights several of the most important wireless devices in medicine's...

    Provided by TED Conferences

  • Webcasts

    How the Internet Enables Intimacy

    July 1, 2009, 12:00am PDT

    The presenter worry that IM, texting, Facebook are spoiling human intimacy, but Stefana Broadbent's research shows how communication tech is capable of cultivating deeper relationships, bringing...

    Provided by TED Conferences

  • Webcasts

    The Thrilling Potential of SixthSense Technology

    November 1, 2009, 12:00am PDT

    At TEDIndia, Pranav Mistry demos several tools that help the physical world interact with the world of data including a deep look at his SixthSense device and a new, paradigm-shifting paper...

    Provided by TED Conferences

  • Webcasts

    A Photo-Real Digital Face

    March 1, 2009, 12:00am PST

    At TEDxUSC, computer graphics trailblazer Paul Debevec explains the scene-stealing technology in which behind Digital Emily, a digitally constructed human face so realistic it which stands up to...

    Provided by TED Conferences

  • Webcasts

    A Brain in a Supercomputer

    July 1, 2009, 12:00am PDT

    Henry Markram says the mysteries of the mind can be solved soon. Mental illness, memory, perception: they're made of neurons and electric signals, and he plans to find them with a supercomputer...

    Provided by TED Conferences

  • Webcasts

    Smart Power Outlets

    February 1, 2009, 12:00am PST

    John La Grou unveils an ingenious new technology that will smarten up the electrical outlets in the homes, using microprocessors and RFID tags. The invention, Safeplug, promises to prevent deadly...

    Provided by TED Conferences

  • Webcasts

    Data Visualization in the AlloSphere

    February 1, 2009, 12:00am PST

    JoAnn Kuchera-Morin demos the AlloSphere, a new way to see, hear and interpret scientific data. Dive into the brain, feel electron spin, hear the music of the elements ... and detect previously...

    Provided by TED Conferences

  • Webcasts

    The Next Web

    February 1, 2009, 12:00am PST

    20 years ago, Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web. For his next project, he's building a web for open, linked data that could do for numbers what the Web did for words, pictures, video:...

    Provided by TED Conferences

  • Webcasts

    Institutions Vs. Collaboration

    July 1, 2008, 12:00am PDT

    In this prescient, Clay Shirky shows how closed groups and companies will give way to looser networks where small contributors have big roles and fluid cooperation replaces rigid planning. The...

    Provided by TED Conferences

  • Webcasts

    Wii Remote Hacks

    February 1, 2008, 12:00am PST

    Building sophisticated educational tools out of cheap parts, Johnny Lee demos his cool Wii Remote hacks, which turn the $40 video game controller into a digital whiteboard, a touchscreen and a...

    Provided by TED Conferences

  • Webcasts

    Mike Matas: A Next-Generation Digital Book

    April 1, 2011, 12:00am PDT

    Software developer the presenter demos the first full-length interactive book for the iPad - with clever, swipeable video and graphics and some very cool data visualizations to play with. The book...

    Provided by TED Conferences

  • Webcasts

    Bruce Schneier: The Security Mirage

    April 1, 2011, 12:00am PDT

    The feeling of security and the reality of security don't always match, says computer-security expert the presenter. At TEDxPSU, he explains why people spend billions addressing news story risks,...

    Provided by TED Conferences

  • Webcasts

    Conrad Wolfram: Teaching Kids Real Math With Computers

    November 1, 2010, 12:00am PDT

    Rockets to stock markets, many of humanity's most thrilling creations are powered by math. So why do kids lose interest in it? Conrad Wolfram says the part of math the people teach - calculation...

    Provided by TED Conferences

  • Software

    iDigifort Lite 0.9.2 (Mobile)

    December 22, 2010, 12:00am PST

    See Digifort NVR cameras from your iPhone, iPod touch and iPad.iDigifort designed for remote access to Digifort Server v6.4 or above. It provides access to Digifort Server to live view (no...

    Provided by Ted Ahn

  • Webcasts

    Harald Haas: Wireless Data From Every Light Bulb

    August 1, 2011, 12:00am PDT

    What if every light bulb in the world could also transmit data? The presenter demonstrates, for the first time, a device that could do exactly that. By flickering the light from a single LED, a...

    Provided by TED Conferences

  • Webcasts

    Mikko Hypponen: Fighting Viruses, Defending the Net

    July 1, 2011, 12:00am PDT

    It's been 25 years since the first PC virus (Brain A) hit the net, and what was once an annoyance has become a sophisticated tool for crime and espionage. The presenter who is a computer security...

    Provided by TED Conferences

  • Webcasts

    Rebecca MacKinnon: Let's Take Back the Internet

    July 1, 2011, 12:00am PDT

    In this webcast, the presenter describes the expanding struggle for freedom and control in cyberspace, and asks: how do they design the next phase of the Internet with accountability and freedom...

    Provided by TED Conferences

  • Webcasts

    Roger McNamee: Six Ways to Save the Internet

    November 1, 2011, 12:00am PDT

    The next big shift is now, and it's not what one think: Facebook is the new Windows; Google must be sacrificed. In this Webcast, the presenter presents 6 bold ways to prepare for the next internet.

    Provided by TED Conferences

  • Webcasts

    Klaus Stadlmann: The World's Smallest 3D Printer

    December 1, 2011, 12:00am PST

    What could one do with the world's smallest 3D printer? In this Webcast, the presenter explains about his tiny, affordable printer that could someday make customized hearing aids - or sculptures...

    Provided by TED Conferences

  • Webcasts

    Guy-Philippe Goldstein: How Cyberattacks Threaten Real-World Peace

    October 1, 2011, 12:00am PDT

    More and more, nations are waging attacks with cyber weapons - silent strikes on another country's computer systems that leave behind no trace. In this Webcast, the presenter shows how...

    Provided by TED Conferences

  • Webcasts

    Misha Glenny Investigates Global Crime Networks

    September 1, 2009, 12:00am PDT

    In this Webcast, the presenter who spent several years in a courageous investigation of organized crime networks worldwide, which have grown to an estimated 15% of the global economy. From the...

    Provided by TED Conferences

  • Webcasts

    A Robot That Flies Like a Bird

    July 1, 2011, 12:00am PDT

    In this webcast, the presenter explains about plenty of robots can fly - but none can fly like a real bird. That is, until Markus Fischer and his team at Festo built SmartBird, a large,...

    Provided by TED Conferences

  • Webcasts

    Marco Tempest: The Magic of Truth and Lies (and iPods)

    August 1, 2011, 12:00am PDT

    In this webcast, the presenter explains about the iPods. Using three iPods like magical props, the presenter spins a clever, surprisingly heartfelt meditation on truth and lies, art and emotion.

    Provided by TED Conferences

  • Webcasts

    Steven Johnson on the Web as a City

    October 1, 2008, 12:00am PDT

    In this webcast, the presenter says the Web is like a city: built by many people, completely controlled by no one, intricately interconnected and yet functioning as many independent parts. While...

    Provided by TED Conferences

  • Webcasts

    Jonathan Zittrain: The Web as Random Acts of Kindness

    September 1, 2009, 12:00am PDT

    In this webcast, the presenter discussed the Internet, and he suggests, is made up of millions of disinterested acts of kindness, curiosity and trust. The presenter wants to make sure the...

    Provided by TED Conferences

  • Webcasts

    Avi Rubin: All Your Devices Can Be Hacked

    February 1, 2012, 12:00am PST

    Could someone hack the pacemaker? In this Webcast, the presenter explains how hackers are compromising cars, smartphones and medical devices, and warns about the dangers of an increasingly...

    Provided by TED Conferences

  • Webcasts

    Aleph Molinari: Let's Bridge the Digital Divide

    February 1, 2012, 12:00am PST

    Five billion people can't use the Internet. In this Webcast, the presenter empowers the digitally excluded by giving them access to computers and the know-how to use them. Through education and...

    Provided by TED Conferences

  • Webcasts

    Lisa Harouni: A Primer on 3D Printing

    January 1, 2012, 12:00am PST

    In this Webcast, the presenter discusses about a primer on 3D printing. The presenter also gives a useful introduction to this fascinating way of making things - including intricate objects once...

    Provided by TED Conferences

  • Webcasts

    Mikko Hypponen: Three Types of Online Attack

    January 1, 2012, 12:00am PST

    In this Webcast, the presenter discusses about online attack. The presenter also explains about three types of online attack on the people privacy and data - and only two are considered crimes.

    Provided by TED Conferences

  • Webcasts

    Gary Kovacs: Tracking the Trackers

    May 1, 2012, 12:00am PDT

    In this webcast, the presenter explains about Web tracking. The Web tracking is not 100% evil - personal data can make one browsing more efficient; cookies can help one favorite websites stay in...

    Provided by Ted

  • Webcasts

    Yochai Benkler on the New Open-Source Economics

    April 1, 2008, 12:00am PDT

    In this Webcast, the presenter discusses about the new open-source economics. The presenter explains how collaborative projects like Wikipedia and Linux represent the next stage of human...

    Provided by TED Conferences

  • Webcasts

    Howard Rheingold: The New Power of Collaboration

    February 1, 2008, 12:00am PST

    In this Webcast, the presenter discusses about the new power of collaboration. The presenter talks about the coming world of collaboration, participatory media and collective action - and how...

    Provided by TED Conferences

  • Webcasts

    Christopher "Moot" Poole: The Case for Anonymity Online

    June 1, 2010, 12:00am PDT

    In this Webcast, the presenter discusses about "Moot" Poole an online image-board whose anonymous denizens have spawned the web's most bewildering. The presenter describes its subculture, some of...

    Provided by TED Conferences

  • Webcasts

    Peter Hirshberg on TV and the Web

    September 1, 2008, 12:00am PDT

    In this Webcast, the presenter discusses about emerging media and tech history. The presenter shares some crucial lessons from Silicon Valley and explains why the web is so much more than "Better TV."

    Provided by TED Conferences

  • Webcasts

    Clay Shirky: How Social Media Can Make History

    June 1, 2009, 12:00am PDT

    In this Webcast, the presenter discusses about how social media can make history. The presenter explains how Facebook, Twitter and TXTs help citizens in repressive regimes to report on real news,...

    Provided by TED Conferences

  • Webcasts

    Alexis Ohanian: How to Make a Splash in Social Media

    December 1, 2009, 12:00am PST

    In this Webcast, the presenter discusses about how to make a splash in social media. The presenter explains the real-life fable of one humpback whale's rise to Web stardom.

    Provided by TED Conferences

  • Webcasts

    Mikko Hypponen: Three Types of Online Attack

    January 1, 2012, 12:00am PST

    In this Webcast, the presenter discusses about online attack. The presenter also explains about three types of online attack on the people privacy and data - and only two are considered crimes.

    Provided by TED Conferences

  • Webcasts

    Lisa Harouni: A Primer on 3D Printing

    January 1, 2012, 12:00am PST

    In this Webcast, the presenter discusses about a primer on 3D printing. The presenter also gives a useful introduction to this fascinating way of making things - including intricate objects once...

    Provided by TED Conferences

  • Webcasts

    Aleph Molinari: Let's Bridge the Digital Divide

    February 1, 2012, 12:00am PST

    Five billion people can't use the Internet. In this Webcast, the presenter empowers the digitally excluded by giving them access to computers and the know-how to use them. Through education and...

    Provided by TED Conferences

  • Webcasts

    Avi Rubin: All Your Devices Can Be Hacked

    February 1, 2012, 12:00am PST

    Could someone hack the pacemaker? In this Webcast, the presenter explains how hackers are compromising cars, smartphones and medical devices, and warns about the dangers of an increasingly...

    Provided by TED Conferences

  • Webcasts

    Jonathan Zittrain: The Web as Random Acts of Kindness

    September 1, 2009, 12:00am PDT

    In this webcast, the presenter discussed the Internet, and he suggests, is made up of millions of disinterested acts of kindness, curiosity and trust. The presenter wants to make sure the...

    Provided by TED Conferences

  • Webcasts

    Steven Johnson on the Web as a City

    October 1, 2008, 12:00am PDT

    In this webcast, the presenter says the Web is like a city: built by many people, completely controlled by no one, intricately interconnected and yet functioning as many independent parts. While...

    Provided by TED Conferences

  • Webcasts

    Marco Tempest: The Magic of Truth and Lies (and iPods)

    August 1, 2011, 12:00am PDT

    In this webcast, the presenter explains about the iPods. Using three iPods like magical props, the presenter spins a clever, surprisingly heartfelt meditation on truth and lies, art and emotion.

    Provided by TED Conferences

  • Webcasts

    A Robot That Flies Like a Bird

    July 1, 2011, 12:00am PDT

    In this webcast, the presenter explains about plenty of robots can fly - but none can fly like a real bird. That is, until Markus Fischer and his team at Festo built SmartBird, a large,...

    Provided by TED Conferences

  • Webcasts

    Misha Glenny Investigates Global Crime Networks

    September 1, 2009, 12:00am PDT

    In this Webcast, the presenter who spent several years in a courageous investigation of organized crime networks worldwide, which have grown to an estimated 15% of the global economy. From the...

    Provided by TED Conferences

  • Webcasts

    Guy-Philippe Goldstein: How Cyberattacks Threaten Real-World Peace

    October 1, 2011, 12:00am PDT

    More and more, nations are waging attacks with cyber weapons - silent strikes on another country's computer systems that leave behind no trace. In this Webcast, the presenter shows how...

    Provided by TED Conferences

  • Webcasts

    Klaus Stadlmann: The World's Smallest 3D Printer

    December 1, 2011, 12:00am PST

    What could one do with the world's smallest 3D printer? In this Webcast, the presenter explains about his tiny, affordable printer that could someday make customized hearing aids - or sculptures...

    Provided by TED Conferences

  • Webcasts

    Roger McNamee: Six Ways to Save the Internet

    November 1, 2011, 12:00am PDT

    The next big shift is now, and it's not what one think: Facebook is the new Windows; Google must be sacrificed. In this Webcast, the presenter presents 6 bold ways to prepare for the next internet.

    Provided by TED Conferences

  • Webcasts

    Rebecca MacKinnon: Let's Take Back the Internet

    July 1, 2011, 12:00am PDT

    In this webcast, the presenter describes the expanding struggle for freedom and control in cyberspace, and asks: how do they design the next phase of the Internet with accountability and freedom...

    Provided by TED Conferences

  • Webcasts

    Mikko Hypponen: Fighting Viruses, Defending the Net

    July 1, 2011, 12:00am PDT

    It's been 25 years since the first PC virus (Brain A) hit the net, and what was once an annoyance has become a sophisticated tool for crime and espionage. The presenter who is a computer security...

    Provided by TED Conferences

  • Webcasts

    Harald Haas: Wireless Data From Every Light Bulb

    August 1, 2011, 12:00am PDT

    What if every light bulb in the world could also transmit data? The presenter demonstrates, for the first time, a device that could do exactly that. By flickering the light from a single LED, a...

    Provided by TED Conferences

  • Software

    iDigifort Lite 0.9.2 (Mobile)

    December 22, 2010, 12:00am PST

    See Digifort NVR cameras from your iPhone, iPod touch and iPad.iDigifort designed for remote access to Digifort Server v6.4 or above. It provides access to Digifort Server to live view (no...

    Provided by Ted Ahn

  • Webcasts

    Conrad Wolfram: Teaching Kids Real Math With Computers

    November 1, 2010, 12:00am PDT

    Rockets to stock markets, many of humanity's most thrilling creations are powered by math. So why do kids lose interest in it? Conrad Wolfram says the part of math the people teach - calculation...

    Provided by TED Conferences

  • Webcasts

    Bruce Schneier: The Security Mirage

    April 1, 2011, 12:00am PDT

    The feeling of security and the reality of security don't always match, says computer-security expert the presenter. At TEDxPSU, he explains why people spend billions addressing news story risks,...

    Provided by TED Conferences

  • Webcasts

    Mike Matas: A Next-Generation Digital Book

    April 1, 2011, 12:00am PDT

    Software developer the presenter demos the first full-length interactive book for the iPad - with clever, swipeable video and graphics and some very cool data visualizations to play with. The book...

    Provided by TED Conferences

  • Webcasts

    Wii Remote Hacks

    February 1, 2008, 12:00am PST

    Building sophisticated educational tools out of cheap parts, Johnny Lee demos his cool Wii Remote hacks, which turn the $40 video game controller into a digital whiteboard, a touchscreen and a...

    Provided by TED Conferences

  • Webcasts

    Institutions Vs. Collaboration

    July 1, 2008, 12:00am PDT

    In this prescient, Clay Shirky shows how closed groups and companies will give way to looser networks where small contributors have big roles and fluid cooperation replaces rigid planning. The...

    Provided by TED Conferences

  • Webcasts

    The Next Web

    February 1, 2009, 12:00am PST

    20 years ago, Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web. For his next project, he's building a web for open, linked data that could do for numbers what the Web did for words, pictures, video:...

    Provided by TED Conferences

  • Webcasts

    Data Visualization in the AlloSphere

    February 1, 2009, 12:00am PST

    JoAnn Kuchera-Morin demos the AlloSphere, a new way to see, hear and interpret scientific data. Dive into the brain, feel electron spin, hear the music of the elements ... and detect previously...

    Provided by TED Conferences

  • Webcasts

    Smart Power Outlets

    February 1, 2009, 12:00am PST

    John La Grou unveils an ingenious new technology that will smarten up the electrical outlets in the homes, using microprocessors and RFID tags. The invention, Safeplug, promises to prevent deadly...

    Provided by TED Conferences

  • Webcasts

    A Brain in a Supercomputer

    July 1, 2009, 12:00am PDT

    Henry Markram says the mysteries of the mind can be solved soon. Mental illness, memory, perception: they're made of neurons and electric signals, and he plans to find them with a supercomputer...

    Provided by TED Conferences

  • Webcasts

    A Photo-Real Digital Face

    March 1, 2009, 12:00am PST

    At TEDxUSC, computer graphics trailblazer Paul Debevec explains the scene-stealing technology in which behind Digital Emily, a digitally constructed human face so realistic it which stands up to...

    Provided by TED Conferences

  • Webcasts

    The Thrilling Potential of SixthSense Technology

    November 1, 2009, 12:00am PDT

    At TEDIndia, Pranav Mistry demos several tools that help the physical world interact with the world of data including a deep look at his SixthSense device and a new, paradigm-shifting paper...

    Provided by TED Conferences

  • Webcasts

    How the Internet Enables Intimacy

    July 1, 2009, 12:00am PDT

    The presenter worry that IM, texting, Facebook are spoiling human intimacy, but Stefana Broadbent's research shows how communication tech is capable of cultivating deeper relationships, bringing...

    Provided by TED Conferences

  • Webcasts

    The Wireless Future of Medicine

    October 1, 2009, 12:00am PDT

    Eric Topol says the presenters soon use the smartphones to monitor the vital signs and chronic conditions. At TEDMED, he highlights several of the most important wireless devices in medicine's...

    Provided by TED Conferences

  • Webcasts

    A Turning Point for Web Exploration?

    February 1, 2010, 12:00am PST

    Gary Flake demos Pivot, a new way to browse and arrange massive amounts of images and data online. Built on breakthrough Seadragon technology, it enables spectacular zooms in and out of web...

    Provided by TED Conferences

  • Webcasts

    Augmented-Reality Maps

    February 1, 2010, 12:00am PST

    In a demo that drew gasps at TED2010, Blaise Aguera y Arcas demos new augmented-reality mapping technology from Microsoft. Blaise Agüera y Arcas is the architect of Bing Maps at Microsoft,...

    Provided by TED Conferences

  • Webcasts

    Technology's Epic Story

    November 1, 2009, 12:00am PDT

    In this wide-ranging, thought-provoking talk from TEDxAmsterdam, Kevin Kelly muses on what technology means in the lives from its impact at the personal level to its place in the cosmos.

    Provided by TED Conferences

  • Webcasts

    The Future of UI

    February 1, 2010, 12:00am PST

    Minority Report science adviser and inventor John Underkoffler demos g-speak the real-life version of the film's eye-popping, tai chi-meets-cyberspace computer interface. Is this how tomorrow's...

    Provided by TED Conferences

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