Bedouine: "Nice and Quiet" / "One Of These Days"
John Bidden: Finding a new frequency
Ed Boyden: A new way to study the brain's invisible secrets
Neuroengineer Ed Boyden wants to know how the tiny biomolecules in our brains generate emotions, thoughts and feelings -- and he wants to find the molecular changes that lead to disorders like epilepsy and Alzheimer's. Rather than magnify these invisible structures with a microscope, he wondered: What if we physically enlarge them and make them ...
John Bidden: "Not About Me"
Bettina Bair: Inside your computer
How does a computer work? The critical components of a computer are the peripherals (including the mouse), the input/output subsystem (which controls what and how much information comes in and out), and the central processing unit (the brains), as well as human-written programs and memory. Bettina Bair walks us through the steps your computer ta...
Bettina Warburg: How the blockchain will radically transform the economy
Say hello to the decentralized economy -- the blockchain is about to change everything. In this lucid explainer of the complex (and confusing) technology, Bettina Warburg describes how the blockchain will eliminate the need for centralized institutions like banks or governments to facilitate trade, evolving age-old models of commerce and finance...
Ed Boyden: A light switch for neurons
Ed Boyden shows how, by inserting genes for light-sensitive proteins into brain cells, he can selectively activate or de-activate specific neurons with fiber-optic implants. With this unprecedented level of control, he's managed to cure mice of analogs of PTSD and certain forms of blindness. On the horizon: neural prosthetics. Session host Juan ...
Alain de Botton: Atheism 2.0
Alain de Botton: A kinder, gentler philosophy of success
Bruno Bowden + Rufus Cappadocia: Watch me fold origami (blindfolded)
Gabriella Bottini: INTERAZIONE FRA CULTURA E NEUROSCIENZE
Gabriella Bottini è una neurologa, neuropsicologa e si interessa dell’interazione delle Neuroscienze con l’ambito del Diritto, dell’Etica e dell’Arte. La cultura ci aiuta a stare meglio, non solo a vivere meglio. Il nostro cervello può essere stimolato in modo benefico da lettura, pittura, informazioni e le neuroscienze lo dimostrano al di là d...
Bettina Chang: Maslow's Pyramid, Fake News and the Future of Journalism
Manuela Baudana: Il vero vantaggio competitivo aziendale? Investire nella sostenibilità
Odelin Baudouin: Les associations sur la formation des Grandes Ecoles
Les associations semblent régir la majorité des échanges étudiants au sein des Grandes Ecoles. Mais qu'apprend t-on en observant leurs rapports, le profil de leurs membres et leurs oppositions ? Que comprendre des discours des directeurs, affirmant qu'elles font parties intégrantes de la formation ? Odelin Baudouin, speaker étudiant de cette...
Oliwia Budny: I'm not an artist - I make art
What one has to learn to be capable of making art? To your surprise, it is not only the correct use of a pencil or a brush. In this TEDx talk, an art teacher will tell you how important it is for an aspiring artist to learn how to see and look at things in order to make art and maybe, become an artist…
Alexandru Badan: How to grow your YouTube channel (from 3 to 100 million)
In the online era, the interest of each one of us is focused more and more on the idea of success, the desire to succeed or make profit, as soon as possible. How can you grow a business developed on YouTube, so as to go from an audience of 3 persons to an audience of more than 100 million persons all over the world? In this personal talk, Alexan...
Marc Bauden: Rebondir propre, rouler libre
Diplômé des Arts et Métiers et de Sciences Po Paris, Marc est directeur général du pôle industriel Trémery/Metz du Groupe PSA. Sa mission est de préparer les hommes et les outils de production aux nouvelles technologies, notamment la robotique « interactive » car l’industrie est appelée à rebondir. Pourquoi l’automobile ?« Ma grande passion, dep...
Jamie Beaton: The Computer Science Crisis
Julia Bodin: The First Step Towards a Circular Economy is Deeply Human
Nicolo Betoni: The Power of Silence: Combatting Overstimulation with Sensory Deprivation
We are living in a growing digital age in which content is continuous and silence is seldom. Social media alone exemplifies the perpetual expectation for us to feel something with every stimulus: one post showing a climate catastrophe, the next showing your friends at the beach, and the next showing a weight loss advertisement. In his TEDxUSC Ta...
Danielle Bottineau: Challenging the Assumption of My Identity
Refael Bitton: In Love With My Cell
Smartphones are now ten years old and they have changed the world we live in. Consumers became more empowered as ever, they know what they want & they want it now. We live in a mobile-first world where constantly connected consumers are demanding and impatient. So what? You think you've got your mobile strategy down? Think again! Find how yo...
Judith Beaudoin: À qui la rue ?
Bohdan Piasecki: Almost Certainly - Bohdan Piasecki
Paloma Betina: A rua é uma escolha e não falta de opção
Arte de rua também é trabalho. "Arte de rua alimenta a minha alma, me faz sentir ser humano" diz Paloma Betina. Ela trabalha na rua como artista fazendo malabarismo de contato. Fez a apresentação de um minuto que normalmente faz no fechamento do farol e contou sobre a sua experiência como artista de rua.
Julie Batten: Unbelonging & the Self-Perpetuating Cycle of Shame
We are living in a culture of shame; never before have so many people in America felt such a keen sense of unbelongingness - a sort of literal and figurative homelessness. Professor Julie Batten shares her experience of teaching students to find connection through literature, to tap into the unspoken, the secrets, the source of our individual an...
Fifi Baiden: Hope is a Verb
A former professional soccer player, Fifi Baiden was born in Accra, Ghana. He came to California as a teenager and eventually founded the Fifi Soccer Foundation – a charitable organization that empowers orphaned children of Ghana through education and sport. Despite a challenging childhood, Baiden earned himself scholarships to the Dunn School a...
Dan Boyden: Creativity & the Alchemy of Groups
Bohdan Yaremchuk: Мистецтво як інформаційний пінг-понг
В сучасну епоху океану інформації чим і де сьогодні є комунікації та мистецтво? Насправді ми живемо у двох світах: фізичному та інформаційному. Вони розчинені один в одному настільки, що жест у інформаційному світі легко матеріалізується у фізичному. І тут важлива не якість інформації, а її об'єм. Не факт, а ритм подачі.
Chris Boden: Creative Skills are Your Ticket to an Amazing World
Inspired by the mini-retirement concept, Chris moved his family to Noosa from Silicon Valley where he had run a mobile startup spun out of Lonely Planet. He had spent the previous 5 years there as an exec leading mobile and innovation. Chris and his teams created some of the very first smartphone apps for travel and had them featured by Apple at...