My guess is that a lot of you in this room can think of someone in your family who farmed way back. The last person before I came along to farm in my family was this guy. My great-grandfather Henry Clarkis Sheets. Henry farmed in the foothills of southeast Ohio where he produced dairy, pork, […]
The decline of play | Peter Gray | TEDxNavesink
Translator: Ilze Garda Reviewer: Mile Živković Good afternoon. I am a researcher who studies play from a biological, evolutionary perspective. I’m interested in the reasons why play came about in the course of natural selection, I’m interested in the evolutionary function of play. So I am going to start with animals. Young mammals of essentially […]
What Islam really says about women | Alaa Murabit
So on my way here, the passenger next to me and I had a very interesting conversation during my flight. He told me, “It seems like the United States has run out of jobs, because they’re just making some up: cat psychologist, dog whisperer, tornado chaser.” A couple of seconds later, he asked me, “So […]
Cyborg Skin Lets Amputees Feel Their Missing Limbs Again | Freethink Superhuman
(energetic music) – [Narrator] We’re all familiar with prosthetic limbs. If you’re not, please see seasons one through five of this show, Superhuman, from Freethink. It’s like wall to wall prosthetics. – [Doctor Osborn] It’s amazing what prosthetic technology has come to in the past several decades. A lot of progress has been made on […]
Right under our noses — dogs are saving the world | Megan Parker | TEDxBozeman
Translator: Ilze Garda Reviewer: Denise RQ Thank you so much. It’s an honor to be here among this amazing event and these people. Wolves evolved into dogs, and humans have lived with them for maybe as long as 15, 000 years. We have changed their physiology and their behavior into this incredible variety of breeds […]
How strawberries saved my city: Hiroki Iwasa at TEDxTohoku 2012
Translator: Mai Iida Reviewer: Hiroe Nakada Everyone, exciting, thrilling, sour but sweet. Everyone, do you remember the feeling when you first held a boy’s hand or girl’s hand on your first date? That heart-skipping moment when you accidentally touched the other’s hand, when you finally reached out and held their hand. That is what I […]
Paul Pholeros: How to reduce poverty? Fix homes
Translator: Joseph Geni Reviewer: Morton Bast The idea of eliminating poverty is a great goal. I don’t think anyone in this room would disagree. What worries me is when politicians with money and charismatic rock stars — (Laughter) use the words, ” … it all just sounds so, so simple.” Now, I’ve got no bucket […]
Great UX Research for Non-Researchers | Steve Portigal | Awwwards San Francisco
hey it’s really interesting so far right we’ve learned about my speaker notes and of course I the title slightly different have a better title great user research for non researchers you know and as a researcher myself I think this is a really exciting topic to be talking about you know most people in […]
Inclusion, belonging and the disability revolution: Jennie Fenton at TEDxBellingen
Translator: Rhonda Jacobs Reviewer: Denise RQ Host: Ladies and gentlemen, it’s with great pleasure that I welcome to the stage, Jenny Fenton and Kelly Norton. (Applause) (Cheers) Jenny Fenton: Hello Bellingen, we can’t see you but we know you’re there. No doubt, everyone here has heard about the caste system that operates in many parts […]
Why good leaders make you feel safe | Simon Sinek
There’s a man by the name of Captain William Swenson who recently was awarded the congressional Medal of Honor for his actions on September 8, 2009. On that day, a column of American and Afghan troops were making their way through a part of Afghanistan to help protect a group of government officials, a group […]